Davidsonia - Issue 2

Davidsonia Volume 14, Number 2, April 2003

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:05:49 -0700

Abstract or Summary:

Davidsonia - A Journal of Botanical Garden Science. Volume 14, Number 2, April, 2003.

Editorial - Davidsonia Volume 14, Number 2

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:49:27 -0700

Abstract or Summary:

Editor, Iain Taylor points out the importance of the collection of representative germplasm for use in new plant development and suggests that publication of detailed collection records can aid later research and plant development.

A Plantsman's Observations on the Genus Hydrangea

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:42:20 -0700

Abstract or Summary:

The hydrangea family, Hydrangeaceae, is a respectable conglomeration of shrubs, vines and herbaceous perennials resulting from a recent extraction from a behemoth institution known as the Saxifragaceae. The herbaceous components, in the respective genera of Cardiandra and Deinanthe proffer ornamental species for cultivation although it is the woody taxa of shrubs and lianas of this family, in the genera Hydrangea, Deutzia, Philadelphus, Platycrater and Schizophragma, that are by far the most familiar.

May in the Garden

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:34:15 -0700

Abstract or Summary:

The May installment of Judy Newton's popular series describing what to see at the UBC Botanical Garden each month of the year.