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“After a general survey of the historical material, Professor De Vries examines the work of these two men in the light of recent discoveries in heredity and hybridization, and uses their results to test the Darwinian theory and the mutation theory, and finds all the data in favor of the latter.”—Lit. D.
“Can be heartily commended to the practical farmer and gardener as well as to the scientific student.”
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 198. N. ’07. |
“The book is one that can be confidently commended to the notice of the practical plantbreeder as well as to the students of science.”
| + + | Ath. 1907, 2: 242. Ag. 31. 1730w. |
“It is a compact and popular presentation of the recent wonderful development in methods of plant breeding, and a clear statement of the bearing of all this vast experimental work upon the author’s theory of mutation. Altogether, the book is full of pregnant suggestions, and should do much toward clearing up some of the evident confusion concerning the views of the distinguished author.” J. M. C.
| + + | Bot. Gaz. 44: 47. Ag. ’07. 2250w. |
“The volume is clearly and pleasantly written, and as the forms of plant-life discussed are those in which there is much general interest,—such as wheat, oats, corn, and various fruits,—it may be read with satisfaction and profit by all.”