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2320 BRIT.ORG/SIDA21(4) BookNotices TimberPress MarkC.Thbbitt2005Begonias:Cultivation,Identification,andNaturalHistory. (ISBN0-88192-733-3,hbk.).PublishedinassociationwiththeBrooklynBotanic GardenandTimberPresshie.133S.W.SecondAve,Suite450,Portland,OR 97204-3527,U.S.A.(Orders:www.timberpress.coin,[email protected], 503-227-2878,1-800-327-5680,503-227-3070fax).$34.95,272pp.,212color photosandwatercolorpaintings,b/wlinedrawings,7"x9". Asidetrotnthechaptersonintroduction,generalcultivationtechniquesandliveappendices,there isagooddealolusclultaxonomicintormationprovided.ThereisakeytothesectionsofBegonia representedincultivationaswellaskeystospecieswithinsections.Eachspecieshasaverynice botanicaldescriptit)n,Appendi.vF(NewCombinationsandSynonymy)includesfournewcombi- nations:Bcv,oniaconchifoliaOietrich1.lubnmaculaUi(J.Golding)M.CTebbitt,comb,nov.;/icijonici modcslijloraLeveillevar.hypolcuca(LA.Lauener)M.C.Tebbitt,comb,nov.;BegoniamodeHijlora Leveillcvar..soote/H'n.si.sCCraib)M.C.Tebbitt,comb,nov.;BegoniamodestijoloraLeveillevantboreUi (Gagnepain)M.C.Tebbitt,comb.nov. ThiswillbeauselulbooktoBci^oniagardenersandbotanistsalike, MaryR.GF.RRrrsi-NandRonParsons.2005.Masdevallias:GemsoftheOrchidWorld. (ISBN0-88192-737-6,hbk.).TimberPressInc.133S.W.SecondAve,Suite 450,Portland,OR97204-3527,U.S.A.(Orders:www.timberpress.com, [email protected],503-227-2878,1-800-327-5680,503-227-3070fax). $45.95,299pp.,colorphotos,b/wlinedrawings,71/2"x10". Masdevalliasarelascinatingandbeautifulplants.Thisbookcouldeasilyserveasacolleetablebook to"wow"triends.AkeytothesubgeneraandsectionsofMasdevalUaisincluded. ConfcNi.s.-hitroduction,ThetiistoryoftheGenusMindevallia,MasdevalliaFormandFunc- tion,GrowingMasdevallias,MosdevaUhiPropagation:Hybridization,WhatIsmaName?,Showing Masdevallias,GenerarelatedtoMasdevtj/iia.SubclassificationofMdsdevuNia,FeaturedMasdfvtiJIid Species,MasdevalliaFlybrids,Appendix1(RegisteredMasdevalliaHybrids).Appendix11(Species andCulture),Glossary,NurseriesandFlaskingServices,FurtherReading,andIndex. SIDA21(4):2320.2005
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