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THE appearance of the fifth revised edition of the “Illustrations of the British Flora” completes the repuBlication of “Bentham's Handbook of the British Flora.” It is universally acknowledged that both the text (now called the Handbook) and the illustrations have been of great use to several generations of botanical students, especially beginners. It is, however, unfortunate that the two volumes have been reissued without more drastic alterations having been made. A considerable number of serious mistakes are perpetuated, as, for example, in Fig. 933, where the leaves of Populus canescens are figured as P. alba, and in Fig. 935, where the catkins of one species and the leaves of another are figured under the name of P. nigra.
Illustrations of the British Flora: a Series of Wood Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plants.
Drawn by W. H. Fitch., with additions by W. G. Smith and others. Fifth revised edition. Pp. xxvii + 338. (London: L. Reeve and Co., Ltd., 1924.) 12s. net.
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Illustrations of the British Flora: a Series of Wood Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plants . Nature 115, 415 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115415a0
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