BOOK REVIEWS GoiiDEY, ChristophkkJ. 1988. AHandbookofFernsforAustralia andNewZealand. Lothian PublishingCompany. Orderfrom: In- ternationalSpecializedBookServices,Inc.,5602NEHassaloStreet, Portland, OR 97213-3640. $19.95 paper 212 pp. Thishaiitlbookot Icrn.s isconcerned wirh rhchorticulturalaspectasopposed toan idenriticarionmanual.ThereareichaptersinPart 1.HowtoIdentifyFerns;5chaptersin Part2.P^)pa_^ationofPerns;2chaptersinPart3.PestsandDiseases;2cha|->tersinParr4. Ferns in(Ailrivation; 3chaptersin Part"), WheretoSeeFerns;6chapters(concerning hardiness,indoor,hangingbaskets,andterrariums)mPart6.PlantLists.Attheendofthe textISaglossary,listoffernsocieties,andindex.Therearediagrammaticillustrationsin Part 1butthetaxaaremostlyphotographs,blackandwhitewithsomecoloredplates.An excellentbooklorthefernhorticulturist, wfm Coov, WM. J. ANo DoNAi.i) M. Britton. 1989. Ferns and Fern AlliesofCanada.CanadianGovernmentPublishingCentre,Supply and Services Canada, Ottawa, Canada KIA 0S9. $38.50 CAN; Hli46.2() US(Check to ReceiverGeneral forCanada). Thismanualincludeskeys,synonymy,descriptions,cytology,habitat,range,remarks, anddiagrammaticillustrations.'Fhedistributionmapsareclusteredjinortotheglossary, references,and index. "Itishopedthatthebookwillprovetobeau.sefultool,notonlytoindividualstakinga firstlookattheseinterestingplantsbutalsotothededicatedamateurandtheprofessional botanist."And 1believeitwillbeveryusefultoallthreegroups, wfm Bkown, Anthony H.D., Michafi. T. Clecg, Aij:x L. Kahler, Bkik;i-; S. WEn<. Editors. 1989. Plant Population Genetics, Breeding, and Genetic Resources. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland,MA 1375-0407.$36.00paper;$60.00cloth.449pp. Thisbook IS based upon the InternationalSymposium on Pojuilation Cieneticsand Gk-rmplasmResourcesinCropImprovement,heldAugust11—13, I9S8attheUniversity otCalitornia, Davis. Thearticlesorchaptersaregroupetl under -) sections: Section 1: GeneticDiversity:KindsandAmounts(7chapters);Section2;EvolutionaryProcesses(7 chapters);Section3:AjiplicationsinPlantBreedingandGeneticResources(6chapters). ThesymfiosiumalsowastohonorProfessorRobertW.AUard,whofoundedexperimen- talplantpopulationgeneticsasascientificdiscipline.AUardwrotethefirstchapter:Future DirectionsinPlantPopulationGenetics,Evokition,andBreeding.Anexcellentresource textwithacompilationoftheliteraturecitationsoftheindividualchaptersattheendnear theIndex, wfm SioA 14(3):458. 1991