Book Review

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie). Edited by W. Rubland † (co-editors: E. Ashby; J. Bonner; M. Geiger-Huber; W. O. James; A. Lang; D. Mueller; M, G. Stalfelt). Volume 17. Physiology of Movements. Part 2. Movements due to the effects of temperature, gravity, chemical factors, und internal factors. Sub-editor Erwin Buenning. 21 contributors. XXIV, 1174 pages (including 315 pp. in English and 154 pp. in French language, the balance in German). 653 figs.; 8°; cloth bound. 1962. List price DM 340.- (approx. $ 85.-). Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Platz. 3, Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Louis Shuster, Ph, D. (Editor). READINGS IN PHARMACOLOGY. Little Brown and Company, 34 Beacon Street, Boston 6, Mass.; XII, 548 pp., many figures and tables; 1962. Paper. bound., $ 5.50. Tromp, S. W. (Editor): BIOMETEOROLOGY; Proceedings of the Second International Bioclimatological Congress held 4-10 Sept. 1960, organized by "The International Society of Biometeorology". Pergamon Press, Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford, England. XXXII, 687 pp., many figures and tables. 1962. $ 25,- ($$ 7.-). Eduard Farber (Editor and Contributor): GREAT CHEMISTS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Glen House, Stag Place. London S.W. 1, England. One volume edition; half-cloth binding, 8°, XXVII, 1642 pp.; 1962. sh 222/- (approx. $ 31.-). Prof. Dr. Walter Zimmermann: DIE PHYLOGENIE DER PFLANZEN. Ed. 2. Gust. Fisches Verlag, Stuttgart, XXIV, 777 pp., 331 figs., 1959, DM 118.-. Various authors. DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY. Volume 3. Proceedings of the 18th General Meeting, Society for Industrial Microbiology. Held at Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A., August 27-31, 1961. Plenum Press, 227 West 17th Street, New York 11, N.Y.; 1962. IX, 398 pp., many figures aid tables. $ 13.50.