Re: Genera of Araceae

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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