BEN # 135 (fwd)

To: london@sunsite.unc.edu
Subject: BEN # 135 (fwd)
From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <london@sunsite.unc.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 12:01:21 -0400 (EDT)


PLANT COLLECTING FOR THE AMATEUR

Brayshaw, T.C. 1996. Plant collecting  for  the  amateur.  Royal
   British  Columbia  Museum, Victoria. 44 p. ISBN 0-7718-9439-2
   [soft cover] Price CND 8.95.

In this third edition of Chris Brayshaw's popular manual  (first
published in 1973)  Chris updated the text and added a new chap-
ter on insect pests in  herbaria  and  their  control. The  book
also  lists the  main  herbarium  resources in  British Columbia
and  Canada and  gives number  of  references useful for identi-
fication  of  vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens.

The British Columbia Ministry of Forests (which made a financial
contribution to  Chris  Brayshaw's  publication)  simultaneously
published  their  own "Techniques and procedures for collecting,
preserving, processing and storing  botanical  specimens"  (B.C.
Ministry  of Forests, Working Paper 18/1996, 39 p. - no charge).
This publication has a similar scope and contents as the  "Plant
collecting  for  the  amateur,"  but  the  useful information is
overshadowed by some grave mistakes and blunders, especially  in
the "Glossary of terms" and reference citations.

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