Davidsonia - Volume 15

Index to Volume 15

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 14:36:30 -0800

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Index to authors, titles, illustrations and key words for Davidsonia Volume 15.

Instruction to Authors

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 14:28:25 -0800

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Instructions for authors submitting articles to Davidsonia.

Davidsonia Volume 15, Number 4, October 2004

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 14:27:48 -0800

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Davidsonia - A Journal of Botanical Garden Science

Editorial - Davidsonia Volume 15, Number 4

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 14:09:03 -0800

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Editor, Iain Taylor writes about changes in the publication of Davidsonia - due to rising costs, publication of the Journal is now done in house.

A Hard Life (25 Years Later): An Update on BC Serpentines

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 14:01:26 -0800

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It has been 25 years since renowned ecologist and botanist Arthur Kruckeberg first introduced, within the pages of Davidsonia, the ultramafic (serpentine) soil habitats of British Columbia. In what was likely the first article of its kind on BC serpentines, Kruckeberg described the harsh realities of ultramafic soils faced by plant life. These included an adverse chemical and physical soil environment, and the myriad forms of botanical response to this “serpentine effect” (ecotypic differentiation, speciation, exclusion, indifference, heavy metal hyper-accumulation, etc.) that give rise to a host of unique ecologies. He also outlined his and other workers’ botanical and ecological observations from various BC ultramafic sites and compared them to the well-known ultramafic sites of Oregon and California thereby placing them in a western North American ultramafic context.

Plants That Grow on Serpentine - A Hard Life (reprinted)

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:51:30 -0800

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This will not be a tale about plants with reptilian affinities, despite its title! Nor is it about an herbaceous border along a sinuous path. It is a story about a curious affinity of certain plants for a most demanding habitat - the magnesium-rich soils derived from serpentine and other ultramafic rock. The only allusion to snakes is the rather fanciful likeness of the lustrous, mottled green serpentine rock to the pattern of a snake’s skin. But first, I must put this exceptional union of plant and soil in its proper global setting.

December in the Garden

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:48:00 -0800

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

Gleanings

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:45:52 -0800

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The Editors of Davidsonia highlight some of the most interesting and important titles from the thousands of recently published papers in the plant sciences.

Davidsonia Volume 15, Number 3, July 2004

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:42:41 -0700

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Davidsonia - A Journal of Botanical Garden Science

Editorial - Davidsonia Volume 15, Number 3

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:35:19 -0700

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On the Shoulders of Giants

Editor Iain Taylor comments on the rapid pace of current research and reminds us that researchers should not forget to properly evaluate the studies of the "giants", who have come before them.

L-A Dode on Poplar: A Commentary on the "Extraits d'une Monographie Inédite du Genre Populus"

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:24:09 -0700

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Louis-Albert Dode (1875-1945) was a noted dendrologist and founder of the Société Dendrologique de France. Born at Moulins in the Departement of Allier in the Auvergne, he became a Doctor of Law and developed an extensive personal arboretum. He published notable works on Catalpa, Davidia, Evodia, Fagaceae, Juglandaceae, Platanus, Pseudotsuga sinensis (which he described in 1912), Phellodendron, Populus and Salix, and was particularly active in describing and assessing the material that had been newly introduced into French arboreta from China.

Roses at UBC Botanical Garden

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:19:05 -0700

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The history of roses and botanical gardens is firmly entwined. Few plants are as revered by the public or as rewarding when well grown to both growers and garden visitors, and garden managers have found it easy and frequently profitable to capitalize on the public’s attraction to roses. In practically any jurisdiction in the temperate world, in almost every display garden, roses figure prominently. Botanical gardens from Dubuque (Iowa) to Chandigargh (India), and from Christchurch (New Zealand) to St. John’s (Newfoundland) promote themselves through their rose gardens.

Viability of Three Genera of Myrtaceae for Cultivation on the British Columbian Southwest Coast

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:10:18 -0700

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Myrtaceae is a fascinating, evergreen woody plant family that demonstrates significant potential for horticulture in southwestern British Columbia. Among the group’s shared characteristics are showy floral parts and leaves containing oil glands. Their main centre of distribution is in Australasia, with secondary nodes in southern South America and equatorial Africa. The “type species” of the family, and notable exception, is Myrtus communis, which is native to the Mediterranean region of Europe and North Africa. Besides the economic importance of this group (there are significant timber-, edible fruit-, spice- and medicinal oil-producing species), some of its members have other valuable attributes, and central among these to horticulture is public amenity. Among the Australasian members are three genera containing species that are suitable for cultivation in this cool temperate climate. These are Eucalyptus, Callistemon and Leptospermum. The species discussed below are recommended by two main points: their ornamental qualities and their hardiness.

The Food Garden

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:05:59 -0700

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The Food Garden at the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research was the first major demonstration and display garden devoted to food plants in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. It carries on a long tradition by responding directly to a growing need for a well documented demonstration garden that displays a wide assortment of fruits and vegetables that can be used for both demonstrations and teaching at university and public non-credit course levels.

September in the Garden

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:01:57 -0700

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