Lanterna Rally

Author: Paul Sorauer

Publisher:

Published: 2015-09-27

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9781330629352

Excerpt from A Popular Treatise on the Physiology of Plants for the Use of Gardeners or for Students of Horticulture and of Agriculture In undertaking a course of lectures on Vegetable Physiology at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Manchester, I felt very much the want of a book which I could place in the hands of the gardeners and students of horticulture who attended the course, and which, while giving them a thoroughly scientific account of the functions of the various organs, would at the same time deal with the practical applications of the principles of Vegetable Physiology. Such a book was accessible to me in the German in Professor Sorauer's admirable "Populare Pflanzenphysiologie," and I should have been thankful if, at the time, a translation had been available for my hearers. Professor Sorauer is well known as an authority on the diseases of plants, but he had an additional qualification for writing his book, namely, that he was for many years the director of an institution which had in view the scientific training of gardeners and agriculturists. We are not so fortunate in this country as to possess such well-appointed and State-endowed experimental stations as those which exist in Germany, and we must for the present be content with the more humble ventures instituted by the County Councils. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.