Evaluated Historical Monographs in the Botanical Sciences, 1860 -1969
Fourth Part - Authors M-R

1    MacArthur, Robert H. Geographical Ecology; Patterns in the Distribution of Species. New York; Harper & Row, 1972. 269p.

2    MacArthur, Robert H. and Joseph H. Connell. The Biology of Populations. New York; Wiley, 1966. 200p.

2    MacArthur, Robert H. and E. O. Wilson. The Theory of Island Biogeography. Princeton; Princeton University Press, 1967. 203p.

1    MacDougal, Daniel T. Botanical Features of North American Deserts. Washington, D.C.; Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1908. 111p. (Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication no. 99)

1    MacDougal, Daniel T. and E. S. Spalding. The Water-Balance of Succulent Plants. Washington, D.C.; Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1910. 77p. (Carnegie Institution of Washington Pub. 141)

1    Maheshwari, Panchanan. An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms. New York; McGraw-Hill, 1950. 453p.

1    Maheshwari, Panchanan, ed. Recent Advances in the Embryology of Angiosperms. Delhi; International Society of Plant Morphologists, University of Delhi, 1963. 467p.

1    Maksimov, Nikola A. The Plant in Relation to Water: A Study of the Physiological Basis of Drought Resistance, authorized English translation edited by R. H. Yapp. London; Allen & Unwin, and New York; Macmillan Co., 1929. 451p.

2    Margulis, Lynn. Origin of Eukaryotic Cells; Evidence and Research Implications for a Theory of the Origin and Evolution of Microbial, Plant and Animal Cells on the Precambrian Earth. New Haven, Conn.; Yale University Press, 1970. 349p.

2    Mather, Kenneth. Biometrical Genetics, the Study of Continuous Variation. London; Methuen & Co., 1949. 162p. (3d ed. by Kenneth Mather and John L. Links. London and New York; Chapman & Hall, 1982. 396p.)

1    Mayer, A. M., and A. Poljakoff-Meyber. The Germination of Seeds. Oxford; Pergamon, and New York; Macmillan, 1963. 236p. (4th ed. Oxford and New York; Pergamon Press, 1989. 270p.)

1    Mayr, Ernst. Animal Species and Evolution. Cambridge, Mass.; Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1963. 797p.

1    Mayr, Ernst, ed. The Species Problem; A Symposium Presented at the Atlanta Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 28-29, 1955. Washington, D.C.; American Assocation for the Advancement of Science, 1957. 395p. (American Association for the Advancement of Science Publications no. 50) (Reprint. New York; Arno Press, 1974. 395p.)

1    McDougall, W. B. Plant Ecology. Philadelphia; Lea & Febiger, 1927. 326p. (4th rev ed., London; H. Kimpton, and Philadelphia; Lea & Febiger, 1949. 234p.)

2    McLean, Robert C. and W. R. Ivimey-Cook. Textbook of Theoretical Botany. London and New York; Longmans, Green, 1951-1967. 4 vols. (Vol. 4 published by J. Wiley) (Available in Microform)

2    Meeuse, Adrianus D. J. Fundamentals of Phytomorphology. New York; Ronald Press, 1966. 231p.

1    Mendel, Gregor. Experiments in Plant Hybridisation. Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1925. 41p. (Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1967. 41p.) (Original publ. as Versuche Ÿber Pflanzenhybriden, in Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brunn, Bd. iv, 1865; Original translation by the Royal Horticultural Society, London, appeared in the Royal Horticultural Society Journal, v. 26, pt. 1 1901; Reprinted in Castle, W. E. Genetics and Eugenics, 1916; Also published as Experiments in Plant Hybridisation. Mendel's Original Paper in English with Commentary and Assessment by Sir Ronald A. Fisher and Reprint of W. Bateson's Biographical Notice of Mendel. Edited by J. H. Bennett. Edinburgh; Oliver & Boyd 1965. 95p.)

1    Merrill, Elmer Drew. The Botany of Cook's Voyages and Its Unexpected Significance in Relation to Anthropology, Biogeography, and History. Waltham, Mass.; Chronica Botanica, 1954. 384p. (Chronica Botanica v. 14, no. 5/6)

1    Metcalfe, Charles R., ed. Anatomy of the Monocotyledons. Oxford; Clarendon Press, 1960-1982. 7 vols. (Vol. 1. Gramineae, by C. R. Metcalfe; Vol. 2. Palmae, by P. B. Tomlinson; Vol. 3. Commelinales-Zingiberales, by P. B. Tomlinson; Vol. 4. Juncales, by D. F. Cutler; Vol. 5. Cyperaceae, by C. R. Metcalfe; Vol. 6. Dioscoreales, by E. S. Ayensu; Vol. 7. Helobiae (Alismatidae), by P. B. Tomlinson.)

1    Metcalfe, Charles R. and L. Chalk. Anatomy of the Dicotyledons; Leaves, Stem, and Wood in Relation to Taxonomy with Notes on Economic Uses. Oxford; Clarendon Press, 1950. 2 vols. (2d ed., 1979-1987, 3 vols.)

2    Meyer, Bernard S. and Donald B. Anderson. Plant Physiology: A Textbook for Colleges and Universities. New York; D. Van Nostrand Co., 1939. 696p. (2d ed. with title: Plant Physiology. New York; Van Nostrand, 1952. 784p.; Reprint. 1955. 784p.)

1    Meyer, Ernst H. F. Geschichte der Botanik. Kšnigsberg; GebrŸder Borntrager, 1854-1857. 4 vols. (Reprint. Amsterdam; Asher, 1965. 4 vols.)

2    Miall, L. C. The Early Naturalists, Their Lives and Work. London; Macmillan and Co., 1912. 396p.

1    Miller, Edwin C. Plant Physiology, With Reference to the Green Plant. New York and London; McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1931. 900p. (2d ed., 1938. 1201p.)

1    Molisch, Hans. Anatomie der Pflanze. Jena, Germany; G. Fischer, 1920. 144p. (6th ed. by Karl Hofler. Jena, Germany; G. Fischer, 1954. 180p.)

1    Molisch, Hans. The Longevity of Plants. Translated by Edmund H. Fulling. New York; Edmund H. Fulling, 1938. 226p. (Original publ. as Die Lebensdauer der Pflanze. Jena, Germany; Gustav Fischer, 1929. 168p.)

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1    Morgan, Thomas H. et al. The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity. New York; H. Holt, 1915. 262p. (Rev. ed., 1922. 357p.)

1    Morgan, Thomas H. The Scientific Basis of Evolution. New York; W. W. Norton, 1932. 286p. (2d ed., 1935. 306p.)

1    Morgan, Thomas H. The Theory of the Gene. New Haven, Conn.; Yale University Press, 1926. 343p. (Rev. ed., 1928. 358p.; Reprint. New York; Hafner Pub. Co., 1964. 358p.) (Orig. ed. reprint. New York; Garland Pub., 1988. 343p.)

1    Muenscher, Walter C. Poisonous Plants of the United States. New York; Macmillan Company, 1939. 266p. (Rev. ed., 1951. 277p.)

1    Muller, Hermann. The Fertilisation of Flowers. Translated and edited by D'Arcy W. Thompson. London; Macmillan and Co., 1883. 669p. (Original publ. as Die Befruchtung der Blumen Durch Insekten und die Gegenseitigen Anpassungen Beider. Ein Beitrag zur Erkenntniss des Ursachlichen Zusammenhanges in der Organischen Natur. Leipzig, W. Engelmann, 1873. 478p.) (New York; Arno Press, 1977. 669p.)

1    Munch, Ernst. Die Stoffbewegungen in der Pflanze. Jena; G. Fischer, 1930. 234p.

1    Murneek, A. E. et al, eds. Vernalization and Photoperiodism, a Symposium. Waltham, Mass.; Chronica Botanica, 1948. 196p.

2    Nageli, Karl. Untersuchungen über Niedere Pilze aus dem Pflanzen-Physiologischen Institute in München. Munich; R. Oldenbourg, 1882. 285p.

2    Napp-Zinn, Klaus. Anatomie des Blattes. Berlin; Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1966-1973. 2 vols. (Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie 8 T. 2)

1    Netolitzky, Fritz. Die Pflanzenhaare. Berlin; Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1932. 253p. (Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie 1 Abt., 2 Teil. Bd. 4a.) (2d English ed. by J. C. Theodorus Uphof, with title: Plant Hairs, with the cooperation of C. E. Bremekamp for the translation of the German manuscript, Die Verbreitung der Haartypen in den Natürlichen Verwandtschaftsgruppen, by Karl Hummel and Karin Staesche. Berlin; Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1962. 292p.)

1    Ogura, Yudzuru. Anatomie der Vegetationsorgane der Pteridophyten. Berlin; Borntraeger, 1938. 476p. (Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie 2 Abt., 2 Teil, Bd. 7b) (2d ed. in English with title Comparative Anatomy of Vegetative Organs of the Pteridophytes. Berlin; Borntraeger, 1972. 502p. Issued as Bd. 7, T. 3 of Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie, 2d. ed.)

2    Olby, Robert C. Origins of Mendelism. London; Constable, 1966. 204p. (2d ed., Chicago; University of Chicago Press, 1985. 310p.)

1    Onslow, Muriel W. The Anthocyanin Pigments of Plants. Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, 1916. 318p. (2d ed. 1925. 314p.)

1    Oosting, Henry John. The Study of Plant Communities; An Introduction to Plant Ecology. San Francisco; W. H. Freeman, 1948. 389p. (2d ed. 1956. 440p.)

1    Osterhout, W. J. V. Experiments with Plants. New York; Macmillan, 1905. 492p. (10th ed., 1927. 492p.) (Available in Microform - Ohio State University)

2    Owens, Charles Elmer. Principles of Plant Pathology. New York; J. Wiley, and London; Chapman & Hall, 1928. 629p.

2    Palladin, Vladimir I. Pflanzenanantomie. Translation of 5th Russian edition by S. Tschulok. Leipzig; Teubner, 1914. 195p.

1    Palladin, Vladimir I. Plant Physiology...authorized English ed. based on the German translation of the 6th Russian ed. and the 7th Russian ed. (1914) of the Text-book of Plant Physiology. Edited by Burton Edward Livingston. Philadelphia; P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1918. 320p. (Original publ. as Pflanzenphysiologie. Berlin; J. Springer, 1911. 310p.) (3d ed., 1926. 360p.)

1    Pfeffer, Wilhelm. Osmotic Investigations: Studies on Cell Mechanics. Translated by G. R. Kepner and Ed. J. Stadelman. New York; Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. 267p. (Original publ. as: Osmotische Untersuchungen; Studien zur Zellmechanik. Leipzig; Engelmann, 1877. 236p.; Reprint. 1921. 236p.) (1st German ed. available in Microform)

1    Pfeffer, Wilhelm. The Physiology of Plants: A Treatise Upon the Metabolism and Sources of Energy in Plants. 2d rev. ed., translated from German. Oxford; Clarendon Press, 1900-1906. 3 vols. (Available on microform at Ohio State University)

2    Pickering, Charles. The Geographical Distribution of Animals and Plants. Boston; Little, Brown, 1854. 168p. (Boston; Gould & Lincoln, 1863. 168p.)

2    Pincus, Gregory and Kenneth V. Thimann, eds. The Hormones: Physiology, Chemistry and Applications. New York; Academic Press, 1948-1964. 5 vols. (Vols. 4 and 5 edited by Gregory Pincus, Kenneth V. Thimann, and E. B. Astwood)

2    Pool, Raymond. Flowers and Flowering Plants. 1st ed. New York; McGraw-Hill, 1929. 378p. (2d ed., 1941. 428p.)

2    Pridham, J. B. and T. Swain, eds. Biosynthetic Pathways in Higher Plants; Proceedings of the Plant Phenolics Group Symposium, April 1964, Leeds. London; Academic Press, 1965. 212p. (Phytochemical Group. Annual Proceedings no. 1)

2    Priestley, Joseph H. and Lorna I. Scott. An Introduction to Botany, With Special Reference to the Structure of the Flowering Plant. London; Longmans, Green, 1938. 615p. (4th ed. by J. H. Priestley and Lorna I. Scott, with the collaboration of Edith Harrison. London; Longmans, 1964. 705p.)

2    Raber, Oran L. Principles of Plant Physiology. New York; Macmillan, 1928. 377p. (Rev. ed., 1933. 432p.)

1    Rabinowitch, Eugene I. Photosynthesis and Related Processes. New York; Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1945-1956. 2 vols. in 3

1    Rafinesque, C. S. A Life of Travels. Foreword by Elmer D. Merrill and critical index by Francis W. Pennell. Waltham, Mass.; Chronica Botanica, and New York; G. E. Stechert., 1944. 360p.p. (Verbatim reprint of the original edition rewritten by the author from French draft, with title: A Life of Travels and Researches in North America and South Europe, or Outlines of the Life, Travels and Researches of C. S. Rafinesque. Philadelphia; Printed for the author by F. Turner, 1836. 148p; Original ed. also reprinted with other writings in: Rafinesque: Autobiography and Lives. New York; Arno Press, 1978. 642p.) (Original French draft prepared in 1833, published as: Précis ou Abrégé des Voyages, Travaux, et Recherches de C. S. Rafinesque (1833), ed. by Charles Boewe, Georges Reynaud, and Beverly Seaton. Amsterdam and New York; North-Holland, 1987. 113p.)

1    Raunkiaer, Christen. The Life Forms of Plants and Statistical Plant Geography: Being the Collected Papers of C. Raunkiaer. Oxford; Clarendon Press, 1934. 632p. (Transl. from the Danish)

1    Raven, C. E. John Ray, Naturalist, His Life and Works. Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, 1942. 502p. (2d ed., Cambridge, Eng.; Cambridge University Press, 1950. 506p.; Reprint. 1986. 506p.)

1    Reed, Howard S. A Short History of the Plant Sciences. Waltham, Mass.; Chronica Botanica Co., 1942. 320p.

2    Rensch, Bernhard. Evolution Above the Species Level. Translated by Dr. Altevogt. New York; Columbia University Press, 1959. 419p. (Original publ. as Neuere Probleme der Abstammungslehre. Stuttgart; F. Enke, 1947. 407p.) (Reprint., New York; Wiley, 1966. 419p.)

1    Richards, Paul W. The Tropical Rain Forest: An Ecological Study. Cambridge, Eng.; Cambridge Universty Press, 1952. 450p. (2nd ed. with title: The Tropical Rain Forest: An Ecological Study, by P. W. Richards; with contributions by R. P. D. Walsh, I. C. Baillie, and P. Greig-Smith. Cambridge and New York; Cambridge University Press, 1995.)

1    Rickett, Harold W. The Royal Botanical Expedition to New Spain, 1788-1820 As Described in Documents in the Archivo General de la Nacion, Mexico, Now Translated and Collated. Waltham, Mass.; Chronica Botanica, 1947. 86p. (Chronica Botanica v. 11, no. 1) (Available in Microform)

1    Roberts, H. F. Plant Hybridization Before Mendel. Princeton, N.J.; Princeton University Press, 1929. 374p. (Facsim. reprint., New York; Hafner Pub. Co., 1965. 374p.)

2    Rodgers, A. D. John Torrey. Princeton, N. J.; Princeton University Press, 1942. 352p.

1    Roelofson, P. A. The Plant Cell-Wall. Berlin; Borntraeger, 1959. 335p. (Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie (1956) Bd. 3, Teil 4) (Earlier German ed. by C. van Wisselingh, with title: Die Zellmembran. Berlin, GebrŸder Borntraeger, 1925. 264p.; Later English ed. by Albert Frey-Wyssling. Berlin; GebrŸder Borntraeger, 1976. 294p.)

2    Rubel, Eduard. Geobotanische Untersuchungsmethoden. Berlin; GebrŸder Borntraeger, 1922. 290p.

2    Rubel, Eduard. Pflanzengesellschaften der Erde. Bern-Berlin; H. Huber 1930. 464p.

2    Ruhland, W., ed. Aussenfaktoren in Wachstum und Entwicklung. Berlin; Springer, 1961. 950p. (Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie Bd. 16)

1    Ruhland, W. and Anton Lang, eds. Differenzierung und Entwicklung. Berlin; Springer, 1965. 2 vols. (Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie Bd. 15)

1    Russell, E. John. Soil Conditions and Plant Growth. London and New York; Longmans, Green, 1912. 168p. (11th ed. with title: Russell's Soil Conditions and Plant Growth, edited by Alan Wild. Burnt Mill, U.

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