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"CRANE and Lawrence" is now a standard text for both students of biology and for practical gardeners. Indeed, it is one of the few books which fulfil a want both for the academic specialist and for the practical man. The third edition is different in some respects from the earlier editions ; parts of some chapters have been rewritten, and the subjects of xenia and polyploidy receive greater attention in special chapters. One criticism of the earlier editions, was that the elementary introduction to genetics Was too condensed for the non-specialist. By some clever and subtle writing the authors appear to have largely overcome this criticism in the third edition. Through fully annotated descriptions of research results, the book is an invaluable guide to the recent literature on horticultural plant genetics.
The Genetics of Garden Plants
By M. B. Crane W. J. B. Lawrence. Third edition. Pp. xvii + 299. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1947.) 16s. net.
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SANSOME, F. The Genetics of Garden Plants. Nature 162, 595 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162595d0
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