B.S.B.I.NEWS April1993 Editedby R. GwynnEllis No.63 Dept.of Botany,National Museum of Wales CardiffCF1 3NP \ri, .,i ':s";'e \ ,\ l\ UU E ffi F-f rrn)\J,I#r[\ Iil{ F} it v ltt L( il, ffi x ---'" W"V Scale-bars=1.. Eragrostis cunttlu near Southampton del. D.P.J. Smith O 1992 (see page 29) Admlnistration ADMINISTRATION HON. GENERAI SECRETARY (GeneralEnquiries) Mrs Mary Briggs, M.B.E., 9 Arun Prospect,PULBOROUGH, West SussexRH20 IAL Tel. 0'798-873234 HON. TREASURER(Payment of Subscriptionsand change of address) Mr MichaelWalpole, 68 OutwoodsRoad. LOUGHBOROUGH. Leics. LEI I 3LY TeI.0509-215598 (Pleasequote membershipnumber on correspondenceconcerning membership or subscriptions- your mernbershipnumber is on the addresslabel of your mailings). HON. FIELD SECRETARY(Enquiries on FieldMeetings). Mrs Elinor Wiltshire 62 Carroll House.Craven Terrace. LONDON W2 3PR CONTRIBUTIONSINTENDED FOR BSBINEWS & should reach the Editor before 28JULY I993 TERMS OF REFERENCE OF EXECUTTVE COMMITTEE as sgreed by Council, 4 November 1992 l. To preparebusiness for Council:consider policy on generalmatters and make recommendations to Councilfor consideration. 2. To co-ordinate liaison between the PermanentWorking Committeesand promote eifective managementand communicationwithin the Society. 'Rules'. 3. To consider first any amendmentsto the Prior discussionshould enableitems to be brought to Council with either a definitive recommendation or clear alternative recommendations. 4. To discusslong-term objectives. New initiativeswould be passedwhere appropriate to eithera PermanentWorking Committeeor Council with recommendationfor action or clear alterna- tives. Wlere mattersfall within the remit of a PermanentWorking Committeethe matterwould normally, in the first instance,be referredto that committee. 5. To assessnew major developmentsproposed by the PermanentWorking Committeesand their Sub-committees,particularly those affecting policy. It may ask for regularreports. 6. To take decisionson urg€nt items which arisebetween Council meetings,any suchaction to be reportedto Council at the first opportunity. 7. ToconsidersuchmattersasmaybereferredbyCouncilandtotakeactionifappropriate. MARY BRIGGS,Hon. GeneralSecretary BSBI LINE MANAGEMf,NT & WoRXtr{c CiOopS 9$9corr$$f€Es 6E r-l iEi 6e 9i ig EEiE \,- o**fflou*"n ,"r."*(€ ilru J I $ffi,e f' C' f - t o3 of* E a"o ' i _#f I _t.giH El6; ieE Line Managementdiagxam devised and written by Mary Briggs,designed and produced by Carl Glanville-Elliswhose help and expertise is gratefullyacknowledged. Diary / lmportant Notices DIARY N.B. Thesedates are supplementaryto thosein the 1993Calendar. I 993 APRIL 29-May2 14thWorld OrchidConference & Show,Glasgow (see page 37) 30 Anglian Water Conservation Award Scheme, closing date for 1993 applications(see page 39) MAY 5 TheFlora of St Petersberg,lecture at the LinneanSociety, London (seepage 37) t4 Conservatktnand the Herbarium Conference,Liverpool Museum(see BSBI Ns*s 62, page48) t5-29Kew Guild Centenary(see BSBI News62 page47) 1A Excursionto Bulgaria,until June5 (seeBSB,I Nev's 62 page47) JUNE 5-19 Tour of Hungary (see^BSB1 News 62, page46) JULY 24-25 Additionalfield meeting,Midhurst W. Sussex(see page 5) AUGUST 7-14 New datesfor Water Plantscourse at KindroganField Centre(see page 5) SEPTEMBER 3-5 RecordersConference York (seeBSBI News 62,page7) )a-)'7 Plants and People ConJbrence,Royal Botanic Garden,Edinburgh (see8581 Nev's 62, page49) OCTOBER l6 ConservatktnoJ'the Biosphere meeting, Winchester Guildhall (seeESB/Nerqs 62, page49) 1994 APRIL 14 Plant and Insect RelationshipsConference, Royal EntomologicalSociety rooms, London(see page 37) EDITOR ;t:::::ti::t:ii::t:::l:t::u:u:u:I: IMPORTANTNOTICES ANNUAL EXHIBTTION MEETING-I993 CHA-I{GEOF VENUE The AnnualExhibition Meeting on Saturday,November 21 1993,will be held in a new venue- in READING, at the PlantSciences Laboratories, University of Reading,Whiteknights, Reading. As thosemembers who have attendedother very successfulBSBI meetingsthere will already know (plantworkshops, AGM, day conferencesetc.), the P.S.L.at Readinghave excellent facilities which canorovide for all the variedactivities which we havecome to associatewith our Exhibition meetingsin recentyears:- space for exhibits and our books,space for tea and convetsation,a lecture theatrefor slidesand a seniorcommon room for our eveningConversazione buff'et. Equally import- ant, or almost more so, the BSBI has beenolfered a warm welcomefor this meetingby Professor JohnParker, Professor ofBotany, andhis colleaguesin theSchool ofPlant Sciences. tmDortant Notices / Editorial Additional facilities, which have not beenavailable in London, are ample car parking on site, and an easybusjourney fiom Readingstation. The notice and programmewill be sentout as usual in the Septembermailing, and with this StephenJury will be able to sendmaps, directions from the rail stationand detailsof busesfrom centralLondon, someof which stop very closeby the campus- for thoserequiring these.Also suggestionsfor B & B accommodationfor thosewho would like to enjoy the Conversazioneand stay ovemight. We look forward to this Exhibition 1993at Readingas a new venture,with the possibility of returning n€xt year to the Natural History Museum,if prob- lems of spacein our 'traditional'home can be solved. MARY BRIGGS, Hon. GeneralSecretary CIIANGES TO FIELD MEETING The week long study courseat Kindrogan Field Centreis on 'Water Plants'and is to be tutored by SueBell The datehas alsobeen brought forward one week to 7-14 August,1993. (14-21 August advertjsedin the Field MeetingsProgramme ln BSBI YearBook 1993). BERNARD H. THOMPSON (Scottish Field Meetings Secretary),Glenlussa, Ford, LOCHGIL- PHEAD,Argyll PA3l 8RH ii::!::i jit j j j j ji:i::a ji:JiJi Jj j jiij j ADDITIONAL FIELD MEETING Saturday 24 to Sunday 25th July 1993 lVlidhurst, West Sussex(v.c. 13) Leaders: Tim fuch and Paul A. Smith Assessingtetrad recording: a continuationofthe 1992work (seeField Meeting Reporton page45) The joint SussexBotanical Recording Society/BSBI 1992 meeting at Midhurst, West Sussexto assesstetrad recording provided so many interestingresults that we needto run anothermeeting this year to answersome of the questionsraised! Surprisingly, there was little relationship between the number of speciesrecorded and the number of habitatssearched or length of route, and we wish to investigatethis and other problems in more detail. Pleasemeet in the lay-by at StedhamCross-roads on the A272 two miles west of Midhurst (GR SU/861.219)- the sameplace as last year - on both daysat 10.45am. Judy Rich againhas offered a creamtea on Saturdayafternoon! All are welcome,including both thosewho contributedlast year and thosewho were unableto attend. TIM RICH, 37 Hartfield Road,Forest Row, EastSussex EDITORIAL This is arother large issueof BSBI News,but evenso someinteresting contributions have had to be held over until the next issue;I apologiseto the authorsand promisethat they will be the first in the queuenext time. This apparentabundance of items for Newr should not discourageanyone from sendingin new contributions,these are always welcome.Ifyou are able to type your note or print- out from computerthen pleasedo so. lt is a tremendoushelp to be able to scanit directly into the Editorial / Hon General Secretary's Notes computerand savesyour editor many hours of tedioustwo-fingered typingl But, if you don't have accessto a typewriter or computer, don't be put off from sending in your legibly hand-written document.You will almost always get a proof to check, and correctionsare easy to make on comDuter. Thanksto all thosemembers who wrote in responseto my note in the last BSBI Nev'sabout an indexto Stace'sNelr Fhru <tlrhe British /s/e.r.Sufficient inteiest has been shown to rnakepublica- tion a viableproposition and an order form is enclosedwith this mailing. By now all thosemembers who wrote in responseto my note in the Septemberissue of BSBI Newsabout the settingup of an Alien Study Group shouldhave receiveda much belatedacknowl- edgement.The first informal meetingwill take placeat the AGM in Lincoln with a follow-up at the RecordersConference in York. It is always sadto mark the deathof fiiends and I am particularly saddenedby the recentdeath of two Honorarymembers of the BSBI. IreneVaughan I hadthe privilegeof kno*'ing for over 25 yearswhich, rernarkably,covered only the final quarterof her long life. Edgar Wiggins, I had known for a much shorter time but I shall never forget his help, encouragementand mischievous humourwhen I took over fiom him as editor of 8^581Nerr:r. May they both rest in peace. EDTTOR HON. GENERALSECRETARY'S NOTES New eddressfor Chris Dony Chris hasmoved from the addressfamiliar to so many mernbers,at StantonRoad, Luton. When her home was there with John her late husband.'volumes' of BSBI correspondencewere sentffom that addressas they were betweenthem President,llon. Gen. Sec..Meeiings Sec.. Membership Sec., etc.,etc., for manyyears. Now Chrisis at FriarsLodse lR PnoryRoad DLNSTABLE LU54HR where she has a pleasantgarden view overlookingthe Priory, and we sendour best wishesfor this to be a happynew home for her. Get Well Soon We sendour best wishesto Vera Gordonwho suffereda broken leg on New Year'sDay, and sincea pulled hamstring.We can well imagine how very restrictingthis must be for a mountain botanist and Scottish dancer- and hope that there will very soon be recovery to full mobility and Vera's 'ruptured usual sprightly step. Also to Guy Messenger,who, on December22. the Quadriceps Tendonofhis right knee'.