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BOOK REVIEWS 
Researches in plant physiology 
ATxktns' has written an interesting little book, the aims of which can best 
be expressed by quotations from the preface. ‘‘The general aim of the book is 
to present to senior students and investigators the results of recent work in a 
few of those branches of plant physiology which are at present attracting . 
attention.” ‘‘By such a presentation of portions of the science which are still 
in a state of rapid growth, it is hoped that further investigation will be stimu- 
lated. The choice of material by the author was, to a considerable degree, 
infucoced bad his Famiferity with certain Subjects of general interest, portions 
tally by the staff of the School of Botany, 
Trinity College, “Dublin. Upon these, rather than upon other researches 
of equal or greater importance, he has felt qualified to write, on account of his 
first-hand knowledge of many of the methods employed. A small amount of 
hitherto b included. tal 
A list of the chapter headings gives an idea of the content of the book: 
Ss The carbohydrates of the angiosperm leaf i in relation to photosynthesis; 
feth carbo- 
‘ductivities in plants, and the factors which influence them; X. Osmotic pres- 
sure in relation to plant distribution, m logy, and cell division; XI. The 
functions of the wood; XH. The plant oxidases; ZXUIL. The oxidases in rea 
