The work of the Open Court Publishing Co : an illustrated catalogue of its publications covering a period of twenty-one years (1887-1907) consisting of a complete book list with brief characterizatiion of authors and contents, including also a selection of noteworthy articles from the Monist and the Open court . very botanist, horti-culturist and farmer. One of the most interesting volnmes of the year for specnlative seience. —The book is full of valuable information for the live farmer, the gardener,nursery-man, or seed-grower, as well as for the student of evolution and thelover of
The work of the Open Court Publishing Co : an illustrated catalogue of its publications covering a period of twenty-one years (1887-1907) consisting of a complete book list with brief characterizatiion of authors and contents, including also a selection of noteworthy articles from the Monist and the Open court . very botanist, horti-culturist and farmer. One of the most interesting volnmes of the year for specnlative seience. —The book is full of valuable information for the live farmer, the gardener,nursery-man, or seed-grower, as well as for the student of evolution and thelover of plants.—Literary Digest. The subject is fascinating and the treatment given it by Prof, de Vries isadequate. It is technical, to be sure, but of a technicality that is not abovethe comprehension of the most unlearned reader. The admirable photo-graphic illustrations give point to the text. To any one who is at all inter-ested in flowers, fruits or vegetables this book will be a source of great profitand pleasure.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation. Lectures delivered at the University of California by HugoDE Vries, Frofessor of Botany in the University of Amster-dam. Second thoroughly revised and corrected edition. With 92 THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO., LUTHER De Vriess Plant Breeding, p. 158. THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO., CHICAGO. DEVRIES (Con.). portrait in pil()t(),^•ravurc. Julitcd Ijy I). T. MacDougal, Di-rector Dci)t. iiotaiiical Research, Carneg-ie Institute. , xviii, 847. Trice, $ net. (21s. net.) The contents of the book inchule a readable and orderly reci-tal of the facts and details which furnish the basis for themutation-theory of the origin of species. The more reliablehistorical data are cited and the results obtained by Professorde Vries in the Botanical Garden at Amsterdam during thetwenty years of observations are described. Xot the leastimportant service rendered by Professor de
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