Book reviewed in this article:Geraniums. Brenda Delamain and Dawn Kendall. 73 pp., 12 line illustrations, I map, 125 colour photographs.Bamboos of China. Wang Dajun and Shen Shao‐Jin. 167pp., many monochrome photographs and line drawingsCollins Guide to the Wild Flowers of East Africa. Sir Michael BlundellGrowing Irises. G.E. Cassidy and S. Linnegar. 160 pp., 36 figs., 20 colour plate