Plant Family Album software

[Dr. <Marcia at <waterway at AGRADM.LAN.MCGILL.CA>.bitnet>]

Dear Taxacomers,

The first volume of Plant Family Album, an interactive
photo-illustrated CD-ROM for learning plant family characteristics, is
now available at special 20% discount price for Taxacom subscribers,
until May 15, 1999.  The CD includes illustrated family descriptions,
an interactive illustrated glossary, more than a hundred quiz
questions with context-sensitive feedback, and 120 full-screen
photographs illustrating North American flora with information on
habitat, edibility, medicinal value, poisonous properties, and
traditional uses for each species illustrated.  A discussion of
phylogenetic relationships and a reference list are also included for
each family.

Plant Family Album: 650MB of photographs and information in an
interactive format designed to make it fun to learn plant family
characteristics!

This discount offer is valid until May 15, 1999.  For more
information, sample pages, review comments, and an order form, check
out our web site:

http://www.agrenv.mcgill.ca/plant/pfa

Marcia J. Waterway
Associate Professor and
Curator, McGill University Herbarium
Department of Plant Science
McGill University, Macdonald Campus
21111 Lakeshore Road
Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC
CANADA  H9X 3V9