bi ge) BOTANICAL GAZETTE [AUGUST 
appeared in 1907, and the third was ready in 1914, but its publication was 
prevented by the war and the unfavorable conditions of printing. The author 
has included the more important recent results of investigation, presented in 
his very attractive style, and with abundant illustrations. 
The organization of the subject is peculiar to CHopatT, and therefore the 
volume has a flavor of its own. The four general divisions of the subject are as 
follows: ‘“‘ Physiologie générale,”’ “La cellule, les tissus,”’ ‘‘ Physiologie spéciale,” 
and ‘‘Génétique.” The chapter topics under this general organization are 
often unusual. For example, practically everything usually treated under 
morphology, with the exception of anatomy, is presented under “special 
physiology,” the evident suggestion being that structures are only significant 
in connection with their functions. 
It is unusual for a book of nearly 900 pages to contain only ten chapters, 
and the subjects are suggestive of the organization. They are as follows: 
under general physiology, “Constitution de la matiére vivante” and “Capta- 
tion et Papetosmation de l’énergie”’; under the cell and tissues, “La cellule,” 
“Organogénie,” and ‘Anatomie’; under special physiology, ‘‘Fonctions de 
circulation et d’élaboration,” ‘‘Fonctions de relation,” and ‘‘Reproduction”’; 
under genetics, ‘‘ Variations, hérédité,”’ and ‘“‘Conclusion” (theories of the 
origin of species). The volume closes with a brief classification of plants.— 
J. MAC. 
MINOR NOTICES 
Dictionary of botanical equivalents.—ARTSCHWAGER and SMILEY3 have 
prepared a very convenient dictionary which gives accurate translations of 
technical terms which are not usually found in ordinary dictionaries. All 
technical terms have been omitted when the English equivalent would be 
practically a repetition of French and German terms of Latin or Greek origin. 
As the compilers state, it is ‘a practical hand-book, accurate within the 
limits set for it.””. The publishers have also provided interleaved blank pages, 
so that users of the volume may amplify the list. It will certainly prove 4 
very convenient volume for the reader of French and German botanical 
literature, both in saving time and in insuring accuracy.—J. M. C. 
NOTES FOR STUDENTS 
Chlorophyll inheritance.—Considerable interest has always been focussed 
upon reported cases of non-Mendelian inheritance. For the most part these 
have later been explained satisfactorily on a Mendelian basis, so that at the 
present time the only clearly recognized cases of non-Mendelian inheritance 
3 ARTSCHWAGER, Ernst, and Smitey, Epwina W., Dictionary of botanical 
equivalents (French-English, German-English). 16mo. pp. ii+137. Baltimore: 
Williams & Wilkins Co. 1920. 
