298 BOOK REVIEW A Geoff Williams and Paul Adam. 2010. The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests: Plant and Pollination CSIRO PUBLISHING, Box Miscellany. (ISBN: 9780643097612, hbk). P.O. 1139, Collingwood, Victoria AUSTRALIA. & 3066, (Orders: WAvw.publish.csiro.au (Australia), wAvw.styluspub.com (U.S.A. Cana- & AU Avww.eurospanbookstore.com Europe, Middle North US da), (U.K., East, Africa)). $99.95, $93.00, 8" 216 X lOi/i". pp., A word of caution before continuing: this is obviously a beautiful book, with attractive cover, excellent photo- and graphs, appealing content and information. Be very alert to the second sentence in the Preface: “But read- we ers will find that from time to time have taken a circuitous path that too easily voyages to the shores of other belong even t solely or tenuously to the rainforest envii related knowledge are given an airing in diverse quarters" mi__. (Italics ., you If are planning to use the excellent and diverse information giver pen or pencil close at hand. Note page numbers and subject content for key find related ill you have if 1 recorded m locations of previous discussions of the same them Comparisons or related topics a find easily. are not only helpful but occasionally unexpected. After the explanatory Introduction, the first chapter, “Flowers and pollination in lore and legend” Avasa bit unexpected but very A informative. nice addition, to be sure. The second chapter, “Categorising rainforest plants,” is self-explanatory. Immediately following are 34 color photographs, beautifully providing an over- view of plants and habitations. Chapters 3 through 9 are quite diverse in subject They (and sometimes content. cover a variety of helpful unexpected) For topics. example. Chapter 4 Chapter is entitled “Being a flower”—a relatively lengthy chapter; “Introduction 5, to breeding systems;” Chapter media- “Spatial and temporal general 6, structure of rainforest: nisms that influence pollination and reproductive audits ecology;” Chapter history “Australian vegetation m 7, luence on plant-polhnator relationships;” Chapter and Chapter9, and 8, “Pollination the Australian flora;” ^dromes: Pollination who brings the ‘flower children’ in rainforest?” The catch one’s atten- definitely titles E^rap^ndktmdtrbM'^T^'"^''^^^ rainforests: implications for the and confinns conservation of remnant communities,” echoes fragmented parts of the the Australian European settlements rainforests. Before the Ancrraif ” commuaidrs on the eastern existing coastal fringe, -dlir, ta threatened by invasion of exotic weeds and animals and by human impacts.” Ohvii. ? "" " Avorldwide ^ut of nearly awaren & avvareness.-!!h e enjeude. / Volunteer Assistant Texas, Editor, Worth. Botanical Research Texas, Fort Institute of Bot W: Res. Inst Texas I. 29*. 2013