Mr. Cooke has established for himself a deservedly high reputation as a close investigator of Nature and a careful describer of Fungi. The beautiful little work before us opens a new field of research, not only for the microscopists, but also for all interested (and who is not more or less so ) in those minute pests of the field and garden. In the twenty years since the fifth volume of the British Flora appeared, the progress of Mycological science has been much extended. Corn rust, Smut, and the mould, or parasitic ...
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Mr. Cooke has established for himself a deservedly high reputation as a close investigator of Nature and a careful describer of Fungi. The beautiful little work before us opens a new field of research, not only for the microscopists, but also for all interested (and who is not more or less so ) in those minute pests of the field and garden. In the twenty years since the fifth volume of the British Flora appeared, the progress of Mycological science has been much extended. Corn rust, Smut, and the mould, or parasitic fungi, are diseases well known to the farmers; but the true nature of these he has seldom stopped to inquire into. The popular work now before us, with its many beautiful coloured illustrations, will enlighten him on many points, and may be studied with advantage by others besides the mere microscopist seeking novelties for his object-glass. Mr. Cooke thus sums up his remarks: -- "This fragment of a history of microscopic fungi goes forth to plead for students and prepare the path for something more complete. Is it not a shame that two thousand species of plants (never mind how minute, how insignificant) should be known to exist, and constitute a flora, in a nation amongst the foremost in civilization, and yet be without a complete record ' It is, nevertheless, true that-hundreds of minute organisms, exquisite in form, marvelous in structure, mysterious in development, injurious to some, linked with the existence of all, are known to flourish in Britain without a history or description in the language of, or produced in, the country they inhabit. It is also true that the descriptions, by which they should be known, of hundreds of the rest lie buried in a floating literature whence the youthful and ardent student needs, not only youth and ardour, but leisure and perseverance unlimited, to unearth them." We hail the appearance of all such works as this with satisfaction, from being calculated to fill an existing void, and also likely to interest the botanical student, the agriculturist, and the horticulturist. -- Technologist , Volume 5
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