Book Notices

The Life of Beetles. By G lyn E vans
Population and Community Ecology: Principles and Methods. By E. C. P ielou
Introduction to Insect Pest Management. Edited by R obert L. M etcalf and W illiam H. L uckmann
Handbuch der Zoologie: eine Naturgeschichte der Stamme des Tierreiches. Gegründet von W. K ükenthal
Zweite Auflage. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 1974 Lieferung 22. Beier, Max: Blattariae (Schaben)
The Insect Factor in Wood Decay: an account of wood-boring insects with particular reference to timber indoors. By N orman E. H ickin . Third edition, edited and revised by R obin E dwards
Annual Review of Entomology Vol. 20. Edited by R ay F. S mith , T homas E. M ittler and C arroll N. S mith     

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Books reviewed in this article:
EXCHANGE OF TRACE GASES BETWEEN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS AND THE ATMOSPHERE . Edited by M.O. A ndreae & D.S. S chimel
ECOLOGY OF PLANT COMMUNITIES. A PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH VEGETATION . By J. R ieley & S. P age
PESTS, PATHOGENS AND PLANT COMMUNITIES . Edited by J.J. B urdon & S.J. L eather
MECHANISM OF PLANT PERCEPTION AND RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI . Edited by T udor H. T homas & A ileen R. S mith     

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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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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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BIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION . By M. H. M artin & P. J. C oughtrey
PLANT CELL STRUCTURE AND METABOLISM . 2nd edn. By J. L. H all , T. J. F lowers & R. M. R oberts
PLANT CELL AND TISSUE CULTURE—A LABORATORY MANUAL . By J. R einert & M. M. Y eoman
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 12A. PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY I. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTM . Edited by O. L. L ange , P. S. N obel , C. B. O smond & H. Z eigler
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, NEW SERIES, VOLLIME 12B. PHYSIOLOGICAL PLANT ECOLOGY II. WATER RELATIONS AND CARBON ASSIMILATION . Edited by O. L. L ange , P. S. N obel , C. B. O smond & H. Z iegler
THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANT DEVELOPMENT . Edited by H. S mith & D. G rieson
SIMULATION OF PLANT GROWTH AND CROP PRODUCTION . Edited by F. W. T. P enning D e V ries & H. H. V an L aar
TRENDS IN PHOTOB1OLOGY . Edited by C. H elene , M. C harlier , TH. M ontenay -G arestier & G. L austriant
VICIA FAB A : PHYSIOLOGY AND BREEDING . Edited by R. T hompson
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANT ECOLOGY 2nd edn. By J. R. E therington     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Die Fusarien. By H. W. W ollenweber and O. A. B einking .
Biological Processes in Tropical Soils. By A. S teven C okbet .
Problems in Soil Microbiology. By D. W ard C utler and Lettice M. Crump.
Limnology. By P. S. W elch .
Plant Viruses. By K enneth M. S mith .
Heredity and the Ascent of Man. By C. C. H urst .
A Text-book of Mycology. By E. A. B essey .
The Arachnida. By T. H. S avory .
Garden Science. By J ohn G rainger .
Plant Physiology. By M eieion T homas .     

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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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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:
A nti -T uberculous D rugs . H andbook of E xperimental P harmacology , Volume 84 (1988). Edited by K. Bartmann.
B acterial E ndotoxins : P athophysiological E ffects , C linical S ignificance and P harmacological C ontrol (1988). Edited by J. Levin, H.R. Buller, J.W. ten Cate, S.J.H. van Deventer & A. Sturk.
A L aboratory M anual for L egionella (1988). Edited by T.G. Harrison & A.G. Taylor.
M arine M icrobiology (1988). By B. Austin.
B acterial E nergy T ransduction (1988). Edited by C. Anthony.
S ingle C ell O il (1988). Edited by R.S. Moreton.
D iagnostic T echniques in M edical P arasitology (1988). By S.L. Fleck & A.H. Moody.     

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Book reviewed in this articles:
The Biology of Frankia atid Actinorhizal Plants . Ed. by C hrista R. S chwintzer and J ohn D. T jepkema .
Seed Dormancy in Grasses. By G. M. S impson .
Plants under Stress. Ed. by H. G. J one s, T. J. F lowers and M. B. J ones .
Plant Resistance to Insects. A Fundamental Approach. By C. M. S mith .
The Vascular Cambium . Edited by M. I qbal     

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Book reviewed in this article:
S afety in C linical and B iomedical L aboratories (1988). Edited by C.H. Collins.
L aboratory -A cquired I nfections (1988). 2nd edn By C.H. Collins.
P athologic D iagnosis of F ungal , A ctinomycetal and A lgal I nfections (1988). By Francis W. Chandler & John C. Watts.
A ctinomycetes in B iotechnology (1988). Edited by M. Goodfellow, S.T. Williams & N. Mordarski.
I mmobilized B iocatalysts (1988). By Winfried Hartmeier.
B acterial C ell S urface T echniques (1988). By I. Hancock & Ian Poxton.
M icro -O rganisms in A ction : C oncepts and A pplications in M icrobiological E cology (1988). Edited by J.M. Lynch & J.E. Hobbie.
N itrification (1987). Edited by J.I. Prosser.
A naerobic B acteria (1987). By K.T. Holland, J.S. Knapp & J.G. Shoesmith.
G onococci and M eningococci (1988). Edited by J.T. Poolman, H.C. Zanen, T.F. Meyer, I.E. Heckles, P.R.H. Makela, H. Smith & E.C. Beuvery.     

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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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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:
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
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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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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A Textbook of Plant Virm Diseases . By K enneth M. S mith .
Economic Botany: A Textbook of Useful Plalzts and Plant Products . By A. F. H ill .
Practical Plant Breeding . By W. J. C. L awrence .
British Stem- and Leaf-Fungi ( Coeolomycetes ). Vol. II. Sphaeropsidales and Melanconiales . By W. B. G rove .
Plant Ecology . By H ilda D rabble .
The Properties and Functions of Membranes, Natural and Artificial .
Perspectives in Biochemistry . Edited by J oseph N eedham and D avid E. G reen .     

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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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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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Book Reviewed in this article:
The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland. By A. J. E. S mith .
Atlas of Ferm of the British Isles. Ed. by A. C. J ermy , H. R. A rnold , L ynne F arrell and F. H. P erring .
Barley. By D. E. B riggs .
The Potato Crop: the Scientific Basis for Improvement. Ed. by P. M. H arris .
Plant Anatomy. Part I. Cells and Tissues. 2nd Edition. By E lizabeth G. C utter . Edward Arnold:
Isolation of Plant Growth Substances. Ed. by J. R. H illman .
The Selenastrum capricornutum Printz Algal Assay Bottle Test: Experimental Design, Application, and Data Interpretation Protocol. By W illiam E. M iller , J oseph C G reene and T amotsu S hiroyama .
Algen: Einführung in die Phykologie. By C hristiaan van D en H oek