Erythea: A Journal of Botany, West American and General, Том 1

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Willis Linn Jepson
University of California, 1893

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Стр. 180 - CE Bessey, was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That inasmuch as the attendance of European botanists at this meeting has fallen much below the expectation of the organizing committee, so that the desired international character of the assemblage has not been realized, the name of this body be the
Стр. 185 - The National Herbarium, with all its wealth of specimens of inestimable value, is at present deposited in a building which from its construction and use is peculiarly liable to de'struction by fire ; and Whereas, Such destruction would be an irreparable loss to the science of botany. Therefore, be it...
Стр. 135 - ... ft.2 Dr. William Gibbons, who had been in the redwoods as a youth, wrote in 1893: . . . the Oakland Hills being exposed immediately to the influences of the sea winds and fogs, bear— or at least once bore— a group of redwood trees about five miles square. . . . This isolated group at one time included some of the most gigantic trees of the species. But for the sad havoc wrought there forty years ago by lumbermen and wood choppers, ,. these Oakland Hills at the point indicated might still...
Стр. 167 - ... the free nitrogen contained in the soil, derived, of course, from the atmosphere ; and that if the soil be sterilised, by which the bacteria are killed, no fixation of nitrogen can take place, and the growth of the leguminous plant remains appreciably attenuated. The roots of leguminous plants growing in the ordinary soil are known to possess numbers of nodular growths.
Стр. 167 - The roots of leguminous plants growing in the ordinary soil are known to possess numbers of nodular growths. These nodules have been thoroughly investigated by a large number of observers, and their importance in the process of fixing the nitrogen, and in the proper development of the plant, has been satisfactorily worked out ; foremost amongst these stand the investigations of Prof.
Стр. 167 - Gilbert, of Beyerinck, Prazmowski, Nobbe, and Frank. Beyerinck, then Prazmowski, and particularly Nobbe, have shown that the nodules on the roots owe their origin to the growth in the tissues of the root of certain bacteria, and it is these bacteria which are instrumental in fixing the free nitrogen. These bacteria represent well-defined species, and, as Nobbe has shown, differ for the different leguminosx.
Стр. 185 - That we, the members of the Madison Botanical Congress, hereby appeal to the Senators and Representatives of the National Congress to make early provision for a suitable fire-proof building for the preservation of this scientific treasure, and we would respectfully request the Secretary of Agriculture to urge upon Congress the desirability of prompt action in this matter. CHARLES E. BESSEY, NL BEITTON, WA KELLERMAN, Committee.
Стр. 152 - EL GREENE tells us, in Erythea for August, that " Part i. of the Index Kewensis, dealing with the nomenclature of all known flowering plants, has just been issued in London. It had been confided that such a work was in progress at the Kew Herbarium, and the promise of its publication excited curiosity and interest in many quarters.
Стр. 6 - Erect, rather slender, a foot high, from a perpendicular root; leaves mostly radical, bipinnately 3 to 7-parted, the divisions decurrent upon the rachis as a narrow entire wing; the several ascending branches bearing compound umbels with elongated rays; flowers few in the head, yellow; fruit small, broader than long, the whole surface covered with uncinate prickles which are strongly nstulate-enlarged or inflated from the base to near the middle." Type locality, "Big Trees" and "Yosemite Valley;"...
Стр. 186 - Chil. i. 125 (1845), which is to receive another name. 2. That the general sequence of natural orders as taken up in Engler and Prantl's "Natlirliche Pflanzenfamilien " be adopted. 360 3. That in determining the name of a genus or species to which two or more names have been given by an author in the same volume or on the same page of a volume, precedence shall decide.

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