Excerpt from The Physiological Role of Mineral Nutrients in Plants A correct understanding Of the physiological role Of mineral nutri ents lies at the foundation Of all work in plant nutrition. The relation Of nutrition to the health Of plants and the quality Of their products is receiving more attention than formerly, and is a matter Of great practical and scientific importance. The purpose of this paper is to present a resume Of what has been accomplished up to the pres ent time by the numerous investigators who have given the subject attention. The matter has been prepared, _as in the former work, pri marily for teachers and experiment-station workers, and it is therefore treated from a technical rather than from a practical standpoint. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.