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THIS book on "Cultivated Plants of the Farm" breaks new ground both as regards its methods of treatment and the scope of its subject. Cultivated plants are not confined to any one area ; but the same type is found over many parts of the world. The important point is that species and varieties vary, some being very widespread, and others more limited in scope. Cereals, such as wheat, barley and oats, have been in use for hundreds, even thousands, of years, and in one form or another are to be found all over the world. Others, such as potatoes and seed crops, are relatively younger and are in active process of being developed for use in various parts. Dr. G. D. H. Bell devotes a relatively small part of his book to a general survey of his subject, summarizing the main problems, dealing with the cultivation and economic conditions of crop plants, the present position of British crop husbandry, and the essential nature of crop rotation. After this the individual crops are dealt with separately, the wider scope of each being emphasized, though the greater part of the work deals with its relation to Britain.
Cultivated Plants of the Farm
By Dr. G. D. H. Bell. Pp. xii + 199 + 36 plates. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1948.) 15s. net.
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Cultivated Plants of the Farm. Nature 163, 509 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163509a0
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