Practical plant physiology : an introduction to original research for students and teachers of natural science, medicine, agriculture and forestry / by W. Detmer ; translated from the second German edition by S. A. Moor.

Date:
1898
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Credit: Practical plant physiology : an introduction to original research for students and teachers of natural science, medicine, agriculture and forestry / by W. Detmer ; translated from the second German edition by S. A. Moor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION It is by no means sufficient for the student of plant physiology to attend lectures, or wade through text-books on the subject. He must endeavour to familiarise himself, from practical experi- ence, with the methods of research. Plant physiology is now of such far-reaching significance for students of Natural Science, Agriculture, Forestry, and Medicine, that it has become a matter of importance to devote greater attention to it than hitherto in Universities and other advanced educational institutions. Especially it seems desirable to organise physiological exercises for students, and having myself, with very favourable results, introduced such a course of practical work in the University at Jena, I know from experience that the difficulties of the undertaking, which at first sight appear con- siderable, can be satisfactorily overcome. In this book I have set before myself the task of advancing to the best of my ability the study of Plant Physiology. The Practical Plant Physiology, however, is by no means exclusively intended for the use of students. I trust that it may be welcome also to many teachers in higher grade schools. For many reasons Botany forms a particularly suitable subject of study for schools, and a series of physiological experiments not only gives a very special interest to the teaching of Botany, but also enhances its importance as a means of mental development. The arrangement of the material in the book is essentially the same as that followed in my Lehrhuch der PJlanzenphysiologie, published in 1883 by E. Trewendt, Breslau. Theoretical con- siderations, to which in that treatise a considerable space was naturally assigned, are here almost entirely wanting. My work during the last four years in the preparation of this Practical Plant Physiology has been very great. It has been