NEWSLETTER NO. 23
JULY 2004
CONTENTS
| President’s message | ||
| Alistair Watt | 3 | |
| Articles | ||
| Conifers of New Caledonia - Malcolm Jackson | 4 | |
| Podocarpus hybrids - Jeff Irons | 6 | |
| One man’s conifers - Jeff Irons | 8 | |
| Species index to newsletter 1998–2002 - Julian Beasley | 8 | |
| Morphological variation in cultivated Araucaria trees - John Silba | 20 | |
| The genus Cathaya in cultivation - John Silba | 22 | |
| Membership list | 24 |
NEWSLETTER No. 22
SEPTEMBER 2003
CONTENTS
| President's message | ||
| - Alistair Watt | 3 | |
| Articles | ||
| Conifers in Geelong Day | 4 | |
| Cupressus macrocarpa - Lee Andrews | 5 | |
| Sugar pine in Victora - John Hawker | 9 | |
| Membership list | 11 |
NEWSLETTER No. 21
OCTOBER 2002
CONTENTS
| President's message | ||
| - Alistair Watt | 3 | |
| Articles | ||
| International Dendrology Society, Araucariaceae Symposium - Jim Cane | 4 | |
| New conifer genus is added to the global red list - Aljos Farjon | 8 | |
| Utilisation and conservation - Xanthocyparis vietnamensis - Nguyen Duc To Luu and Philip Thomas | 8 | |
| The rediscovery of Thuja sutchuenensis - Aljos Farjon | 9 | |
| Cockscomb foliage mutations occurring in the genus Araucaria - John Silba | 9 | |
| Membership list | 10 |
NEWSLETTER No. 20
JULY 2001
CONTENTS
| President's Message | ||
| - Alistair Watt | 2 | |
| The Eastern Park pinetum, Geelong, Victoria - John Arnott and Ian Rogers | 4 | |
| Book Review | ||
| Tree dinosaurs Araucaria illustrated by David Mckinnes-King - Reviewed by Alistair Watt | 5 | |
| The tantalizing Ginkgo - Roger Spencer | 6 | |
| Loss of a conifer landmark - John Hawker | 8 | |
| Pine nematode discovered in Stonnington - Article from the Stonnington News March 2001 | 9 | |
| New pine for Victoria - John Hawker | 10 | |
| Southern conifers - Jeremy Irons | 12 | |
| Wollemi Pine update - John Hawker | 13 | |
| Conifers at Mount Lofty Botanic Garden - John Schutz | 15 | |
| International Araucariaceae Symposium - Graeme Platt | 24 | |
| Membership list | 26 |
NEWSLETTER
NO. 19
JULY 2000
CONTENTS
| President’s Message | ||
| – Alistair Watt | 2 | |
| Notes on the Conifer Society Meeting 3 June 2000 – Ray Macpherson | 4 | |
| Book review | – John Hawker | 5 |
| Feature articles | ||
| The giant kauri and conifers in New Zealand – John Hawker | 6 | |
| Index to species mentioned in Newsletters 1991 to 1999 – Julian Beasley | 10 | |
| A coniferophile visits Britain – Ray Macpherson | 18 | |
| Exotic nematode found in a pine tree in Williamstown, Victoria – extract: Department of Natural Resources and Environment | 20 | |
| Note on experiments to determine a methodology to inhibit or prevent needle/cladode loss in herbaria conifer specimens – Ray Macpherson | 21 | |
| The importance of ex situ conservation of conifers – John Silba | 22 | |
| International Araucariaceae Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand | 24 | |
| Conifer Specialist Group – Aljos Farjon | 25 | |
| Parasitaxus ustus (good news) – Michael Frankis | 25 | |
| The conifer action plan – Chris Page and Aljos Farjon | 26 | |
| Cupressus sempervirens L., a cold-hardy tree in New York City – John Silba | 28 | |
| A former comprehensive conifer collection in southern New Zealand– John Silba | 30 | |
| Membership list | 33 |
NEWSLETTER No. 18
JULY 1999
CONTENTS
| President’s message | ||
| Alistair Watt | 3 | |
| Feature articles | ||
| Exceptional conifers – Hubertus Nimsch | 5 | |
| Unresolved mysteries on the oldest and tallest conifer species on Earth – John Silba | 11 | |
| Pines just a spore from disaster – Sydney Morning Herald | 13 | |
| California redwood world’s tallest tree – Sunday Age | 13 | |
| Witches’ brooms in Southern Hemisphere conifers, a report – John Silba | 14 | |
| Isle's hidden history branches out – The Age | 15 | |
| A unique conifer garden in China – The Lushan Botanical Garden – John Silba | 16 | |
| Conifers I’ve encountered on recent travels in China – Terry Smyth | 17 | |
| Un Araucaria sacré abattu par des chercheurs Australiens à Goro [A sacred Araucaria felled at Goro by Australian researchers] – Les Nouvelles Caledoniennes | 19 | |
| Letters to the Editor | 20 | |
| Book reviews and database update | 21 | |
| International Conifer Conference 1999 | 22 | |
| Application for the registration of a conifer cultivar name | 24 | |
| Membership list | 26 |
NEWSLETTER No. 17
JULY 1998
CONTENTS
| President’s message | ||
| Alistair Watt | 3 | |
| Feature articles | ||
| "The Unloved Treasure" – Mount Dandenong Arboretum – Phillip Johnson | 4 | |
| Transplanting a Ginkgo – Jack Douglas | 15 | |
| The Ex-Situ Cultivation of Conifers, its Limitations and Potential Role – Chris Page | 15 | |
| Lambert's Cypress – Roger Spencer | 18 | |
| Conifer Superlatives – Michael Frankis | 19 | |
| Book reviews | ||
| Pinus (Pinaceae) – Aljos Farjon and Brian Styles – Reviewed by Roger Spencer | 22 | |
| A Reference Guide to the Gymnosperms of the World – Hubertus Nimsch – Reviewed by Alistair Watt | 22 | |
| Gymnosperms, In ‘Flora of North America, Volume 2’, Edited by Eckenwalder and Thieret – Reviewed by Michael Frankis | 22 | |
| Compendium of Conifer Diseases – Everett Hansen and Katherine Lewis – Reviewed by Roger Spencer | 23 |
NEWSLETTER No. 16
AUGUST 1997
CONTENTS
| President’s page | ||
| Alistair Watt | 3 | |
| Feature articles | ||
| The Jephcott Arboretum With Appendix 1. Exotics on the Murray by H.R. Gray, 1931 and Jephcott Arboretum Tree Identification by John Hawker – Jason Summers | 4 | |
| A Note on the Viability of Athrotaxis laxifolia Seed and a Small Experiment in the Vegetative Propagation of Tasmanian Conifers – Alan Gray | 10 | |
| Conifers in Victoria – H. Mackay | 11 | |
| Media watch | 14 | |
| Notes from the Editor | 15 |
NEWSLETTER No. 15
AUGUST 1996
CONTENTS
| Presidential address | 3 | |
| Feature articles | ||
| New Caledonia—An Action Plan for Conifer Conservation – Alistair Watt | 4 | |
| Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart—Centre for Southern Hemisphere Conifer Research and Conservation – Leonie Scriven | 5 | |
| Horticultural Research on the Wollemi Pine– Extract from the Newsletter of the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney | 7 | |
| Conifer Collection—Flora for Victoria 1996– Patricia Vanloon-Benson | 8 | |
| Book review | Horticultural Flora of South-Eastern Australia. Volume 1. Ferns, Conifers and Their Allies. Roger Spencer– Reviewed by John Hawker | 9 |