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 This work and its predecessor are too well known to require any com- 

 ment here. The fact that the names of plants are not italicized, 

 a mere mechanical detail, is perhaps its most obvious defect. Re- 

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Reed, Howard S. A brief history of ecological work in botany. Plant 

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Robertson, Charles. The philosophy of flower seasons, and the phseno- 

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Robinson, B. L. Problems and possibilities of systematic botany. 

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Rowlee, W. W. The swamps of Oswego County, N. Y., and their flora. 

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Schimper, A. F. W. Pflanzengeographie auf physiologische Grundlage. 

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 Reviewed by Cowles in Bot. Gaz. 27:214-216. 1899. 

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Shaler, N. S. Notes on the Taxodium distichum, or bald cypress. Mem. 

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Shaler, N. S. General account of the fresh-water morasses of the United 

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 1890. 

 Contains much of botanical interest. See Bull. Torrey Club 29:387. 

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Shaler, N. S. The origin and nature of soils. Ann. Rep. U. S. Geol. 



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 Reviewed by Upham in Am. Geol. 14:114-115. 1894. This paper 

 should form a foundation for all detailed phytogeographic work, 

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Shaler, N. S. Aspects of the earth; a popular account of some familiar 

 geological phenomena. 344 pp. and numerous illustrations. New 

 York, 1896. 



Shimek, B. The flora of the Sioux Quartzite in Iowa. Proc. la. Acad. 



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 Discusses some interesting phases of distribution .which find an analogy 

 in the rock outcrops of the Altamaha Grit region. 



