Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Pests of Coffee. Ed. R. H. L e P elley
Pests of Crops in Northeast and Central Africa with Particular Reference to the Sudan. By H. S chmutterer assisted by D. E. E vans , H ussain M ohd . H assan and L. R azoux S chultz
Pests of Oil Palms in Malaysia and their Control. BY B rian J. W ood
The Potatoes of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay: A Biosystematic Study by J. G. H awkes and J. P. H jerting
Tropical Agriculture, the Development of Production. By G ordon W rigley
Abstract Bibliography of Fruit Breeding and Genetics to 1965: Prunus. By R. L. K night     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Plant Surfaces. By B. E. J uniper and C. E. J effree .
Agricultural Insect Pests of the Tropics and their Control. By D. S. H ill .
Flora of Connemara and the Burren. By D. A. W ebb and M ary J. P. S cannell .     

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books reviewed in this article:
Crop Evolution, Adaptation and Yield. By L. T. E vans .
Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry. Vol. 21. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants IV. Ed. by Y. P. S. B ajaj .
Procedures in Electron Microscopy . Ed. by A. W. R obards and A. J. W ilson .
Pests and Pathogens: Plant Responses to Foliar Attack. Ed. by P. G. A yres .
The Grass Genera of the World. By L. W atson and M.J.D allwitz .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Recent Advances in Cytology. By C. D. D arlington .
Order and Life. By J oseph N eedham .
The Plant Diseases of Great Britain: A Bibliography. Compiled and annotated by G. C. A insworth .
Handbuch der Pflanzenkrankheiten. Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr O. A ppel .
Three Thousand Mycological Terms. By W. H. S nell .
The Pests of Fruits and Hops. By A. M. M assee .
Yearbook of Agriculture , 1936.     

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Endosymbiose der Tiere mit pflanzlichen Mikroorganismen. By P aul B uchner.
Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology. VII. Evolution. Ed. by R. B rown and J. F. D anielli. Pp. xix + 448. Cambridge University Press. 1953. 45s.
Tea Pests and Diseases and their Control: with Special Reference to North East India. By E rnest hainsworth.
Wine Growing in England. By G eorge O rdish.
Bibliographie der Pflanzenschutz-Litteratur 1940–1945. Edited by J. B ärner.
How Animals Move. By J ames G ray.
Nature and Structure of Collagen. Papers presented for a discussion convened by the Colloid and Biophysics Committee of the Faraday Society. Edited by J. T. R andall , F.R.S., assisted by S. F itton J ackson .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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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Handbuch der Pflanzenkrankheiten. Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr O. A ppel .
Third International Congress of Comparative Pathology, Athens , 1936. Reports , vol. I, part 2. Section of Plant Pathology.
The Genus Septobasidium. By J ohn N. C ouch .
Soilless Growth of Plants. By C arleton E llis and M iller W. S waney .
Plant Growth Substances. By H ugh N icol .
Common British Grasses and Legumes. By J. O. T homas and L. J. D avies .
Plant Ecology. By J. E. W eaver and F. E. C lements .
Forest Bibliography to 31st December 1933. Compiled and published by the Department of Forestry, University of Oxford.
Textbook of Dendrology. By W. M. H arlow and E. S. H abrar .
Cryptogamic Botany. By G ilbert M. S mith . Vol. I: Algae and Fungi.
Evolution. Essays on Aspects of Evolutionary Biology presented to Prof. E. S. Goodrich on his Seventieth Birthday. Edited by G. R. de B eer .
Heredity. By A. F ranklin S hull .     

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Book review in this article
Botanical Latin . By W. T. S tearn .
Laboratory Manual of Tropical Mycology and Elementary Bacteriology . By A. T hompson and G loria L im .
Agriculture in the Tropics . By C. C. W ebster and P. N. W ilson .
Bananas . By N. W. S immonds .
Rice . By D. H. G rist .
Tea . By T. E den .
Lowson's Botany . By E. W. S imon , K. J. D ormer and J. N. H artshorne .
Annual Review of Plant Physiology , Vol. 16. Ed. by L. M achlis and W. K. B riggs .
Ultrastructural Plant Cytology . By A. F rey -W yssling and K. M ühlethaler .
Drawings of British Platits . Part XXII, Scrophulariaceae (1). By S tella R oss
Molecules and Cells .By D. A. C oult . The Principles of Modern Biology. Ed. by D. A. C oult .
The Growth of Cereals and Grasses . Ed. by F. L. M ilthorpe and J. D. I vins .
Origins of Metidelism . By R. C. O lby .
Fungal Genetics . By J. R. S. F incham and P. R. D ay . Botanical Monographs, Vol. 4, ed. by W. O. J ames .
Genetik der Pilze . by K. E sser and R. K uenen .
Microbial and Molecular Genetics . By J. R. S. F incham . Modern Biology Series, ed. by J. E. W ebb .
Index Kewensis Plantarum Phanerogamarum, Supplementum XIII . Compiled at the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, under the direction of Sir G eorge T aylor .
A Flora of Northeastern Minnesota . By O lga L akela .
Stephen Hales, D.D., F.R.S. An Eighteenth Century Biography . By A. E. C lark -K ennedy .     

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Horticultural Aspects of Woolly Aphis Control, together with a Survey of the Literature. By R. M. G reenslade .
Applied Entomology. By H. T. F ernald .
Introduction to Research on Plant Diseases. By A. J. R iker and R egina S. R iker .
The Principal Rots of English Oak. By K. S t . G. C artwright and W. P. K. F indlay .
A Handbook of Rome-Grown Timbers. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Forest Products Research.
Fifty Years of Field, Experiments at the Woburn Experimental Station. By Sir J ohn R ussell and Dr J. A. V oelcker .
A Survey of the Agricultural and Waste Lands of Wales. Edited for the Cahn Hill Improvement Scheme by E. G. S tapledon .
English Farming: Past and Present. By The Right Hon. L ord E rnle . New Edition. Edited by Sir A. D. H all .
Use of Leguminous Plants in Tropical Countries as Green Manure, as Cover and as Shade. International Institute of Agriculture.
I. The Experimental Production of Haploids and Polyploids.
II. The South American Potatoes and their Breeding Value.
An Introduction to Comparative Biochemistry. By E. B aldwin .
The March of Science: A First Quinquennial Review , 1931–1935. By Various Authors.     

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The Scientific Principles of Plant Protection, with Special Reference to Chemical Control. By H. M artin .
Citrus Diseases and Their Control. By H oward S. F awcett .
Diseases and Pests of the Rubber Tree. By A rnold S harples
Humus: Origin, Chemical Composition, and Importance in Nature. By S. A. W aksman .
Illustrated Polyglottic Dictionary of Plant Names. By A. K. B edevian .
Erkennen, Nachweis und Kultur der holzverfärbenden und holzzersetzenden Pilze. Von W. B avendamm , reprinted from Handbuch der biologischen Arbeitsmethoden
Biological Effects of Radiation. Edited by B. M. D uggar .
Pollen Grains: their Structure, Identification and Significance in Science and Medicine. By R. P. W odehouse .
Botany: a Textbook for Colleges. By J. B en H ill , L. O. O verholts and H. W. P opp .
J. Arthur Harris; Botanist and Biometrician. Edited by C. O. R osendahl , R. A. G ortner and G. O. B urr .     

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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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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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Book reviewed in this article
Growth Regulators in Plant Science, Monograph 8. Ed. by M. B. J ackson , B. G rout and I. A. M ackenzie .
An Introduction to Plant Taxonomy. By C. J effrey .
Pest and Diseases of Tropical Crops , Vol. 1. By D. S. H ill and J. M. W aller .
Flora of Turkey , Vol. 7 ( Orobanchaceae to Ceratophyllaceae and Ruhiaceae ). Ed. by P. H. D avis , assisted by J. R. E dmondson , R. R. M ill and K. T an .
Plant Growth Curves. The Functional Approach to Plant Growth Analysis. By R oderick H unt .
Bryophyte Ecology. Ed. by A. J. E. S mith . Bryophyte Ecology. Ed. by A. J. E. S mith . Bryophyte Ecology. Ed. by A. J. E. S mith . Bryophyte Ecology. Ed. by A. J. E. S mith .
Forest Succession: concepts and application. Ed. by D. C. W est , M. H. S hugart and D. B otkin .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Excursion Flora of the British Isles , 2nd edn. By A. R. C lapham , T. G. T utin and E. F. W arburg .
Critical Supplement to the Atlas of the British Flora . Ed. by F. H. P erring assisted by P. D. S ell .
Drawings of British Plants . Part XXIV. Labiatae . By S tella R oss -C raig .
Britain's Green Mantle , 2nd edn. By the late A. G. T ansley . Revised by M. C. F. P roctor .
The Flora of Berkshire . By H. J. M. B owen .
Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands . By P. H. D avis , assisted by J. C ullen and M. J. E. C oode .
Plants and Man on the Seychelles Coast . By J. D. S auer .
Key to the Families of Flowering Plants of the World . Revised and enlarged by J. H utchinson .
The Diversity of Green Flants . By P. R. B ell and C. L. F. W oodcock .
IBP Handbook No . 5: Handbook to the Conservation Section of the International Biological Programme . By E. M. N icholson .
Plants, Man and Life , 2nd edn. By E dgar A nderson .
Production and Mineral Cycling in Terrestrial Vegetation . By L. E. R odin and N. I. B azilevich . Translation by Scripta Technica Ltd (Ed. by G. E. F ogg ).
'Torrey Canyon' Pollution and Marine Life . A Report by the Plymouth Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Ed. by J. E. S mith .
Geobotanische Untersuchungen auf der Feddersen Wier de . By U. K örber -G rohne .
Cell Walls and Membranes . By H. J. R ogers and H. R. P erkins .
Wachstums regulatoren bei Pflanzen . Ed. by E. L ibbert and B. S teyer .
The Ecology of Soil Bacteria ( An International Symposium ). Ed. by T. R. G. G ray and D. P arkinson .
Genetics of Fungi . By K arl E sser and R udolf K uenen . Translated by E rich S teiner .
Plant Pathologist's Pocketbook . Compiled by The Commonwealth Mycological Institute.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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     

Reviews of publications

Ecology, Community and Lifestyle: Outline of an Ecosophy , by Arne Naess (translated and edited by David Rothenberg).
Restoration Ecology: A Synthetic Approach to Ecological Research , edited by W. R. Jordan, M. E. Gilpin and J. D. Aber.
Plankton Ecology: Succession in Plankton Communities , edited by Ulrich Sommer.
Biological Control of Pests, Pathogens and Weeds: Development and Prospects , edited by R. K. S. Wood and M.J. Way.
Large Scale Cell Culture Technology , edited by Bjorn K. Lydersen.
The Story of Silk , by J. Feltwell.
Ecological Experiments: Purpose, Design and Execution , by N. G. Hairston.N 0 5
Molecular Genetics and Comparative Evolution , by J. Langridge.     

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Atlas of Mapped Distributions of Dominance and Modern Pollen Percentages for Important Tree Taxa of Eastern North America . By P. A. D elcourt , H. R. D elcourt and T. W ebb III.
New Manual of Bryology. Volume 1. Edited by R. M. S chuster .
The Ecology and Physiology of the Fungal Mycelium. Edited by D. H. J ennings and A. D. M. R ayner .
Isotopes and Radiation in Agricultural Sciences. Edited by M. E. L'A nnunziata and J. O. L egg .
The Physiology of Flowering Plants : their growth and development . Third edition. By H. E. S treet and H. Ö pik .
Reconstructing Quaternary Environments. By J. J. L owe and M. J. C. W alker .
European Mires. Edited by P. M oore .
Compartments in Algal Cells and Their Interaction. (Proceedings in Life Sciences Series.) Edited by W. W iessner , D. G. R obinson and R. C. S tarr .
Chloroplast Metabolism. By B arry H alliwell .
Flooding and Plant Growth. Ed. by T. T. K ozlowski .
Mode of Action of Antifungal Agents. Ed. by A. P. J. T rinci and J. F. R yley .
Disease Resistance in Plants. By J. E. V anderplank .     

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Book Reviewed in this article:
Organelle Heredity. B y N icolas W. G illham .
Microbodies/Peroxisomen pflanzicher Zellen. By B. G erhardt .
Plant Metabolism. By G erhard R ichter .
Water in Plants Bibliography. Ed. by J. P ospisilova and J. S olarova .
Plant Growth Analysis. By R oderick H unt .
Progress in Botany. Morphology, Physiology, Genetics, Taxonomy, Geobotany. Ed. by H. E llenberg , K. E sser , H. Merxmüller, E. S chnepf and H. Z iegler .
Organisation in Plants. By W. M. M. B aron .
Plant Breeding for Pest and Disease Resistance. By G. E. R ussell .
Incompatibility in Angiosperms. By D. D e N ettancourt .
Soybean Physiology, Agronomy and Utilization. Ed. by A. G. N orman .
Flora of Turkey , Volume 6 ( Lobehaceae to Scrophulariaceae ). Ed. by P. H. D avis , assisted by J. R. E dmondson , R. R. M ill and B.S.P arris .
Tropical Trees and Forests. An Architectural Analysis. By F.H allé , R.A.A. O ldeman and P. B. T omlinson .
Vegetation Mitteleuropas mit den Alpen. By H einz E llenberg .     

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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.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Physiology of plants and their cells. By J. A. G ross .
Plant Physiology. By M eiron T homas , S. L. R anson and J. A. R ichardson .
Rate Control of Biological Processes. Symposium No. 27 of the Society for Experimental Biology. Ed. by D. D. D avies
Towards an Understanding of the Mechanism of Heredity. By H. L. K. W hitehouse .
Chromosome Botany and the Origins of Cultivated Plants. By C. D. D arlington .
Handbook of Phycological Methods: Culture Methods and Growth Measurements. By J anet R. S tein (Ed.)
Drawings of British Plants. Part XXXI. Lemnaceae, Alismataceae, Butomaceae, Junca-ginaceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, Potamagetonaceae, Ruppiaceae, Zannichelliaceae, Zosteraceae, Najadaceae, Eriocaulaceae. By S tella R oss -C raig .
Census Catalogue of the Flora of Ireland. By M. J. P. S cannell and D. M. S ynnot .
The Genus Lesquerella (Cruciferae) in North America. By R. C. R ollins and E. A. S haw .
Allgemeine Geobotanik. By H. W alter .
Einführung In Die Botanik. By R. B ornkamm .
Ökologie der Pflanzen. By W. L archer .