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Book reviewed in this article:
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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Organization and Evolution in Plants . By C. W. W ardlaw
Spring Wildflowers of the San Francisco Bay Region . By H elen K. S harsmith
The Mineral Nutrition of the Rice Plant
Nutritional Values in Crops and Plants . By W erner S chuphan
The Identification of Flowering Plant Families . By P. H. D avis and J. C ullen
Morphologic Encyclopedia of Palynology; An International Collection of Definitions and Illustrations of Spores and Pollen . By G erhard O. W. K remp
Biological Statistics: An Introduction . By S. C. P earce
The Evolution of Biology . By M. J. S irks and C onway Z irkle     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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 .     

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Diseases of Fruits and Hops. By H. W ormald .
Nytteplanter. By K. G ram , H. J. J ensen and A. M entz .
Poisonous Plants of the United States. By W. C. M uenscher .
Introduction to the Botany of Field Crops. By Prof. J. M. H ector .
Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Products: a Textbook for Student, Investigator and Manager. By W. V. C ruess .
The Rape of the Earth: A World Survey of Soil Erosion. By G. V. J acks and R. O. W hyte .
Science in Africa: A Review of Scientific Research relating to Tropical and Southern Africa. By E. B. W orthington .
Health and Nutrition in India. By N. G angulee .
An Introduction to Modern Genetics. By C. H. W addington .
Earth's Green Mantle. By S. M angham .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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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Book reviewed in this article:
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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Books reviewed in this article:
Speciation in Tropical Environments . Ed. by R. H. L owe -M c C onnell .
Determination of Angiosperm Families by means of a Punched-Card System . By B. H ansen and K. R ahn.
Numerical Taxonomy . Ed. by A. J. C ole.
Flowers of Europe—a Field Guide . By O. P olunin.
Spring Flora of Minnesota, including Common Cultivated Plants . By T homas M orley.
The Early Development of Irish Society: the Evidence of Aerial Photography . By E. R. N orman and J. K. S. S t J oseph.
Plant Pathology . By G. N. A grios.
Mycological Studies honoring John N. Couch . Ed. by W. J. K ock.
Common Edible Mushrooms . By C lyde M. C hristensen .
Fungal Parasitism . By B rian J. D everall.
The Algae—A Review . By G. W. P rescott .
An Introduction to the Principles of Plant Physiology , By W. S tiles and E. C. C ocking .
Perspectives in Phytochemistry . Ed. by J. B. H arborne and T. S wain .
Introduction to Plant Physiology . By J acob L evitt .
Root Growth . Ed. by W. J. W hittington .
Statistics and Experimental Design . By G eoffrey M. C larke .
Ecological Aspects of the Mineral Nutrition of Plants . Ed. by I. H. R orison et al.
Evolution and Phylogeny of Flowering Plants . By J. H utchinson .     

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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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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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Glossary of the British Flora . By H. G ilbert -C arter
Recent Advances in the Embryology of Angiosperms . Edited by P. M aheshwari
The Geography of the Flowering Plants . By R onald G ood
Genetics and Breeding of Rice , By M. F. C handraratna
Coastal Vegetation . By V. J. C hapman
Phytochemistry . Edited by H. R. A rthur
Die Pilze. By E rnst G aumann
Manometric Techniques . By W. W. U mbreit , R. H. B urris and J. F. S tauffer     

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Pflanzliche Infektionslehre. By E rnst G äumann
Marine Microbiology. A Monograph on Hydrohacteriology. By Prof. C laude E. Z obell .
An Introduction to the Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Fungi. By G. R. B isby
pH and Plants. An introduction for beginners. By J ames S mall , D.SC.
Laboratory Manual of Elementary Botany. By A rthur W. H aupt , Ph.D.
American Species of Amelanchier. By G. N. J ones .
Luther Biirbank. A Victim of Hero Worship. By W alter L. H oward , Ph.D.
Trace Elements in Plants and Animals. By W. S tiles .
An Introduction to B0Iany. By A rthur W. H aupt .
Crop Production and Environment. By R. O. W hyte .
Principles of Agricultural Botany. By A lexander N elson .     

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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:
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     

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Book Reviewed in this article:
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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Book Reviewed in this article:
Studies in the Vegetational History of the British Isles: Essays in Honour of Harry Godwin. Edited by D. W alker and R. G. W est
Introduction to British Lichens. BY U. K. D uncan assisted by P. W. J ames .
Nightshades-The Paradoxical Plants. By C harles B. H eiser , JR.
Hummingbirds and their Flowers. By K aren A. G rant and V erne G rant.
The Biogenesis of Starch Granules in Higher Plants. By N. P. B adenhuizen.
The Mathematics of Heredity. By G ustave M alécot . Translated by D. M. Y ermanos.
British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: Introduction. By D. M. H enderson , P. D. O rton and R. W atling .
La Forêt. By C. J acquiot.
Relevé Methodique de la Végétation et du Milieu. By M ichel G odron et al; Editor L. E mberger.
World Pollen Flora . Ed. by G. E rdtman.
Marine Algae of Dominica. By W. R andolph T aylor and C. F. R hyne .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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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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.     

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Grazing in Terrestrial and Marine Environments (British Ecological Society Symposium No. 4). Edited by D. J. C risp
Fundamentals of Botany Series . Edited by W. A. J ensen and L. G. K avaljian
Multivariate Statistical Analysis for Biologists . By H ilary S eal
Differenciation des Cellules Sexuelles et Eécondation chez les Cryptogames (Protoplasmatologia , Vol. VII/3b). By B. V azart
Allgemeine Botanik . By W. N ultsch
Piante Medicinali, Chimica, Farmacologia e Terapia . Vol. II. By R. B enigni , C. C apra and P. E. C attorini
Thermophilic Fungi . By D onald G. C ooney and R alph E merson
The Genera of Flowering Flants (Angiospermae). Based Principally on the Genera Plantarum of G. Bentham and J. D. Hooker. Dicotyledones . vol. 1. By J. H utchinson
Algal Cultures and Phytoplankton Ecology . By G. E. F ogg
Flora Europaea, Vol . 1. Eycopodiaceae to Plantanaceae . Edited by T. G. T utin , V. H. H eywood , N. A. B urges , D. H. V alentine , S. M. W alters and D. A. W ebb
The Biology of the Algae . By F. E. R ound
Flora of the British Isles Illustrations . Part 4. Monocotyledons . Drawings by S ybil J. R oles
Plants and the Ecosystem . By W. D. B illings . (Fundamentals of Botany Series, edited by W. A. J ensen and L. G. K avaljian
Essays on Crop Evolution . Edited by S ir J oseph H utchinson     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Way Ahead in Plant Breeding. Proceedings of the Sixth Congress of Eucarpia. Edited by F. G. H. L upton , G. J enkins and R. J ohnson .
Basic Electron Microscope Techniques. By M. A. H ayat .
The Logit Transformation (with special reference to its uses in bioassay). By W. D. A shton .
Families of Frequency Distributions. By J. K. O rd .     

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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 .