1. Betula makes music in Europe: Three birch horns from Kew’s economic botany collections

   • Jenny McCune
   • Hew D. V. Prendergast

   Collections corner Pages: 303 - 305

2. Acclimatization trials of someSolanum species from Amazonas Venezuela at the botanical garden of Padova

   • N. Rascio
   • A. Camani
   • M. G. Paoletti

   Research Pages: 306 - 314

3. Why are rags tied to the sacred trees of the Holy Land?

   • Amots Dafni

   Research Pages: 315 - 327

4. The doctrine of signatures in present-day Israel

   • Amots Dafni
   • E. Lev

   Research Pages: 328 - 334

5. Starch granule size and the domestication of manioc (Manihot esculenta) and sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

   • Linda Perry

   Research Pages: 335 - 349

6. The ethnobotany of Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius SSP.Aconitifolius breckon): A nutritious Maya Vegetable

   • Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra
   • Alvaro Molina-Cruz

   Research Pages: 350 - 365

7. Germination ecology of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz, Euphorbiaceae) in traditional agroecosystems: Seed and seedling biology of a vegetatively propagated domesticated plant

   • Benoît Pujol
   • Guillaume Gigot
   • Doyle McKey

   Research Pages: 366 - 379

8. Ethnobotany of the wild Mexican Cucurbitaceae

   • Rafael Lira
   • Javier Caballero

   Research Pages: 380 - 398

9. Notes on Economic Plants

   • Lytton John Musselman

   BriefCommunication Pages: 399 - 400

10. Book reviews

    • Daniel F. Austin
    • Dorothea Bedigian
    • C. Obón

    BookReview Pages: 401 - 415

11. Books Received

    BookReview Pages: 416 - 418