16 articles in this issue
David Rae
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Kingsley Dixon
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David Knott
Dawyck became the third Regional Garden and part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1978. Today the garden extends to some 25 hectares (60 acres) (See Map, Fig. 1) and is the woodland garden of what was once a considerably larger designed landscape ... see more
Geoffrey Harper, Leigh Morris
Analysis of data from other studies of flowering and leafing phenology suggests that temperature and photoperiod can influence first-flowering date at up to nine developmental stages prior to flowering. On the assumption that not all species will be affec... see more
Janette Latta
Plant records in botanic gardens are very important and are one of the factors that distinguish them from other types of plant collection. Stocktaking, to ensure that the records held in the database are reflected in the actual plants growing in the Garde... see more
Galen Gates
The purpose of this study was to analyse the characteristics that define a plant collection. In 2002 Chicago Botanic Garden benchmarked the living plant collections in national and international botanic gardens and arboreta in seven countries. The result ... see more
Wiert Nieuman
The rock garden at the Utrecht University Botanic Garden was built between 1967 and 1976 and is considered to be the best of its type in the Netherlands. As well as traditional rock garden beds there are a number of special constructions such as raised be... see more
Wolfram Lobin, Michael Neumann, Markus Radscheit, Wilhelm Barthlott
One of the most exciting plant species is the Titan Arum, Amorphophallus titanum, which can truly be regarded as a flagship species for botanic gardens. Wild populations suffer from an increasing pressure on their natural habitat, but botanic gardens can ... see more
Andrew Ensoll, Kate Hughes
Blechnum cycadifolium is an evergreen fern from the Juan Fenandez islands. This paper starts by describing its collection, propagation and cultivation and then considers its hardiness. Three planting areas are described, followed by notes about how the pl... see more
David Aplin, Simon Linington, Jan Rammeloo
This manuscript investigates whether indices seminum are currently aiding conservation or whether they require modernisation. It is widely assumed that the proportion of wild-collected seeds has increased within botanical seed lists. Through a number of s... see more
Roy Watling
The exhibiting of living cryptogams at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh and Dawyck Botanic Garden is described with the hope that from the management procedures experienced, other institutions will follow and demonstrate to the public these important c... see more
Christopher Grey-Wilson
While the large blue-flowered Meconopsis (such as M. betonicifolia) are popular now, it was the large monocarpic species that attracted most attention up until the 1970’s. The reasons for the latter’s fall from popularity include the fact that they have t... see more
Gordon Schofield, Andrew McGinn, Natacha Frachon, Heather McHaffie
The Ecological and Heath Gardens at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh were created in 1991 and 1997 respectively. The Ecological Garden started as a naturalistic area of native woodland plants where cryptogams were encouraged to grow. Building on its suc... see more
Andrew Ensoll, Louise Galloway, Alastair Wardlaw
Ten plants of six species of tree fern were trialled for frost hardiness during the winter of 2005/06 when they were planted outdoors in the ground of an interior courtyard at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The species were Culcita macrocarpa, Cyathe... see more
Tim Upson, Peter Kerley
The history of the Winter Gardens at Cambridge University Botanic Garden is described with particular reference to the one planted in 1978–79 with discussion of the design philosophy, planting and current management practices needed to maintain this matur... see more
Steve Scott