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Books Review in this article:
Forest Trees and Timbers of the British Empire. Part I. Some East African Coniferae and Leguminosae. By L. C halk , M.A., D.Phil., J. B urtt D avy , M.A., Ph.D. and H. E. D esch , B.SC.
Part II. Twenty West African Timber Trees. By L. C halk , M.A., D.Phil., J. B urtt D avy , M.A., Ph.D., H. E. D esch , B.SC, M.A. and A. C. H oyle , B.Sc, M.A.
Part III. Fifteen South African High Forest Timber Trees. By L. C halk , M.A., D.Phil., M. M. C hattaway , B.SC, M.A., J. B urtt D avy , M.A., Ph.D., F. S. L aughton , B.SC. and M. H. S cott , B.SC.
Colloids in Agriculture. By C. E. M arshall .
Flore Laurentienne. By F rère M arie -V ictorin , D.SC.
Plant Viruses. By K enneth M. S mith .
Plant Life: A Text-book of Botany. By D. B. S wingle .
Gardening in East Africa: A Practical Handbook. Edited by A. J. J ex -B lake , with a foreword by Sir A rthur W. H ill .
British Stem- and Leaf-Fungi (Coelomycetes). Vol. I. Sphaeropsidales. By W. B. G rove , M.A.     

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Review in this article:
Active Transport and Secretion. Symposium of the Society of Experimental Biology. VIII. Edited by R. B rown add J. F. D anielli .
Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung. Hrsg. v. L. V. Heilbrunn u. F. Weber. Band 1/1: Die makromolekulare Chemie und ihre Bedeutung für die Protoplasmaforschung. By H. S taudinger and M. S taudinger .
Flora of Egypt. Vol. III. Angiospermae, part Monocotyledons: Liliaceae—Musaceae. By V ivi T ackholm and M ohammed D rar .
Australian and New Zealand Botany. By J. M c L uckie , M.A., B.Sc. (Glas.), D.Sc. (Syd.) and H. S. M c K ee , B.A., D.Phil. (Oxon).
South African Pollen grains and Spores, Part I. By E. M. van Z inderen B akker .     

THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONIFER CONE

Die Koniferen des Oberkarbons und des unteren Perms , Parts 1–7. By R udolf F lorin .
Plant Life of the Pacific World. By E lmer D. M errill
Merrilleana , A Selection from the General Writings of E lmer D rew M errill , Sc.D., LL.D.
Forest Soils and Forest Grozuth. By S. A. W ilde , F.E., D.T ech .S c .
The Natural Vegetation of Trinidad. By J. S. B eard .
Dating the Past: An Introduction to Geochronology. By F rederick E. Z euner .
La Culture des Tissits. By R.-J. G autheret .     

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The Chemical Activities of Bacteria. By E. F. G ale , B.A., Ph.D.
Heredity and Variation in Micro-organisms. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology.
The Royal Botanical Expedition to New Spain. By H erbert W illiam R ickett .
The Living Plant. By I. V. N ewman .
Hormones and Horticulture. The use of special chemicals in the control of plant growth. By G eorge S. A very and E lizabeth B indloss J ohnson , with the collaboration of R uth M. A ddoms and B etty F. T homson .
Plant Physiology. By M eirion T homas .
The Genetics of Garden Plants. By M. B. C rane and W. J. C. L awrence , with a foreword by S ir D aniel H all .
Plant Viruses. By K enneth M. S mith , F.R.S.     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Molecular Biology of Photosynthesis. Ed. By G ovindjee , H. J. B ohnert , W. B ottomley , D. A. B ryant , J. E. M ullet , W. L. O gren , H. P akrasi and C. R. S omerville .
Biochemical and Physiological Aspects of Ethylene Production in Lower and Higher Plants. Ed. by H. C lijsters , M. de P roft , R. M arcelle and M. V an P oucke .
Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sulphur Utilisation by Fungi. By L. B oddy , R. M archant and D. J. R ead .
Fungi and Ecological Disturbance. Ed. by L. B oddy , R. W atling and A. J. E. L yon .
Phytoplankton , 2nd Edn. By A. D. B oney .
The Holocene: An Environmental History. By N eil R oberts .
Chambers Biology Dictionary. Ed. by P. M. B. W alker , C.B.E., F.R.S.E.     

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Book reviewed in this article
Plant Physiology. By N. A. M aximov , edited by R. B. H arvey and A. E. M urneek .
The Physiology of Plants. By W illiam S eifriz .
A Textbook of General Botany. By R. M. H olman and W. W. R obbins .
Plant Form and Function. By F. E. F ritsch and E. J. S alisbury .
Plant Physiology, with Reference to the Green Plant. By E. C. M iller , Ph.D.
The Vegetation of South Africa. By R. S. A damson , M.A., D.Sc.     

Reviews

Recent Advances in Cytology . By C. D. D arlington .
Recent Advances in Plant Genetics . By F. W. S ansome and J. P hilp
The Apple . By Sir A. D aniel H all and M. B. C rane . Pp. 235, 11 figs, and 12 plates. London: Martin Hopkinson, Ltd., 1933. 10 s . 6 d . net.
Elements of Agriculture . By the late R. P ream , LL.D. Ed. by Prof. Sir R owland H. B iffen
Plant Parasitic Nematodes . By T. G oodey .
Phytopathological and Botanical Research Methods . By T homas E lsworth R awlins .     

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Review in this article:
The Grass, Fern and Savannah Lands of Ceylon, their Nature and Ecological Significance. By C. H. H olmes .
Guide to the National Pinetum and Forest Plots at Bedgebury. By W. D allimore , R. F. W ood and others. Edited for H.M. Forestry Commission by J. M acdonald and H. J. E dlin .
Elementary Genetics. By W ilma G eorge .
The Stipitate Hydnums of the Eastern United States. By W illiam C hambers C oker and A lma H olland B eere .
Leaf Analysis. By H. L undegårdh , translated by R. L. M itchell .
Trace Elements in Plant Physiology (Lotsya, Vol. 3, I.U.B.S. Colloquia, Series B., No. 1).
Respiration et Métabolisme Azoté ( Etude de physiologie foliaire ) By A lexis M oyse .
Manual of Phycology. An Introduction to the Algae and their Biology. Edited by G ilbert M. S mith .
Recent Advances in the Study of Plant Viruses. By K enneth M. S mith .
An Introduction to the Anatomy of Seed Plants. By E. L. S tover .
Drawings of British Plants. Part V. Caryophyllaceae. By S tella R oss -C raig .
Zur Lebensgeschichte des Schilfs an den Ufern der Schweizer Seen. Beiträge zur geobotanischen Landesaufnahme der Schweiz. Heft 30. By H ans H ürlimann .
Vegetationskarte der Schweiz. In four sheets, I-IV. Scale 1: 200,000. By E mil S chmid .
Native Orchids of North America. By D. S. C orrell .
Advances in Genetics. Vol. IV. Edited by M. D emerec .
Flora of the British Isles. By A. R. C lapham , T. G. T utin and E. F. W arburg .
Introduction to Mycology. By J. A. M acdonald .     

Reviews

The Flavonoids. Advances in Research since 1980. Ed. by J. B. H arborne .
Hungry crops : a guide to nutrient deficiencies in field crops By N. J. G rundon .
Microbial ecology: organisms, habitats, activities. By H einz S tolp .
Evolutionary Biology of the Fungi. Ed. by A. D. M. R ayner , C. M. B rasier and D. M oore .
Micro-algal Biotechnology . Edited by M.A. B orowitzka and L. J. B orowitzka and L. J. B orowitzka .
Experimental Phycology: A laboratory manual Edited by C hristopher S. L obban , D avid J. C hapman , and B runo P. K remer .
100 Families of Flowering Plants. By M. H ickey and C. K ing .
Differentiation Patterns in Higher Plants. Edited by K. M. U rbanska .
The Living Tundra. By Yu. I. C hernov , Translated by D. L öve .
North American Terrestrial Vegetation. Edited by M. G. B arbour & W. D. B illings .
Biogeography and Quaternary History in Tropical Latin America. By T. C. W hitmore and G. T. P rance (Editors).
Biogeographical Evolution of the Malay Archipelago . By T. C. W hitmore (Editor).
Postglacial Vegetation of Canada. By J. C. R ichie .     

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Plant Communities of the Scottish Highlands. A Study of Scottish Mountain, Moorland and Forest Vegetation . (Monographs of the Nature Conservancy, No. 1.) By D onald McV ean and D erek A. R atcliffe .
* L unde , T. (1962). An investigation into the pH-amplitudes of some mountain plants in the county of Trorns. Acta borealia. A: Scientia , Nr. 20.
Physiology and Biochemistry of Algae . Edited by R alph A. L ewin .
Fungal Genetics . By J. R. S. F incham and P. R. D ay .
The Young Botanist . By C. T. P rime .
Organization in Plants . By W. M. M. B aron .
Chromosome Marker . By K. R. L ewis and B. J ohn .
Symbiotic Associations . Thirteenth Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology. Edited by P. S. N utman and B arbara M osse .
The Developmental Anatomy of Isoetes. By D ominick J. P aolillo , Jr.
Cucurbits: Botany, Cultivation and Utilization . By T homas W. W hitaker and G len N. D avis .
Common Malayan Plants . By H. B. Gilliland.
Sierra Nevada Natural History . By T racey L. S torer and R obert R. U singer .
Croissance et Développement des Plantes . By L ucie K ofler .
Modern Methods of Plant Analysis , vol. VI. Founded by K. P aech and M. V. T racey , continued by H. F. L inskens and M. V. T racey in co-operation with B. D. S anwal .
Enzyme Chemistry of Phenolic Compounds . Edited by J. B. P ridham .     

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Advances in Botanical Research . Vol. 14. Ed. by J. A. C allow .
Inorganic Nitrogen Metabolism . Ed. by W. R. U llrich , P. J. A paricio , P. J. S yrett and F. C astillo .
A Centry od Nitrogen Fixation Research . Ed. by F. J. B ergersen and J. R. P ostgate .
Horizons in Lichenology . Ed. by D. H. D alby , D. L. H awksworth and S. L. J ury .
Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry , By J. B. H arborne .
Russell's Soil Conditions and Plant Growth, Ed. by A lan W ild .
Disease and Plant Population Biology . By J. J. B urdon.
Molecular Determinants of Plant Diseases . Ed. by S. N ishimura , C. P. V ance and N. D oke.
British Fungus Flora, Agrics and Boleti 5. Strophariaceae & Coprinaceae P.P.: Hypholoma, Melanotus, Psilocybe, Stropharia, Lacrymaria & Panaeolus, Psilocybe, Stropharia, Lacrymaria & Panaeolus, By R W atling and M. N. G regory .
Mechanisms of Woody Plant Defenses Against Insects . Ed. by W. J. M attson , J. L evieux and C. B ernard -D agan .
Air Pollution and Acid Rain. The Biological Impact . By A. W ellburn .
The Australian Paniceae (Paniceae) . By R. D. W erster .
Kew Index for 1986 . Compiled by R.A. D avies and K.M. L loyd .
Kew Index for 1987 . Compiled by R. A. D avies and K. M. L loyd .
Index Kewensis Supplement XVII . Compiled by J. L. M. P inner , T. A. B ence , R. A. D avies and K. M. L loyd .
Index Kewensis Supplement XVIII . Compiled by J. L. M. P inner , T. A. B ence , R. A. D avies and K. M. L loyd . Edited by R. A. D avies .
The Botany of Mangroves . By P. B. T omlinson .
Floweroing Plants in West Africa . By M argaret S teentoft .
Plants in Danger . By S. D. D avies     

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Practical Lawn Craft. By R. B. D awson . Foreword by R. G. S tapledon .
An Introduction to Industrial Mycology. By G. S mith .
Cattle Fodder and Human Nutrition: with special reference to Biological Nitrogen Fixation. By A rtturi I. V irtanen .
Coffee in Kenya. By the Staff of the Scott Agricultural Laboratories and the Agricultural Economist, Department of Agriculture, Kenya, with a contribution by the Director of the British East African Meteorological Service. Edited by J. M c D onald .
Third Conference on Cotton Growing Problems: Report and Summary of Proceedings. Pp.
Plant Injection for Diagnostic and Curative Purposes. By W. A. R oach .
Plant Physiology. By E. C. M iller .
Principles of Genetics. By E. W. S innott and L. C. D unn .
The Genetics of Garden Plants. By M. B. C rane and W. J. C. L awrence .
The Cultivation of Succulents , By H. J acobsen . Authorised translation by V era H iggins .
Research and Statistical Methodology: Books and Reviews , 1933-8. Edited by O. K. B uros .
Methods and Material for Teaching Biological Sciences. By D. F. M iller and G. W. B laydes .     

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Book Reviwed in this article:
The History of the British Flora. By Sir H arry G odwin .
The Euphorbiaceae of Borneo. By H. K. A iry S haw .
Ecology of Plants in the Tropics. (Studies in Biology No. 58, Institute of Biology.) By D aniel H. J anzen .
Pacific Plant Areas. Volume 3. Ed. by M. M. van B algooy .
The Liverworts of New Zealand. By K. W. A llison and J ohn C hild .
Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants. Basic principles and techniques. By V. A. K rasilov .
Plant Propagation , 3rd edn. By H udson T. H artmann and D ale E. K ester .
The Lytic Compartment of Plant Cells. By PH. M atile .
Plant Pathogenesis. By H. W heeler .
Phytotronics in Agricultural and Horticultural Research. Ed. by P. C houard and N. de B ilderling .
Phytoplankton. By A. D. B oney .
Krankheiten und Schädlinge an Getreide und Mais. By C. B uhl .     

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Book Reviewed in this article:
Phloem Transport in Plants. By A. S. C rafts and C. H. C risp .
Introduction to the Fine Structure of Plant Cells. By M yron C. L edbetter and K eith R. P orter .
Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology No. 25. Control Mechanisms of Growth and Differentiation. Ed. by D. D. D avies and M. B alls .
Plant Lipid Biochemistry. By C. H itchcock and B. W. N ichols .
Cell Respiration. By W. O. J ames .
Prediction and Measurement of Photosynthetic Productivity.
Fortschritte der Botanik , Vol. 32. Ed. by H. E llenberg , K. E sser , H. M erxmüller , P. S itte and H. Z iegler .
Stoffwechselphysiologie der Pflanzen. By G. R ichter .
Pflanzenphysiologie. By D. H ess .
Moleculare Grundlagen der Entwicklung. By H. M ohr and P. S itte .
The Diversity of Green Plants. By P eter B ell and C hristopher W oodcock .
Anatomy of the Monocotyledons. Ed. by C. R. M etcalfe . Vol. V. Cyperaceae. By C. R. M etcalfe .
Soil Micro-organisms. By T. R. G. G ray and S. T. W illiams .
Des Ovules aux Graines. By M. F avre -D uchartre .
Ecology of Leaf Surface Micro-organisms. Ed. by T. F. P reece and C. H. D ickinson .
Fungal Genetics. By J. R. S. F incham and P. R. D ay .
Étude du Mode de Reproduction: Apomixie Facultative du Point de Vue de la Génétique des Populations. (Study of Facultative Apomixis from the View-point of Population Genetics). By J. P erèns .
Drawings of British Plants ; Part XXVIII: Hydrocharitaceae, Orchidaceae. By S tella R oss -C raig .
Plants of Hong Kong. By S. L. T hrower .
An Atlas of Plant Structure , Vol. 1. By B rian B racegirdle and P atricia H. M iles .
Bioiléctricité, Quelques Problèmes. By S. M eylan .
Studying the Past by Pollen Analysis. By R. G. W est .
The Mysterious Origin of Flowering Plants. By K enneth R. S porne .     

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Wood Pulp. By J ulius G rant .
Manual for the Determination of Seed-Borne Diseases. By L. C. D oyer .
Fungi of India. Supplement I. By B. B. M undkur .
The Vegetables of New York. Vol. I. By U. P. H edrick .
Cotton: History, Species, Varieties, Morphology, Breeding, Culture, Diseases, Marketing, and Uses. By H. B. B rown .
The Longevity of Plants. By H. M olisch . Translated into English by E. H. Fulling.
Plant Physiology. By N. A. M aximov . Edited by R. B. H abvey and A. E. M urneek .
Science in Agriculture. By J. W. P aterson .
Report on Agricultural Research in Great Britain: a Survey of its Scope, Administrative Structure and Finance, and of the Methods of making its Results known to Farmers, with Proposals for Future Development.
An Introduction to Botany. By A. W. H aupt .
Form and Causality in Early Development. By A. M. D alcq .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Flora Palaestina . By M. Z ohary and N. F einbrun -D othan . Vol. 1, by M ichael Z ohary .
Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie . By P aul M outerde
Tropical Plant Types . By B. G. M. J amieson and J. F. R eynolds .
The Biology of Fungi, Bacteria and Viruses . By G reta S tevenson .
The Biology of Aquatic Vascular Plants . By C. D. S culthorpe .
Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie . Band VIII/I. Anatomie des Blattes 1. Blattanatomie der Gymnospermen . By K lans N app -Z inn .
The Lichen Symbiosis . By V ernon A hmadjiax .
Plant Anatomy . By A. F ahn , translated from the Hebrew by S ybil B roido -A ltman .
Gymnosperms—Structure and Evolution . By C. J. C hamberlain .
Structure and Reproduction of the Gymnosperms; Fossil and Living . By B. S. T rivedi and D. K. S ingh .
An Introduction to Gvmnosperms . By S. C. D atta .
Sourcebook of Laboratory Exercises in Plant Pathology . Ed. by the Sourcebook Committee of the American Phytopathological Society (Chairman, A. K elman ).
Diffusion Systems . By M. H. J acobs .     

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Book review in this article
Biosynthesis of Aromatic Compounds . Ed. by G. B illek .
Incompatibility in Fungi—A Symposium held at the 10th International Congress of Botany in Edinburgh, August 1964. Ed. by K arl E sser and J ohn R. R aper .
Cyclitols and Phospho-inositides . Ed. by H. K indl .
Spores, Their Dormancy and Germination . By A lfred S. S ussman and H arlyn O. H alverson .
About Plants: Topics in Plant Biology . By F. C. S teward with A. D. K rikorian and R. D. H olsten .
The Chromosomes of the Algae . Seven authors, Ed. by M. B. E. G odward .
La Végétation Forestière du Québec méridional . By M iroslav M. G randtner .
The Power of Movement in Plants . By C harles D arwin assisted by F rancis D arwin , with a preface by B arbara G illespie P ickard .
California Mountain Wildflowers . By P. A. M unz .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Nitrogen Fixation by Free-living Micro-organisms. Ed. by W. D. P. S tewart .
International Biological Programme. Volume 7: Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Plants. Ed. by P. S. N utman .
Gibberellins and Plant Growth. Ed. by H. M. K rishnamoorthy .
Cytodifferentiation in Plants. By L. W. R oberts .
Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, New Series. Ed. by A. P irson and M. H. Z immerman .
Traité de Paléobotanique : Volume 4, fascicle 2: Pteridophylla (ist part). By E. B oureau and J. D oubinger .
Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Volume 5. Ed. by P. H. D avis , assisted by V. A. M atthews , F. K. K upicha & B. S. P arris .
Physiological Plant Ecology. By W. L archer . Translated from the German by M. A. B iederman -T horson .
The Biology of Eucalypts , By L. D. P ryor .
The Morphology of Pteridophytes. By K. R. S porne .
European Floristic and Taxonomic Studies, B.S.B.I. Conference Report No. 15. Ed. by S. M. W alters (with the assistance of C. J. K ing ).     

Reviews

Plant Membranes: a Biophysical Approach to Structure, Development and Senescence. By Y. Y. L eshem , with additional contributions by R. L. S hewfelt , C. M. W illmer and O. P antoja .
Methods in Plant Biochemistry (Series Eds. P. M. D ey and J. B. H arborne ); Vol. 7: Terpenoids. Ed. by B. V. C harlwood and D. V. B anthorpe .
CHCD Dictionary of Natural Products on CD-ROM.
Plant Molecular Systematics. By D. J. C rawford .
Physiology – Breeding of Winter Cereals for Stressed Mediterranean Environments. (Physiologie – Sélection des céréales d'hiver en conditions méditerranéennes). Ed. by E. A cevedo , A. P. C onesa , P. M onneveux and J. P. S rivastava .
Plant Genetic Manipulation for Crop Protection. Ed. A. M. R. G atehouse , V. A. H ilder and D. B oulter .
In vitro Culture of Trees. By J. M. B onga and P. von A derkas .
Flechten als Bioindikatoren. Integriertes biologisches Meβsystem der Luftverschmutzung für das Schweizer Mittelland . By R olf H erzig and M artin U rech .
Evolution and Function of Heterostyly. Ed. by S. C. H. B arrett .
Wild Plants of Glasgow. By J. H. D ickson .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Plant Cells . By F. A. L. C lowes and B. E. J uniper .
The History of British Vegetation . By W inifred P ennington . Modern Biology: General Editor J. E. W ebb .
Flora Europaea , Vol. II. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae . Ed. by T. G. T utin , V. H. H eywood , N. A. B urges , D. M. M oore , D. H. V alentine , S. M. W alters and D. A. W ebb .
Desert Wild Flowers . By E dmund J aeger .
British Mosses and Liverworts . By E. V. W atson .
Anatomy of the Monocotyledons , Vol. III. Commelinales—Zingiberales . By P. B. T omlinson . General Editor C. R. M etcalfe .
Biological Science—The Web of Life . Supervising Editor, D. M organ .
Plant Chimeras . By W. N eilson -J ones .
The Potatoes of Argentine, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, a Biosystematic Study . By J. G. H awkes and J. P. H jerting .
Towards an Understanding of the Mechanism of Heredity . By H. L. K. W hitehouse .
Viruses in Plant Hosts; Form, Distribution and Pathologic Effects . By K atherine E sau .
An Introduction to Industrial Mycology . By G eorge S mith .