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ASSOCIATION of lSSN 0811-5311 DATE- March 1991 "REGISTERED BY AUSTRALIA POST - PUBLICATION LEADER : Peter Hind, 41 Miller Street, Mount Druitt, 2770 SECRETARY: Moreen Woollett, 3 Currawang Place, Como West, 2226 TREASURER: Joan Moore, 2 anne net Street, Gladesville, 2111 SPORE BANK: Jenny Thompson, 2 Albion Place, Engadine , 2233 (.:lI:i'(:?v:i. (+?w (:I.? 8 ,, E ,, All(:I ley+?w' !t; " I::'@lJ-rl ~5 r:,,f [;)c\~el.ja; :I. ii(l.1 (:I " ....... ".L ......... ...... ..,...,....... ..... .,,.... ,...... < ....... ..... ............,.... ........,..... .................................'.......,....4 .................... ........................................ 1::- \,\ 1 .I.. :i.s 1.1 c.? r:l I:>y (2 c.? c.? 1-1 ::; It. ct r.1 (:I U c.? 1:) i:t I*- -t.ili 1.1 .t. r:) -? 1::' r :i. ir~ii( r y 11: r~(:I t.\ :% .t. I*.:i. r;? 5% A .f .l: E? I*. fn i:t r1 y y c:.? ;:I. 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Calder is also a keen identifier and his thoroughness is typified by the manner in which he has written concerning the identification of the local rainforest tree ferns, A sincere thank you Calder for sharing your knowledge in your article which appears elsewhere in this Newsletter. Calder has recently written of an interesting fern area that others might enjoy visiting. An extract from Calder's letter follows. "I have been meaning to tell you of a find on my way home from the last fern meeting at Wauchope. T found a small rainforest reserve up from Wingham - Goorganna Nature Reserve. One enters from the top of the plateau and walks down a good track descending about 600 m to a waterfall on Mumford Creek. Walk is 2.7 km to the bottom. Reserve 2 by 2 km. It is absolutely crowded with ferns with patches of dry, wet and in spray under falls. It would be well worth while for a future fern meeting. Good accommodation at Wingham or Wauchope or maybe we could get a place at Bonny Hills where we had the SGAP Conference. I only had a couple of hours to spare but noted a goodly number of ferns. Report on Activities of South East Queensland Group The Group had a good start to the year when 25 members met at the home of Peter and Pat Bostock on Sunday 3 February. We welcome Geoff Edwards to our Group and great to see Joyce Ward back as a regular. Peter Bostock has a new neighbour, David D'enton (formerly of Woombye) and although in residence only a week, he showed us his large collection of ferns, which took the move well. He has a big and varied collection of Drynaria riqidula in its many forms. Time was limited on our Lastreopsis study. It was decided that five members would make a special day to co-ordinate the information we have to date. We hope to come up with a reasonably workable "Amateurs Field Guide for Lastreopsis". Contributions Most Welcome Items for the Newsletter are always eagerly received. Please sha re your experiences / views / observations relating to ferns, with the membe,:rship generally by forwarding items to the Secretary. The deadline for our next Newsletter is 15 May 1991. And please remember our Spore Bank1 Contributions of fresh spore are appreciated - please forward direct to Jenny Thompson. Obituary Dr R.E. Holttum Contributed by Ray Best Having just received my Pteridological Societies Btlletin Volume 4, No 1, 1990; somewhat suprised to find an obituary to Dr Holttum who I am sure we woyld all agree was indeed the worlds 'Grand Old Man of Fernsf. An accepted leader around the world: having made many enquiries about ferns from him in the past, I always found hlm ready to share his vast knowledge with anyone requiring assistance. His many works have assisted over the years as a guide to all those I interested in ferns. So I decided to send you details as recorded in the British Pteridological Societies Bulletin. a. Or Eric Holttum, the Grand Old Man of pteridology. died on 18 September 1990 at Kew, Surrey. He had reached the end of a long and producttve life and had drawn his scientific work to a close with his account of Tectaria for Flora Malesiana, sent to the Editor in 1988. He was mentally active to the end, and ov2r the last few months had been piecing together his autobiography. Holtturn was born in Linton, Cambridgeshire. on 20 July 1895. He went to the Quaker :;chools of Saffron Walden and Bootharn, York, continuing his education at St John's College, Cambr~dge.His college years, tluwever, were interrupted by the First World War Hcrlttum, a Quaker, served in the Friends Ambulance U,nit and received the Croix rle Guerre for his active service.