Book reviewed in this article:The Woody Iridaceae.Peter GoldblattPlants and their Names. A concise Dictionary.Roger Hyam&Richard PankhurstOrchids, Plants of Extremes, Contrasts and Superlatives.Karlheinz Senghas. 182 pp., over 540 photographs almost all in colour.Lycaste Species. The Essential Guide.Henry F. OakeleyField guide to the Palms of the Americas.Andrew Henderson, Gloria Galeano&Rodrigo BernalEncyclopaedia of Alpines.Edited by Kenneth Beckett. Two vols., A—K; L—ZThe English Garden: Meditation and Memorial.David R. CoffinThe Flora of Madeira.Edited by J.R. Press&M.J. Short, assisted by N.J. Tur