PRESIDENTIAL Moonwort monitoring - Yorkshire Dales Retiring Presidential Addresses NP 8(1):62; 8(2):156; 8(3):253; 8(4):343; 8(5):436; 8(6):532 John Edgington - 2016 8(3):193, 217 New Flora of Cornwall - Botanical Fred Rumsey - 2019 8(6):473, 500 Cornwall Group recording work 8(6):502 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS Pillwort survey - New Forest 8(2):156; Ascog Hall Fernery, Isle of Bute, working 8(3):250 party 8(5):422; 8(6):519 Pillwort surveys & translocations - Badger damage to ferns at Birmingham Strensall & Skipwith 8(3):253; Botanic Gardens 8(5):416 8(4):345; 8(5):441; 8(6):535 BioBlitz at RBGE Dawyck Botanic Sea Spleenwort monitoring in Hull & Garden 8(2):144 Whitby 8(6):541 BioBlitz at RBGE Logan Botanic Garden Sizergh Castle NT, Cumbria - Opening of 8(1):50 new stumpery 8(3):208 Botanical Cornwall Group Strensall & Skipwith - Pillwort surveys & Recording work for New Flora of translocations 8(3):253; 8(4):345; Cornwall 8(6):502 8(5):441; 8(6):535 Recording work 8(6):502 Tissington Trail - Dryopteris submontana BPS 125th Anniversary event, RHS monitoring 8(2):136; 8(6):509 Wisley 8(3):262 Upper Teesdale - Woodsia ilvensis BPS Constitution 2008, with amendments monitoring 8(6):533 2017 8(4):389 Urban ferns in Hull 8(4):319 BPS Display weekend, RHS Wisley Whitby - Sea Spleenwort monitoring 8(5):445 8(6):541 BPS Meetings Codes - Conduct/Safety Whitwell Garden, Serpentine Woods, 8(6):569 Kendal 8(5):420, 421 BPS Weekend display, RHS Wisley Woodsia ilvensis monitoring - Upper 8(4):350 Teesdale 8(6):533 BSBI Introduction to ferns at Cramond, Yorkshire Dales NP Holly Fern survey Edinburgh 8(1):50 8(5):444; 8(6):532 Cofnod BioBlitz at Carrog Farm NT, Yorkshire Dales NP Moonwort Cwm Penmachno 8(4):327 monitoring 8(1):62; 8(2):156; Cofnod BioBlitz at Rhuddlan LNR 8(3):253; 8(4):343; 8(5):436; 8(6):532 8(5):417 Dryopteris submontana monitoring - Tissington Trail 8(2):136; 8(6):509 Fern planting at Jodrell Bank, CORRECTIONS - Macclesfield, Cheshire 8(4):325; to the Index for Volumes 6 & 7 8(6):510 Two errors have come to my attention, for Ferns & Fossils, World Museum, which my sincere apologies: Cambridge Liverpool 8(3):264 University Botanic Garden, 6(2):133 was Fossil Grove, Victoria Park, Glasgow inadvertently moved into Suffolk, and 8(6):520 Southport Fernery, Churchtown, 6(2):110 Gallery Oldham Herbarium 8(6):505 into Lancashire. They should of course be Gardeners’ Question Time Garden Party, in Cambridgeshire and Merseyside Ness Botanic Gardens 8(4):328 respectively. Herbarium, National Museum of Wales, P.E. Cardiff 8(4):340 Holly Fern surveys - Yorkshire Dales NP 8(5):444; 8(6):532 Hull - Sea Spleenwort monitoring 8(6):541 Learn to identify ferns workshop, Llŷn Peninsula 8(6):513 20 INTRODUCTION Silvertown, Jonathan 8(3):221 MEMBERSHIP LISTS Smith, Bryan 8(2):132, 135; 8(3):227; Full List This Index contains listings of People, Places and Events; the only references to the 8(4):324; 8(5):411; 8(6):505 2016 8(3) booklet ferns seen in the meetings are in the titles of some of the events, e.g. Holly Fern Smith, Gill 8(2):132, 135; 8(3):227; 2019 8(6) booklet Survey, Polypodium Day, etc. 8(4):324 Additions & Amendments Spracklin, Paul 8(1):43 For ease of use the Index has been set up in categories to identify and list the many 2014 8(1):97 Steffen, Richie 8(3):200, 208, 209 varied activities which take place at meetings, which are often wider than the general 2015 8(2):189 Stevenson, Barrie 8(2):135; 8(3):227 headings might suggest. 2017 8(4):386 Stocks, Kylie 8(3):204 2018 8(5) booklet In the Field Meetings and Gardens and Nurseries sections, a bold reference indicates a Swain, Catherine 8(1):37 National Meeting. In the People section it refers to an article that includes a photograph. Tandy, Angela 8(5):405, 407 Page References are shown in the form: Volume No. (Part No.): Page No. Tasker, Cameron 8(6):523 PEOPLE e.g. 8(4):319 means Volume 8, No. 4, page 319. Taylor, Alice 8(6):525, 526 A bold reference indicates a photograph is included. Volume 8 part numbers and page numbers are as follows: Taylor, Steve 8(6):523 Timm, Neil 8(3):220 2014 – No. 1 (1-100); 2015 - No. 2 (101-192); 2016 - No. 3 (193-292); Tricker, David 8(4):336 AWARDS 2017 - No. 4 (293-392); 2018 - No. 5 (393-472); 2019 - No. 6 (473-572) van der Kolk, Gert-Jan 8(5):404, 421; Busby, A.R., ‘Matt’ - Honorary 8(6):500 Membership 8(3):287 Wain, Sarah 8(5):430 Golding, Yvonne - Outstanding CONTENTS Ward, Colin 8(6):503 Contribution Award 8(4):318 Wardlaw, Alastair 8(2):127, 129; Key to Abbreviations 3 Murphy, Rosaline J. ‘Rose’ - Honorary 8(5):428 Membership 8(5):467 Annual General Meeting Minutes 3 Wardlaw, Jackie 8(2):129; 8(5):428 Reports of Officers & Committee Appointees 3 Ware, Caroline 8(5):404 OBITUARIES Financial Statements & Reports 3 Whyman, Sally 8(4):340 Beamish, Sally 8(5):420, 470 Meetings - Field Meetings - England 3 Wright, Barry 8(4):317 Young, Donna 8(2):125; 8(5):407 Braithwaite, Anthony F. ‘Tony’ 8(5):468 Ireland 8 Campion, Peter J. 8(4):372 Scotland 8 Collins, Margaret W. 8(3):291 SHOWS Wales 9 Craddock, Michael J. 8(4):372 Abroad 11 BPS 125th Anniversary Event, RHS Cross (Adams), Veronica 8(6):566 Wisley 8(3):262 Garstang, Jack 8(3):291 Gardens & Nurseries 11 BPS Display Weekend, RHS Wisley Garstang, Marjorie 8(2):186 Indoor Meetings - Locations/ 8(4):350; 8(5):445 Green, Vivien 8(3):290 Subjects or titles/ Contributors 14 BPS Fern Show, RHS Wisley 8(6):542 Haigh, Frances 8(6):567 Shows 19 Chelsea Flower Show 8(3):260 Hennipman, Elbert, ‘Bert’ 8(1):94 Secretarial Notes 19 Plant Society Show, RHS Wisley Hovenkamp, Peter H. 8(6):565 Membership Lists 19 8(3):261; 8(4):350; 8(5):445 Jarrett, Frances M. 8(1):95 RHS Tatton Park Flower Show 8(1):69 Jermy, A. Clive 8(1):91 People - Awards/ Obituaries/ Presidential 19 Southport Flower Show 8(1):70; Johns, Robert J., ‘Bob’ 8(6):564 Miscellaneous Items 20 8(2):162; 8(3):263; 8(4):351; Loraine, Joan 8(3):288 Corrections to the Index for Volumes 6 & 7 20 8(5):446; 8(6):543 Lovis, John D. 8(4):373, 380 Specialist Plant Society Show, RHS Marston, Jean K. 8(1):96 Wisley 8(6):542 Norman, Suzanne M., ‘Sue’ 8(6):567 COMPILER’S NOTE Pyner, Tim 8(4):381, 382; 8(5):429 Sacks, Oliver W. 8(2):187 In preparing this index I have always tried to keep in mind those who will make SECRETARIAL NOTES Schieber, John R. ‘Jack’ & Rose M. practical use of it. In some cases items are listed more than once with different Yvonne Golding 8(4):383 keywords brought to the front, or with references in other appropriate sections. 2014 - 8(1):71 Slot, Alfons, ‘Fons’ 8(6):568 Hopefully this should make it easy for members to find what they are looking for. 2015 - 8(2):163 Smith, Brenda M. 8(2):186 The document has been subjected to a long process of development and checking, but 2016 - 8(3):266 Smith, Raymond J. ‘Ray’ 8(4):384 it is most unlikely that everything will be perfect. Therefore I apologise in advance if I 2017 - 8(4):352 Taggart, Jamie 8(2):186 have inadvertently left out your name or transferred your favourite fern location into David Hill Tonge, Gwladys 8(4):384 the next county or otherwise introduced errors of any kind. 2018 - 8(5):447 Walkinshaw, David A. 8(4):385 P.E. 2019 - 8(6):544 Woodhams, John R. 8(2):184 19 KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS AONB Area of Outstanding Natural NRW Natural Resources Wales Beauty NSW New South Wales BCNWT Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire NT National Trust & Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust NTS National Trust for Scotland BSBI Botanical Society of Britain & NWT Norfolk Wildlife Trust Ireland NWWT North Wales Wildlife Trust CP Country Park NZ New Zealand CWT Cumbria Wildlife Trust OPAL Open Air Laboratories Network GEP Group of European RAF Royal Air Force Pteridologists RBG Royal Botanic Garden HIWWT Hampshire & Isle of Wight RBGE Royal Botanic Garden Wildlife Trust Edinburgh KWT Kent Wildlife Trust RSPB Royal Society for the Protection LNR Local Nature Reserve of Birds LRWT Leicestershire & Rutland SBI Site of Biological Importance Wildlife Trust SNCI Site of Nature Conservation LWT Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Interest MOD Ministry of Defence SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest NE Natural England SWT Sheffield (Suffolk or Sussex) NHM Natural History Museum Wildlife Trust NNR National Nature Reserve WT Wildlife (or Woodland) Trust NR Nature Reserve YHA Youth Hostels Association ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING FIELD MEETINGS MINUTES By Country then County. Locations 2014 NHM, London 8(1):76 visited during National Meetings are 2015 Ness Botanic Gardens 8(2):168 indicated in bold. 2016 NHM, London 8(3):270 2017 University of Hull, Kingston-upon- FIELD MEETINGS - ENGLAND Hull 8(4):356 2018 NHM, London 8(5):451 BEDFORDSHIRE 2019 RHS Harlow Carr, Harrogate Flitwick Moor & Folly Wood NNR 8(6):548 BCNWT 8(3):224 REPORTS OF OFFICERS & CORNWALL COMMITTEE APPOINTEES Belman’s Park Wood 8(1):38 For 2014 8(1):82 2017 8(4):362 Bishop’s Wood, Polbrock 8(1):39 2015 8(2):174 2018 8(5):457 Bodmin Moor 8(2):130 2016 8(3):276 2019 8(6):554 Botanical Cornwall Group - recording work for New Flora of Cornwall 8(6):502 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS & Caerthillian 8(1):38 REPORTS Camel, River, at Polbrock 8(1):39 For 2014 8(1):79 2017 8(4):359 Canakey Wood, Herodsfoot 8(2):130 2015 8(2):171 2018 8(5):454 Caradon Hill 8(2):130 2016 8(3):273 2019 8(6):551 Cargreen 8(1):40 3 Carn Galver 8(6):502 Gosforth to Wastwater Road, near Cornish Mining World Heritage Site Greendale 8(2):140 8(2):130 Grange-over-Sands 8(2):138 Craddock Moor 8(2):131 Great Asby Scar 8(6):532 Davidstow Woods, near Camelford Grubbins Wood NR, CWT 8(3):200 8(2):130 Hampsfell, Grange-over-Sands