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The COMMONWEALTH AGRICULTURAL BUREAUX's Annotated bibliography No.F 32. entitled. Bamboos II presents a collection of abstracts of 359 publications of 591 workers, entirely or partly pertaining to bamboos, originally in different languages, and appearing in Forestry Abstracts and other CAB Journals during 1978-82. The abstracts, which are grouped into 12 subject headings, include among other aspects, anatomy, physiology, taxonomy, ecology, diseases and pests, silviculture, management, properties and multifarious uses as well as author's index.