The New Phytologist, Vol. 6

Excerpt from The New Phytologist, Vol. 6: A British Botanical Journal; Pp; VIII and 286, With Five Plates and 118 Figures in the Text Willingly comply with the Editor's request that I would write some account of the remarkable personality of which botanical science in this country has been so untimely bereft. The story has not only an almost romantic interest of its own, but it is a not unimportant chapter in the history of our botanical school. If in telling it I am a little autobiographical, the circumstances of the case make this unavoidable. In 1873 Professor Huxley's health compelled him to go abroad. At a very short notice I was asked to take his place at what was then the Normal School of Science at South Kensington, and give a Course of Instruction in Botany to Science Teachers, on the lines which Huxley had himself worked out for Biology generally. A lecture was given in the morning, and during the remainder of the day the students were assisted in demonstrating for themselves in the laboratory what had been taught dogmatically in the lecture room. I secured the help of the late Professor Lawson, and it must be confessed that the task we attempted was no easy one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.