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Review 438 IAWA Journal, Vol. 15 (4),1994 Maderas argentinas de Prosopis. Atlas graphs and illustrations of componnents/crys­ anat6mico. MaIia Agueda Castro, 101 pp., tals are also included. A short Discussion and illus., 1994. Impreso en la Argentina. Secre­ Conclusions, and a Bibliography complete tarfa General de la Presidencia de la Naci6n. this publication. In Spanish. The author can be congratulated with this This book covers the 28 species of Proso­ publication. It is a fine piece of work. The pis (Leguminosae) in Argentina. Prosopis Presidential Office should be congratulated as species are found in Southwest Asia, Africa weil. The initiative to publish a book on a and the Americas. Of the total number of 44 particular taxon, of great importance to Ar­ species, 13 are endemie to Argentina. Several gentina, as a special gift from the President to species provide useful timber (algarrobo). visitors, is something very special. Following a general introduction, in Chap­ Only 500 copies Were printed, and the book ters II and III the ultrastructure and histo­ is not for sale. However, a limited number of chemistry and the wood anatomy per species copies may be obtained from the author. Ad­ are described in detail. Each description is dress : Universidad de Buenos Aires, Depto. completed by a large number of high quali­ Ciencias Biol6gicas, 4 piso, Pab. II, F. C. E. y ty illustrations, light microscopical as weil N., Ciudad Universitaria, c.P. 1428, Buenos as from scanning microscopy. MAB-EDAX Aires, Argentina. B. J. H. ter Welle WOOD ANATOMY NEWS Reminder - IUFRO XX World Congress, • 'Wood quality defined by the various end­ August 6-12,1995, in Tampere, Finland users', S5.01.05: Dave Cown, Forest Re­ Abstracts for papers and posters need to be search Institute, Private Bag, Rotorua, New submitted to session organisers by January 1, Zealand. Fax: 07-3479-380; e-mail: COWND @tawa.fri.cri.nz. 1995. If you are interested in presenting a paper or aposter, please write the appropriate A general session for papers on wood qual­ IUFRO S5.01 'Wood Quality' officer. ity that fit more than one category, please con­ • 'Cambial activity, xylem and phloem for­ tact: Elisabeth Wheeler, Department W ood & mation in trees' S5.01.01: Roni Aloni, Tel Paper Science, Box 8005 , N.C. State Uni­ Aviv University, Department of Botany, Tel versity, Raleigh, N.C. 27695-8005, USA. Aviv 69978, Israel. Fax: +972-3-6409-380; Fa: 01-919-515-6302; e-mail: xylem@unity. e-mail: alonir@ccsg.tau.ac.il. ncsu.edu. To obtain information on the Congress and • 'Natural variations in wood quality' , a tropical woods session and a joint session Post-Congress Excursions, instructions on with S5.03.08, 'Natural durability of wood' abstract preparation and registration forms, S5.01-02: John Phelps, Department of For­ write to IUFRO-95 Congress Secretariat, estry, Southern Illinois University, Car­ Finnish Forest Research Institute, Unionkatu bondale, IL 62901-2911, USA. Fax: 618- 40A, FIN -00170 Helsinki, Finland. Fax: 453-1778; e-mail (internet): GA2801@SIUC 358-0625-308; e-mail: iufro95@metla.fi. VMB.SIU.EDU. • 'Biological improvement of wood proper­ A Look at the "Woods of the World" ries' , especiallycontributions linking silvi­ CD· ROM cultural practices to wood quality. S5.01-04: "Woods of the World" (WoW) is an in­ Gerard Nepveu, Equipe de Recherches sur la teractive, multimedia database of the world' s Qualite des Bois, Centre de Recherches INRA wood species and selected wood composite de Nancy, 54280 Champenoux, France. Fax: products on CD-ROM. It is available for both 33-83-39-40-69. Macintosh and IBM-compatible computers. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png IAWA Journal Brill

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438 IAWA Journal, Vol. 15 (4),1994 Maderas argentinas de Prosopis. Atlas graphs and illustrations of componnents/crys­ anat6mico. MaIia Agueda Castro, 101 pp., tals are also included. A short Discussion and illus., 1994. Impreso en la Argentina. Secre­ Conclusions, and a Bibliography complete tarfa General de la Presidencia de la Naci6n. this publication. In Spanish. The author can be congratulated with this This book covers the 28 species of Proso­ publication. It is a fine piece of work. The pis (Leguminosae) in Argentina. Prosopis Presidential Office should be congratulated as species are found in Southwest Asia, Africa weil. The initiative to publish a book on a and the Americas. Of the total number of 44 particular taxon, of great importance to Ar­ species, 13 are endemie to Argentina. Several gentina, as a special gift from the President to species provide useful timber (algarrobo). visitors, is something very special. Following a general introduction, in Chap­ Only 500 copies Were printed, and the book ters II and III the ultrastructure and histo­ is not for sale. However, a limited number of chemistry and the wood anatomy per species copies may be obtained from the author. Ad­ are described in detail. Each description is dress : Universidad de Buenos Aires, Depto. completed by a large number of high quali­ Ciencias Biol6gicas, 4 piso, Pab. II, F. C. E. y ty illustrations, light microscopical as weil N., Ciudad Universitaria, c.P. 1428, Buenos as from scanning microscopy. MAB-EDAX Aires, Argentina. B. J. H. ter Welle WOOD ANATOMY NEWS Reminder - IUFRO XX World Congress, • 'Wood quality defined by the various end­ August 6-12,1995, in Tampere, Finland users', S5.01.05: Dave Cown, Forest Re­ Abstracts for papers and posters need to be search Institute, Private Bag, Rotorua, New submitted to session organisers by January 1, Zealand. Fax: 07-3479-380; e-mail: COWND @tawa.fri.cri.nz. 1995. If you are interested in presenting a paper or aposter, please write the appropriate A general session for papers on wood qual­ IUFRO S5.01 'Wood Quality' officer. ity that fit more than one category, please con­ • 'Cambial activity, xylem and phloem for­ tact: Elisabeth Wheeler, Department W ood & mation in trees' S5.01.01: Roni Aloni, Tel Paper Science, Box 8005 , N.C. State Uni­ Aviv University, Department of Botany, Tel versity, Raleigh, N.C. 27695-8005, USA. Aviv 69978, Israel. Fax: +972-3-6409-380; Fa: 01-919-515-6302; e-mail: xylem@unity. e-mail: alonir@ccsg.tau.ac.il. ncsu.edu. To obtain information on the Congress and • 'Natural variations in wood quality' , a tropical woods session and a joint session Post-Congress Excursions, instructions on with S5.03.08, 'Natural durability of wood' abstract preparation and registration forms, S5.01-02: John Phelps, Department of For­ write to IUFRO-95 Congress Secretariat, estry, Southern Illinois University, Car­ Finnish Forest Research Institute, Unionkatu bondale, IL 62901-2911, USA. Fax: 618- 40A, FIN -00170 Helsinki, Finland. Fax: 453-1778; e-mail (internet): GA2801@SIUC 358-0625-308; e-mail: iufro95@metla.fi. VMB.SIU.EDU. • 'Biological improvement of wood proper­ A Look at the "Woods of the World" ries' , especiallycontributions linking silvi­ CD· ROM cultural practices to wood quality. S5.01-04: "Woods of the World" (WoW) is an in­ Gerard Nepveu, Equipe de Recherches sur la teractive, multimedia database of the world' s Qualite des Bois, Centre de Recherches INRA wood species and selected wood composite de Nancy, 54280 Champenoux, France. Fax: products on CD-ROM. It is available for both 33-83-39-40-69. Macintosh and IBM-compatible computers.

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