Reviews of Publications

Book reviewed in this article:
Flowers of the Himalaya , by Oleg Polunin and Adam Stainton.
A Guide to the Vegetation of Britain and Europe , by Oleg Polunin and Martin Walters.
The Experimental Biology of Bryophytes, edited by A. F. Dyer & J. G. Duckett.
A Birdwatcher's Miscellany, edited by Rob Hume.
The Moths and Butterjlies of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 10, Noctuidae (Part II) and Agaristidae, edited by J. Heath.
Atlas of Butterjlies in Britain and Ireland, by J. Heath, E. Pollard & J. A. Thomas.
Colour Identification Guide to Butterjlies of the British Isles, revised edition by T. G. Howarth.
The World of Butterjlies, An Illustrated Encyclopaedia, by V. Sbordoni & S.Forestiero.
Colour Identijcation Guide to Moths of the British Isles, by Bernard Skinner.
The Biology of Buttegies, edited by R. I. Vane-Wright & P. R. Ackery.
Australian Grasses, by Nancy T. Burbidge, revised by Surrey W. L. Jacobs.
Collins Guide to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns, by R. Fitter & A. Fitter. Collins.
Grasses of the Soviet Union, by N. N. Tsvelev, edited by A. A. Fedorov.
The European Garden Flora, Volume 2, Monocotyledons (Part ZZ), edited by S. M Walters et al.
Grasses, 3rd edition, by C. E. Hubbard, revised by J. C. E. Hubbard.     

Reviews of Publications

book reviewed in this article:
Macroevolution. Pattern and Process , by S. M. Stanley.
A World List of Mammadian Species , by G. B. Corbet & J. E. Hill.
Indole and Biogenetically Related Alkaloids , edited by J. D. Phillipson & M. H. Zenk.
Comparative Ecology , by Y. Itô (edited and translated by J. Kikkawa).
The I.B.P. Survey of Conservation Sites: an Experimental Study , edited by A. R.
Man, the Promising Primate , by Peter J. Wilson.
The Pleistocene Mammals of North America , by Bjorn Kurten & Elaine Anderson.
British Gardeners , by Miles Hadfield, Robert Harling & Leonie Highton.
The Functioning of Freshwater Ecosystms , by E. D. LeCren & R. H. Lowe-McConnell.
I Fiori della Alpi by F. Rasetti.
The Oligocene Rodents of North America , by Albert E. Wood.
The Fossil Hunters in Search of Ancient Plants , by Henry N. Andrews.
Anatomy of the Dicotyledons, Vol. I , by C. R. Metcalfe & L. Chalk.     

REVIEWS

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 .     

Reviews

Book Reviewed in this article:
Botanical Microtechnique and Cytochemistry. By G. P. Berlyn and J. P. Miksche.
Annual Review of Plant Physiology. Ed. by W. R. Briggs.
Mechanical Design in Organisms. By S. A. Wainwright, W. D. Biggs, J. D. Currey & J. M. Gosline.
Uptake of Ions by Plant Roots. By D. J. F. Bowling.
Phytochrome and Photomorphogenesis. By Harry Smith.
Water and Plants. By Hans Meidner and D. W. Sheriff.
Physiological Aspects of Dryland Farming. Edited by U. S. Gupta.
Pollen: Biology, Biochemistry, Management. By R. G. Stanley and H. F. Linskens.
The Evolutionary Significance of the Exine. Ed. by I. K. Ferguson and J. Muller.
Cell Division in Higher Plants. Ed. by M. M. Yeoman.
Intercellular Communication in Plants: Studies on Plasmodesmata Ed. by B. E. S. Gunning & A. W. Robards.
Methods in Plant Ecology. Ed. by S. B. Chapman
Ökologie DER Pflazen By Walter Larcher.
Progress in Botany. Vol. 37. Ed. by H. Ellenberg, K. Esser, H. Merxmüller, E. Schnepf & H. Ziegler.
British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800. By Blanche Henrey.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Rabbit . By HARRY V. THOMPSON and ALASTAIR N. WORDEN.
The Distribution and Abundance of Animals . By H. F. ANDREWARTHA and L. C. BIRCH.
Biology of the Laboratory Mouse . Edited by GEORGE D. SNELL.
Features of Evolution in the Flowering Plants . By RONALD GOOD.
Tobacco Diseases with Special Reference to Africa . By J. C. F. HOPKINS.
Bibliographie der Pflanzenschutz-Literatur 1950. Edited by J. BÄRNER.
Principles of Fungicidal Action . By JAMES G. HORSFALL.
Progress in Nuclear Energy . Series VI. Biological Sciences . Vol. 1. Edited by J. C. BUGHER, J. COURSAGET and J. F. LOUTIT.
Bacterial Diseases of Plants . By C. STAPP.
The Biology of the Heteroptera . By N. C. E. MILLER.
Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth . Edited by W. L. THOMAS.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Botanical Histochemistry: Principles and Practice . By W illiam A. J ensen .
The Biology of Cilia and Flagella . By M. A. S leigh .
Dünnschicht-Chromatographie . Edited by E gon S tahl .
Plant Embryology. A Symposium .
The Morphology of Pteridophytes . By K. R. S porne .
Introductory Mycology . By C. J. A lexopoulos .
Residue Reviews , Vol. 1. Edited by F. A. G unther .
Energy Exchange in the Biosphere . By D avid M. G ates .
Pathology of Trees and Shrubs with Special Reference to Britain . By T. R. P eace .
Modern Methods of Plant Analysis . Vol. V. Edited by H. F. L inskens and M. V. T racey .
The Growth of Plants . By G. E. F ogg .
An Introduction to Plant Physiology . By W. O. J ames .
Die Physiologische Uhr. Zeitmessung in Organismen mit ungefähr Tagesperiodischen Schwingungen . By E. B ünning .     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Ants , by B. Holldobler and E. O. Wilson.
Intraspecific Variation in the Social Systems of Wild Vertebrates , by D. F. Lott.
Evolutionary Trends , edited by K. J. McNamara.
Fish Evolution and Systematics: Evidence from Spermatozoa , by B. G. M. Jamieson.
The Evolution of Homo erectus , by G. P. Rightmire.
A World List of Mammalian Species (Third Edition) , by G. B. Corbet and J. E. Hill.
Coral Reefs. Nature's Richest Realm , by R. Steene.     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
The North American Grasshoppers:Volume II Acrididae, Oedipodinae , by D. Otte.
Animal Behavior and ils Applicaiions, by Derek V. Ellis.
Bracken:Ecology, Land Use and Control Technology, edited by R. T. Smith and J. A. Taylor.
Functional Vertebrate Morphology, edited by M. Hildebrand, D. M. Bramble, K. F. Liem and D. B. Wake.
Air Pollution by Pholochemical Oxidants, edited by R. Guderian.
Physiological Ecology of Lichens (Cambridge Studies in Ecology), by Kenneth A. Kershaw.
The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant mutualisms , by A. J. Beattie.
Fundamentals of Insect Physiology, edited by Murray S. Blum.
The Leajhppers and Planthoppers, edited by L. R. Nault and J. G. Rodriguez.     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
Marine fish larvae-morphology, ecology and relation to fisheries , edited by Reuben Lasker.
Environmental Physiology of Plants , by A. H. Fitter & R. K. M. Hay.
Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics , by Clive A.
Dinosaurs , by L. B. Halstead &Jenny Halstead.
Large White Butterfly. The biology, biochemistry and physiolosy of Pieris brassicae ( Linnaeaus ), by John Feltwell.
Omnivorous primates: Gathering and hunting in human evolution , edited by Robert S. O. Harding and Geza Teleki.
Handbook of Zoo Medicine , by Heinz George Klös & Ernst Lang.
Cetacean behaviour: Mechanisms and functions , edited by L. M. Herman Wiley     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Beginning Lives , by Rosalind Hursthouse.
On Moral Medicine:Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics , edited by Stephen E. Lammers and Allen Verhey.
Quantitative Risk Assessment , edited by James M. Humber and Robert F.
A Theory of Value and Obligation , by Robin Attfield.
Ethical Issues at the Outset of Life , edited by William B. Weil Jr. and Martin Benjamin.
Legal Frontiers of Death and Dying by Norman L. Cantor
Having Your Baby By Donor Insemination:A Complete Resource Guide , by Elizabeth Noble     

Film Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Discovering Country and Western Music . 1977. Produced by Bernard Wilets.
Full of Life A-Dancin' . 1978. Produced by Robert Fiore and Richard Nevell and directed by Robert Fiore.
Guitar Craft . 1977. Produced by Rob Williams.
Gypsy Yodeler . 1978. Produced by Ron Taylor.
Homemade American Music . 1980. Produced by Carrie Aginsky and Yasha Aginsky.
New England Fiddles . 1984. Produced and directed by John M. Bishop.
Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category . 1975. Directed by Scott Faulkner and Anthony Slone and produced by Appalshop
Oaksi . 1979. Directed by Anthony Slone and produced by Appalshop
Ralph Stanley's Bluegrass Festival . 1982. Produced and directed by Jim Kent.
Sourwood Mountain Dulcimers . 1976. Produced by Gene DuBey.
Sprout Wings and Fly . 1982. A film by Les Blank, Cece Conway , and Alice Gerrard.
Tough, Pretty or Smart: A Portrait of the Patoka Valley Boys . 1981. Produced by Richard Kane and Dillon Bustin.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Salt Marshes and Salt Deserts of the World . By V. J. C hapman . Edited by N. P olunin .
The Measurement of Grassland Productivity . Proceedings of the University of Nottingham Sixth Easter School in Agricultural Science. Edited by Professor J. D. I vins
Intermediary Metabolism in Plants . By D. D. D avies .
Nomenclature of Plants . A Text for the Application by the Case Method of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. By H arold S t . J ohn .
Biological Clocks . Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology.
A Taxonomic Revision of the Humiriaceae . By J. C uatrecasas .
Models and Analogues in Biology . Fourteenth Symposium of the Society for Experimental Biology.
Encyclopaedia of Plant Physiology. Vol. XI, Parts 1 and 2. Edited by W. R uhland .
Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung , Vol. II, C8d. Permeabilitäts-theorien . By V. W artiovaara and R. C ollander .
Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie . Edited by W. R uhland . Volume V: The Assimilation of Carbon Dioxide.
Die Pflanzenwelt der Tschechoslovakei . Ergebnisse der 12. internationalen pflanzengeo-graphischen Excursion (IPE) durch die Tschechoslovakei, 1958. Edited by W erner L üdi .
Macromolecular Complexes . Edited by M. V. E dds , J r .
Trace Elements in Plants . By W. S tiles .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia . By F. W hite , assisted by A. A ngus .
Tools of Biological Research . Edited by H edley J. B. A tkins .
Eigenschaften und Wirkungen der Gibberelline . Symposium der Oberhessischen Gesell-schaft für Nature- und Heilkunde, Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung zu Gieszen vom I bis 3 Dezember, 1960. Edited by R. K napp .
Regeneration . Edited by D orothea R udnick .
Marsilea . By K. M. G upta .
Diseases of Sorghum, Sudan Grass and Broom Corn. By S. A. J. T arr .
Proceedings of the IX International Botanical Congress. Vol. 3. Plenary Sessions; Nomenclature .
Mutations and Polyploidy in Plant Breeding . By A rne H agberg and E rik Å kerberg .
Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants . By H. S. M c K ee .     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
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.     

Review

Book Reviewed in this article:
Organelle Heredity. B y N icolas W. G illham .
Microbodies/Peroxisomen pflanzicher Zellen. By B. G erhardt .
Plant Metabolism. By G erhard R ichter .
Water in Plants Bibliography. Ed. by J. P ospisilova and J. S olarova .
Plant Growth Analysis. By R oderick H unt .
Progress in Botany. Morphology, Physiology, Genetics, Taxonomy, Geobotany. Ed. by H. E llenberg , K. E sser , H. Merxmüller, E. S chnepf and H. Z iegler .
Organisation in Plants. By W. M. M. B aron .
Plant Breeding for Pest and Disease Resistance. By G. E. R ussell .
Incompatibility in Angiosperms. By D. D e N ettancourt .
Soybean Physiology, Agronomy and Utilization. Ed. by A. G. N orman .
Flora of Turkey , Volume 6 ( Lobehaceae to Scrophulariaceae ). Ed. by P. H. D avis , assisted by J. R. E dmondson , R. R. M ill and B.S.P arris .
Tropical Trees and Forests. An Architectural Analysis. By F.H allé , R.A.A. O ldeman and P. B. T omlinson .
Vegetation Mitteleuropas mit den Alpen. By H einz E llenberg .     

Reviews

Book Reviewed in this article:
Annual Review of Plant Physiology , Vol. 22 Ed. by L. M achlis .
Microbes and Biological Productivity. (Society for General Microbiology Symposium 21). Ed. by D. E. H ughes and A. H. R ose .
Crop Production: Cereals and Legumes. By B. F. B land .
Potential Crop Production. Ed. by P. F. W areing and J. P. C ooper .
Pollen: Development and Physiology. Ed. by J. H eslop -H arrison .
Chromosomal Evolution in Higher Plants. By G. L. S tebbins .
Integrated Experimental Ecology: Methods and Results of Ecosystem Research in the German Soiling Project. Ed. by H. E llenberg .
Evolutionary Ecology. By H erbert P. R iley .     

REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article:
Phytochemical Methods. By J. B. H arborne .
Annual Review of Phytopathology , Vol. 11. Ed. by K. F. B aker .
Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants in the Tropics. By G. F. W eber .
Yeast Mould and Plant Protoplasts. Ed. by J. R. V illanueva , I. G arcía -A cha , S. G ascon and F. U ruburu .
Identification of the Larger Fungi. By R oy W atling .
An Atlas of Plant Structure. Vol. 2. By B. B racegirdle and P. H. M iles .
Taxonomy and Ecology. The Systematics Association: Special Volume No. 5. Ed. by V. H. H eywood .
Quantitative and Dynamic Plant Ecology. By K. A. K ershaw .
Models in Ecology. By J. M aynard S mith .
Vegetation of the Earth in Relation to Climate and the Eco-Physiological Conditions. By H. W alter .
A New Ecophysiological Approach to Forest Water Relationships in Arid Climates. By I. G indel .
Flore de France. Vol. 1. By M arcel G uinochet and R oger de V ilmorin .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Judging Medicine , by George J Annas, New Jersy, Humana Press.
Informed Consent Legal Theory and Clinical Practice by Paul S Appelbaum, Charles W Lidz and Alan Meisel.
Ethical Issues in The Psychotherapies by Martin Lakin.
Medical Ethics and Economics in Health Care Edited by Gavin Mooney and Alistair McGuire.
Rationing Medicine by Robert H Blank.
Questioni di bioetica , Edited by Maurizio Mori, Editori Riuniti, Roma.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Endomycorrhizas. Proceedings of a Symposium held at Leeds University, England, July, 1974. Ed. by F. E. S aunders , B arbara M osse , & P. B. T inker .
Fluid Behaviour in Biological Systems. By L. L eyton .
Vegetation and the Atmosphere. Ed. by J. L. M onteith .
Flowering Tropical Climbers. By GEOFFREY HERKLOTS.
Handbuch des Erwerbsgartners, 5, Pflanzenschutz im Zierpflanzenbau. Handbook for Commercial Growers No. 5 Plant Protection in Ornamental Plant Cultivation. By M. Stahl and H. Umgelter.
Field Experimentation with Fruit Trees and other Perennial Plants , by S. C. Pearce.
Lehrbuch der Phytomedizin. By G. M. HOFFMAN, F. NIENHAUS, F. SCHONBECK, H. C. WELTZIEN & H. WILBERT.
The Mosses of Southern Australia. By GEORGE A. M. SCOTT and ILMA G. STONE, with illustrations by CELIA ROSSER.
Botanical Systematics. Volume 1. Edited by V. H. HEYWOOD.
The Northwest European Pollen Flora. Volume I. Edited by W. PUNT.     

Book Notes

Science in Alaska: Selected Papers of the Alaskan Science Conference of the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. Edited by Henry B. Collins.
The Indians of California in 1852. John Walton Caughey
Tupari; Unter Indios im Urwald Brasiliens. Franz Caspar.
Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers. Richard M. Dorson.
La Familia Rural Haitiana. Remy Bastien.
Beilräge zur Völkerkunde Nordamerikas. Robert H. Lowie.
A Arte dos Indios Kadiuéu. Darcy Ribeiro.
Earliest Evidence of Banana Culture. Philip K. Reynolds.
Ancient South-east Asian Warfare. H. G. Quaritch Wales.
History of the Luapula. Ian Cunnison.
Marriage in a Changing Society. J. A. Barnes.
Recueil de Textes Falachas. A. Z. Aešcolv.
Time's Arrow and Evolution. Harold F. Blum.
The Idea of Conflict. Kurt Singer.
An Autobiographical Study. Sigmund Freud. Authorized Translation by James Strachey.
'Twixt the Cup and the Lip. Margaret Cussler and Mary L. De Give.