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The Biological Productivity of Britain (Symposium of the Institute of Biology, no. 7). Edited by W. B. Y app and D. J. W atson .
The Insect Pests of Cotton in Tropical Africa. By E. O. P earson .
The Principles of Biological Control. By H arvey L. S weetman .
Methods of Analytical Histology andHisto-Chemistry. By E dward G urr .
Electronic Apparatus for Biological Research. By P. E. K. D onaldson .
An Introduction to the Behaviour of Invertebrates. By J. D. C arthy .
Reproductive Physiology. By A. V. N albandov .
The Control of Pests and Diseases in Agricultural and Horticultural Crops. By G. L. H ey and K. M arshall .     

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The Biological Relations of Optically Isomeric Substances. By A rthur R. C ushny
Enzynzes: Properties, Distribution, Methods and Applications. By S elman A. W aksman and W ilburt C. D avison
The Composition and Distribution of the Protozoan Fauna of the Soil. By H. S andon
Hydrogen Ion Concentration. Its Significance in the Biological Sciences and Methods for its Determination. Volume 1. Principles of the Theory. By L eonar M ichaelis     

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The Plant Quarantine Problem. By W. A. M c C ubbin .
The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers. By D avid Lack
Animal Cytology and Evolution. By M. J. D. W hite
The Physiology of Insect Metamorphosis (Cambridge Monographs on Experimental Biology, no. 1). By V. B. W igglesworth .
The Genetics of Paramecium aurelia (Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology, no. 2). By G. H. B eale .
Microbes and Us. By H ugh N icol .
Weed Control in Farm and Garden. By S. J. W illis .     

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The Virus: Life's Enemy. By Kenneth M. Smith.
A Survey of Insecticidal Materials of Vegetable Origin. Edited by H. J. Holman.
The Breeding of Herbage Plants in Scandinavia and Finland.
Vegetative Propagation of Tropical and Sub-Tropical Plantation Crops. By G. St Clair Feilden and R. J. Garner.
The New Systematics. Edited by Julian Huxley.
Plant Microtechnique. By D. A. Johansen.
A Manual of Aquatic Plants. By N. C. Fassett.
The Orientation of Animals: Kineses, Taxes and Compass Reactions. By G. Fraenkel and D. L. Gunn.
Mechanisms of Biological Oxidations. By D. E. Green.
Statistical Calculation for Beginners. By E. G. Chambers, M.A.
Embryos and Ancestors. By G. R. de Beer.
Fundamentals of Biology. By A. W. Haupt.
Principles of Animal Biology. By Lancelot Hogben.
Man on his Nature. By Sir Charles Sherrington.
The Advance of the Fungi. By E. C. Large.     

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The Anatomy of the Migratory Locust. F. O. A lbrecht .
Insecticides and Colonial Agricultural Development. Edited by T. W allace and J. T. M artin .
Diseases of British Grasses and Herbage Legumes. By K athleen S ampson and J. H. W estern .
Principles of Biochemistry: A Biological Approach. M. V. T racey , M.A.
Information Theory in Biology. Edited by H. Q uestler .
Die Larvenformen der Dipteren. By W. H ennig .
Manual of the North American Smut Fungi. By George W illiam F ischer .
Sex-determination. By F. A. E. C rew . 3rd ed.     

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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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The I;undamcntCrls of FNit Production. By V. R. GARDNW, F. C. BRADFORD and H. D. HOOKER.
The Scientific Rim)les of PIat Protection with Special Rcfcence to Chemical C M. By HUBERT MARTIN.
Hanalbook of Plytopathogenic Viruses. By F. 0. HOLMES.
Plrmi V k e s rmd Vinu Diseases. By F. C. BAWDEN.     

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Die Fusarien. By H. W. W ollenweber and O. A. B einking .
Biological Processes in Tropical Soils. By A. S teven C okbet .
Problems in Soil Microbiology. By D. W ard C utler and Lettice M. Crump.
Limnology. By P. S. W elch .
Plant Viruses. By K enneth M. S mith .
Heredity and the Ascent of Man. By C. C. H urst .
A Text-book of Mycology. By E. A. B essey .
The Arachnida. By T. H. S avory .
Garden Science. By J ohn G rainger .
Plant Physiology. By M eieion T homas .     

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Botanical Histochemistry: Principles and Practice . By W illiam A. J ensen .
The Biology of Cilia and Flagella . By M. A. S leigh .
Dünnschicht-Chromatographie . Edited by E gon S tahl .
Plant Embryology. A Symposium .
The Morphology of Pteridophytes . By K. R. S porne .
Introductory Mycology . By C. J. A lexopoulos .
Residue Reviews , Vol. 1. Edited by F. A. G unther .
Energy Exchange in the Biosphere . By D avid M. G ates .
Pathology of Trees and Shrubs with Special Reference to Britain . By T. R. P eace .
Modern Methods of Plant Analysis . Vol. V. Edited by H. F. L inskens and M. V. T racey .
The Growth of Plants . By G. E. F ogg .
An Introduction to Plant Physiology . By W. O. J ames .
Die Physiologische Uhr. Zeitmessung in Organismen mit ungefähr Tagesperiodischen Schwingungen . By E. B ünning .     

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A Dictionary of the Flowering Plants and Ferns . By the late J. C. W illis . Seventh edition, revised by H. K. A iry S haw .
The Principles of Pollination Ecology . By K. F aegri and L. van D er P ijl .
Studies in Biology, No. 5, Plant Taxonomy . By V. H. H eywood .
Deadly Harvest . By J ohn M. K ingsbury .
Plant Physiology . By H enrik G. L undegardh . Translated by F. M. I rvine , Translation edited by W. O. J ames .
The Biology of Lichens . By M ason E. H ale J r . In: Contemporary Biology Series, General editors E. J. W. B arrington and A. J. W illis .
Plant Biology Today . Second edition. Ed. by W. A. J ensen and L. G. K avaljian .
Organisation in Plants . Second edition. By B. M. B aron .
Fortschritte der Botanik , Band 28. Ed. by E. B ünning , H. E llenberg , K. E sser , H. M erxmuller and P. S itte .
Taxonomy of Flowering Plants . Second edition. By C. L. P orter .
The Study of Biology . By J. J. W. B aker and G. E. A llen .
Experiments in the Study of Biology . By J. J. W. B aker , G. E. A llen , E. G age and S. K. W ebster .
Grundriss der Phytopathologie iind des Pflanzenschutzes . By H ans -A lfred K irchner .
Bibliography of Seeds . Compiled and edited by L. V. B arton .
Pollen Grains of Western Himalaxan Plants . By P. K. K. N air .
Families of Flowering Plants in Ethiopia . By W. C. B urger .     

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Comparative physiology of the nervous control of muscular contraction. By G raham H oyle , D.S c
Parthenogenesis and Polyploidy in Mammalian Development. By R. A. B eatty (Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology)
Introduction to Bacterial Physiology. By C. E. C lifton.
The Origin of Life on the Earth. By A. I. O parin. Third revised and enlarged edition. Translated from the Russian by A nn S ynge.
Principles of Immunology. By J ohn E. C ushing and D an H. C ampbell. >
Common Diseases of Vegetables in South Africa. By V incent A. W ager.
Proceedings of the Third British Weed Control Conference , 1956
The Biological Action of Growth Substances. Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology
The U.C. System for Producing Healthy Container-Grown Plants. Edited by K. F. B aker.
Control of the Plant Environment. Proceedings of the University of Nottingham Fourth Easter School in Agricultural Science. 1957. Ed. J. P. H udson.
Magnesium, the Fifth Major Plant Nutrient. By A. J acob. Translated by Dr Norman Walker     

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The Genetics of Garden Plants. By M. B. C rane and W. J. C. L awrence .
Principles of Plant Physiology. By J ames B onner and A rthur W. G alston .
Pflanzliche infectionslehre. By E rnst G äumann .
Carbon Dioxide Fixation and Photosynthesis. Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology.     

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E rben , H. K.: Die Entwicklung der Lebewesen. Spielregeln der Evolution. R einboth , R. (Ed.): Intersexuality in the Animal Kingdom.
The Sea Urchin Embryo. Biochemistry and Morphogenesis. Hrsg. von G. C zihak unter Mitwirkung von R. P eter . Vorwort von J. B rachet .
The Blood of Sheep. Composition and Function. Ed. by M. H. B lunt . With contributions by M. H. B lunt , R. I. C ox , C. C. C urtain , J. D. D argie , K. A. F erguson , P. H. H olmes , T. H. J. H uisman , W. M. F. L eat , D. B. L indsay , W. V. M acfarlane , E. W. M oodie and E. M. T ucker .
S tephan , H.: Allocortex. Handbuch der mikroskopischen Anatomie des Menschen. Begründet von W. v. M öllendorf , fortgeführt von W. B argmann . Bd. 4, Teil 9.     

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Flora of Iraq . Volume I. Introduction to the Flora . Ed. by Evan Guest, with assistance from Ali Al-Rawi.
Principles of Industrial Microbiology . By A. R hodes and D. L. F letcher .
Movement of Water in Plants . By G. E. B riggs . Botanical Monographs (Ed. by J. H. B urnett )
Morphogenesis and Microscopic Cytochemistry of Marine Pyrenomvcete Ascospores . By P. W. K irk .
Primary Productivity of Aquatic Environments . Ed. by C. R. G oldman .
Fantastic Trees . By E dwin A. M enninger .
Specific Replant Diseases . By B. M. S avory .
The Plastids . By J. T. O. K irk and R. A. E. T ilney -B assett .
Light as an Ecological Factor . Ed. by R. B ainbridge , G. C. E vans and O. R ackham .
The Structure and Life of Bryophytes . By E. V. W atson .     

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Light Reaction Path of Photosynthesis. Vol. 35. Ed. by F rancis F ong .
Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics. Ed. by G. F. S pringer and H. G. W ittman .
Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants. By C. M. B ray .
Stomata. By C. M. W illmer .
Stomata. By E. S. M artin , M. E. D onkin and R. A. S tevens .
Seaweeds of the British Isles. Vol. I, Part 2A. By L inda I rvine .
Principles and Measurements in Environmental, Biology. By F. I. W oodward and J. E. S heehy .     

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An Introduction to the Study of Protozoa.
The Algae by V. J. C hapman .
Verhaltensforschung: Eine Einführung in die Tier-Ethologie. by Dr G unther T embrock .
Sensory Communication. by W alter A. R osenblith .
Insect Polymorphism by J. S. K ennedy .
Agricultural Entomology in the Tropics by G. H. C aswell .
The Biosynthesis of Proteins by H. C hantrenne .
Microbial Cell Walls. by M ilton R. J. S alton .     

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The Genome. By R. S. V erma .
Introduction to How Cytometry. By J ames V. W atson .     

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Economic Nematology. Edited by J.M.W ebster .
Methods of Study in Quantitative Soil Ecology: Population, Production and Energy Flow. IBP Handbook No. 18. Edited by J. P hillipson .
Selective Toxicity. 5th ed. by A drien A lbert .
A Guide to Science Information Systems in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia. By D. H. K raus , P. Z unde and V. S lamecka
An Introduction to Statistical Science in Agriculture (4th edition). By D. J. F inney
Principles and Techniques of Electron Microscopy. Biological Applications. Volume 2. Edited by M. A. H ayat .
Maize Rough Dwarf. A planthopper virus disease affecting maize, rice, small grains and grasses. By I saac H arpaz .
Proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the International Organization of Citrus Virologists. Edited by W. C. P rice .     

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Plant and Soil Water Relationships. By P aul J. K ramer .
Vegetable Gums and Resins. By F. N. H owes .
Principles of Human Genetics. By C urt S tern .
Experimental Studies on the Nature of Species. III. Environmental Responses of Climatic Races of Achillea. By J. C lausen , D. D. K eck , W. H. H iesey .
Mountains and Moorlands. By W. H. P earsall .
Spät-und nacheiszeitliche Waldgeschichte Mitteleuropas nördlich der Alpen. Erster Band: Allgemeine Waldgeschichte. By F ranz F irbas .
Biology. An Introduction to Medical and other Studies. By P. D. F. M urray , M.A., D.Sc.
The Fig. By I ra J. C ondit . Foreword by W alter T. S wingle .
American Wild Flowers. By H arold N. M oldenke .     

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Botanical Pen-Portraits . By J. W. M oll and Dr H. H. J anssonius .
Diseases of Crop Plants in the Lesser Antilles . By W illiam N owell
The Principles of Insect Control . By R obert A. W ardle , M.Sc. and P hilip B uckle
Diseases of Greenhouse Plants . By W. F. B ewley