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As the editor states in his preface, the present volume combines for the first time the numerous writings on phytogeography of the late Prof. A. Grisebach, spread over a period of thirty years, and scattered in various journals and publications, several of them very difficult of access. Constant reference is made to many of these writings in the “Vegetation der Erde” (1872); hence their publication in a collected form is a great boon. In addition to those article published previous to the “Vegetation der Erde,” this volume contains the author's subsequent reports (1866–76) on the progress in the geography of plants. It also contains a biographical sketch of the late Prof. Grisebach, together with the bibliography of his works. An excellent French translation of the “Vegetation der Erde” appeared in 1874, but no English edition has been published, nor would we recommend the publication of one now, because the data that have been accumulating during the last decade would justify the publication of an original work, treating the subject from a different standpoint.
Gesammelte Abhandlungen und kleinere Schriften zur Pflanzengeographie.
The collected treatises and shorter writings on Phytogeography of the late A. Grisebach., edited by his son, Dr. Ed. Grisebach. 8vo, pp. 628. (Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.)
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H., W. Gesammelte Abhandlungen und kleinere Schriften zur Pflanzengeographie . Nature 24, 556 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024556b0
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