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BOOKS/REPORTS, ETC.

A NATURAL HISTORY OF FERNS
BvR.C Ioran. 2004. 301 pp. ISBN 0-88192-667-1. $29.95 U.S. Timber Press. Portland OR. ww- ....' .. ... or uk@atimberpress.com
 Mr. Moran is curator of ferns at the New York Botanical Garden and the author of four other books about ferns. This book is orga-
nized into six categories: The Life Cycle of Ferns; Classification of Ferns; Fern Fossils; Adaptations by Ferns; Fern Geography, and
Ferns and People. Aquatic genera include Azolla, Ceratopteris, Equisetum, Isoetes, Lygodium, Marsilea, Salvinia (with the chapter
title, The Molesting Salvinia), and others. The book is full of _.ia. kil natural history, such as the quote from 19th century botanical
explorer Richard Spruce who, upon sighting a stand of giant I ,,,, .-i., ;i z. (Equisetum) in Ecuador in the early 1860s exclaimed, "the most
remarkable plant in the forest of Canelos is a gigantic Equisetum, 20 feet high, and the stem nearly as thick as the wrist!...It extends for
a distance of a mile on a plain bordering the Pastasa [Pastaza River] but elevated some 200 feet above it, where at every few steps one
sinks over the knees in black, white, and red mud." There are literary references from h..l .. "..-. to Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
Contains many excellent drawings and some photographs; B&W.

THE LOTUS: KNOW IT AND GROW IT
By Kelly .. .- and Paula Biles. 2007. 48 pp. ISBN 978-0-9794732-0-3. International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society (IWGS).
www.iwgs.org. $14. U.S., plus ',... '. .
 This booklet holds information on almost everything about lotus: cultivation, ornamental and other uses, cultural traditions, lore, a
guide for growers, and resources for additional information. The full-color booklet has more than 100 beautiful photographs and is a
handy guide ev, i 1... ci' I ni 111., mi% Velumbo.

THE WATER LILY CROSS
An English Garden Mystery by Anthony Eglin. 2007. 294pp. ISBN-13: 978-0-312-36546-2. Thomas Dunne Books.
www. thomasdunnebooks.comn; St. Martin s Minotaur, New York. $23.95 U.S.
 Lawrence Kingston, retired professor of botany, bon vivant, and would-be sleuth, searches for a colleague who has mysteriously gone
missing after I,,ali.l,,- uponan.ii!.i*li, horticultural breakthrough with staggering world-wide ..ii .....

A MONOGRAPH OF NVUPIHIR (NYMPHAEACEAE)
By Donald J. Padgett. 2007. Rhodora 109(937): 1-95. The New England Botanical Club.
 ,i. genus Nuphar ( ; ii',.. .., .~. is I .d i to include 11 t i, native to fresh waters of the 'il. ,TH. 1,1 111, "

WOODLAND CAREX OF THE UPPER |tI'M I *-,t'
By Linda Curtis. 2006. 171 pp. Curtis to the Third Productions, Lake Villa, 1L. www.curtistothethird.com $19.95, plus S/H.
 "Over 100 species of Carex grow in wet to dry habitats in the upper Midwest but this book includes only the 63 species in the herb
layer of .... l.I.,,1 forests, swampy woods, river and lake woods, and thickets."

PLANTED AQUARIUMS: CREATION AND 1N I'W.TENANCE
By Christel Kassehnan. 2005. 160 pp. ISBN 1-57524-209-9. Krieger Publ., Melbourne, Florida. www.kr. .... ... .., $33.50.
 "... a detailed, well illustrated, informative book on the art and science of keeping planted aquaria. Every aspect is covered, from
lighting to water, substrates, and of course, plants, all bound up in a sleek, 1 "" 1..._-..: full-color hardcover book... Planted Aquariums
presents all of the information a budding or intermediate aquatic gardener needs to be successful." (excerpt from The- I... ,... Gardener,
18(4):35, 43. 2005.)

PAROLES DES MARAIS ATLANTIQUES LA GESTION DES ESPECES EXOTIQUES ENVAHISSANTES EN ZONES HUMIDES
Edited by Loic Anras, Gilbert Miossec etAlain Gallice. 2005. 258 pp. JSSN 1624-7450. Aestuaria, No. 6. www.forum-marais-atl.com
630. IN FRENCH.
 This publication covers the status of exotic invasive species, both plant and animal, and their management and control in the wetlands
and marshes of France.

WETLAND DRAINAGE, RESTORATION, AND REPAIR
by TR. Biebighauser 2007. 236 pp. ISBN 978-0-8131-2447-6. University Press ofKentucky, Lexington. www.kentuckypress.com $50.00.
 The author draws from his own experience in building more than', *6t c- i ,, ,i i. in 10 states in the U.S. and one ( n ,i, i fvince. He
now teaches hands-on wetland restoration,, .i 1. across North America, and works with those who have ."mili .l,.I .,I that failed.
The book includes a historical overview of wetland destruction and repair over the past two hundred years. Suitable for professionals as
well as private landowners interested in the process of wetland restoration or creation. Abundantly illustrated with color photographs.

PITCHER PLANTS OF THE AMERICAS
by .. ;,.. f McPherson. 2007. 320pp. ISBN 0-939923-74-2. 1IcDonald & fWoodward Publishing Co., Blacksburg, Virginia.
www.mwpubco.com !'.95.
 Copious high quality color photographs and expert line drawings complement this description of pitcher plants in the Americas.
Genera covered are Darlingtonia, Heliamphora, Sarracenia, Brocchinia and Catopsis.