THIS is a text-book written along very different lines from the majority of books used as introductions to the study of botany. The work gives the impression that its author has not considered college ...

AN appendix of books for collateral reading makes this a good textbook for students reading for a general degree in the subject. The book itself is well written, with a good choice of subject matter.

As physical monuments go, the 3-foot stack of botany books hardly looks imposing. But as a legacy of plant-science scholarship and education, the UC Davis texts tower above the rest. The set of ...