14 articles in this issue
David Rae
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Vernon Heywood
Nicholas Wray
in 2002 the decision was made to move the university of bristol botanic garden (ubbg) from its then current location. this move would be the third in the garden’s history. the four core collections for the new garden were selected in line with modern inte... see more
Chris Flynn
This paper has been developed from a third year dissertation written as part of the Diploma in Horticulture course at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It serves as an overview of the subject of ecological planting and its potential applications within publ... see more
David A. Burney
In places such as the Hawaiian Islands, where over half the native flora may be at risk of extinction in coming decades, the criticism is sometimes raised that the situation is so hopeless that the talents, energy and money of botanical gardens and other ... see more
Natacha Frachon, Martin Gardner, David Rae
Botanic gardens, with their large holdings of living plants collected from around the world, are important guardians of plant biodiversity, but acquiring and curating these genetic resources is enormously expensive. For these reasons it is crucial that bo... see more
Annette Patzelt, Khalid Al Farsi, Leigh Morris, Andrew Spalton
The first paper in this series outlined the vision for the oman botanic garden and detailed the early plant collections and propagation. this paper focuses on the oman botanic garden collections policy, construction of a new nursery on the site, subsequen... see more
Kate Hughes
This paper describes the cultivation under glass of the genus Pelargonium. The difference between Pelargonium and the other four genera in the family Geraniaceae is noted and a list of species grown at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is provided. The u... see more
Kevin Frediani
To thrive and stay relevant to the needs of society, botanic gardens need to be able to adapt and change. This is especially the case now that there is such an urgent need to explain the changing world to visitors. There is also a need to accept that thei... see more
Geoffrey Harper
In this paper the developmental stages leading up to flowering are reviewed. It is then shown how correlation and regression methods of analysis can be used to identify the influence of air temperature at different developmental stages, using snowdrop and... see more
Alan Elliott, Gregory Kenicer
The viability and germination rate of seed of five species and four cultivars of Meconopsis was tested. The seed was stored in both refrigerated (c.4°C) conditions and at ambient temperature (8–17°C) to reflect typical conditions for seed storage in the s... see more
Tarik Al-Abbasi, Matthew Hall, Tony Miller, David Rae, Abdullah Al-Wetaid, Rabah Al-Harbi, Khalaf Al-Shammari, Othman Llewellyn, Leigh Morris
The Wadi Jawrah Mimusops Garden is a new botanic garden which is under construction on a 25ha site in Jizan province, southern Saudi Arabia. The garden is being established around a stand of 14 Mimusops laurifolia (Forssk) Friis trees, the second largest ... see more
Sadie Barber, Steve Scott
Tony Garn