Library of 19
th
Century Science:
The Golden Age of Geology
THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF PLANTS
by
SIR J. WILLIAM DAWSON
New York:
D. Appleton and Company
1888
This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from the original documents in his personal library
October, 2011
Copyright © 2011 by Dr. David C. Bossard. All rights reserved.
CONTENTS.
Titlepage
i
Frontispiece,
iii
Preface
v
Contents
vii
Illustrations
ix
CHAPTER I
001
002
003
004
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PRELIMINARY IDEAS OF GEOLOGICAL CHRONOI.OGY AND OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS
CHAPTER II
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044
VEGETATION OF THE LAURENTIAN AND EARLY PALEOZOIC -- QUESTIONS AS TO ALGAE.
CHAPTER III
045
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THE ERIAN OR DEVONIAN FORESTS -- ORIGIN OF PETROLEUM -- THE AGE OF ACROGENS AND GYMNOSPERMS.
CHAPTER IV
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THE CARBONIFEROUS FLORA -- CULMINATION OF THE ACROGENS -- FORMATION OF COAL.
CHAPTER V
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THE FLORA OF THE EARLY MESOZOIC -- REIGN OF PINES AND CYCADS.
CHAPTER VI.
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THE REIGN OF ANGIOSPERMS IN THE LATER CRETACEOUS AND EARLY TERTIARY OR KAINOZOIC.
CHAPTER VII.
219
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221
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PLANTS FROM THE TERTIARY TO THE MODERN PERIOD.
CHAPTER VIII
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GENERAL LAWS OF ORIGIN AND MIGRATIONS OF PLANTS -- RELATIONS OF RECENT AND FOSSIL FLORAS.
APPENDIX
I. COMPARATIVE VIEW OF PALEOZOIC FLORAS
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279
280
II. HEER'S LATEST STATEMENTS ON THE GREENLAND FLORA
281
282
283
III. MINERALISATION OF FOSSIL PLANTS
284
285
IV. GENERAL WORKS ON PALEOBOTANY
286
INDEX
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