This is a reprint volume of the original, published by West Virginia University as a bulletin (4 separate volumes). Dr. Core has revised the entire work, bringing it up to date as a second edition, and Seneca Books published it as a single volume. The present volume seems smaller, but is not.
A very readable and interesting text on people, their evolution, biological functioning, and genetic makeup; the book is divided into those three parts. While it often reads as a “general” text, some of the material is quite advanced, and people without organic chemistry and other modern knowledge will have some trouble following certain points.
Two publications recently received from the Ohio Biological Survey, 484 W. 12th Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43210, are listed below.
This book “gives an overall view of the most important things in our current knowledge of organic evolution.”
Since the publication of “Western Pennsylvania Orchids” by Henry, Buker & Pearth, (Castanea 40:1-168 1975) additional discoveries continue to be made (Buker, W. E. 1977. Addendum to “Western Pennsylvania Orchids.” Castanea 42:95-98; Jolley, Douglas K. 1978. “Additions to the Orchid Flora of Potter County, Pennsylvania.” Castanea 42:64-66.
The Kentucky Academy of Science Foundation for Botanical Research is now receiving applications for grants to be awarded for 1979-80. It is anticipated that $500 will be available to support student research. Deadline for receipt of applications by the Chairman of the Foundation is October 1, 1979.
Spiranthes lucida (H. H. Eaton) Ames was found growing along the edge of North Sylamore Creek at the Gunner Pool Recreation Area, Sylamore District, Ozark National Forest, Stone County, Arkansas.
Taxa of the Leucothoe axillaris complex occupy a large and distinct distributional area in the southern Appalachians. Variety editorum, an inhabitant of montane cove forests, ranges from southern Virginia to Georgia and Tennessee.
Reports of the nine named infraspecific variants of Sarracenia purpurea L. are critically reviewed and bibliography listed. The author concludes that at present, three of these are acceptable: ssp. purpurea, ssp. venosa and f. heterophylla. “Horticultural vari ety Louis Burk” (Wherry) may also be a genetic entity sufficiently discontinuous for separate designation but requires further study.
Serotinous cones of Pinus pungens on Looking Glass Rock, North Carolina, remain closed for two years after maturity. After two years about 40 percent open without fire, and the remaining 60 percent stay closed and attached to the tree for a decade or more, with viable seeds in the oldest cones. In this way, the population insures its perpetuation both in the presence and absence of fire.