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Forty years ago, when PLANT AND SOIL first appeared, Europe was
still recovering from the devastating effects of World War II.
During the war years, work in many centres of agricultural research
had come to a virtual standstill. Buildings and equipment were
destroyed, scientists were often forced to terminate their research
and teaching activities and funds allocated to such work were
diverted to other, at that time, more pressing needs. During the
first post-war years reconstruction was undertaken with great zeal
and in that light the founding of the new journal PLANT AND SOIL
must be viewed. In the pre-war period most agricultural science
journals were still primarily national ones and consequently many
articles were published in languages mastered by only a limited
number of potential readers. In small countries whose languages are
not widely understood, the desire arose to publish research
findings in one of the major languages. It is therefore
understandable that in the early years of the journal's existence,
large portions of PLANT AND SOIL were filled with articles from the
Scandinavian countries and The Nether lands. Originally, rather
frequent use was made of the opportunity to publish also in German
and French, but with the advance of English as a major language of
communication, a decline was noticeable in the number of German and
French manuscripts submitted. As a consequence the Edi torial Board
has recently decided to terminate the publishing of articles in
these languages."
Based on a 20-year survey organised by the Botanical Society of
Scotland, this is the most extensive and authoritative Flora of
Edinburgh and the Lothians to be published since 1927. In addition
to a complete Flora of vascular plants in the three Lothian
vice-counties, the book includes: *Specialist chapters on topics
ranging from fungi to ferns and from geology and climate to
ethnobotany. *A substantial Bryophyte Flora of Edinburgh and the
Lothians. *A discussion of land-use changes and the ecological and
phytogeographical indications from the survey. *A description of
the survey and details of the methods used in the compilation of
the Flora. *30 colour and black and white plates, nearly 400
distribution maps and other illustrations. The Lothians are rich in
diversity, from the moist uplands of the south to the dry, flat
lands of the north-east. Habitats range from seacoast to moorland,
from river and loch to woodland and meadow. In addition to this
variety, there is the impact of man as manifested by agriculture,
urbanisation, industry, and now climate change.Plant Life of
Edinburgh and the Lothians presents an up-to-date account of this
richness and will provide an essential basis for comparison with
the flora and vegetation of the future.
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