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Editorial & Diary................................................... 2
Notes
Taraxacum cymbifolium in Scotland
.......................................... M.B. Usher & 1. Richards 3
Another site for Allium schoenoprasum (Chives)
in S. Northumb .................................. G. Young 4
'Juncus fasciculatus Koch (?)' in Cliffe
Castle Museum, Keighley .............. .. M. Wilcox 5
Juncus acutiflorus ................................. M. Wilcox 7
Epipactis leptochila complex in Britain
................................ J. Richards & J. Squirrell 8
On the flora of railway banks .... ........... J. Combes 9
Alchemilla micans at Keepershield Quarry,
S. Northumb. (v.c.67) .................. J. Richards 10
Polemonium caeruleum .............. N.A. Thompson 11
New records of Monotropa on an industrial
site at Newport .................... T.G. Evans et al 12
Progress report on habitat management projects
......................................................... B. Laney 13
Squirrel-stripping of trees ...................... J. Oliver 14
Rare species at Barry Docks, Glamorgan (v.c.4l)
................................. S.1. Tyler & T.G. Evans 18
Tliple trouble over Onobrychis identification
................................................... E.J. Clement 19
Colonisation of the ramparts and walls of
Berwick-upon-Tweed ............ D. W. Shimwell 20
Teratology - a revival? ...................... J. Presland 23
The abortive 'Penguin' Flora of the British Isles
........................................................... D. Alien 25
Symphytum - a corrigendum ................ c. Westall 27
Gravel weeds by Loch Linnhe ........ ...... F. Anstey 27
'Forensic botany' - a correction .. D.Hawksworth 27
Botanical Crossword 13...................................... 28
Aliens
Habitat of Cochlearia megalosperma naturalised
in Britain ................................ .. M. Braithwaite 29
Stranger on the shore .............. ........ S.1. Bungars 30
Planted aliens ............................ ........ .A. C. Leslie 30
Vegetative identification of Buddleja species
....................................................... .1. Poland 31
Botanical delights at Seafield Park, Fareham
(v.c.ll) .............................................. P. Budd 32
Urtica membranacea Poiret in Cambridgeshire
(v.c.29) ........................................ A.c. Leslie 33
First British record for self-sown Melica altissima?
...................................................... P.R. Green 34
Small Project Grant Reports
Plant communities of urban river walls and
embankments ........ ..................... R.A. Francis 34
Botany in Literatnre - 51
Arthur Conan Doy le's 'The Adventure of Wisteria
Lodge' .................................... M.E. Souchier 35
CONTENTS
Requests & offers
Volunteer Co-ordinator needed for new survey of
alien plants ...................................... P. Brown 38
BSBI journals for free ............................ F. Slater 38
Publications for disposaL ...................... .1. Osley 39
Spare copies of BSBI journals for disposal
....................................................... V. Livesey 39
West Cork B & B ................................. S. Cobley 39
Flowers and Photography Holidays in Menm'ca
.......................................................... P. Dunn 39
Notices
2010 Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowships 40
Excursion to Almeria - ApriI201O ...... T. Farino 40
BSBI trip to Mallorca April 201O .......... J. Bailey 41
Estonia: bogs, fens & mires, July 2010
................................ 1. Bennallick & P. Green 41
Field meeting reports: 2008
Lindisfarne area (v.c.68)C. Metherell & M. Smith
42
Field meeting reports: 2009
Conifer Day, CYlil Hart Arboretum (v.c.34)
................................. c. Kitchen & T. Titchen 45
Chiltern Hills of mid-Bucks (v.c.24) ...... C, Boon 46
E. Norfolk & Suffolk (v.c.c. 25, 27).A. Copping 47
Parsonage Moor and Dry Sandford Pit, Berkshire
(v.c.22) .................. .1. Edgington & J. Killick 48
Nidderdale (v.c.64) and Wensleydale (v.c.65)
.............. P. Abbott, L. Robinson & K. Walker 49
Bog and fen in Co. Clare (v.c.H09)
.......................................... S. Ward & S. Parr 50
Report of overseas field meeting - 2009
Paramos of Northern Castile ....... .T. Farino et al 51
BSBI Spring Conference Report........................ 59
Profile of new Honorary Member
Ann Conolly .......................................... J. Bailey 65
News of Members
Y olande Heslop-Harrison .................... .. J. Bailey 66
Paul Green .............................................. .1 Green 66
Book Notes
British field crops ................................ S. Francis 66
BSBIIWFS Presidents' Prize ....... M. Braithwaite 67
Recorders and Recording
Panel of Referees and Specialists. M. C. Sheahan 68
Panel of Vice-county Recorders ............ D. Pearman 68
Obituary notes ...................................... M. Briggs 68
Important Notice
Results of the questionnaire about the
Annual Exhibition Meeting .............. J. Bailey 69
Notes from the Officers
BSBI Plant Unit.. ................................ K. Walker 70
Co-ordinator's Corner ......................... A. Lockton 71
Drawings of wildflower seedlings
Urtica dioica .......................................... S. Evans 74
Deadline for contribution to News 113............... 75
Cover picture- Taraxacum cymbifolium on steep grassy slope (665m) on Ben Vrackie, Perthshire.
Photo M. Usher © 2008 (see p. 3)