THE 
BOTANICAL GAZETTE 
Editor: JOHN M. COULTER 
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JANUARY ro14 
The Development of Magnolia and Liriodendron, Including a 
Discussion of the Primitiveness of the Magnoliaceae 
Willis Edgar Maneval 
The Maturation Phases in Smilax herbacea 
Marion G. Elkins 
Comparative Histology of Alfalfa and Clovers 
Kate Barber Winton 
The Role of Oxygen in Germination Charles A. Shull 
Briefer Articles 
A Method of Handling Material.to Be Imbedded 
in Paraffine Winfield Dudgeon 
The Relation between the Transpiration Stream 
and the Absorption of Salts Heinrich Hasseibring 
Current Literature 
The University of Chicago Press 
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.S.A. 
Agents 
THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, London and Edinburgh 
M WESLEY & SON, Lendon 
KARL W. HIERSEMANN, Letpzig 
THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKLKAISHA, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto 
