New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-30
THE FLORA OF THE HOLY LAND.
DR. POSTS NEW BOOK on THE BOTANY ol
SYRIA PALESTINE AND SINAI

DIR POSTS NEW BOOK on THE BOTANY OF
SYRIA. PALESTINE AND SINAI
In the midst OF alarums science pursues its serene
way undaunted. and It's achievements emerge from
the stress Of circumstance without the smallest de-
tail missing The conviction is confirmed with
noculiar force by the superb Flora OF Syria Pal
estine and Sinai" which the Rev. George f. Post
of the Syrian Protestant College at Beirut has At
last completed. and Of which we have received n
few specimen pages. The distress into which nearly
all of Asia Minor has been plunged these many
months past has affected 10 some extent the quiet
ude of Beirut, and throughout the regions covered
bv Dir Posts botanical researches there have been
disturbances of a nature to give pause to the most
interchangeable explorer But fortune has favored the
author Of this admirable work, his studies have
been extended over many years. and little by little.
when conditions permitted 1t. he las managed TO
round out the examination OF that flora which he
aimed from the beginning to show In its COM
pletest form He has been well qualified for his
task The son Of the late Dr Post. for many years
Dean OF the University Medical School OF New
York the author OF this work was graduated
from the Union Theological Seminary here, earned
also his medical degree in NewYork. and then
made himself career In connection with the
American College at Beirut As a surgeon he
gained the chief office In the German Hospital at
Beirut and throughout Syria his repute stands
high His scientific enthusiasms have never
tagged circumstances have combined to give him
constant opportunity for the solution OF difficult
problems and he has carried into the development
of his botanical studies mind trained TO a re-
markabe degree.
Tho flora OF the Holy Land has been DR.. Post $
hobby; he has made his observations. and
made them with the painstakng elaboration OF
affection The thousand pages OF his volume prom
Use therefore 10 exert the same authority when
now belongs to the data from his hand which Is
included In the valuable appendix OF the Cambridge
Bible The new work is "a handsome octave. taste
fully and clearly printed. with 400 woodcuts
and n colored map showing the botanical regions
under consideration Altogether there are descrip-
tions OF l2i orders nearly 1000 genera. and more
than $500 species. many OF these being new to
science The scope Of the book extends from the
Taurus to Ras Mohammcd and from the Med-
terranean to the Syrian and Arabian deserts The
descriptions are brief but comprehensive. and an
effort has been made to present comparative fea-
lures I'm vivid contrast by certain uniformity OF
method The italicizing OF the more distinctive
characteristics Of the different orders IL also
help Wherever the Holy Land Of the past IL
studied with a close interest In the Holy Land OF
to-day this book will he found useful and sug-
gestive companion. To libraries. to botanical so
ceties and kindred institutions 1t should prove In
valuable Booksellers will. OF course be able to
import IT. but .opies also be- obtained. at small
cost. direct from the author the Rev George t.
Post NJ D.. Syrian Protestant College. Beirut.
Syria.