Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Volume 22Torrey Botanical Club., 1895 Includes Index to American botanical literature. |
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Page 74 - List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta" issued under the direction of the Botanical Club, AA AS j. If it is considered desirable to give other data than series number (if any), volume number, page and date, these should be added in brackets after the date. But useless or unnecessary data should be avoided. k. Citations of reviews, abstracts, and all such secondary references should be enclosed in parentheses. Examples. i. Lagerheim, G. von. Ueber das Vorkommen von Europseischen Uredineen auf der...
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Page 74 - Punctuation. Except the comma following the author's name, and the colon following the volume number all the items are to be separated by periods. If another citation follows in the same line it is to be separated from the first by an en dash. Specific, generic and varietal names are to...
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