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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:
Protoplasmatologia—Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung . Band II, CI. The Viscosity of Protoplasm. By L. V. H eilbrunn .
Trace Element Problems in Nature . A Symposium in the Botany Department, University of Cape Town. Edited by D r . K. H. S chütte .
Cell, Organism and Milieu. (Seventeenth Growth Symposium). Edited by D orothea R udnick .
Subcellular Particles . Edited by T. H ayashi .
Plant Growth Substances . By L. J. A udus .
Uredineana. Receuil d': études systematiques et biologiques sur les Urédinées du Globe . Tome 5. By A. L. G uyot .
A Textbook of General Physiology . By H. D avson .
Protoplasmatologia . Vol. Ill AI. Le Chondriome de la Cellule Végétale: Morphologie du Chondriome; by P. D angeard .
Analytical Cytology . Edited by R obert C. M ellors .
Blakeslee: The Genus Datura . By A. G. A very , S. S atina and J. R ietsema .
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Past and Present . By W. B. T urrill .
Drawings of British Plants . Part XIII. Umbelliferae (2), Araliaceae, Cornaceae. By S tella R oss -C raig .
Physiology of Fungi. By V incent W. C ochrane .
Illustrated Moss Flora of Fennoscandia . Vol. II. Musci. Fasc. III. By E lsa N yholm .
An Outline of General Plant Geography . By W. S zafer .
Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung . Ed. L. V. Heilbrunn and F. Weber. Vol. VIII; 9a. Polaritút und Inäquale Teilung des pflanzlichen Protoplasten . By Erwin Bünning, Tübingen.     

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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.     

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 .     

Reviews

General Microbiology . By R. Y. S tanier , M. D oudoroff and E. A. A delberg
Looking at Chromosomes . By J ohn M c L elish and B rian S noad
Drawings of British plants . Part X. Saxifragaceae, Crassulaceae. By S tella R oss -C raig
Marine Algae of the Northeastern Coast of North America . By W illiam R andolph T aylor
'Die Fagus- Abies- und Piceagurtelarten in der Kontaktzone der Tannen- und Fichtenwälder der Schweiz .' By A. S axer
Protoplasmatologia Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung . By M. E rrhra
Bericht über das Geobotanische Forschungsinstitut Rübel in Zürich für das Jahr 1956 . Edited by E. RÜ bel and W. LÜ udi
An Atlas of Airborne Pollen Grains . By H. A. H yde and K. F. A dams
Flora of the British Isles , Illustrations. I Pteridophyta to Papilionaceae. Drawn by S ybil J. R oles . By A. R. C lapham , T. G. T utin and E. F. W arburg
Advances in Genetics , vol. IX. Edited by M. D emerec
Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplamaforschung (L. V. Heilhrunn and F. Weber, editors), vol. 1, 2. Biocolloids and their Interactions . By H. L. B ooij and H. G. B ungenberg de J ong
Annual Review of Plant Physiology , vol. 9. Edited by A. S. C rafts , L. M achlis and J. G. T orrey     

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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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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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Review in this article:
Drawings of British Plants. Part XIV. Adoxaceae-Dipsacaceae . By S tella R oss -C raig .
Darwin's Biological Work: Some Aspects Reconsidered . Edited by P. R. B ell .
Flora of the British Isles, Illustrations, Part II, Rosaceae-Polemoniaceae . By A. R. C lapham , T. G. T utin and E. F. W arburg . Drawings by S ybil J. R oles .
Protoplasmic Streaming. Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung . Edited by L. V. H eilbrunn and F. W eber .
The Ecology of Soil Fungi. An International Symposium . Edited by D. P arkinson and J. S. W aid .
Marine Algae of the Eastern Tropical and Subtropical Coasts of the Americas . By W illiam R andolph T aylor .
Introduction to Plant Geography . By N icholas P olunin .
Frost, Drought and Heat Resistance . By J. L evitt .     

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Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology , vol. Ill, The Water relations of Plants . Edited by O. S tocker .
Das Leben der Gewächse . Ein Lehrbuch der Botanik.
Plants in Action . By L. M achlis and J. G. T orrey .
The Microstructure of Starch Grains . By E dith A. R oberts .
Plant Physiology . By M. T homas
Annual Review of Plant Physiology
The Metachromatic Reaction . (Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung edited by L. V. Heilbrunn and F. Weber. Band II D 2.) By J. W. K elly .
Die Biologie der Bliite . By F. K noll .     

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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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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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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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 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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Book reviewed in this article:
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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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:
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 .     

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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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Books reviewed in this article:
Palaeoecology of Beringia . Ed. by D. M. H opkins , J. V. M atthews , C. E. S chweger and S. B. Y oung .
The Evolutionary Biology of Colonising Species . By P. A. P arsons .
Isolation of Membrances and Organelles from Plant Cells . Ed. By J. L. H all and A. L. M oore .
Collins Guide to Ferns, Mosses and Lichens of Britain and Northern and Central Europe . By H. M. J akas , assisted by A. K. M asselink .
The Diversity of Green Plants , By P. R. B ell and C. L. F. W oodcock .     

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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 ).