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Field Studies in Ecology . By E. B racher
Practical Bacteriology . By A. C unningham
The Families of Flowering Plants. 2: Monocotyledons; arranged according to a New System based on their Probable Phylogeny . By J. H utchinson
(1) Elements of Botan?y. By R. M. Holman and W. W. Robbins
(2) A Textbook of General Botany f o r Colleges and Universities. By R. M. HOLMAN and W. W. ROBBINS.
Texas Grasses . By W. A S ilveus
Economic Plants . By E. E. S tanford
The Wistar Institute Style Brief
Cellular Respiration . by N orman U. M eldrum     

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An Ecological Atlas of Grassland Plants. BY J. P hilip G rime and P hilip S. L loyd .
A Dictionary of the Flowering Plants in India. By H. S antapau and A. N. H enry , assisted by B. R oy and P. B asu .
Phytooceonologia: Journal of the International Society for Vegetation Science. Edited by H. E llenberg and seven others.
Progress in Botany (Fortschritte der Botanik), Volume 36. Edited by H. E llenberg , K. E sser , H. M erxmüller , E. S chnepf and H. Z iegler .
Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Edited by P. H. D avis , assisted by D. F. C hamberlain and V. A. M athews .     

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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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The Natural Philosophy of Plant Form. By A gnes A rber .
Plant Pathology. By J ohn C harles W alker .
Plants of Bikini and other Northern Marshall Islands. By W illiam R andolph T aylor .
Grundlagen und Methoden einer Erneuerung der Systematik der höheren Pflanzen. ( Die Forderung dynaniischer Systematik im Bereiche der Blütenpflanzen. ) By F ranz B uxbaum .
Soil Conditions and Plant Growth. By S ir E. J ohn R ussell .
Plant-Growth Substances. (Symposium.)
British Plants. By N. L. E dlin .     

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Crop Evolution, Adaptation and Yield. By L. T. EVANS.
The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants. By P rzemyslaw PRUSINKIEWICZ and A ristid LINDENMAYER.
Plant–Soil Interactions at Low pH: Principles and Management. Ed. by R. A. DATE, N. J. GRUNDON, G. E. RAYMENT and M. E. PROBERT.
Soils, Sustainability and the Natural Heritage. Ed. by A. G. TAYLOR, J. E. GORDON and M. B. USHER.
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism: Biochemistry, Eco-physiology and Evolution (Ecological Studies: vol. 114). Ed. by K. WINTER and J. A. C. SMITH.
Centres of Plant Diversity. A Guide and Strategy for their Conservation. WWF and IUCN.
Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants, Vol. 3: Gymnosperms. Ed. by S. M. JAIN, P. K. GUPTA AND R.J. NEWTON.
In Vitro Embryogenesis in Plants. Ed. by T. THORPE.
The Cambial Derivatives. Ed. by M. IQBAL.
Leaf Structure: Montane Regions of Venezuela with an Excursion into Argentina. By I ngrid ROTH.
The Plant Viruses (vol. 5: Polyhedral Virions and Bipartite RNA Genomes). Ed. by B. D. HARRISON and A. F. MURANT.     

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Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with Reference to some Pacific and Western Atlantic Species, Volume 3, edited by Isabella A. Abbott
Conservation of Medicinal Plants edited by Olayiwola Akerele, Vernon Heywood & Hugh Synge
Introduction to Floriculture, 2nd Ed., edited by R. A. Larson
Plant Membranes: A Biophysical Approach to Structure, Development and Senescence by Ya'acov Y. Leshem
The Ecology o/Fynbos, edited by R. Cowling
A Dictionary of Plant Pathology, by P. Holliday
7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration 13 April to 31 July 1992. Catalogue by James J. White & Autumn M. Farole
Plant Growth: interactions with nutrition and environment, edited by J. R. Porter & D. W. Lawlor
Response of Plants to Multiple Stresses, edited by H. A. Mooney, W. E. Winner & E. J. Pell
Pollen and Spores: Patterns of Diversification, edited by S. Blackmore and S. H. Barnes
International Checklist for Hyacinths and Miscellaneous Bulbs, edited by J. van Scheepen
Atlas Florae Europaeae, 9 (Paeoniaceae to Capparaceae), edited by Jaakko Jalas & Juha Suominen
Nitrogen fixation, edited by M. Polsinelli, R. Materassi & M. Vincenzini
Crucifers of Great Britain and Ireland, by T.C.G. Rich
Micropropagation: Technology and Application, edited by P. C. Debergh & R. H. Zimmerman
Phytochemical Induction by Herbivores, edited by D. W. Tallamy & M. J. Raupp
Pattern Formation in Plant Tissues, by T. Sachs
Introduction to the Principles of Plant Taxonomy, 2nd ed, by V. V. Sivarajan (edited by N. K. B. Robson)
Signal Perception and Transduction in Higher Plants, edited by R. Ranjeva & A. M. Boudet
Plant Growth Substances 1988, edited by R. P. Pharis & S. B. Rood
Gibberellins, edited by N. Takahashi, B.O. Phinney & J. MacMillan     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Australian Vegetation. (2nd edition) ed. R. H. Groves
Plant Resources of South East Asia Rattans, edited by J. Dransfield and N. Nanokaran
Plant Growth and Development. A Molecular Approach, by Donald E. Fosket
Potato Genetics, eds J. E. Bradshaw and G. R. Mackay
Alien Plants of the British Isles, by E. J. Clement and M. C. Foster     

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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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The Crucible of Creation. The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals, by Simon Conway Morris
Biology by Numbers. An encouragement to quantitative thinking, by Richard F. Burton
The New Oxford Book of Food Plants, by J.G. Vaughan and C.A. Geissler, illustr. by B.E. Nicholson, E. Dowle & E. Rice.     

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Nitrogen Metabolism of Plants. Ed. by K. M engel and D. J. P ilbeam .
Extinction and Phylogeny . Ed. by M ichael J. N ovacek and Q uentin D. W heeler .
Anatomy of Flowering Plants. By P aula R udall .
Atlas of the Bryophytes of Britain and Ireland ; Volume 2, Mosses (except Diplolepideae). Ed by M. O. H ill , C. D. P reston and A. J. E. S mith .
Atlas of the Paleoclimates and Paleoenvironments of the Northern Hemisphere: Late Pleistocene-Holocene. Ed. by B. F renzel , M. P esci and A. A. V elichko .     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Sulfur Nutrition and Assimilation in Higher Plants . Ed. by L. J. D e K ok , J. S tulen , H. R ennenberg , C. B runold & W. E. R auser .
Seed Germination in Desert Plants. By Y. G utterman .
Origin of Land Plants. By L inda E. G raham .
Pleistocene Environments in the British Isles. By R. L. J ones & D. H. K een .     

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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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Books reviewed in this article:
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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The Royal Horticultural Society, Gardeners' Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers, edited by C. Brickell
The lichenicolous fungi of Greenland, by Vagn Alstrup & David L. Hawksworth.
Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes, edited by F. A. Skinner, R. M. Boddey and I. Fendrik
The embryology of angiosperms: a classified bibliography (1965–1985), by C. R. Nagendram & M. S. Dinesh
Algae and Human Affairs, edited by Carole A. Lembi & J. Robert Waaland
Biology of Seagrasses, edited by A. W. D. Larkum, A. J. McComb & S. A. Shepherd
Modern methods in orchid conservation. The role of physiology, ecology and management, by H. W. Pritchard
Frank Kingdon-Ward, the Last of the Great Plant Hunters, by Charles Lyte
Plant names of medieval England, by Tony Hunt
Natural Product Medicine, by Ara H. Der Marderosian and Lawrence E. Liberti
All About Angiosperms, by A. D. J. Meeuse. CIP-Gegevens Koninklijke Bibiothek, Den Haag
Flowering Plants of the Seychelles (An Annotated Check List of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms with Line Drawings), by S. A. Robertson
The Herbarium Handbook, edited by Leonard Forman & Diane Bridson
Trees of Nigeria, by R. W. J. Keay
This is a revised edition of Nigerian Trees by R. W. J. Keay, C. F. A. Onochie & D. P. Stanfield
A New Herball by William Turner, edited by George T. L. Chapman and Marilyn Tweddle
Flora i Vegetació del Montsec (Pre-Pirineus Catalans) by Àngel M. Romo i Díez
Plants vasculars del quadrat UTM 31TCG46: Abella de la Conca, by Angel M. Romo i Díez
Indicator Plants of Coastal British Columbia, by K. Klinka, V. J. Krajina, A. Ceska and A. M. Scagel
Plankton–A Microscopic World, by G. M. Hallegraeff
Plant Polyphenols–Vegetable Tannins Revisited, by E. Haslam     

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New Plant Sources for Drugs and Food from the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium , by Siri von Reis and Frank J. Lipp, Jr.
Botany: Plant Biology and its Relation to Human Afairs , by Jean H. Langenheim & Kenneth V. Thimann.
How to Know Western Australian WildJEowers, Part IV , (2nd edition) by B. J. Grieve & W. E. Blackall.
Thonner's Analytical Key to the Families of Flowering Plants , by R. Geesink, A. J. M. Leeuwenberg, C. E. Ridsdale & J. F. Feldkamp.
Insects of an Amazon Forest , by N. D. Penny and J. R. Arias.
Ordering the World: A History of Classzfying Man , by David Knight.     

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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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Book reviewed in this article:
Klapp, E., Wiesen und Weiden. Eine Grünlandlehre. 4., neubearbeitete Auflage mit Beiträgen von R. A rens , D. B ommer und A. S táhlin , unter Mitarbeit von W. S kirde und G. V oigtlánder
Levitt, J., Responses of Plants to Environmental Stresses.
Plant Physiology, a Treatise (edited by F. C. STEWARD).     

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Book reviewed in this article:
An Introduction to Plant Biochemistry . By C atherine C assels S teele .
1. Virus Diseases of Plants: A Bibliography . By D. A tanasoff .
2. Partial Bibliography of Virus Diseases of Plants . By J. I. O tero and M. T. C ook .
Investigations on Barley . By Sir E. J. R ussell and L. R. B ishop .
The Gramineae, a Study of Cereal, Bamboo, and Grass . By A gnes A rber .
A History of Embryology . By J oseph N eedham .
Report on Fungus, Bacterial and other Diseases of Crops in England and Wales , 1928–32.
The Life Forms of Plants and Statistical Plant Geography, being the collected papers of C. Raunkiaer .
Plant Chimaeras and Graft Hybrids . By W. N eilson J ones . (Methuen's Monographs on Biological Subjects.)
The Genetics of Garden Plants . By M. B. C rane and W. J. C. L awrence .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Trees of Ireland. Native and Naturalized. E. Charles Nelson and Wendy F. Walsh. 256 pp., 30 colour plates.
A man who can speak of plants. Dr Thomas Coulter (1793–1843) of Dundalk in Ireland, Mexico and Alta California. E. Charles Nelson & Alan Probert. 192 pp., 52 figures & photographs and 8 colour plates.
Siebold's Florilegium of Japanese Plants: Florilegium Plantarum Japonicarum Sieboldii. Yojiro Kimura and Valerii I. Grubov (eds.). Vol. 1, 2 parts (Colour plates); Vol. 2 (Articles and Catalogue).     

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The Plant in Health and Disease. By W. A. R. D illon W eston and R. E ric T aylor
Svalof 1886–1946. History and Present Problems. Edited by A. A kerman , O. T edin and K. F roier
Gall Midges of Economic Importance. Vol. IV: Ornamental Plants and Shrubs. By H. F. B arnes
L'Hérédité. Par E. G uyénot .
Carotinoide. Von P. K arrer und E. J ucker
Mathematical Biophysics. By N. R ashevsky
Die Larvenformen der Dipteren. Von W. H ennig