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Indian Woods - their identification, properties and uses. Vol. 4. S.K. Purkayastha, viii + 172 pp. + 30 plates, 1983. Government of India Press, Delhi 110 054. Price: Indian Rs 145.00; UK£ 16.91; US$ 52.20 (hard cover).

Indian Woods - their identification, properties and uses. Vol. 4. S.K. Purkayastha, viii + 172... 64 IAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 5 (1),1984 REVIEW AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Indian Woods - their identification, properties criticism cannot be left unmentioned: the and uses. Vol. 4. S.K. Purkayastha, viii + 172 change from the convenient format of the ear- + 30 plates, 1983. Government of India pp. lier three volumes to the larger size of volume 4 Press, Delhi 110054. Price: Indian Rs 145.00; is most unfortunate, especially since no advan- UK£ 16.91; US$ 52.20 (hard cover). tage was taken at all of the increased plate This is a welcome new volume in the series sizes. Indian Woods will now look a clumsy Indian Woods, treating 22 families, including series on all book shelves. However, this should such important ones for the forests of India as not detract prospective buyers. The book is a Myrtaceae, Lythraceae, Rubiaceae and Ebena- mine of information, brought together by the ceae. The organisation of the family treatments chief author and his nine collaborators (who recalls Desch's well-known Manual of Malayan are responsible for various individual family Timbers. For each family there is usually a gen- treatments) in a way which deserves our con- eral introduction giving data on distribution, gratulations. taxonomy, and salient wood anatomical char- Pieter Baas acteristics often including keys or tables for the separation of genera or species. This is followed by accounts of genera and species. Those of les- Biological nitrogen fixation in forest ecosys- ser commercial importance are only briefly tems: Foundations and applications. J. C. Gor- treated; for the more important taxa detailed ac- don and C. T. Wheeler (eds.), 342 pp., illus., counts include a survey of general properties, 1983. Nijhoff/Junk, The Hague, Boston, Lan- gross structure (i.e., wood anatomical features caster. Price Dfl. 150.00; US$ 65.50 (cloth). that can be observed with a hand lens), strength, This book contains 12 chapters on various seasoning, natural durability, insect and fungus aspects of nitrogen fixation in the forest, con- attack, working qualities, and supply and uses, tributed by specialists from all over the world. followed by a citation of specimens studied, to- Apart from chapters of general biological signi- gether with their specific gravity values. Between ficance, there are contribu tions on research and these two extremes in amount of detail there practice in particular countries or continents are all intermediates, depending on the infor- (North America, Europe, South Asia, Australia, mation in the literature or available at the For- New Zealand). The subject index gives five est Research Institute, Dehra Dun. Each family leads to 'xylem', in all cases concerning physio- treatment has a quite comprehensive bibliogra- logical parameters such as xylem sap or xylem phy at the end, although some important omis- water potential. sions were noted (e.g., Carl quist's papers on the wood anatomy of Compositae and Van Vliet's account of the Crypteroniaceae). Pinus caribaea - Wood properties and uses. Appendices summarise the mechanical prop- J. Fraser, 125 references, 1983. Annotated Bib- erties 'of the woods described and their lens liography No. F30, Commonwealth Agricultural characters in tabular form (a major aid for Bureaux, Farnham Royal, Slough SL23BN, wood identification). There is also a very de- U.K. Price: UK£ 10.15; US$ 21.35 (paper). tailed classification of woods according to uses, The 125 abstracts from the CAB database including such amusing items as chest expanders cover the period from 1937-1982. Some wood handles (Adina cordifolia and Lagerstroemia anatomical abstracts are included. microcarpa). The plates give end-grain photographs at x 10 Bamboos II. L.M. Ridout, 94 pp., 1983. Anno- magnification of 180 species. Unfortunately tated Bibliography No. F32, Commonwealth the quality of reproduction is not always satis- Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal, Slough factory. SL23BN, U.K. Price: UK£ 11.85; US$ 24.90 From the wood anatomical point of view (paper). one might wish Indian Woods to incorporate This is a follow-up of Annotated Bibliography the same amount of wood anatomical detail as F15. F32 covers literature from 1978-1982 the classical work of 1932 on Indian timbers and includes not less than 359 abstracts, 17 of by Pearson and Brown. However, from the which deal primarily with anatomy and mor- practical standpoint the present series probably phology. Another 10 references also include strikes a good enough balance. One technical anatomical information. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png IAWA Journal Brill

Indian Woods - their identification, properties and uses. Vol. 4. S.K. Purkayastha, viii + 172 pp. + 30 plates, 1983. Government of India Press, Delhi 110 054. Price: Indian Rs 145.00; UK£ 16.91; US$ 52.20 (hard cover).

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64 IAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 5 (1),1984 REVIEW AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Indian Woods - their identification, properties criticism cannot be left unmentioned: the and uses. Vol. 4. S.K. Purkayastha, viii + 172 change from the convenient format of the ear- + 30 plates, 1983. Government of India pp. lier three volumes to the larger size of volume 4 Press, Delhi 110054. Price: Indian Rs 145.00; is most unfortunate, especially since no advan- UK£ 16.91; US$ 52.20 (hard cover). tage was taken at all of the increased plate This is a welcome new volume in the series sizes. Indian Woods will now look a clumsy Indian Woods, treating 22 families, including series on all book shelves. However, this should such important ones for the forests of India as not detract prospective buyers. The book is a Myrtaceae, Lythraceae, Rubiaceae and Ebena- mine of information, brought together by the ceae. The organisation of the family treatments chief author and his nine collaborators (who recalls Desch's well-known Manual of Malayan are responsible for various individual family Timbers. For each family there is usually a gen- treatments) in a way which deserves our con- eral introduction giving data on distribution, gratulations. taxonomy, and salient wood anatomical char- Pieter Baas acteristics often including keys or tables for the separation of genera or species. This is followed by accounts of genera and species. Those of les- Biological nitrogen fixation in forest ecosys- ser commercial importance are only briefly tems: Foundations and applications. J. C. Gor- treated; for the more important taxa detailed ac- don and C. T. Wheeler (eds.), 342 pp., illus., counts include a survey of general properties, 1983. Nijhoff/Junk, The Hague, Boston, Lan- gross structure (i.e., wood anatomical features caster. Price Dfl. 150.00; US$ 65.50 (cloth). that can be observed with a hand lens), strength, This book contains 12 chapters on various seasoning, natural durability, insect and fungus aspects of nitrogen fixation in the forest, con- attack, working qualities, and supply and uses, tributed by specialists from all over the world. followed by a citation of specimens studied, to- Apart from chapters of general biological signi- gether with their specific gravity values. Between ficance, there are contribu tions on research and these two extremes in amount of detail there practice in particular countries or continents are all intermediates, depending on the infor- (North America, Europe, South Asia, Australia, mation in the literature or available at the For- New Zealand). The subject index gives five est Research Institute, Dehra Dun. Each family leads to 'xylem', in all cases concerning physio- treatment has a quite comprehensive bibliogra- logical parameters such as xylem sap or xylem phy at the end, although some important omis- water potential. sions were noted (e.g., Carl quist's papers on the wood anatomy of Compositae and Van Vliet's account of the Crypteroniaceae). Pinus caribaea - Wood properties and uses. Appendices summarise the mechanical prop- J. Fraser, 125 references, 1983. Annotated Bib- erties 'of the woods described and their lens liography No. F30, Commonwealth Agricultural characters in tabular form (a major aid for Bureaux, Farnham Royal, Slough SL23BN, wood identification). There is also a very de- U.K. Price: UK£ 10.15; US$ 21.35 (paper). tailed classification of woods according to uses, The 125 abstracts from the CAB database including such amusing items as chest expanders cover the period from 1937-1982. Some wood handles (Adina cordifolia and Lagerstroemia anatomical abstracts are included. microcarpa). The plates give end-grain photographs at x 10 Bamboos II. L.M. Ridout, 94 pp., 1983. Anno- magnification of 180 species. Unfortunately tated Bibliography No. F32, Commonwealth the quality of reproduction is not always satis- Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal, Slough factory. SL23BN, U.K. Price: UK£ 11.85; US$ 24.90 From the wood anatomical point of view (paper). one might wish Indian Woods to incorporate This is a follow-up of Annotated Bibliography the same amount of wood anatomical detail as F15. F32 covers literature from 1978-1982 the classical work of 1932 on Indian timbers and includes not less than 359 abstracts, 17 of by Pearson and Brown. However, from the which deal primarily with anatomy and mor- practical standpoint the present series probably phology. Another 10 references also include strikes a good enough balance. One technical anatomical information.

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