Miscellaneous

The Botanical Exchange Club lasted, with several minor name changes, from the late 19th century until the mid-20th when it renamed itself the Botanical Society of the British Isles. The BEC Reports contain a wealth of information about botany and botanists of that time. Here are some extracts from the reports.

Nelmes, E. 1945. Two critical Groups of British Sedges. I Carex flava. II C. muricata. BEC Rep. 13, 95-105; pdf 1.38Mb.

Nelmes, E. 1945. A Hybrid Sedge New to the British Isles. BEC Rep. 13, 93; pdf 194kb.

Heslop Harrison, J.W. 1936. The Flora of the Inner Hebridean Islands, Raasay, South Rona, Scalpay, Fladday, and Longay. BEC Rep. 11, 299-303; pdf 583kb.

Good, R. 1936. The Study of Plant-Geography. BEC Rep. 11, 295-298; pdf 486kb.

Turrill, W.B. 1935. Solanum dulcamara and its inflorescence. BEC Rep. 11, 82-89; pdf 721kb.

Williams, F.N. 1917. Revision of the British Species of Sagina. BEC Rep. 5, 190-204; pdf 1.53Mb.

BSBI Welsh Bulletin

Welsh Bull. 81 (2008); pdf 109kb.

Welsh Bull. 78-80: selected articles; pdf 157kb.

Jones, A. 2006. IUCN Listing of Welsh Vascular Plants. Welsh Bull. 77, 5; pdf 55kb.

Dines, T.D. 2006. Spreading Bellflower (Campanula patula) and enigmatic taxon in Wales. Welsh Bull. 77, 1; pdf 32kb.

Chater, A.O. 2006. A Cardiganshire affinis hunt. Welsh Bull. 77, 2; pdf 45kb.

Evans, S. 2006. Some highlights of botanical recording in Pembrokeshire in 2005. Welsh Bull. 77, 3; pdf 35kb.

Bonner, I. 2006. Anglesey Plants in 2005. Welsh Bull 77, 4; pdf 23kb.

Roberts, R.H. 1983. Prof. William S. Lacey. Welsh Bull. 38, 1; pdf 94kb.

Chater, A.O. 1983. Lloydia serotina. Welsh Bull. 38, 3; pdf 237kb.

Burn, A. 1983. “Up the Airy Mountain, Down the Rushy Glen.” Welsh Bull 38, 7; pdf 298kb.

 

My apologies for consigning these publications to the ‘miscellaneous’ page, but I don’t like web pages with very little on them, so I think it works better this way. Anyhow, you seem to have found them...

Irish Botanical News

Hart’s Flora of Donegal

Digitized by M. Jannink: pdf 1.15Mb.

BSBI Conference Report No. 2

The Conference held on 31st March and 1st April 1950 launched the BSBI Distribution Maps Scheme - the world’s first dot mapping project - which was later developed into the UK’s Biological Records Centre at Monk’s Wood. The conference report includes details of a fascinating debate into the best ways to study the distribution of species and some valuable insights into the development of the project.

Contents & Editorial, by J.E. Lousley; pdf 579kb.

Vice county map (frontispiece); jpg 384kb.

The Study of Plant Distribution, by S.M. Walters, pp. 12-23; pdf 1.67Mb.

The Watsonian Vice-county System, by J.E. Dandy, pp. 23-29; pdf 926kb.

Problems of Distribution Raised in the Compilation of a County Flora, by J.G. Dony, pp. 69-74 pdf 1.62Mb.

Dony’s maps of Bedfordshire (p. 70); jpg 283kb.

A Proposal for Mapping the Distribution of British Vascular Plants, by A.R. Clapham, pp. 110-120; pdf 2.36Mb.

 

BSBI Recorder is an in-house newsletter that is sent to county recorders and referees, providing updates on projects run by the society and the activities of the members. Click on the thumbnails to open as pdf:

Recorder 13 (Spring 2009)

Recorder 12 (Spring 2008)

Recorder 11 (Spring 2007)

Recorder 10 (March 2006)

Recorder 9 (Feb 2005)

Recorder 7 (Apr 2003)

Recorder 6 (Feb 2002)

Recorder 3 (April 1999)