Abstract
THE recent appearance of these three monographs is evidence of the very great interest now taken in the water relationships of desert plants, an interest which should be shared by those administratively responsible for arid areas under British control, for the researches summarised in these pages are closely connocted with a very important economic problem, that of making the desert “blossom like the rose”.
(1) The Plant in Relation to Water: A Study of the Physiological Basis of Drought Resistance.
Prof. N. A. Maximov. Authorised English translation, edited, with Notes, by Prof. R. H. Yapp. Pp. 451. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1929.) 21s. net.
(2) Die physikalische Komponente der pflanzlichen Transpiration.
A. Seybold. (Monographien aus dem Gesamtgebiet der wissenschaftlichen Botanik, Band 2.) Pp. x + 214. (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1929.) 26 gold marks.s. 6d. net.
Der Wasserhaushalt ägyptischer Wüsten- und Salzpflanzen: vom Standpunkt einer experimentellen und vergleichenden Pflanzengeographie
Dr. Otto Stocker. (Botanische Abhandlungen, herausgegeben von Prof. K. Goebel, Heft 13.) Pp. 200. (Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1928.) 12 gold marks.
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Desert Plants and Water. Nature 124, 293–294 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124293a0
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