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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 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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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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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. General editors A. F riday and D. S. I ngram .
The Physiological Properties of Plant Protoplasts. Ed. by P. E. P ilet .
Plant Leaf Optical Properties in Visible and Near Infra-Red Light. By H. W. G ausman .
Regulation of Sources and Sinks in Crop Plants. British Plant Growth Regulator Group Monograph No. 12. Ed. by B. J effcoat , A. F. H awkins and A. D. S tead .
The Biochemistry and Physiology of the Lemon and Other Citrus Fruits. By W. B. S inclair .
Developmental Biology of Higher Fungi. British Mycological Society Symposium No. 10. Ed. by D. M oore , L. A. C asselton , D. A. W ood and J. C. F rankland .
Flora of New Zealand Lichens. By D. J. G alloway .
Physiological Ecology of Seaweeds. By C. S. L obban , P. J. H arrison and M. O. D uncan .
Insects and Flowers. The Biology of a Partnership. By F. G. B arth . Translated from the German by M. A. B iederman -T horson .     

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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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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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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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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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Botanical Microtechnique and Cytochemistry. By G. P. Berlyn and J. P. Miksche.
Annual Review of Plant Physiology. Ed. by W. R. Briggs.
Mechanical Design in Organisms. By S. A. Wainwright, W. D. Biggs, J. D. Currey & J. M. Gosline.
Uptake of Ions by Plant Roots. By D. J. F. Bowling.
Phytochrome and Photomorphogenesis. By Harry Smith.
Water and Plants. By Hans Meidner and D. W. Sheriff.
Physiological Aspects of Dryland Farming. Edited by U. S. Gupta.
Pollen: Biology, Biochemistry, Management. By R. G. Stanley and H. F. Linskens.
The Evolutionary Significance of the Exine. Ed. by I. K. Ferguson and J. Muller.
Cell Division in Higher Plants. Ed. by M. M. Yeoman.
Intercellular Communication in Plants: Studies on Plasmodesmata Ed. by B. E. S. Gunning & A. W. Robards.
Methods in Plant Ecology. Ed. by S. B. Chapman
Ökologie DER Pflazen By Walter Larcher.
Progress in Botany. Vol. 37. Ed. by H. Ellenberg, K. Esser, H. Merxmüller, E. Schnepf & H. Ziegler.
British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800. By Blanche Henrey.     

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The Control of Growth and Differentiation in Plants. By P. F. W areing and I. D. J. P hillips .
The Cuticles of Plants. By J. T. M artin and B. E. J uniper .
Vegetationszonen und Klima. By H einrich W alter .
Tertiäre Floren von Mähren. By E. K nobloch .
Drawings of British Plants. Part XXVII. Ulmaceae to Pinaceae. By S tella R oss C raig .
Seaweeds and their Uses. By V. J. C hapman .
Control of Organelle Development. Ed. by P. L. M iller .
Cell Biology. By J. W. K imball .
Phytochemical Phylogeny. Ed. by J. B. H arborne .
the study of botany. By P reston A dams , J effrey J. W. B aker and G arland E. A llen .
Little Botany, Big Botany. By D. H. J ennings .     

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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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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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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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Introduction to Fungi. By J ohn W ebster .
Funktionelle Histologie der sekundaren Sprossachse . I. Das Holz . By H. J. B raun .
Methods in Plant Pathology By Z. K iraly , Z. K lement , F. S olymosy and J. V oros .
The Phloem. By K atherine E sau .
British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti. 1. Boletaceae, Gomphidiaceae, Paxillaceae . By R. W atling . Ed. by D. M. H enderson , P. D. O rton and R. W atling .     

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Intermediate Botany. By L. J. F. B rimble .
Encyclopédie Mycologique , XI. Les Fusarium et Cylindrocarpon de l'Indochine. By F. B ugnicourt .
Earth's Green Mantle. By S. W. M angham .
Experiments in Plant Physiology. By W. E. L oomis and C. A. S hull .
An Introduction to Botany, with special reference to the structure of the flowering plant. By J. H. P riestley and L orna I. S cott .
The Medieval Fenland. By H. C. D arby .
The Draining of the Fens. By H. C. D arby .     

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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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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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A Manual on Methods for the Assessment of Secondary Productivity in Fresh Waters. IBP Handbook 17. Ed. By J ohn A. D owining and F rank H. R igler .
Biochemistry of Plant Cell Walls. Ed. By C. T. B rett and J. R. H illman .
Gene Structure and Expression. By J. D. H awkins .
A Dictionary of Genetic Engineering. By S. G. O liver and J. M. W ard .     

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Comparative Animal Physiology. By C. L add P rosser et al.
Organisme et Sexualité. By M. C aullery .
Embryos and Ancestors. By G. R. de B eer .
The Association of Ants with Aphids and Coccids. By G. E. J. N ixon .
Soil and Fresh-Water Nematodes. By T. G oodey
Die Überträger pflanzlicher Viruskrankheiten (The vectors of plant viruses). By K urt H einze .
Leaf Curl Disease of Cotton. By S. A. J. T arr .
Introduction to Mycology. By J. A. M ac D onald .
Pesticide Handbook 1951. Edited by D. E. H. F rear .
Pflanzliche Infektionslehre. By E rnst G äumann .
A Dictionary of Biology. By M. A bercrombie , C. J. H ickman and M. L. J ohnson .
Soviet Genetics. By A. G. M orton .
Gall Midges of Economic Importance. Vol. v. Gall Midges of Trees. By H. F. B arnes .
Four Thousand Million Mouths. Scientific Humanism and the Shadow of World Hunger. Edited by F. L e G ros C lark and N. W. P irie .