Book reviews

Flora of China. Verbenaceae through Solanaceae. Volume 17. Editorial Committee. 1994. Science Press, Beijing, China/Missouri Botanical Garden, Scientific Publications, EO. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299. xi + 378 pp. (hardcover) US$ 75.00. ISBN 0-915279-24-X. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 66. Ericaceae Part II. The Superior-Ovaried Genera. James L. Luteyn (ed.). 1995. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458. iv + 560 pp. + 5 final, unnumbered pages (hardcover). $85.00. ISBN 0-89327- 389-9. The Wild Relatives of Rice: A Genetic Resources Handbook. Duncan A. Vaughn. 1994. International Rice Research Institute, PO. Box 933, Manila 1099, Philippines. vii + 137 pp. paperback, ISBN 971-22-0057-4; US$ l 1 + $9.50 airmail or $2.00 surface mail to purchasers in less developed coun-tries, US$ 42 + postage costs to purchasers in highly developed countries. Mediating Environmental Conflicts: Theory and Practice. J. Walton Blackburn and Willa Marie Bruce (eds.). Quorum Books,88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881. 1995. xi + 309 pp. US $65.00. ISBN 0-89930-846-5. Domestic Plants and Animals: The Egyptian Origins. D. J. Brewer, D. B. Redford, and S. Redford. Aris & Phillips Ltd. Warminster, England. 1994, 149 pp. Cloth ISBN 0-85668-584-4-L40 ($85), Limp 0-85668n-585-L30 ($59.95). Orobanche. Die Sommerwurzarten Europas. The European broomrape species. Ein bestinnungsbuch. A field guide. 1. Mittel- und Nordeuropa. Central and Northern Europe. C. A. J. Kreutz. 1995. Natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg, Postbus 882, NL-6200 A W, Masstricht, The Netherlands. 159 pp. (hardcover). DM 59. ISBN 90-7450-05-7 geb. Rainforest Remedies. One Hundred Healing Herbs of Belize. Rosita Arvigo and Michael Balick. 1993. Lotus Press, Box 325, Twin Lakes, WI 53181. xxxiv + 221 pp. (paperback). $9.95 ISBN 0-914955-13-6. Medicinal, Essential Oil, Culinary Herb and Pesticidal Plants of the Labiatae. 2 Parts. D. J. Cousins (ed.). 1994. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8DE, UK. Distributed in the US by University of Arizona Press, 330 S. Toole Avenue, Suite 200, Tucson, AZ 85701-1814. 227 pp. (paperback). $136.00 for both volumes. ISBN 0-85198-954-3. Government and Agriculture in Zimbabwe. William A. Masters. 1994. Praeger Publishers, Greenwood Publishing Group, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881. xvi + 256 pp. (hardcover). $59.95. ISBN 0-275-94755-6. Prophets of Agroforestry. Guarani Communities and Commercial Gathering. Richard K. Reed. 1995. University of Texas Press, RO. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819. xiii + 264 pp. (hardcover), 8 b&w photos, 12 figs., 5 tables. $37.50. ISBN 0-292-77067-7. Pyrethrum Flowers. Production, Chemistry, Toxicology, and Uses. John E. Casida and Gary B. Quistad (eds.). 1995. Oxford University Press, 200 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016. xviii + 356 pp. (hardcover). $55.00. ISBN 0-19-508210-9. Ironwood: An Ecological and Cultural Keystone of the Sonoran Desert. G. P. Nabhan and J. L. Cart (ed.). 1995. University of Chicago Press, 5801 South Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637 (distributed for Conservation International). 92 pp. (paperback). $10.95; £8.75 ISBN 1-881173-07-0. Plants of the Rio Grande Delta. Alfred Richardson. 1995. University of Texas Press PO. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713. x + 332 pp. + 94 plates. Paperback ISBN 0-292-77070-9, $24.95; hardcover ISBN 0-292-77068-5, $45.00. Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (the former USSR). S. K. Czerepanov. 1994. Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, New York 10011-4211. ix + 516 pp. (hard-cover). $99.95. ISBN 0-521-45006-3. Plant Cell Culture. A Practical Approach. Second Edition. Richard A. Dixon and Robert A. Gonzales. (eds.). 1994. The Practical Approach Series. Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6DR U.K. xx + 230 pp. (paperback). Price not given. ISBN 0-19-963402-5. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 5(2). Timber Trees: Minor Commercial Timbers. R. H. M. J. Lemmens, I. Soerianegara, and W. C. Wond (eds.). 1995. PROSEA Foundation Publication Office, Wageningen Agricultural University, PO. Box 341, 6700 AH. Distributed by Backhuys Publishers, P.O. Box 321, 2300 AH Leiden, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 655 pp. (hardcover). Dutch Guilders 225; US$135.00. ISBN 90-73348-44-7. Advances in Compositae Systematics. D. J. N. Hind, C. Jeffrey, and G. V. Pope (eds). 1995. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, U.K. i + 469 pp. (paperback). s ISBN 0-947-643-73-7. Vascular Plant Taxonomy, ed 4. Dirk R. Walters and David J. Keil. 1996. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 4050 Westmark Drive, Dubuque, IO 52002. xiv + 608 + 13 index pp. (paperback). $56.95. ISBN 0-8403-9381-4. Application of Botany in Horticulture. Andre Genin. 1994. Science Publishers, Inc., 52 LaBombard Road North, Lebanon, NH 03766. xiii + 208 pp. (hardcover). $39.50. ISBN 1-886106-00-2. Planetary Overload. Global Environmental Change and the Health of the Human Species. A. J. McMichael. 1993. Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211. xvi + 352 pp. (hardcover). No price given. ISBN 0-521-44138-2.