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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  in 
  his 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  field. 
  It 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  difficult 
  to 
  secure 
  under 
  

   such 
  circumstances 
  anything 
  which 
  approaches 
  careful 
  editing. 
  

   Distortions 
  of 
  a 
  serious 
  character 
  are 
  very 
  likely 
  to 
  result. 
  

   Furthermore 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  hard 
  to 
  avoid 
  duplication, 
  even 
  when 
  the 
  

   conferences 
  and 
  friendly 
  discussions 
  have 
  been 
  frequent 
  and 
  

   critical. 
  But 
  the 
  outcome 
  of 
  this 
  experiment 
  has 
  been 
  successful 
  

   in 
  a 
  high 
  degree. 
  Professor 
  Strasburger 
  has 
  given 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  

   histology 
  the 
  fruits 
  of 
  his 
  long 
  and 
  ripe 
  experience 
  in 
  investiga- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  teaching. 
  Within 
  the, 
  comparatively 
  narrow 
  limits 
  of 
  

   130 
  pages, 
  he 
  has 
  compressed 
  without 
  too 
  much 
  condensation, 
  all 
  

   the 
  essential 
  facts 
  of 
  general 
  and 
  special 
  anatomy 
  of 
  the 
  external 
  

   parts 
  and 
  the 
  internal 
  structure. 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  when 
  one 
  looks 
  over 
  

   this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  volume 
  a 
  second 
  time 
  that 
  he 
  begins 
  to 
  realize 
  

   how 
  much 
  grain 
  free 
  from 
  chaff 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  ready 
  for 
  the 
  stu- 
  

   dent. 
  Moreover 
  all 
  the 
  material 
  has 
  been 
  arranged 
  in 
  an 
  orderly 
  

   and 
  attractive 
  manner. 
  Dr. 
  Noll 
  has 
  considered 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  

   physiology 
  in 
  a 
  comprehensive 
  fashion, 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  principal 
  

   phenomena 
  presented 
  by 
  all 
  the 
  organs 
  of 
  flowering 
  and 
  flower- 
  

   less 
  plants. 
  He 
  has 
  presented 
  his 
  facts 
  fully, 
  but 
  without 
  pro- 
  

   lixity. 
  The 
  style 
  is 
  clear, 
  and 
  the 
  illustrations 
  like 
  all 
  which 
  are 
  

   given 
  in 
  the 
  volume, 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  high 
  order 
  considered 
  both 
  from 
  a 
  

   scientific 
  and 
  a 
  pedagogic 
  point 
  of 
  view. 
  We 
  think 
  he 
  has 
  done 
  

   well 
  to 
  give 
  so 
  much 
  prominence 
  to 
  the 
  experimental 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   subject. 
  Dr. 
  Schenck 
  and 
  Professor 
  Schimper 
  divide 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  

   systematic 
  botany 
  between 
  them, 
  the 
  former 
  taking 
  the 
  Crypto- 
  

   gams, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  the 
  flowering 
  plants. 
  It 
  is 
  enough 
  to 
  say 
  T 
  

   that 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  satisfactory 
  in 
  every 
  respect. 
  New 
  and 
  admii- 
  

   able 
  figures, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  excellence, 
  illustrate 
  

   the 
  remarkably 
  clear 
  text. 
  As 
  might 
  be 
  expected, 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  

   adaptive 
  modifications, 
  although 
  touched 
  but 
  lightly, 
  has 
  assumed 
  

   a 
  peculiar 
  charm 
  at 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  Professor 
  Schimper. 
  A 
  good 
  

   deal 
  of 
  new 
  light 
  is 
  thrown 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  

   invested 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  interest. 
  Returning 
  for 
  a 
  moment 
  to 
  the 
  

   matter 
  of 
  illustrations, 
  attention 
  must 
  be 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  beauty 
  and 
  

   accuracy 
  of 
  the 
  colored 
  figures 
  which 
  represent 
  poisonous 
  plants. 
  

   It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  a 
  translation 
  into 
  English 
  of 
  this 
  admirable 
  

   work 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  English-speaking 
  students. 
  

  

  G. 
  L. 
  G. 
  

  

  5. 
  A 
  Student's 
  Text-Book 
  of 
  Botany 
  j 
  by 
  Sydney 
  H. 
  Vines, 
  

   M.A., 
  Professor 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Oxford. 
  First 
  Half, 
  «vo, 
  

   pp. 
  480. 
  London, 
  1894. 
  — 
  The 
  author 
  has 
  based 
  his 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  

   well-known 
  Lehrbuch 
  cler 
  ^Botanik, 
  of 
  Prantl, 
  which, 
  as 
  will 
  be 
  

   seen 
  in 
  another 
  notice, 
  has 
  reached 
  its 
  ninth 
  edition 
  in 
  Germany. 
  

   But 
  the 
  changes 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  made, 
  are 
  so 
  numerous 
  as 
  to 
  trans- 
  

   form 
  this 
  into 
  a 
  new 
  treatise; 
  the 
  metamorphosis 
  is 
  almost 
  com- 
  

   plete. 
  A 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  new 
  matter 
  designed 
  lor 
  the 
  advanced 
  

   student 
  has 
  been 
  skillfully 
  interwoven, 
  bringing 
  the 
  whole 
  well 
  

   up 
  to 
  the 
  most 
  advanced 
  knowledge 
  of 
  minute 
  details. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  

   be 
  remembered 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  scores 
  of 
  trained 
  workers 
  now 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  minute 
  investigations 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  

  

  