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Book reviewed in this article:
Field Plot Technique. By W arren H. L eonard and A ndrew G. C lark .
The Chemistry and Toxicology of Insecticides. By H arold H. S hepard .
An Outline of Diseases of Cereal and Forage Crop Plants of the Northern Part of the United States. By J ames G. D ickson .
Diseases of Vegetable Crops. By J. C. W alker .
The Nematode Parasites of Plants Catalogued under their Hosts. By T. G oodey .
Vegetable Crops. By H. C. THOMPSON.     

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The Plant Quarantine Problem. By W. A. M c C ubbin .
The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers. By D avid Lack
Animal Cytology and Evolution. By M. J. D. W hite
The Physiology of Insect Metamorphosis (Cambridge Monographs on Experimental Biology, no. 1). By V. B. W igglesworth .
The Genetics of Paramecium aurelia (Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology, no. 2). By G. H. B eale .
Microbes and Us. By H ugh N icol .
Weed Control in Farm and Garden. By S. J. W illis .     

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The Biological Productivity of Britain (Symposium of the Institute of Biology, no. 7). Edited by W. B. Y app and D. J. W atson .
The Insect Pests of Cotton in Tropical Africa. By E. O. P earson .
The Principles of Biological Control. By H arvey L. S weetman .
Methods of Analytical Histology andHisto-Chemistry. By E dward G urr .
Electronic Apparatus for Biological Research. By P. E. K. D onaldson .
An Introduction to the Behaviour of Invertebrates. By J. D. C arthy .
Reproductive Physiology. By A. V. N albandov .
The Control of Pests and Diseases in Agricultural and Horticultural Crops. By G. L. H ey and K. M arshall .     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Nucleic Acids and Proteins in Higher Plants. Edited by G. L. Farkas.
The Microbiology of the Atmosphere (2nd Edition). By P. H. Gregory.
Pea and Bean Growing Handbook, Volume i. Peas. By A. J. Gane, J. M. King and G. P. Gent.
Biological Nitrogen Fixation. By J. Postgate.     

Reviews

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     

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The Virus: Life's Enemy. By Kenneth M. Smith.
A Survey of Insecticidal Materials of Vegetable Origin. Edited by H. J. Holman.
The Breeding of Herbage Plants in Scandinavia and Finland.
Vegetative Propagation of Tropical and Sub-Tropical Plantation Crops. By G. St Clair Feilden and R. J. Garner.
The New Systematics. Edited by Julian Huxley.
Plant Microtechnique. By D. A. Johansen.
A Manual of Aquatic Plants. By N. C. Fassett.
The Orientation of Animals: Kineses, Taxes and Compass Reactions. By G. Fraenkel and D. L. Gunn.
Mechanisms of Biological Oxidations. By D. E. Green.
Statistical Calculation for Beginners. By E. G. Chambers, M.A.
Embryos and Ancestors. By G. R. de Beer.
Fundamentals of Biology. By A. W. Haupt.
Principles of Animal Biology. By Lancelot Hogben.
Man on his Nature. By Sir Charles Sherrington.
The Advance of the Fungi. By E. C. Large.     

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An Introduction to the Study of Protozoa.
The Algae by V. J. C hapman .
Verhaltensforschung: Eine Einführung in die Tier-Ethologie. by Dr G unther T embrock .
Sensory Communication. by W alter A. R osenblith .
Insect Polymorphism by J. S. K ennedy .
Agricultural Entomology in the Tropics by G. H. C aswell .
The Biosynthesis of Proteins by H. C hantrenne .
Microbial Cell Walls. by M ilton R. J. S alton .     

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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 .     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Genus Rhipicephalus (Acari, Ixodidae): A Guide to the Brown Ticks of the World. By Jane B. Walker, James E. Keirans and Ivan G. Horak
Edited by N. J. Adams and R. H. Slotow. 1998. Proceedings of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress.     

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Comparative physiology of the nervous control of muscular contraction. By G raham H oyle , D.S c
Parthenogenesis and Polyploidy in Mammalian Development. By R. A. B eatty (Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology)
Introduction to Bacterial Physiology. By C. E. C lifton.
The Origin of Life on the Earth. By A. I. O parin. Third revised and enlarged edition. Translated from the Russian by A nn S ynge.
Principles of Immunology. By J ohn E. C ushing and D an H. C ampbell. >
Common Diseases of Vegetables in South Africa. By V incent A. W ager.
Proceedings of the Third British Weed Control Conference , 1956
The Biological Action of Growth Substances. Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology
The U.C. System for Producing Healthy Container-Grown Plants. Edited by K. F. B aker.
Control of the Plant Environment. Proceedings of the University of Nottingham Fourth Easter School in Agricultural Science. 1957. Ed. J. P. H udson.
Magnesium, the Fifth Major Plant Nutrient. By A. J acob. Translated by Dr Norman Walker     

Reviews

The Principles of Insect Physiology. By V. B. WIGCLESWORTH.
The African Genera of Acridoidea. By V. M. DIRSH.
The Principles of Agricultural Entomology. By C. A. EDWARDS and G. W. HEATH.
Cereal Pests. By D. W. EMPSON. Pp. v + 97,8plates.
The Biology of Viruses. By KENNETH M. SMITH.
Radiotvacer Methodology in Biological Science. By C. H. WANG and DAVID L. WILLIS.
Tea, 2nd ed. By T. EDEN.     

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Books Review in this article:
Sixty Years of Botany in Britain (1875–1935): impressions of an eye-witness. By F. O. BOWER, SC.D., LI.D, F.R.S.
The New People's Library, vol. III. An Introduction to Economic Botany. By J ames G illespie , B.SC.
Anton Schneeberger (1530–1581) ein Schüler Konrad Gesners in Polen. By B. H ryniewiecki .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Theory of the Gene. By T homas H unt M organ
Life of Plants. By Sir F rederick K eeble
Contributions from the Harvard Institute for Tropical Biology and Medicine, III, 1926
Plant Nutrition and Crop Production. By E. J. R ussell
Citrus Diseases and their Control. By H. C. F awcett and H. A. L ee     

Book Reviews

Book Review in This Article:
Materials and Methods in Fermentation. G. L. Solomons
British Medical Bulletin.
Diagnostic Procedures for Viral and Rickettsial Infections. Edited by E. H. Lennette and N. J. Schmidt.
The Yeasts. Volume I. Biology of Yeasts. Edited by A. H. Rose and J. S. Harrison.
Methods in Microbiology. Edited by J. R. Norris and D. W. Ribbons.     

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Book Review in This Article:
The Endorphins Advances in Biochemical Psychopharmacology, Vol. 18 (Editors E. C osta & M. T rabucchi )
Structure and Function of Cells by C. R. H opkins
Mechanisms, Regulation and Special Functions of Protein Synthesis in the Brain (Editors S. R oberts , A. L ajtha & W. H. G ispen )
Progress in Neurobiology (Editors G. A. K erkut & J. W. P hillis )     

Reviews of recent publications by the Botanical Society of the British Isles

Charophytes of Great Britain and Ireland, by J. A. Moore.
English Names of Wild Flowers, 2nd edition by J. G. Dony, S. L. Jury and F. H. Perring.
The Botanists, a history of the Botanical Society of the British Isles through a hundred and fifty years, by David Elliston Allen.     

Reviews of publications

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The Nigerian Field: Index to volumes 1–50 (1931–1985).
Fruits of South-east Asia, by Jacqueline Piper.
Grain Legumes–Evolution and Genetic Resources, by J. Smartt.
Plant Population Genetics, Breeding, and Genetic Resources, edited by A. H. D. Brown, M. T. Clegg, A. L. Kahler and B. S. Weir.
Evolution, Systematics and Fossil History of the Hamamelidae.
The Systematics Association Special Volumes 40 A&B.
Plant pheno-morphological studies in Mediterranean type ecosystems, edited by Gideon Orshan.
Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Nitrate Assimilation, edited by J. L. Wray & J. R. Kinghorn
Species dispersal in agricultural habitats, edited by R. G. H. Bunce & D. C. Howard.
Flora Iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares, Vol. 2: Platanaceae–Plumbaginaceae (partim), edited by S. Castroviejo, M. Lainz, G. Lopez Gonzalez et al.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Cell Cycle in Malignancy and Immunity.
Biochemistry.
Improved Isolation, Separation and Cytochemistry of Living Cells. By G. B. D avid , W. G albraith , S. B. G eyer , A. M c D. K oether , N. F. P almer and J. P ixler .
Concepts of B Lymphocyte Activations. Transplantation Reviews     

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Books Review in this article:
Biological Effects of Radiation. Edited by B enjamin M. D uggar .
The Plant Diseases of Great Britain: A Bibliography. Compiled and annotated by G. C. A insworth .
Plant Ecology. By H ilda D rabble .
Zur Soziologie der Isoëtetalia. By M ax M oor .     

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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 .