BSBINEWS September1996 Editedby R. Gwynn Ellis No. 73 4l MarlboroughRoad, Roath CardiffCF2 5BU W *z\ Solanum tternetat Whiteknights, Reading, del. Annette Townsend O 1996 (see page 40) -Adrninrs(nlion ADMINISTRA.TION PRESIDENT Nlr David Pearman The Old Rectory,Frome St Quinton,DORCIiESTER. Dorset DT2 0HF Tel & Fax01915-81702 PRESIDENT.ELECT Nlrs Mary Briggs 9 Arun Prospect,PULBOROUGH, West Sussex RH20 IAL Tel 01798-87323:l HON. GENERAL SECRETARY(General Enquiries) Mr Gwynn Ellis 4l Marlborough Road. Roath, CARDIFF CF2 58U Tel & Fax 01222 49604?..E-mail paellis(rDnrsncom HON. TREASURER (Paymentof Subscriptionsand changeof address) Nlr I\'lichael Walpole 68 OutwoodsRoad, LOUGHBOROUGH, Leics. Lf ll 3LY Tel 01509-215598 (Pleasequote membership number on correspondenceconcerning membership or subscriptions) llON. FIELD SECR-ETARY(Enquines on FieldMeetings) NlrslVl. Lindop 36 WoodlandHill. Whitkirk. LEEDSLSl5 7DG Tel 0l l3-2646513 BSBI CO-ORDINATOR Mr CameronS. Crook 8, WoodstockClose, Lostock Hall, PRESTON,Lancs. PR5 sYY Tel & Fax01112-31671'7 E-mail 101353lT5TfrDconrpuserve com BSBIATLAS 2000ORGANISER (Enquiries on Atlas 2000\ Dr Trevor Dines Rhyd y Fuwch,Bethel, Nr Caernarfon,Gw1'nedd LL55 3PS Tel.01248 670189 E-MaiI 101667.2317@compuserve com OFFICERSAND COT]NCILFROM NIAY I996 (Datesgir en are thoseof electionfor presentservice ) President Mr D.A Pearman.1995 President-elect Mrs M. Brrggs,1996 Vice-Presrdents MrAO Chater,1993 Mr R G Ellis,1995 Mr C.D Preston,1995 MrR Gornall,1996 HonoraryGeneral Secretary MrRG Ellis,1996 HonoraryTreasurer. Mr M Walpole,l97l COI.JNCIL In clrderof seniorityin accordancewith Rule il I991 Mr B.A. Gale,Mr D J McCosh, Dr G. Wynne 1994 Mrs M. Lrndop,Prot. C A. Stace,N'lr R M. Walls | 995 Mr Nt.E. Braithwaite.N'lr R M. Bunon. Ntr D.E. Green I 996 Mrs P P Abbott. Dr F.l. Rumsey.Dr lVlC Sheahan Admlnlstratlor / Dran l',lt'ctetl hl llegiott.s tr trct trdotrce v ilh llula I 2 1995.lreland Dr D.W Nash 1993.Scotland Dr P Maopherson 1994:Wales l\{r P Dav / pprtr rttetl hy ('outtt r/ : Hon Receiving Editor lI'ttt.sotnu Dr B S Rushton, l99l Hon Editor IISBI n"av.s N{r R G Ellis, 1986 ax rtf/icrrt: ChairmanMeetings Comrrrittee. Dr S.l-. Jun, l99i Hon. SecretaryPublications Committee. Mr ClR Boon. l99l ChairmanRecords Committee Dr G Hallidav.1991 ChairmanConsen'ation Comrnittee. Mr D T Streeter.1994 Hon Field Secretary l\1rsN'1. Lindop. 1994 FIon.N,linuting Secretan Mr P Thomson. 1995 Contributionsintended for BSBIIVEWS 74 shouldreach the Editorbefore NOVEMBER5th I996 DIAR\ N.B. These dates are supplementaryto those in the | 996 []alendar in BSlll ]'aur lJrn;k 1996 l 996 October31 Deadlinefbr booking spaceat AnnualExhibition Meeting (see booking fbrnr) 1997 May l7 & l8 BSBI AGM, Dorchesterand associatedfield meeting in Dorset (pleasenote later date fbr 1997) .lune2l-July 6 Azores Field N{eeting(see page 55) June/ Julv N E Turkev FieldN{eeting lsee page55 1 Seealso page 59 lbr datesofother lr99611991Conferences and Svntposra EDITOR Edrtorirl EDTTORIAL I'hanks 'l'he AGM last May was a memorableone for me Not only did I have tlte privilegeof being elected Hon. GeneralSecretary but also the quite unexpected.and in rny opinion undesen'ed,honour ofbeing elected an Honorary member of the Socrety I reall-vwas bor.vledover by the occasion The thought of .'qir,ingan impromptu speechabout hal'ingnothing to ofler but blood, etc . flashedacross the space betweenmy ears some people call a mind, but. wisely, I just babbledsonrething incoherent and sat down, just beforemy Welsh emotionsgot the betterof me. Ilowever, I reallydo appreciatethe trenlen- dous honour bestowed on me, and wiJl do my best to live up to the trust vou have placed in me, thank vou all very much. Mary tells me that shewas Secretaryof N'leetingsComnrittee for 6 vearsbefore her 1.1vears as Hon Gen Sec. and, as Secretariessiit on Council in thosedays. she has beenon Council continuouslyfor the last 30 years.This must be record andjust shor.vswhat a glutton for punishment she is. It will be at least another 3 vears befbre she retires as President and w,ho knos's what may be linedup lor her then?I don't think we shallsay larervell to Mal1,for manyyears yet, thank heavens! New Artist I am very grateful to Annette Townsend fbr the superb drawing whioh graces our front cover this time. Annette was rvorking in the Dept. of Botany, NN{W, Cardiff on rllustrationsfor the new edition of I|'al.vhJicrns rvhen the specinrenc\f .l()lunun vcrnar arrived llonr Carol Hora. She readily agreed to tlraw the plant and would like membersto kno.,r'that she is a lieelance r.vildlifbartist. availableto carry out any illustrativework. She can be contactedat 26 EclipseStreet. Adarrsdown, Car-diff CF2 lJE. Nerv Book For those of you with an interestin the historv of plant recording.especialll of North Wales.a new book published this spring is a must. fhe Bolcuti.t/scoul (fuidar oJ Snov,tlonioby Dervi Jones is a mar- vellous account of the botanistswho visited Snowdonia and the locals who guided them in their searchesfor plants This I 70 page paperback,prolhsely illustrated with biack and white photographs and line drawings and r"ith 4 pages ol colour. is availabletbr f7.50 inclusiveof p& p. from the publishers.Gwasg CarregGwalch, I 2 Yard yr Orsaf. Llanrwst,Wales LL26 OEH.Tel 01192 642.03| Ciontacting the Editor. bi, post. phone, fax or e-nrail Pleasenote that I have norv left the National Museum of Wales and all mail should be sent to my honre address.t still visit NNlW two to threetimes zr month but therewill be an inevitabledelay rn ansrvenng anv letterssent there. Note alsothat my Fax numberis now the sameas rnv telephonenumber 01222 496042 If I am not available please leave a brief message,your name and telephone number on the ansrveringmachine and I urll get back to you as soon as possible.I can also be contactedby E-mail at paellis@)rnsn.com Insertswith this issue IISBI Notices. Annual l'.xhihilion lvleettng notice and booking form,l'he .lcotlish ,.1nnuolMeering noticeand booking fornr Atlas 2000: ('<tllecling und pre.s.srtrtpkml.s booklet by Arthur Chater. Speciaf offers Aqrrtrtit l'lurl.; of lhe Rrttish lsle.: by Chris Preston & Jane Croft. ltloru tf the ('hrtsl- 'l'ha churLh Ltrcu b1' Felicit_vWoodhead. Lcutl {lst, ('rtt.seryutton otd l..colog.):ol l}nndlcurtl by 'lhe Marlin George. ll'tld I;!over.stvul lrae.t ol lha LutrgohtrHill.sby Rodncy L Cole. Others Rotanical f]rxtks /rom ()lrrcl/c booklet frorn N,1.E.Perring; .ltorsrrzroust'hutts questionnaire tiom RBG Kew. advert for vacancy at the Natural History Museurn. Rritish llriltlltfc publicity leaflet.National Trust for Scotland, TarmachanAppeal ITDITOR Notc lronr Prcsrdent-clect A NOTEFROMTHE PRESIDENI'-EI,ECI IMary has very kindh'prepared the tbllowing note to replaceHott. (;L'trcrulS(Lt(tur't.\ ,\.)1r,.\lor thrs issue.She may no longer be our HGS but she still has her finger ven'nruch on the pulseofthe BSBI and is I'arbetter able to produce this sorl ofreport than i There is an arvftrl lot to learn ! Ed I Our Congratulations to Rev Gordon G Graham O.B.E., arvardedthis in the Birthday Honours in Junetbr his sen'icesttr [rot- 'l any These culminated in the publication of his comprehensive he lilrtru and L'cgaruttotrof ('otrtrtt Durhon. and as joint author of the BSBI Handbook lkxc.; of (iraut lJrrttritt tuttl /rclruzl Gordon rs borh a \/C Recorder (66. Co. Durham) and a Ref'eree(/lo.ra) for BSBI To FrancisW Sinpson M.B E, honouredfbr his senices to natureconsenation in Suflolk Fran- cis too has beenVC Recorderfor 25 & 26. E. & \\/ Sullblk, fbr nran\,y.ears,and is still joint Recordcr for thesevice-counties To Rev. Dr Tony Primavesi, awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the De N{ontlbrt University.This was cited as, in recognitionofhis contributionto botany on a nationallevel (as a /{o.rrr Referee), and his work on the F-loru of Leice.ster.shn'cTony writes I lronestly think that I or.r't'it iargely to the BSBI and that much o1-the honour should go to the Societv' He was joint author ol Rost:s of (ireat Rritdtrr and IreldrrLl (with Gordon Graham). ancl sincc his retirenrent ftom teaching Tony hasworked through the specimensof Rosa checkingidentification and labellingin (l Herbana llt estimatedthat there are 20,000 specimensin the BM collectionalonel So a considerableand wonh- while task. Congratulations too to Adrian Darbv, Chairman of Plantlif-e,awarded an O B E. in the Birrhdal Honours, to The Colleswold Nantralisls' Field Cluh which ceiebratesits l5Oth Annirersary this vear andto The British Br.tological Societl' which celebrates its Centenary. ln Memoriam Since the Report of Council went to press for publication in the BSB-I1996 Annual llep.r'l we fegret to report the loss of the following members:Mrs Violet \2.C. Schrverdt,President of the Wild Florver Societyfor very many yearsand an Honorary menrberof BSBI. Edgar Milne-RedheadNl.B E lSO. TD, also an Honorary member of BSBI, Past President and a menlber since 1929 rvho was at various timesduring 40 yearson every BSBI Committee,John Trist (Mr P.J.O.)O.B.E.. yet anotherHonorar1' member, a BSBI Grass Referee for l4 years and a member since 1956, Frank Brightman, a mcnrber since 1957, representedthe British Lichen Society on the BSBI Consen,ation Comnrittee for man\ years, and when in the B.M. Dept. of Education he produced the earlv infcrrmationleaflets after the llrst legislation fbr wild plantsl Dr Larvrence A. Storer lVfB, Ct{B, w'as an active field botanist, recordin! mainly in Derbyshire, and his plant records have been given to the BSBI by his son, John Fisher rc- corded and photographed plants in Sussex,and with a particular interest in rare plants he searchedlbr thesethroughout the British Isles.Author of severalbooks on wild and gardenplants As this goes to presswe hear of the death of Miss D.S.