BSBlNEWS April 1999 Edited by R. Gwynn ElIis No. 81 41 Marlborough Road, Roath Cardiff CF2 5BU 1l'Ifl15 LJ..J IB§IBK CM I Amsinckia /ycopsoides on Inner Fame, del. G.M.S. Easy © 1999 (see page 49) 2 Administration ADMINISTRATION PRESIDENT Mrs Mary Briggs, MBE 9 Arun Prospect, Pulborough, West Sussex RH20 lAL Tel. 01798-873234 HON. GENERAL SECRETARY (General Enquiries) Mr Gwynn EIlis 41 Marlborough Road, Roath, Cardiff CF2 5BU Tel. & Fax 01222-496042. e-mail: [email protected] HON. TREASURER (All financial matters except Subscriptions) Mr Michael Braithwaite 19 Buccleuch Street, Hawick, Roxburghshire, TD9 OHL Tel. 01450-372267. Fax 01450-373591 MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Mr Michael Walpole (Payment of Subs and changes of address) 68 Outwoods Road, Loughborough, Leics. LE113LY (Please quote membership number on all correspondence) Tel. 01509-215598. e-mail: [email protected] HON. FIELD SECRETARY (Enquiries on Field Meetings) Mrs M. Lindop 36 Woodland Hill, Whitkirk, Leeds LS15 7DG Tel. 0113-2646513 BSBI CO-ORDINATORS Samh Whild & Alex Lockton 66 North Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SYl 2JL Tel. & fax: 01743 343789; Mobile: 0585 700368; e-mail: [email protected] BSBI ATLAS 2000 ORGANISER (Enquiries on Atlas 2000) Dr Trevor Dines Rhyd y Fuwch, Near Bethel, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 3PS Tel. 01248 670789. e-mail: [email protected] BSBI ATLAS 2000 (N. IRELAND) Miss Fiona McKee BSBI, Botany Department, Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5AB Tel.: 01232383118 BSBI WEB SITE ADDRESS http://members. aol. com/bsbihgs CONTRIBUTIONS INTENDED FOR BSBINEWS82 should reach the Editor before AUGUST 11999 Important Notices 3 IMPORTANT NOTICES PRESIDENTS' AWARD The Presidents of the Wild Flower Society, David McClintock, and of the BSBI have decided that this prize for 1998, annually awarded jointly by the Presidents of the two societies, should go to Geoffrey Kitchener and Douglas McKean. Their finding of Epilobium hybrids involving both British and New Zealand species well fits the object of this award which is: 'for work adding to knowledge of the British flora'. Their work was published in Watsonia 22: 49-60 (1998), 'Hybrids of Epilobium hrulll1escell.l (Cockayne) Raven & Engelhom (Onagraceae) and their occurrence in the British Isles.' Our task was unenviable, as David remarked. A number of candidates were discussed, and we would especially highly commend the Plant Crib 1998, ed. T.C.G. Rich & AC. Jermy, immensely useful for current field recording, but, as Tim pointed out, the information in it was provided by a whole team ofBSBI members and as such it would in any case not qualify for this award. Our 1998 recipients well deserve the recognition, and this year we will be proud to present it at the th BSBI AGM on May 8 , at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in London. MARY BRIGGS & DAVID McCLINTOCK BSBI AGM May 8th 1999 Information additional to Programme (sent with January mailing) Lunch. The cold buffet available on the premises from 1.00 p.m., will include a choice of some (or all) of 7 courses, a glass of wine or fruit juice, and coffee. The booking form is on the programme sent in January. Alternatively, there are seats on the embankment or in a nearby small park for those who bring their own sandwiches. Also a pub (which might not be very speedy) just around the corner. Museum. From 1.40 - 2.45 (not 1.15 as in printed programme) the Pharmaceutical Museum Curator and her assistants will be on duty to explain the displays on each floor of the building. There will also be a dispensing demonstration including pill-rolling for any member who would like to try their hand I. Unfortunately, the Museum of Garden History opposite is closed on Saturdays. Their Director th would have been willing to open for us privately on May 8 , but on that day they have a coach excursion, so no staff are available. We will hope to arrange a visit on another occasion. Good views from the terrace on the 5th floor of the River Thames, Palaces of Westminster and Lambeth, Big Ben, etc., if weather is clear (bring cameras if interested). BSBI Books - Margaret Perring will be bringing a selection of recent publications. th Don't forget there will be a meeting at the Natural History Museum on Sunday May 9 , for details and booking form see leaflet sent with your January mailing. Map. A reminder map is printed on page 82 with, this time, bus numbers included. th Looking forward to meeting you on May 8 . MARY BRIGGS, President. 4 Important Notices AMENDMENTS & CORRECTIONS TO BSBI YEAR BOOK 1999 Page 2 - Change of emphasis Corrections or alterations to the List of Members and subscriptions should be sent to: MrM. Walpole ... Queries ofa financial nature, apart from subscriptions should be sent to: Mr M.E. Braithwaite ... Page 3 - Insert before BSBI Web site address: (see also page 4) BSBI ATLAS 2000 (N. IRELAND) Fiona McKee Botany Dept., Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5AB Page 7 - Correction - The Scottish AGM will be held at Stirling on November 6th [not 1"] Page 9 - NB. The Permanent Working Committees will be re-appointed by Council following the AGM th on May 8 . The new Committees, with updated membership, and with some new Committee titles and revised status's (if approved at the AGM) will be published in BSBI News 82 in September 1999. Page 12 - Revised price - Watsonian v.c. maps from BSBI Publications are now £5.00 (inc1. p.& p.) Page 28 - Change of address - MJ. Southam has moved, for new address see page 10. Page 38 - Replacement entry - Useful addresses; British Pteridological Society Hon. General Secretary: Miss Jennifer M. Ide, 42 Crown Woods Way, Eltham, London, SE9 2NN (Tel. & Fax: 0181 8503218 Page 40 - Replacement of last 2 paragraphs - BSBI Research Fund - see below. MARY BRIGGS, Editor BSBI Year Book 1999 BSBI RESEARCH & TRAVEL GRANTS Unfortunately, due to an error on my part, out-of-date information on the BSBI's Research and Travel Grants was published on page 40 of BSBI Year Book 1999. Applicants should note that the latest information re Grant Applications to the BSBI Research Fund is to be found in BSBI News 79: 3, and that applications should be sent to Mr Clive Jermy at the address below and NOT to the Hon. General Secretary. Normally, the Science and Research Committee reviews applications only twice a year, the deadlines for receiving applications being 14 January and 31 July. The results of applications for grants up to £1000 will be known within eight weeks; those for larger amounts must be ratified by Council and applicants should know by the end of March and the end of November respectively. The Warburg and Welch grants are considered on equal footing with other applications but the Committee is nevertheless keen to support young botanists who submit applications of the right merit. Mr AC. Jermy, Honorary Research Associate, Botany Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 SBD. Tel: 0171 938 9428; Fax: 0171 938 9260; E-mail: [email protected] GWYNN ELLIS, Hon. General Secretary Important Notices / Diary 5 ATLAS 2000 IN NORTHERN IRELAND Sincere apologies to Fiona McKee for omitting her name from the Administration page of both BSBI News and BSBI Year Book. Fiona has worked for the BSBI for the last 2 years, managing a 'Vascular plant database' for Northern Ireland for the Atlas 2000 project. She reports that this 'now holds over half a million records and there are very few hectads in Northern Ireland that have less than 300 species recorded for them ... '. We thank Fiona and Paul Hackney at the Ulster Museum for the excellent work they are doing, on our behalf, in Northern Ireland. The database will of course be an important resource for the future and not just for Atlas 2000. EDITOR WATSONIA 22(3) CORRIGENDA The following errors have been detected in Watsonia 22(3): p. 253 insert as last line of page: occur. Despite these problems, changes in the records over time indicate the general trends. p. 281 insert as last line of couplet 3b: 5 mm; nodes and leaf bases green; inflorescence racemose ......... .. ............... punctata MARTIN SANFORD, Receiving Editor Watsonia, Suffolk Biological Records Centre, Ipswich Museum, High Street, Ipswich, Suffolk,!P1 3QH Tel: 01473 213761; Fax: 01473 281274; E-mail [email protected] DIARY N.B. These dates are supplementary to those in the 1999 Calendar in BSBI Year Book 1999. 1999 August 8th John DonyNictor Chambers Memorial Meeting, Beds., v.c. 30 (see page 58) 20th _ 23,d .Welsh Annual General Meeting, Trinity College, Carmarthen, v.c. 44 (see page / 57) 5th International Conference on the Ecology of Invasive Alien Plants, La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy (see page 82) November 6th Scottish AGM, Stirling (v.c. 86) [39]. Not November I" as published in BSBI Year Book 1999. 23,d _ Dec. 8th Daisy Forests and Giant Tortoises: Plants and Natural History of the Galapa­ gos Islands led by Lynne Farrell (see page 6). See also page 82 for dates of other holidays overseas EDITOR 6 Editorial & Notes EDITORIAL & NOTES Congratulations to: Lady Anne Brewis, MBE in the New Years Honours for 'services to Nature Conservation in Hampshire'. Anne has been BSBI Recorder for N. Hants (v.c. 12) for 25 years, and was co-author of Flora ofHampshire in 1996. (MB) To Roy Lancaster, MBE, well-known to many through broadcasts on television, and currently back on 'Gardeners Question Time'. In past years Roy brought large displays of native evergreen shrubs to our Exhibition meetings. (MB) To Dr Francis Rose, to whom Plantlife last year awarded their highest accolade - 'for his outstanding contribution to conservation'.