Abstract
THIS revised edition of an excellent American work ought to find its way into the hands of a very numerous class of youths whose future avocations will require a special acquaintance with the phenomena concerned in the growth of plants—either naturally or under the influence of cultivation—some familiarity with the general structure of plants, with the functions of their several organs and the nature of the various materials which it is the work of vegetation to produce for the food of animals and for numerous other purposes.
How Crops Grow: A Treatise on the Chemical Composition, Structure, and Life of the Plant, for Agricultural Students.
By Samuel W. Johnson, of Yale College, U.S. Revised, with numerous additions, and adapted for English use, by A. H. Church and W. T. Thiselton Dyer. 1 vol. 8vo., pp. 399. (London, 1869.)
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How Crops Grow: A Treatise on the Chemical Composition, Structure, and Life of the Plant, for Agricultural Students . Nature 1, 426–428 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001426a0
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