Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Cattleyas and their Relatives. Vol. III. Schomburgkia, Sophronitis, and other South American Genera. Carl L. Withner. 136 pp., 85 colour photographs, numerous b/w line drawings.
'Chinese Wilson'. A Life of Ernest H. Wilson 1876–1930. Roy W. Briggs with a foreword by Roy Lancaster.
Gardens of Historic Charleston. James R. Cothran. 177 pp., numerous colour and b/w photographs, illustrations and portraits.
Science in the Pleasure Ground. A History of the Arnold Arboretum. Ida Hay. 349 pp., 20 colour photographs, numerous black and white photographs, maps and plans.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Gardens and Gardening in Papal Rome . David R. Coffin, xiii + 285 pp., 193 black-and-white illustrations.
Walter Hood Fitch: a Celebration . Jan Lewis, viii + 34 pp. + 73 colour plates.
Oriental Gardens . Norah Titley and Frances Wood. 128 pp., 115 colour and monocrome illustrations.     

SHORT REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Poplars of the British Isles. Theresa Brendell. 24 pp., 29 colour and black-and-white illustrations
A Field Guide to the Crops of Britain and Europe. G. M. de Rougemont
A Garden for all Seasons. Text by Jay Pridmore. 140 pp., many colour photographs. Chicago Horticultural Society
Gardens of England. Frances Gapper, Patience Gapper and Sally Drury. 638 pp., 10 maps. A. & C. Black, London (ISBN 0–7136-3389-1) and W. W. Norton     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
daylilies. A.B. Stout; introduction and updating by Darrel Apps. xxx + 145 pp., 11 colour and 37 black and white plates. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London and Melbourne. 1986.
WONDERS OF CREATION. NATURAL HISTORY DRAWINGS IN THE BRITISH library. Ray Desmond. 248pp., 49 coloured and 67 black and white illustrations. The British Library, London & Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, USA. 1986.
A HANDBOOK OF ANNUALS AND BEDDING plants. Graham Rice. 272 pp., 20 colour plates and 42 line drawings. Croom Helm, London, & Timber Press, Portland, Oregon. 1986.
Victorian gardens. Brent Elliott. 285 pp. 12 colour plates and 100 black and white illustrations. B.T. Batsford Ltd., London. 1986.
A FIELD GUIDE TO THE DRAGONFLIES OF BRITAIN, EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA. J. d'Aguilar, J.-L. Dommanget and R. Prechac. 336 pp. with 40 colour plates. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London. 1986.
the genus haworthia - a taxonomic revision. Charles L. Scott. 150 pp. + xl. Unnumbered colour and monochrome photographs. Aloe Books, Johannesburg. 1985. ISBN 0620079746. Price not stated.
A FIELD GUIDE TO CATERPILLARS OF BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS IN BRITAIN AND Europe. D.J. Carter, illustrated by Brian Hargreaves. 296 pp. 72 pages of coloured illustrations. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London. 1986.
THE YEAR-ROUND BULB GARDEN. Brian Mathew. 144 pp. 144 colour plates and 22 line drawings. Souvenir Press. 1986. ISBN 0 285 62787 2. Hardback.
royal kew. Ronald King. 256 pp. 75 illustrations. Constable and Co. Ltd. 1985.
A REVISION Of STAPELIA L. (Asclepiadaceae). L.C. Leach. 157 pp. with 106 illustrations. Excelsa Taxonomic Series No. 3. Aloe Books, Johannesburg. 1985. ISBN 0620 07976 2. Price not stated.     

SHORT REVIEWS AND NOTICES

A CONCISE GUIDE TO THE FLOWERS OF BRITAIN and Europe. Oleg Polunin. xix + 107 pp., 192 plates of colour photographs. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York. 1987.
FLOWERS OF GREECE AND THE BALKANS, A field guide. Oleg Polunin. xv + 592 pp., 82 plates of colour photographs, several pages of line drawings. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York. 1987.
the englishman's flora. Geoffrey Grigson. 478 pp., 44 black and white woodcuts. Phoenix House, London. 1987.
bee orchids. Stephen Blackmore. ISBN 0 85263 745 4.
buttercups. Stephen Blackmore. ISBN 0 85263 763 2.
willows of the British isles. Theresa Brendall. ISBN 0 85263 765 9.
All 24 pp., illustrated in colour and black and white. Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough. 1985.     

SHORT REVIEWS: Victoria Matthews

Book reviewed in this article:
Shrubs Through the Seasons. Roy Lancaster. 176 pp., many colour photographs.
Hemerocallis - Day Lilies by Walter Erhardt. 160 pp., 8 colour plates, line-drawings.
Trees. Allen J. Coombes. 320 pp., over 1,000 colour photographs.
The Healthy Indoor Plant. Charles C. Powell and Rosemarie Rossetti. vi + 297 pp., many monochrome illustrations.
Dried Flowers from the Garden. Molly Ephraums and Jane Ironside.
Clematis. Ethne Ruess Clarke. 48 pp., colour photographs.
The Historic Gardens of Wales. Elisabeth Whittle. 80 pp., 60 colour and 60 black-and-white illustrations.
The Story of Gardening. Martin Hoyles. 313 pp., monochrome illustrations.
Saxifrages. Winton Harding. 152 pp., 31 colour photographs, line drawings.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Wild Orchids of Scotland. Brian Allan and Patrick Woods. 135 pp., many colour photographs, line drawings and maps. HMSO, Edinburgh. 1993.
The Orchids of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Gunnar Seidenfaden and Jeffrey Wood. 779 pp., 315 black & white line drawings, 48 colour plates and 1 black and white photograph. Olsen & Olsen, Fredenborg, Denmark. 1992.
The Orchid Book- a Guide to the Identification of Cultivated Orchid Species. Ed. J. Cullen. 529 pp., 16 colour photographs, numerous line drawings. Cambridge University Press. 1992.
Iris of China. James W. Waddick and Zhao Yu-tang. 192 pp., 31 colour photographs, 21 plates of line-drawings. Timber Press, Oregon. 1992.
Garden Pests & Predators — the wildlife in your garden and its ecological control. Elfrida Savigear. 128 pp., line-drawings. Blandford, London. 1992.
Seeds of Woody Plants in North America. James A. Young and Cheryl G. Young. 407 pp. Dioscorides Press, Oregon. 1992.
Gardening with Camellias. A complete guide. Jim Rolfe. 176 pp., 175 colour photographs. Godwit Press Ltd., New Zealand (distrib. in UK by Batsford). 1992.
Success with Rhododendrons and Azaleas. H. Edward Reiley. 285 pp., 87 colour and 33 black-and-white photographs, maps. Timber Press, Oregon. 1992.
The Old Rose Advisor. Brent C. Dickerson. 400 pp., 274 colour plates. Timber Press, Oregon. 1992.
The Subtropical Garden. Jacqueline Walker. 175 pp., many colour photographs. Godwit Press Ltd., New Zealand (distrib. in UK by Batsford). 1992.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Primula . John Richards. 299 pp., 116 colour paintings (19 plates), 51 colour and 10 black-and-white photographs, 17 line drawings.
Kew, A World of Plants . Heather Angel. 160 pp., 146 colour photographs, 1 map. Collins & Brown, London, in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1993.
Pests and Diseases of Alpine Plants . P.R. Ellis, A.R. Entwistle & D.G.A. Walkey. 320 pp., 28 colour plates (163 photographs), 35 black-and-white figures including 2 plates (12 photographs), 50 tables.     

Book review

ALLEN M. YOUNG (1982): Population Biology of Tropical Insects. Plenum Press, New York and London. 511 pp., many black and white photographs, tables and figures, cloth, $ 57.50

Andreas Suchantke (1981): Der Kontinent der Kolibris. Landschaften und Lebensformen in den Tropen Südamerikas. [The Continent of the Hummingbirds ‐ Landscapes and Life Forms in the South American Tropics].

Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart. 420 pp., 265 drawings, 32 colour plates, hardbound, DM 88.00

ACKERY, P. R. & R. I. VANE‐WRIGHT (1984): Milkweed butterflies ‐ their cladistics and biology. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England. 425 pp. 74 plates (13 in colour) and 262 figures together with additional figs. and tables in the text. Size 22.5 x 28.5 cm, cloth. Price 50.00.     

Book reviews

RAFFAELE, H.A. (1989): A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Revised Ed., Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. 254 pp, maps of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, 41 plates (24 in full colour), checklists and detailed maps of important sites, paperback, $ 15.95 (hardcover $ 39.50).

HORWELL, D. (1988): Galapagos ‐ the enchanted isles. Dryad Press, London. Batsford Books. 64 pp., many figs, and black‐and‐white photographs, Hardcover £ 8.95.     

The value of measurements in the study of wader migration; a reply

Birds of West Central and Western Africa. Vol. 2. By C. W. Mackworth- Praed and C. H. B. Grant. Longman. 1973. 818 pp., 93 colour-plates, hundreds of distribution maps. Price £8.00., by L. A. Batten

A Guide to the Birds of Wales. David Saunders. Constable &; Co. Ltd, London. 1974. 341 pp. Many photographs and sketch maps. Price £2.50., by Chris Mead

The World of an Estuary. Heather Angel. Faber and Faber, London. 1975. 128 pp., 50 black and white photographs. Price £1.95., by A. J. Prater

Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland. Dr J. T. R. Sharrock, with drawings by P. J. Grant. T. &; A. D. Poyser Ltd., Berkhamsted. 1974. 26 plates. Price £3.80., by D. E. Glue

The Buzzard. Colin R. Tubbs. David and Charles, Newton Abbot. 1974. 199 pp., 17 photographs and 11 figures. Price £4.75., by Chris Mead

Birds of the Yorkshire Coast. Richard Vaughan. Hendon Publishing Co. Ltd., London. 1974. 96 pp. 77 plates. Price £1.70 hardback, £1.20 paperback., by H. B. Ginn

The Naturalist in Majorca. James D. Parrack. David and Charles, Newton Abbot. 1973. 224 pp., 32 black and white plates and 15 line drawings. Price £3.95., by L. A. Batten

Feathers Plain and Fancy. Hilda Simon. Frederick Muller, London. 1973. (First published 1969.) Viking Press, New York. 126 pp., many colour and black and white illustrations by the author. Price £2.00., by H. B> Ginn

A Revised Check-List of the Maltese Islands. By C. De Lucca. E. W. Classey Ltd, Hampton, Middlesex, 1969. 95pp. Price £0.75.

Die Vögel des Bodenseegebietes. By H. Jacoby, G. Knötzsch and S. Schuster. Supplement to Vol. 67 of Der Ornithologische Beobachter, 1970. 260pp. 16 black and white plates.

Die Vogelwelt der Limmattal und Zürichseeregion. By W. Knopfli. Supplement to Vol. 68 of Der Ornithologische Beobachter, 1971. 174pp. 4 colour plates.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
THE BULBOUS PLANTS OF TURKEY. Brian Mathew and Turhan Baytop. 132 pp. 120 colour and 18 black and white photographs
FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE WORLD. Consultant Editor, V.H. Heywood. 335 pp. Number of colour and half-tone illustrations; numerous maps
SOUTH AFRICA'S PROTEACEAE: KNOW THEM AND GROW THEM. Marie Vogts, with photography by C. Paterson-Jones
Trees and shrubs cultivated in Ireland. Compiled by Mary Forrest, edited by E.C. Nelson     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Plant, Animal & Anatomical Illustration in Art & Science . Compiled by Gavin D. R. Bridson and James J. White, xxxvii + 450 pp., 11 black-and-white illustrations.
Three hundred years of Irish watercolours and drawings . Patricia Butler; foreword by Richard Keaveney, 224 pp., 235 illustrations (colour and monochrome).
Fuchsias . Gerda Manthey. Translated by David Christie. Technical. editor Leo Boullemier. viii +196 pp., many colour photographs, line drawings, maps.
Baumrinden . Hugues Vaucher. 255 pp., 530 colour photographs.
The Flowers of Central Australia . Alec M. Blombery. 64 pp., colour photographs.
Wildflowers & Plants of Central Australia . Anne Urban. 240 pp., colour photographs.
A Reunion of Trees. The discovery of exotic plants and their introduction into North American and European landscapes .
Stephen A. Sponberg. xiv + 270 pp., 24 colour plates, 200 black-and-white figures, frontispiece.
Orchids from the Botanical Register 1815–1847 . Edited by Samuel Sprunger in collaboration with Phillip J. W. Cribb and William T. Steam. Vol. 1 - The Illustrations, 322 pp., 440 colour illustrations; Vol. 2 - The texts, 326 pp.
Hardy Herbaceous Perennials . Leo Jellito and Wilhelm Schacht. Third edn. revised by Schacht and Fessier. 2 volumes, 721 pp., 690 colour and 352 black-and-white photographs.
Garden Flowers from Seed . Christopher Lloyd and Graham Rice. 276 pp., 59 colour plates.
Gentians . Fritz Köhlein, ed. by Jim Jermyn. 183 pp., 12 plates of colour photographs, line drawings.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Rainforests: A Celebration. Compiled by the Living Earth Foundation, and edited by Lisa Silcock: foreword by H.R.H.
A Guide to Rock Gardening. Richard Bird. 142pp., 20 colour photographs, line drawings
Alpine Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains. J. F. Duft and R. K. Moseley
The Gardens of Europe. Edited by Penelope Hobhouse and Patrick Taylor. Introduction by Hugh Johnson
Plant Extinction: a Global Crisis. Harold Koopowitz and Hilary Kaye (ed. by Sabina Knees)     

SHORT REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Kalmia: The Laurel Book II . R. A. Janes.
Hemerocallis, The Daylily . R. W. Munson, Jr.
Tropicals . G. Courtright. 155 pp., 563 colour photos.
Herbaceous Perennial Plants . A. M. Armitage. 646 pp., 96 colour photos, 160 line drawings.
Once upon a Windowsill . T. Martin. 303 pp., 100 historical engravings.
Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives V. ed. J. Arditti. 451 pp., 51 black-and-white illustrations.
Born in the Spring: a collection of spring wildflowers . June Carver Roberts. 159 pp., 90 water-colour paintings and line drawings.
The Flower Colour Directory . John Dale & Kevin Gunnell. 192 pp., many colour photographs.     

Book reviews

Bowden, C. (1986): Blue Desert. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 180 pp. cloth. $ 16.95.

ZWINGER, A. (1983): A Desert Country Near the Sea. A Natural History of the Cape Region of Baja California. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 399 pp. with many black‐and‐white photos and figures, paperback. $ 12.95.

SCOTT, J.A. (1986): The Butterflies of North America. A Natural History and Field Guide. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, USA. 584 pp, 64 color plates, many distribution maps and line drawings in the text. Cloth $ 49.50 net.

JACKSON, M.H. (1985): Galapagos ‐ A Natural History Guide. The University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 283 pp. including over 100 black‐and‐white photos and illustrations and 16 pp full color insert. Paperback $ 17.50 net.

MOONEY, H.A. & J.A. DRAKE (eds.) (1986): Ecology of Biological Invasions of North America and Hawaii. Ecological Studies vol. 58. Springer Verlag, New York, Berlin, Heidelberg. 321 pp. with many figs, tables. Cloth DM 148.00.

ZEIL, W. (1986): Südamerika. Geologie der Erde, Band 1. Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart. 160 pp. with 54 figs, 4 colour plates and 3 tables, paperback. DM 24.80.

REGÖS, J. (1987): Die grüne Hölle ‐ ein bedrohtes Paradies. Verlag P. Parey, Hamburg und Berlin, W. Germany. 130 pp. many colour photos, cloth, DM 39.80.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Chelsea Gardener: Philip Miller 1691–1771. Hazel Le Rougetel. 212 pp., 16 colour plates, numerous monochrome illustrations
The bushland plants of Kings Park Western Australia. Eleanor M. Bennett, with illustrations by Patricia J. Dundas
Temples of Delight: Stowe landscape gardens. John Martin Robinson. 176 pp., black-and-white and colour photographs     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Dierama, The Hairbells of Africa . O. M. Hilliard and B. L. Burtt, illustrations by Auriol Batten. 152 pp., 46 colour plates.
Trees of Hawai'i . Angela Kay Kepler. 99 pp., colour photographs.
Aphrodite's Mousetrap . E. Charles Nelson and Daniel L. McKinley. 145 pp.
Curious in Everything: the career of Arthur Dobbs of Carrickfergus 1689–1765 . Ed. by D. Helen Rankin and E. Charles Nelson X + 37 pp.     

Evaluation and recommendations for greater accessibility of colour figures in ornithology

People who are colour‐blind or have some form of colour vision deficiency form an invisible minority and scientists should strive to be as inclusive as possible. We reviewed 2873 figures published in 2019 from 1031 scientific papers in 27 ornithological journals to determine those that were colour‐blind compatible, and those that were black‐and‐white printer friendly. About 26% of the published figures were in colour, and while most were colour‐blind compatible, only ~ 60% of them were black‐and‐white printer friendly. Ensuring figures in all forms of scientific communication can be interpreted by readers who are colour‐blind, and can be printed in black‐and‐white will improve the accessibility of ornithological research.