Handbook of Practical Botany: For the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student (Classic Reprint)

Although the last two or three years have produced at least as many works on Practical Botany forL aboratory purposes, no apology is needed for reproducing from the German one which has no counterpart in theE nglish language, and which has the advantage of being written by one of the greatest living masters of microscopical observation. Although Professor Strasburger has revolutionized the science of Botany in more than one direction, no work of his has as yet come before anE nglish public in its own tongue; but it is perhaps not unfitting that the Authors first introduction to theE nglish-reading student phould be in the r61e of teacher of those arts of manipulation and observation by the exercise of which his own fame has been gained. This edition has the advantage of revision and of numerous additional notes by the A uthor; some portions have been wellnigh rewritten. To these I have ventured to add notes of my own, intended to either simplify or amplify the description, or to enable the material selected by the Author to be replaced by some other, probably more readily obtainable. These additions have been either inserted as footnotes, or, where intercalated in the text, are usually inserted between square brackets []. The Introduction I have, with the consent of the A uthor, nearly rewritten, in order to make it more suited to theE nglish student; similarly with a few other isolated paragraphs. A few additional illustrations I have been enabled to add, through the courtesy of the Publishers; descriptions of, and references to, these are likewise enclosed in brackets.
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