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Nature's Second Kingdom. By F. D elaporte . Translated by Arthur Goldhammer.
Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology , New Series, Volume 10. Hormonal regulation of development II. The functions of hormones from the level of the cell to the whole plant. Edited by T. K. S cott .
Cell Culture and Somatic Cell Genetics of Plants , Volume 1. Laboratory procedures and their applications. Edited by I. K. V asil .
Databases in Systematics. Edited by R. A llkin and F. A. B isby .
Plant Chemosystematics. By J. B. H arborne and B. L. T urner .
Current Concepts in Plant Taxonomy. Edited by V. H. H eywood and D. M. M oore .
Introduction to Principles of Plant Taxonomy. By V. V. S ivarajan .
Our Green and Living World: The Wisdom to Save It. By E. S. A yensu , V. H. H eywood , G.L. L ucas and R. A. D efillips .
Lipids in Plants and Microbes. By J. L. H arwood and N. J. R ussell .
The Role of Terrestrial Vegetation in the Global Carbon Cycle: Measurement by Remote Sensing. Edited by G. M. W oodwell .
Chromosomes Today , Volume 8. Edited by M. D. B ennett , A. G ropp and U. W olf .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Atlas of the British Flora . Edited by F. H. P erring and S. M. W althrs .
Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology . Vol. XIV: Growth and Growth Substances. Edited by W. R uhland .
Drawings of British Plants . Part XVII: Compositae (3). By S tella R oss -C raig .
Apical Meristems . By F. A. L. C lowes . Botanical Monographs, vol. 2. Edited by W. O. J ames .
Cellular Regulatory Mechanisms . Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology
Proceedings of the Summer School of Botany held June 2–15, 1960, at Darjeeling . Edited by P. M aheshwari , B. M. J ohri and I. K. V asil .
Exotic Forest Trees in the British Commonwealth . By R. J. S treets . Edited by Sir H arry C hampion .
A Flora of the Alaskan Arctic Slope . By I. L. W iggins and J. H. T homas
Grundzüge der Pflanzenanatomie . By B. H uber .
Taschenbuch der Botanik . By H. M iehe . Revised by W. M evius .
A Conspectus of Aphids as Vectors of Plant Viruses . By J. S. K ennedy , M. F. D ay and V. F. E astop .
Crop Adaptation and Distribution . By C arroll P. W ilsie .
Flora of Cultivated Plants of the U.S.S.R. Vol. XIII: Perennial Leguminous Plants: Medicago, Melilotus and Trigonella. Edited by E. N. S inskaya . Translated by N. L andau .
Der Federsee . Edited by W. Z immermann .
Carbohydrate Resources within the Perennial Plant . By C. A. P riestley .
Flora of the British Isles . By A. R. C lapham , T. G. T utin and E. F. W arburg .
Mineral Salts Absorption in Plants . By J. F. S utcliffe .
The Development of British Heathlands and their Soils . By G. W. D imbleby .
Annual Review of Plant Physiology , vol. 13. Edited by L. M achlis and W. R. B riggs .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Methods for Estimating Primary Production of Forests . I.B.P. Handbook No. 2. By P. J. N ewbould .
The Teaching of Ecology . British Ecological Society Symposium No. 7. Ed. by J. M. L ambert
Chemistry and Enzymology of Marine Algal Polysaccharides . By E lizabeth P ercival and R ichard H. M c D owell .
Dicionário Micológico . By O swaldo F idalgo and M aria E neyda P. K. F idalgo .
Taxonomic Studies of Subgenus Podosemum and Section Epicampes of Muhlenbergia ( Gramineae ). By T homas R. S oderstrom .
Studies of Fern Types, I . By C. V. M orton .
The Genus Melochia L. (Sterculiaceae ). By A aron G oldberg .
Guide pour l'Étude de quelques Plantes Tropicales . By L. P aulian de F élice .
Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology. No . 21. Aspects of the Biology of Ageing . Ed. by H. W. W oolhouse .
Euglenoid Flagellates . By G. F. L eedale .
Encyclopaedia of Plant Physiology . Ed. by W. R uhland .
Annual Review of Plant Physiology , Vol. 18. Ed. by L. M achlis .     

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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.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Respiratory Metabolism in Plants . By H arry B eevers .
Plant Pathology: an Advanced Treatise . Volume 2: The Pathogen. Edited by J. G. H orsfall and A. E. D imond .
Flammenphotometrie . By R. H errmann and C. T. J. A lkemade .
Soil Conditions and Plant Growth . By S ir E. J ohn R ussell .
Bacterial Plant Pathogens . By C. S tapp . Translated by A. S choenfeld .
Die Pflanzliche Zellwand . By A. F rey -W yssling
Maps of Distribution of Norwegian Vascular Plants . Edited by K nut F aegri , O lav G jaerevoll , J ohannes L id , R olf N ordhagen . Volume I. Coast Plants by K nut F aegri .
Les forêts acidophiles du Jura. Materiaux pour le levé géobotanique de la Suisse , Fascicule 38. By J. L. R ichard .
A Symposium on Light and Life . Edited by W illiam D. M celroy and B entley G lass .
Woody Plants of Ghana . By F. R. I rvine .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Handling of Chromosomes . By C. D. D arlington and L. F. L a C our .
Plant Physiology , volume 1B: Photosynthesis and Chemosynthesis. Edited by F. C. S teward .
Agriculture and Ecology in Africa . A study of actual and potential development south of the Sahara by J ohn P hillips
Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States , vol. IV. By L. A brams and R. S. F erris .
The Anatomy of the Monocotyledons , vol. 1. Gramineae. By C. R. M etcalfe .
Vitamine und Antivitamine. Protoplasmatologia II , B 2 b β. By A lfred P ongratz .
Plant Disease Handbook . By C ynthia W estcott .
An Introduction to the Biology of Micro-organisms . By L ilian E. H awker , A. H. L inton , B. F. F olkes and M. J. C arlile .
Ainsworth and Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi . Fifth Edition by G. C. A insworth .     

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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.     

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Review in this article:
Outline of Palaeobotany. By W ładysław S zafer and M ikołaj K ostyniuk .
[ Zarys Palaeobotaniki. W ładysław S zafer i M ikołaj K ostyniuk .]
Annual Review of Plant Physiology , Vol. V. Edited by D. J. A rnon and L. M achlis .
Analytic Studies in Plant Respiration. By the late F. F. B lackman .
Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. Vol. xviii. Viruses.
Plant Life in Malaya. By R. E. H olttum .
The Changing Flora of Britain. By J. E. L ousley .     

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The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. By J. M. D alziel .
Overseas Plant Products. By J. H. H olland .
Les Plantes Alimentaires. IV. Les Plantes à Boissons. By D. Bois.
General and Economic Botany. By E. E. S tanford .
British Grasses and their Employment in Agriculture. By S. F. A rmstrong .
Leguminous Forage Plants. By D. H. R obinson .
The Potato. By W illiam S tuart .
Soil Conditions and Plant Growth. By Sir E. J ohn R ussell .
The Biochemistry of Cellulose, the Polyuronides, Lignin, etc. By A. G. N orman .
An Outline of Cytological Technique for Plant Breeders. Special Bulletin of the Imperial Bureau of Plant Genetics, School of Agriculture, Cambridge.
A Manual of Entomological Equipment and Methods, Part II. By A lvah P eterson .
Insects of the British Woodlands. By R. N eil C hrystal .
The Dragonflies of the British Isles. By C ynthia L ongfield .
Oyster Biology and Oyster-culture, being the Buckland Lectures for 1935. By J. H. O rton , D. S c , F.L.S.     

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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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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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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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Book reviewed in this article:
Plant Cell Structure and Metabolism. By J. L. Hall, T. J. Flowers and R. M. Roberts
The Developmental Biology of Plants and Animals. Ed. by C. F. Graham and P. F. Wareing.
The Physiology of Flowering Plants. (2nd Edition) H. E. Street & H. Öpik.
Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants. By L. Beevers.
Encyclopaedia of Plant Physiology. Volume 2, Transport in Plants II. Part A Cells. Edited by U. Lüttge and M. G. Pitman with a foreword by R.N. Robertson.
The Biology of Plant Phenolics. By J. R. L. Walker.
The Chemotaxonomy of Plants by P. M. Smith.
Lichenology: Progress and Problems. Ed. by D. H. Brown, D. L. Hawksworth and R. H. Bailey.
Microbiology of Aerial Plant Surfaces. Ed. by C. H. Dickinson and T. F. Preece.
Flora Europaea , Vol. 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Edited by T. G. Tutin, V. H. Heywood, N. A. Burges, D. M. Moore, D. H. Valentine, S. M. Walters and D. A. Webb with the assistance of A. O. Chater, R. A. DeFilipps and I. B. K. Richardson.
Flore de France. Fasicule 2. By M. Guinochet & R. de Vilmorin.
Trees and Bushes of Europe. By Oleg Polunin with drawings by Barbara Everard.
Tropical Rain Forest of the Far East. By T. C. Whitmore, with a chapter on soils by C. P. Burnham.
The Forest Service. A Study in Public Land Management. By Glen O. Robinson.
Aquatic Weeds in S.E. Asia (Proceedings of a Regional Seminar on Noxious Aquatic Vegetation, New Delhi, 12–17 December, 1973). Edited by C. K. Varshney and J. Rzoska.
Crop Genetic Resources for Today and Tomorrow (International Biological Programme 2). Ed. O. H. Frankel and J. G. Hawkes.
The Genetics of Algae (Botanical Monographs, Volume 12). Edited by Ralph A. Lewin.
Morphologische Studien im Bereiche der Pyrrhophyta. Das Problem Form und Selektion. By A. Böhm.     

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Review in this article:
British Parasitic Fungi . By W. C. M oore .
Chemistry and Biology of the Starch Granule . By N. P. B adenhuizen .
Plant Pathology: an Advanced Treatise . Vol. 1. The Diseased Plant. Edited by J. G. H orsfall and A. E. D imond .
Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung . Edited by L. V. H eilbrunn and F. W eber .
Papierchromatographie in der Botanik . Second edition. By N. F. L inskens and others.
Morphology and Physiology of Plant Tumours . By A rmin C. B raun and T om S tonier .
Exchange of Genetic Material: Mechanisms and Consequences . Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, Volume 23.
Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology (Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie). Volume XI. Heterotrophy. Edited by W. R uhland .
The Biology of Mycorrhiza . By J. L. H arley .
Cold Spring Harbor Svmposia on Quantitative Biology . Vol. XXIV.     

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Advances in Plant Nutrition, Vol. 2. Edited by B ernard T inker and A ndré L äuchli .
Molecular Biology and Crop Improvement. By R. B. A ustin with R. B. F lavell , I. E. H enson and H. J. B. L owe .
Crop Productivity – Research Imperatives Revisited (International Conference held at Boyne Highlands Inn, 1–318 October 1985 and Airlie House, 11–13 December, 1985). Edited by M artin G ibbs and C arla C arlson
Haploids of Higher Plants in Vitro. Edited by H. Hu and H.-Y. Y ang
Die Blüte. Eine Einführung in Struktur und Funktion, Ökologie und Evolution der Blüten. By D ieter H ess .
Mechanisms of Resistance to Plant Diseases. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, Volume 17. Edited by R. S. S. F raser .
British Fungus Flora, Volume 4, Pluteaceae: Pluteus and Volvariella. By P. D. O rton .
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Modern Methods of Plant Analysis, New Series, Volume 2. Edited by H. F. L insjens and J. F. J ackson .
Immunology in Plant Science. Edited by T revor L. W ang .     

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Environmental Control of Plant Growth . Edited by L. T. E vans .
Flora of the British Isles, Illustrations. Part 3. Boraginaceae to Compositae . Drawings by S ybil J. R oles .
The Germination of Seeds . By A. M. M ayer and A. P oljakoff -M ayber .
Chromosome Botany and the Origins of Cultivated Plants . By C. D. D arlington .
Recherches Physiologiques sur le Repos Vegetatif de la Vigne (Vitis vinifera L .): La Dor-mance des Bourgeons et le Mecanisme de sa Disparition . By R. Pouget.
Radiation Induced Chromosome Aberrations . Edited by S heldon W olff .
John Clayton, Pioneer of American Botany . By E dmund and D orothy S mith B erkeley .
The Absorption of Solutes by Plant Cells . By D. H. J ennings .
Woody Flora of Taiwan . By HUI-LIN LI.
The Annual Species of Medicago. By C haia C lara H eyn .
The Flowering Process . By F rank B. S alisbury .
General Microbiology . By R oger J. S tanier , M ichael D udoroff and E dward A. A delberg .
The Biochemical Approach to Life . By F. R. J evons .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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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Book reviewed in this article:
A Course in Biology . By J. J. B aker and G. E. A llen .
Papers on Plant Systematics . By R. O rnduff .
Die Entstehung der Arten und hoheren Kategorien . By H. L amprecht .
Flora of Iraq , Vol. 9. Gramineae . By N. L. B or . (Ed. by C. C. T ownsend and E van G uest , with the collaboration of A li A l -R awi ).
Wild Elowers of North Carolina . By W illiam S. J ustice and C. R itchie B ell .
The Lichen Genera Cetrelia and Platismatia ( Parmeliaceae ). By W. L. C ulberson and C. F. C ulberson .
Essays on Form in Plants . By C. W. W ardlaw .
Crop Responses to Water at Different Stages of Growth . By P. J. S alter and J. E. G oode .
Protons, Electrons, Phosphorylation and Active Transport . By R. N. R obertson .
Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, XVIII, Sexuality: Reproduction; Alternation of Generations . General editor, W. R uhland ; sub-editor for this volume, H. F. L inskens .
Annual Review of Plant Physiology , Vol. 19. 1968. By L. M achlis (Ed.).
Biophysical Technique as Applied to Cell Biology . By J. C hayen and E. E. D enby .
The Measurement of Environmental Factors in Terrestrial Ecology . British Ecological Society Symposium No. 8. Ed. by R. M. W adsworth et al .
Guide to the Check Sheet for IBP Areas . IBP Handbook No. 4. By G. E. P eterken .     

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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 .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Electron Microscope. By M. E. H aine
Chemical Control of Insects. 2nd ed. By T. F. W est and J. E liot H ardy.
Principles of Animal Taxonomy. By G. G. S impson.
Encyclopaedia of Plant Physiology. (The late W. R uhland ed.)
Mechanisms in Biological Competition. (Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology. XV.) Edited by F. L. M ilthorpe.