Excerpt from Mitosis in PelliaIn studying the preparations hollow glass globes, filled with various solutions, served as ray filters and condensers. A light blue solution Of ammonia copper sul phate was used for most of the work, but occasionally a light Violet Solution Of per manganate of potash, imitating the gentian violet stain, gave a sharper differentiation of the kinoplasmic structures.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundre...
Excerpt from The Living CycadsThe living cycads are fernlike or palmlike plants and are the surviving remnants of a line reaching back through the Mesozoic into the Paleozoic. The title The Living Cycads was chosen to contrast with The Fossil Cycads, a work in two large volumes by Professor G. R. Wieland, of Yale University, dealing with the extinct cycads of the Mesozoic.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of ra...
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