Note 94 — Chapter VII
Reading edition
In that admirable work, The Physical Atlas of Dr. Berghaus, of which a very complete edition by Alexander Keith Johnstone is published in this country, the following order of the distribution of plants is given:—
1. The region of palms and bananasEquatorial zone.
2. Tree ferns and figsTropical zone.
3. Myrtles and laurelsSub-tropical zone.
4. Evergreen treesWarm temperate zone.
5. European treesCold temperate zone.
6. PinesSub-arctic zone.
7. RhododendronsArctic zone.
8. Alpine plantsPolar zone.
Consult Humboldt, Essai sur la Géographie des Plantes, Paris, 1807; De Distributione Geographicâ Plantarum, Paris, 1817. Schouw, Grundzüge der Pflanzengeographie. Also his Earth, Plants, and Man; translated by Henfrey, in Bohn’s Scientific Library. Lamouroux, Géographie Physique. The Plant, a Biography: by Schleiden; translated by Henfrey. Physical Geography: by Mrs. Somerville.