Genera of Araceae

From: "Peter Boyce" <P.Boyce at lion.rbgkew.org.uk> on 1997.06.24 at 17:51:20(892) Folks Genera of the Araceae goes to the printers this week. Publication expected late August/early September. In the USA the handler is Balogh's Books. Check out the site advertising the book: http://www.balogh.com/~balogh/whatsnew.html Pete +More Peter Boyce Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Richmond Surrey TW9 3AE U.K. p.boyce@lion.rbgkew.org.uk

From: "Carlo A. Balistrieri" <cabalist at facstaff.wisc.edu> on 1997.06.25 at 02:04:05(894) At 12:54 PM 6/24/97 -0500, you wrote: >Folks > >Genera of the Araceae goes to the printers this week. Publication >expected late August/early September. > >In the USA the handler is Balogh's Books. Check out the site >advertising the book: > >http://www.balogh.com/~balogh/whatsnew.html > Congratulations! Can't wait to see it. Carlo +More Carlo A. Balistrieri, J.D. Email: CABalist@facstaff.wisc.edu P.O. Box 327 Ashippun, WI 53003-0327 U.S.A. Voice: 414.569.1902 Telefax: same number, please call ahead.

From: plantnut at shadow.net (Dewey Fisk) on 1997.09.24 at 16:07:17(1335) THE BOOKS ARE HERE!!!!!! The truck just left and I have seven very heavy boxes of books. Now, all I have to do is to figure out how to get my nose out of 'MY COPY' long enough to get some work done today... It is a very large book... 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches... Color photography is magnificient and the line drawings are better than any I have seen. The index and chapter headings make it a snap to find anything.. There is also and index in the front of the inside hard cover giving page numbers of all of the genera... This book is now the Bible of Araceae.... Bar none!!!!! If you still have not ordered and want a copy... Private e-mail to me and I will put you on the list... Cost is 75 British Pounds... We will get the conversion rate when Peter gets here..... Wow! What a book!!!!!!!! Dewey +More Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE

From: Todd Ruth <truth at weber.ucsd.edu> on 1997.10.08 at 16:09:48(1407) I've often been frustrated by floods of "XYZ is so wonderful" on mailing lists, but it seems not enough good has been said of Genera_of_Araceae (or my mail server is backed up). I received my copy on Saturday and was quite impressed. The book is absolutely wonderful. The ".pdf" on cdrom in the back cover was a great idea as well. It installed hassle free and will save wear and tear on the book. Bravo to all involved. Rumor has it that the IAS still has copies... - Todd

From: "Neal R. Foster" <nealfost at umich.edu> on 1997.10.14 at 12:59:43(1433) I received my copy of the marvelous aroid tome late last week. It is well worth the price! Thanks again to Peter and the other authors for all their years of hard, thorough work and to Dewey for making arrangements to get these books to us. Although I'm not a botanist, I've had sufficient training in animal (fish) taxonomy and evolutionary biology to appreciate all the skill, knowledge, dedication, and study that it must have taken to put this magnificent and extremely informative work together. To those who have held off purchasing this book, its 382 pages are copiously illustrated with excellent distribution maps, pen-and-ink drawings, and color photographs, and a CD-ROM version of the book in PDF format comes with it as well. There are detailed sections on aroid history, anatomy, evolution, biology, and ecology in addition to the taxonomic section which makes up the bulk of the book. This the kind of limited edition, comprehensive scientific monograph that will never decrease in value, and its value on the antiquarian natural history book market will likely sky-rocket when it eventually goes out of print, even faster and higher than that of Deni Bown's "Aroids" book did. --Neal +More ************************************************** Neal R. Foster...............nealfost@umich.edu U.S. Department of Interior USGS-Biological Resources Division Great Lakes Science Center, 1451 Green Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-2807 Phone: (313)994-3331-x264; FAX: (313)994-8780; http://www.snre.umich.edu/faculty/nealfost.html **************************************************

From: PILACIWI at aol.com on 1997.10.15 at 17:52:55(1439) OK, I'm sold. So, how do I purchase a copy?

From: plantnut at shadow.net (Dewey Fisk) on 1997.12.17 at 16:47:01(1767) The IAS still has a few copies available of this book. For information on availability, send me a private e-mail. Dewey +More Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE Your Source for Tropical Araceae

From: plantnut at macconnect.com (Dewey Fisk) on 1999.07.01 at 13:49:04(3479) "The Gena of Araceae" by Bogner, Mayo and Boyce has been mentioned several times recently. The International Aroid Society has this 'bible' available!!!!! Not only do you get the very impressive volume but there is also a CD that will put the entire book on your computer. This is very impressive.... Send your check for $135.00 to the IAS, P. O. Box 43-1853, South Miami, Florida.... and please mark it for 'Genera'... or something that will tell us what it is for.... I would appreciate it if a couple of you would expound on the virtues of this book. It is sort of a high price to pay for a book and lots of folks might be a little hesitant.... Would need a little encouragement to spend this much for a book.. Tell all what you think... Thanks.... Dewey +More Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE Your Source for Tropical Araceae Go to

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 1999.07.05 at 14:10:45(3485) "The Gena of Araceae" by Bogner, Mayo and Boyce has been mentioned several times recently. The International Aroid Society has this 'bible' available!!!!! +More Not only do you get the very impressive volume but there is also a CD that will put the entire book on your computer. This is very impressive.... Send your check for $135.00 to the IAS, P. O. Box 43-1853, South Miami, Florida.... and please mark it for 'Genera'... or something that will tell us what it is for.... I would appreciate it if a couple of you would expound on the virtues of this book. It is sort of a high price to pay for a book and lots of folks might be a little hesitant.... Would need a little encouragement to spend this much for a book.. Tell all what you think... Thanks.... Dewey<< Dear Aroid friends, I`d like to take this opportunity to put in a 'plug' for this marvelous volume. It is THE reference work for all known genera of Aroids, wonderful line drawings of all genea, and a great description of the details that allow the experts (and us, if we take the time to read, learn and understand!) to defrentiate between genera. Lots of fantastic color (!) photos at the back, lots of very interesting discussions on ALL aspects concerning Aroids. A warning, some of the text may be too scientificly detailed for some of us, after all it is a scientific book first and formost, but overall very interesting writing by several authors.!! I would not hesitate to recomend this book HIGHLY to all of us who like/love Aroids, and who like to aquire more information on all of them!! I have heard it said that all species are not mentioned or pictured, but remember this is on the genera, not species of Aroids! GREAT book! WELL worth the asking price!!! Good growing, Julius

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