Excerpt from Outlines of Classification and Special Morphology of Plants, Vol. 2
This translation of Professor Goebel's book is a natural sequel to those of previous editions of Professor Sachs' standard Text-book which have issued from the Clarendon Press.
The attempt to make use of a consistent terminology based upon homology, which is a prominent feature in the book, adds considerably to its value from an educational standpoint, and to obviate as much as possible any difficulties thata may arise from the modification of the terminology adopted in previous editions an 'Explanation of Terms' is given at the end of the volume. It must be borne in mind that the definitions there offered are not exhaustive but have reference to the terms as used in the text. The abandonment of the use of the term 'spore' in the limited sense introduced by Professor Sachs is of sufficient importance to be noted here.
Some of the results of work, supplementing or modifying the statements in the text and published since the appearance of the German Edition, are referred to in foot-notes, and there have also been added citations of some of the more important literature of the past two or three years. There is, however, no pretension to completeness in either respect. No reference is made to Sachs' Vorlesungen uber Pflanzenphysiologie - a translation of which is in the press - or to Van Tieghem's Traite de Botanique, as these are books which should be in the hands of every botanical student.
In deciding upon innovations which will be found in some of the English equivalents for German technical terms, I have to acknowledge the benefit of the counsel of several friends, amongst whom I may mention, Professor F. Orpen Bower, Professor Alexander Dickson, Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, Dr. S. H. Vines and Professor H. Marshall Ward.
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