Front matter

First Impression October 1906. Second Impression February 1907. Second Edition 1910.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

ANCIENT PLANTS

BEING A SIMPLE ACCOUNT OF THE PAST VEGETATION OF THE EARTH AND OF THE RECENT IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES MADE IN THIS REALM OF NATURE STUDY

Illustrated. Demy 8vo, 4s. 6d. net

“Miss Stopes’s book is an enterprising and able attempt to popularize a difficult subject. The really keen student will undoubtedly be stimulated to pursue the study of fossil plants further, and even those who are not students will get some new ideas and derive a certain amount of interest from a book which is sometimes brilliant but never dull.”—Nature.

“Dr. Marie Stopes has made a name for herself in this special line. Anyone who takes an intelligent interest in the subject cannot fail to be charmed with the pleasant manner in which Dr. Stopes conveys her information.”—Athenæum.

PLATE I.

COMMON BRACKEN FERN (see p. 133)

THE STUDY OF PLANT LIFE

BY M. C. STOPES D.Sc.(Lond.), Ph.D.(Munich), F.L.S. Lecturer in Palæobotany at the University of Manchester

Second Edition

LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LIMITED NEW YORK: D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY 1910

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