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Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
curtis's botanical magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1467-8748
pISSN - 1355-4905
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8748.1987.tb00465.x
Subject(s) - white (mutation) , art history , art , history , biology , biochemistry , gene
Book reviewed in this article: daylilies. A.B. Stout; introduction and updating by Darrel Apps. xxx + 145 pp., 11 colour and 37 black and white plates. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London and Melbourne. 1986. WONDERS OF CREATION. NATURAL HISTORY DRAWINGS IN THE BRITISH library. Ray Desmond. 248pp., 49 coloured and 67 black and white illustrations. The British Library, London & Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, USA. 1986. A HANDBOOK OF ANNUALS AND BEDDING plants. Graham Rice. 272 pp., 20 colour plates and 42 line drawings. Croom Helm, London, & Timber Press, Portland, Oregon. 1986. Victorian gardens. Brent Elliott. 285 pp. 12 colour plates and 100 black and white illustrations. B.T. Batsford Ltd., London. 1986. A FIELD GUIDE TO THE DRAGONFLIES OF BRITAIN, EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA. J. d'Aguilar, J.‐L. Dommanget and R. Prechac. 336 pp. with 40 colour plates. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London. 1986. the genus haworthia ‐ a taxonomic revision. Charles L. Scott. 150 pp. + xl. Unnumbered colour and monochrome photographs. Aloe Books, Johannesburg. 1985. ISBN 0620079746. Price not stated. A FIELD GUIDE TO CATERPILLARS OF BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS IN BRITAIN AND Europe. D.J. Carter, illustrated by Brian Hargreaves. 296 pp. 72 pages of coloured illustrations. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London. 1986. THE YEAR‐ROUND BULB GARDEN. Brian Mathew. 144 pp. 144 colour plates and 22 line drawings. Souvenir Press. 1986. ISBN 0 285 62787 2. Hardback. royal kew. Ronald King. 256 pp. 75 illustrations. Constable and Co. Ltd. 1985. A REVISION Of STAPELIA L. (Asclepiadaceae). L.C. Leach. 157 pp. with 106 illustrations. Excelsa Taxonomic Series No. 3. Aloe Books, Johannesburg. 1985. ISBN 0620 07976 2. Price not stated.