Journal articles: 'Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens'

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Green, P. S., and Lionel Gilbert. "The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. A History 1816-1985." Kew Bulletin 43, no. 2 (1988): 362. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4113748.

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McCracken, Donal P., and Lionel Gilbert. "The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney: A History 1816-1985." Garden History 16, no. 1 (1988): 107. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1586911.

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LUCAS, A. M. "Disposing of John Lindley's library and herbarium: the offer to Australia." Archives of Natural History 35, no. 1 (April 2008): 15–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/e0260954108000053.

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Shortly before he died, John Lindley decided to dispose of his herbarium and botanical library. He sold his orchid herbarium to the United Kingdom government for deposit at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and then offered his library and the remainder of his herbarium to Ferdinand Mueller in Melbourne. On his behalf, Joseph Hooker had earlier unsuccessfully offered the library and remnant herbarium to the University of Sydney, using the good offices of Sir Charles Nicholson. Although neither the University of Sydney nor Mueller was able to raise the necessary funds to purchase either collection, the correspondence allows a reconstruction of a catalogue of Lindley's library, and poses some questions about Joseph Hooker's motives in attempting to dispose of Lindley's material outside the United Kingdom. The final disposal of the herbarium to Cambridge and previous analyses of the purchase of his Library for the Royal Horticultural Society are discussed. A list of the works from Lindley's library offered for sale to Australia is appended.

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Smith, Janine. "Winner of the Margaret Flockton Award for Excellence in Scientific Botanical Illustration Announced at the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney." Taxon 62, no. 4 (August 21, 2013): 851–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.12705/624.25.

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Fulton, Graham R. "Museum: The Macleays, Their Collections and the Search for Order." Pacific Conservation Biology 17, no. 2 (2011): 162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc110162.

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STACEY and Hay have previously collaborated on the volume Herbarium (Stacey and Hay 2004) regarding collections held in the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Ashley Hay has published two books of narrative non-fiction. Her essays, short stories and journalism have appeared in various periodicals including The Bulletin where she was a literary editor. Robyn Stacey is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Communication and Arts at the University of Western Sydney. She is an acclaimed photographer, in Australia, with her photography shown in Australia and internationally. This book is about the history, collectors and collections of The Macleay Museum at The University of Sydney. Its aim is to bring the reader closer to the collectors and collections by breathing life into the characters and selected specimens in the collection; according to the dust-jacket’s hyperbole, to throw open the doors of the museum and its rich collections. The authors develop the book with their individual skills, one of writing and one of photography. The second is facilitated through its aesthetic appeal, its folio size and large photographic reproductions of strikingly coloured specimens. The whole is a coffee-table-style-book with a text that digs deeper developing the background to the personalities and collections, intertwining them with the history of early systematists/collectors, which provides the backbone of the text.

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Moritz, Craig. "A theme issue on landscape ecology." Pacific Conservation Biology 1, no. 3 (1994): 157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc940157.

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This issue introduces a new feature of Pacific Conservation Biology ? a theme issue. In this case the theme is "Landscape Ecology", a developing field in conservation biology which is strong in Australia and which, as these papers indicate, has considerable application to practical conservation. The papers are of high quality ? all were subject to critical review and revision ? and demonstrate the breadth of disciplines contributing to Landscape Ecology. A particularly pleasing feature is the range of organizations from which the authors come; Universities, CSIRO, State conservation agencies and the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney. This approaches the ideal we have set for the journal. The papers were submitted subsequent to a symposium on the topic at the 1993 meeting of the Ecological Society of Australia and were edited by Richard Hobbs; my thanks to him for the original suggestion and his extraordinary efficiency! I expect that we will have more such theme issues in the future, perhaps one a year, and I would welcome suggestions.

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Millar, Alan J. K., and D. Wilson Freshwater. "Morphology and molecular phylogeny of the marine algal order Gelidiales (Rhodophyta) from New South Wales, including Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands." Australian Systematic Botany 18, no. 3 (2005): 215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sb04041.

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Fifteen species in seven genera of the marine benthic red algal order Gelidiales are reported from the New South Wales coast including Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Critical sampling, a re-examination of herbarium specimens filed in the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and the University of Melbourne, and molecular sequencing of most of the species has determined that many of the previous identifications from this region of the Pacific were incorrect. Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis, once widely reported from this coast, is shown not to occur here and the specimens on which these misidentifications were made have proved to represent either new species or previously described species. Similarly, records of Gelidium australe J. Agardh have been found to represent misidentification of the formerly New Zealand endemic Gelidium allanii V.J.Chapman, and specimens identified as Gelidium caulacantheum J. Agardh actually represent the new species Gelidium hommersandii sp. nov. Previously recorded species verified in this study are Capreolia implexa Guiry & Womersley, Gelidiella acerosa (Forsskål) Feldmann & G.Hamel, Gelidium maidenii Lucas, Pterocladia lucida (Turner) J. Agardh, Pterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand [as Pterocladia caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices], Pterocladiella capillacea (Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand [as Pterocladia capillacea (Gmelin) Bornet], and Ptilophora pectinata (A. & E.S. Gepp) R.E.Norris. These species are described and illustrated in detail along with previously unreported reproductive structures. Three species are newly recorded for the New South Wales mainland [Parviphycus antipae Celan, Gelidium crinale (Turner) Gaillon, and Pterocladiella caloglossoides (Howe) Santelices], and two species (Gelidium isabelae W.R.Taylor and Gelidium allanii V.J.Chapman) represent new records for the Australian continent. In addition, three new species are described: Gelidium bernabei sp. nov., Gelidium declerckii sp. nov., and Gelidium hommersandii sp. nov.

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Robertson, Emma. "A sense of coherence: Drawing for the mind." Drawing: Research, Theory, Practice 5, no. 2 (December 1, 2020): 333–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/drtp_00042_1.

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As part of the award-winning Big Anxiety Festival in Australia, an exhibition of mixed-media drawings of plants and seeds was displayed at the University of Sydney, at the same time as two public drawing workshops in the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. This paper describes and summarizes the various drawing techniques used in these workshops, and discusses the feedback from participants, who self-identified as having anxiety. Drawing using different types of approaches allowed workshop participants to mediate their tacit knowledge of the symptoms and solutions of living with anxiety, and to transition to a lived experience of proactively using drawings to improve their individual cognition, mindsets and mental health. Utilizing the platform afforded by the promotion of Mental Health Month in New South Wales, allowed the drawing exhibitions and workshops to be understood more broadly within an interdisciplinary context, which embedded their impact on other fields of research, including ecopsychology and biophilia, in a salutogenic model of practice. Specific to this approach, a ‘sense of coherence’ was deliberately embedded in both of the workshops’ sequential drawing exercises, which were observational and objective in intent. The exhibitions in 2017 and 2019 also consciously deployed a ‘sense of coherence’ in their design. Documentation drawings have recently been used as a tool to alleviate anxiety and promote wellness in medical staff working in a UK Emergency Department during the COVID-19 pandemic. This demonstrated the widespread potential applications for drawings to provide an antidote and a method of communication to proactively and positively assist mental health. Further research and exploration of the role that drawing plants and nature can play in the construction of learning in the context of individuals struggling with anxiety may offer routes to new knowledge and better understanding and potentially enhance connections between art and health researchers and institutions globally.

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Rae, David. "The Value of Living Collection Catalogues and Catalogues Produced From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 6 (October 31, 2008): 115–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2008.38.

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Many botanic gardens produce catalogues of plants growing in their gardens on either a regular or ad hoc basis. These catalogues are useful for reference and archive purposes and their production has added benefits such as the necessity to stocktake the collection and clarify nomenclature prior to publication. Many now also contain interesting introductory material such as collection statistics, histories of the gardens and information about significant plants in the collection. This paper describes the value of producing catalogues, reviews four diverse approaches to catalogues (from the Arnold Arboretum, Ness Botanic Gardens, Oxford Botanic Garden and Utrecht Botanic Garden) and then describes the catalogues produced by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, before culminating in a description of Edinburgh’s 2006 Catalogue.

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Ives, Julian. "Biological controls in botanic gardens." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 18 (February 21, 2020): 117–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2020.292.

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Biological control of insect pests in horticulture is evolving rapidly but use in botanic gardens can be difficult due to the variety and extent of the plant collections held at these gardens. This paper describes examples of successful biological control of mealybug species at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and looks at some of the challenges to extending the use of such controls in all environments.

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Knott, David. "Botanic Garden Profile: Dawyck Botanic Garden." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 5 (October 31, 2007): 15–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2007.3.

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Dawyck became the third Regional Garden and part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1978. Today the garden extends to some 25 hectares (60 acres) (See Map, Fig. 1) and is the woodland garden of what was once a considerably larger designed landscape centered on Dawyck House, which is currently a private residence. The garden today has some of the oldest plants in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s living collection including an Abies alba, planted in 1690, and several Larix decidua, planted in 1725. It has recorded perhaps the greatest extremes of temperature, –19.8 °C in December 1995 and 29.9 °C in August 2006, of any of the four gardens.

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Williams, D. J. "A new genus and two new species of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from South Africa on bulbs and corms imported into Great Britain." Bulletin of Entomological Research 79, no. 4 (November 1989): 643–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007485300018794.

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AbstractCormiococcus gen. n. is described for C. dieramae sp. n., a mealybug collected in South Africa on the corms of Dierama sp., imported to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, UK. Another mealybug species, Chorizococcus lachenaliae sp. n., is described from the bulbs of Lachenaliae sp., imported from South Africa to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Chorizococcus bardus (De Lotto) comb. n., originally described from South Africa on bulbs of Narcissus capensis, is transferred from Maconellicoccus Ezzat.

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Harper, Geoff, David Mann, and Roy Thomson. "Phenological Monitoring at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 2 (October 31, 2004): 33–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2004.101.

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Phenological monitoring at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) began in the mid 19th century, and is now being developed as a number of projects. In view of the wide range of plantclimate interactions, it is recommended that projects are designed with clear and limited objectives, and are then conducted consistently and to a high standard over a long period. The projects at RBGE are outlined, and the suitability of botanic gardens in general for phenology is discussed. A distinction is drawn between 'organism phenology' and 'population phenology', and also between 'extensive' and 'intensive' approaches to project design. The variety of possible projects is illustrated by a number of completed and on-going projects in the UK, USA and northern Eurasia. It is suggested that botanic gardens can enhance their service to society by becoming phenological monitoring stations.

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Martin, Suzanne. "Climate Ready? Exploring the Impacts and Lessons from Recent Extreme Events at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh for Climate Change Adaptation in the Horticulture Sector." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 12 (October 29, 2015): 155–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2014.44.

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This article explores climate change and its current and potential impacts on botanic gardens. It highlights experiences of recent weather anomalies at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) and its Regional Gardens and discusses how the learning gained from these anomalies is being used to increase the resilience of the Gardens to future climate change. This understanding is set in the context of a wider range of activities being pursued in relation to climate change adaptation in the horticulture sector, highlighting challenges and opportunities, and further sources of information which can be used by the managers of botanic gardens to inspire and inform climate change resilience planning.

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Frawley, Jodi. "Campaigning for Street Trees, Sydney Botanic Gardens, 1890s-1920s." Environment and History 15, no. 3 (August 1, 2009): 303–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.3197/096734009x12474738199953.

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Schmid, Rudolf, and Ray Desmond. "Kew: The History of the Royal Botanic Gardens." Taxon 45, no. 1 (February 1996): 152. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1222614.

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PRANCE, GHILLEAN. "The History of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew." Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161, no. 2 (October 2009): 202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00937.x.

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GUTHRIE, J. L., A. ALLEN, C. R. JONES, SIR W. HOOKER, W. HOOKER, D. BURTON, and R. TURNER. "ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW: RESTORATION OF PALM HOUSE." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 84, no. 6 (December 1988): 1145–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/iicep.1988.795.

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Ali, Natasha S., and Clare Trivedi. "Botanic gardens and climate change: a review of scientific activities at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew." Biodiversity and Conservation 20, no. 2 (December 7, 2010): 295–307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-010-9944-4.

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Frachon, Natacha, Martin Gardner, and David Rae. "Data Capture Project at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 7 (October 31, 2009): 77–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2009.152.

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Botanic gardens, with their large holdings of living plants collected from around the world, are important guardians of plant biodiversity, but acquiring and curating these genetic resources is enormously expensive. For these reasons it is crucial that botanic gardens document and curate their collections in order to gain the greatest benefit from the plants in their care. Great priority is given to making detailed field notes and the process of documentation is often continued during the plants formative years when being propagated. However, for the large majority of plants this process often stops once the material is planted in its final garden location. The Data Capture Project at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is an attempt to document specific aspects of the plant collections so that the information captured can be of use to the research community even after the plants have died.

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Breman, Elinor, Daniel Ballesteros, Elena Castillo-Lorenzo, Christopher Cockel, John Dickie, Aisyah Faruk, Katherine O’Donnell, et al. "Plant Diversity Conservation Challenges and Prospects—The Perspective of Botanic Gardens and the Millennium Seed Bank." Plants 10, no. 11 (November 3, 2021): 2371. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10112371.

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There is a pressing need to conserve plant diversity to prevent extinctions and to enable sustainable use of plant material by current and future generations. Here, we review the contribution that living collections and seed banks based in botanic gardens around the world make to wild plant conservation and to tackling global challenges. We focus in particular on the work of Botanic Gardens Conservation International and the Millennium Seed Bank of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, with its associated global Partnership. The advantages and limitations of conservation of plant diversity as both living material and seed collections are reviewed, and the need for additional research and conservation measures, such as cryopreservation, to enable the long-term conservation of ‘exceptional species’ is discussed. We highlight the importance of networks and sharing access to data and plant material. The skill sets found within botanic gardens and seed banks complement each other and enable the development of integrated conservation (linking in situ and ex situ efforts). Using a number of case studies we demonstrate how botanic gardens and seed banks support integrated conservation and research for agriculture and food security, restoration and reforestation, as well as supporting local livelihoods.

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Symes, Peter, and Clare Hart. "The Climate Change Alliance: botanic garden horticulturists as agents for change." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 20 (June 4, 2021): 95–122. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2021.352.

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In 2016, the publication of the pioneering Landscape Succession Strategy heralded a horticultural response by Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria to climate change risks faced by their living collections. This initiative led to the botanical world’s first Climate Change Summit in 2018 and the subsequent establishment of the Climate Change Alliance for Botanic Gardens. This article describes some of the anticipated climatic changes facing the Melbourne Gardens site, the strategic management of collections when considering these challenges, and how other botanical organisations can benefit from this approach through collaboration and sharing of expertise.

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Braithwaite, Katherine. "Women Working in Botanic Gardens Globally." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 13 (November 10, 2015): 33–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2015.73.

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This paper represents a condensed account of a thesis produced during the author’s studies at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The body of work represents the findings from a study into the current status of the barriers and opportunities for women working in botanic gardens. The research makes a global assessment of the careers of women working presently in botanic horticulture and science, from the perspective of those women working in the industry. A survey of 29 questions was produced and distributed to over 800 botanic gardens. With responses from women working across the globe, the report measures and correlates qualitative and quantitative data from participants, assessing areas such as their educational history, opportunities in their workplace, perceived barriers and hopes for the future. The survey produced 573 responses, with women participating from all parts of the globe from the USA to Yemen, New Zealand to Brazil. The report includes an introduction, methodology, a short literature review, the significant findings and conclusions arising from the data.

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ENDERSBY, JIM. "A garden enclosed: botanical barter in Sydney, 1818–39." British Journal for the History of Science 33, no. 3 (September 2000): 313–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007087499004033.

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The creators of Sydney's botanic garden were a varied group of people with diverse agendas and interests, only some of whom saw themselves as men of science. While several were trying to advance botany, others were more concerned with self-advancement or financial gain. Yet they collaborated, almost unintentionally, to found Australia's first scientific institution. Exchanges of plants were crucial to forming and maintaining the relationships between these different figures. Studying these exchanges allows hitherto neglected figures to take their place in the garden's story alongside well-known ones. This study also takes issue with the notion that British colonial botanic gardens were established as part of a botanical empire, with Kew Gardens at its centre. It also seeks to extend Susan Leigh Star and James R. Griesemer's idea of ‘boundary objects’, by suggesting that relationships based on barter, gift-exchange or patronage rather than cash played a key role in mediating between the participants in colonial scientific institutions.

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Cowell, Carly R., Leigh-Anne Bullough, Sonia Dhanda, Vicki Harrison Neves, Ed Ikin, Jessica Moore, Rachel Purdon, China Williams, Julia Willison, and Sharon J. Willoughby. "Fortuitous Alignment: The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Sustainable Development Goals." Sustainability 14, no. 4 (February 18, 2022): 2366. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14042366.

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are aimed at improving human well-being at a global scale, whilst enhancing and preserving global biodiversity. Recently, botanic gardens worldwide have become more conservation focused, and gardens are increasingly influential in scientific roles that address both biodiversity loss and human well-being—particularly in urban areas. As the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kew) launched its new Manifesto for Change in 2021, this paper outlines how the organisation currently contributes to the SDGs and examines where the work of botanic gardens can have the biggest impact. This paper focuses on the use of policy engagement, education and outreach, and scientific research to document Kew’s contribution to the goals so far, both in the UK and elsewhere. The SDGs address high level global objectives, many of which are not directly relatable to the activities of a single organisation. Kew’s approach to this challenge is to seek out the intention of the Goals by interrogating their subsidiary Targets. We then translate the intention of any given SDG into actions that are meaningful to our specific practice. Many of RBG Kew’s existing projects and programmes address the SDGs and we are aligning our aims with them more closely still.

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Knott, David. "Garden Profile: The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh at 350." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 20 (June 2, 2021): 5–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2021.374.

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The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) was founded in 1670 and celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2020. In Edinburgh, Scotland, the institution has occupied four different sites in that time and has been at the current site in Inverleith since 1823. Three other gardens in Scotland are also part of RBGE: Dawyck in Peebleshire, Benmore in Argyllshire and Logan in Dumfries & Galloway. 13,750 species from 2721 genera representing 344 families are cultivated in these four gardens and this article describes some of these collections. It also describes the issues facing the Garden today in common with many large and botanic gardens, those of plant health, implementing environmentally sustainable working practices, and managing collections in the face of a changing climate and growing visitor numbers. The Garden is also planning an exciting future with ambitious plans for new buildings and the refurbishment of historical structures to not only improve plant cultivation facilities, but also to increase visitor engagement and education about the value of plants for a healthy future.

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Simmons, John B. E. "CONSERVATION AND THE LIVING COLLECTIONS ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW." Curtis's Botanical Magazine 3, no. 1 (February 1986): 39–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8748.1986.tb00293.x.

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Hayden, Katherine. "Botanic gardens and plant pathogens: a risk-based approach at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 18 (February 21, 2020): 127–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2020.293.

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Introduced and emerging plant diseases as a result of live plant movements are increasingly recognised as a global environmental and economic threat. This presents a fundamental challenge to botanic gardens and other ex situ plant conservation organisations: how to continue this important work while recognising and mitigating the plant health risks. The approach taken by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is presented as a case study, showing how we have reduced ecological and evolutionary opportunities for pests in ex situ conservation and are monitoring the success of these efforts. We have developed protocols in quarantine and horticultural practice, expanded visitor engagement and public education, and taken a precautionary approach towards plant distribution supported by in-house diagnostics and working closely with statutory authorities. We hope that by sharing activities as well as difficulties, botanic gardens can acknowledge and address the new biosecurity landscape.

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McEwen, Ron. "The Northern Lads :." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 11 (October 29, 2013): 109–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2013.55.

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It is well known that a disproportionate number of plant collectors for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the late 18th and 19th centuries were Scottish gardeners. Another important source of plants for Kew in its early days were the specialist London plant nurseries that were run by Scots. Less well known is the preponderance of Scots found in other areas of Kew’s work – gardeners in charge of the botanic garden, curators of various departments and gardeners who transferred to colonial botanic gardens. This Scottish phenomenon was not unique to Kew: it was found in other botanical and non-botanical institutions in London and the provinces. This paper charts the extent of the phenomenon and, on the basis of 18th- and 19th-century sources, analyses its causes.

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Hughes, Kate, and Jenny Foulkes. "Reducing Environmental Impacts at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sustainability 14, no. 14 (July 18, 2022): 8793. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14148793.

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The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has put the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis at the centre of its organisational strategy and is making changes to reduce the environmental impact of its activities and to adapt to the conditions created by changes in climate. This article looks at actions towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the physical boundaries of the four gardens of RBGE in Scotland. The article considers two areas. Firstly, the Horticultural sphere, including the reduction of the impacts on the environment made by horticultural practice to maintain the gardens, and adaptation of the landscapes to improve visitor access and the biodiversity benefits of plantings. Secondly, influencing behaviour and engaging visitors with respect to growing food and the enjoyment of being with plants for health and wellbeing. In both these areas, RBGE activities are contributing to targets within SDGs 11, 12, 13 and 15. These targets, the actions to realise them and subsequent outcomes are described below. Finally, a major project underway at the Garden which will significantly reduce the environmental impacts of the institution, the Edinburgh Biomes, is introduced.

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CHATAN, WANNACHAI, and WILAWAN PROMPROM. "Lectotypification of the name Ardisia stipitata Fletcher (Primulaceae)." Phytotaxa 314, no. 2 (July 25, 2017): 294. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.314.2.13.

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The typification of the name Ardisia stipitata is discussed. The protologue of the name and the original material are evaluated. A specimen from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K) is designated as the lectotype.

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Unwin, Barry. "Development of the 'Australasian' Woodland at Logan Botanic Garden." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 3 (October 31, 2005): 33–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2005.110.

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Logan Botanic Garden, one of the Regional Gardens of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, has a very mild climate when its northerly latitude is considered. This allows the cultivation of a remarkable range of what would normally be described as exotic, semi hardy plants to be grown. This paper describes the species selection, design and development of a newly refurbished part of the garden, the 'Australasian' woodland.

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Helfer, Stephan. "Plant Health and How it Affects Private Gardens: Experience from a Botanic Garden Pathologist." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 3 (October 31, 2005): 51–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2005.112.

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Like many other botanic gardens the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) provides advice about plant pests and diseases to amateur gardeners. This paper summarises the main problem plant categories (such as trees and vegetables), plant problems (such as pests or fungal infection) and other observations, such as number of enquiries by month noted by pathology staff at the Garden over the last twenty years.

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Goyder, David, Pat Griggs, Mark Nesbitt, Lynn Parker, and Kiri Ross-Jones. "SIR JOSEPH HOOKER'S COLLECTIONS AT THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW." Curtis's Botanical Magazine 29, no. 1 (March 30, 2012): 66–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8748.2012.01772.x.

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Ward, Marilyn, and John Flanagan. "Portraying plants: illustrations collections at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew." Art Libraries Journal 28, no. 2 (2003): 22–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200013080.

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The Library & Archives at Kew hold one of the world’s greatest collections of botanical illustration, assembled over the last 200 years. A resource well-known to the natural history community, it contains much to interest art historians. Using this historically rich heritage our forward thinking includes acquisition of more contemporary items and the formulation of a digital strategy for 21st-century access and exploitation.

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Wickens, G. E. "Legumes of Africa. A Check-list. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens." Journal of Arid Environments 17, no. 3 (November 1989): 360–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-1963(18)30896-6.

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Cornish, Caroline, Peter Gasson, and Mark Nesbitt. "The Wood Collection (Xylarium) Of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew." IAWA Journal 35, no. 1 (2014): 85–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22941932-00000050.

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The wood collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (United Kingdom) has its origin in the founding of Kew’s Museum of Economic Botany in 1847. In the nineteenth century specimens came from explorers and botanists; from imperial institutions such as the Indian Forest Department, and from international exhibitions (world’s fairs). Woods were labelled with their names and properties, creating an educational exhibit aimed particularly at forestry students. In the early twentieth century wood specimens from aristocratic estates formed the basis of a new museum of British Forestry. The foundation of the Jodrell Laboratory at Kew in 1876 led to more research in plant anatomy, but sustained research in wood anatomy and the creation of a major collection of plant anatomy slides dates from the 1930s. Since that time, accessions have come from other wood collections (sometimes the transfer of whole collections), from Kew’s botanical expeditions in Brazil and Southeast Asia, and often as institutional or personal gifts from wood anatomists in other countries. The woods now number 34,314 and form part of the Economic Botany Collection, kept in a purpose-built research store and with a collection database available online. As well as enabling plant anatomy research, the woods are increasingly used by historians, and for wood isotope studies, biochemistry etc.

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Fowler, Andrea. "The Value of Record Keeping: a Case Study from Four Elderly Orchid Accessions." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 3 (October 31, 2005): 27–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2005.109.

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The history of four orchids growing at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), some of the oldest accessions still in cultivation in the Indoor Department, is outlined. Records from the time of their arrival have been invaluable in providing an insight into the history of plant collecting, introduction and cultivation methods from the 1890s. They demonstrate the importance of accurate record keeping and the potential for species conservation in botanic gardens.

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Bradley, Paul, and Robert Cubey. "A preliminary investigation into the relationship between plant health and branch labelling technique at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 9 (October 31, 2011): 179–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2011.130.

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Anecdotal evidence exists at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) to suggest that branches bearing plant labels are more prone to die-back than those without labels. During 2010–2011 a preliminary study was undertaken in order to assess the accuracy of this hypothesis and to investigate the possible causes and viable alternatives. The study focused on whether there were patterns of damage with respect to label material and wire, plant species or the location of plantings. The study involved a survey of the Living Collection in the four RBGE Gardens, a web-based questionnaire sent out to Botanic Gardens Conservation International member gardens and analysis of branch material and labelling wire. This report provides the information obtained when the hypothesis was investigated and makes recommendations. An extended version, along with the data gathered, is available in the Library at RBGE (Bradley, 2011).

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Morris, Leigh, and Laura Cohen. "The Development of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh ‘Certificate in Practical Horticulture’." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 8 (November 13, 2010): 165–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2010.144.

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The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has a long history of delivering high-quality practical horticultural training within the UK and abroad. In 2007 this training was formalised by the RBGE Education Department into the ‘RBGE Certificate in Practical Horticulture’ (CPH) programme. The vision for the CPH was to create an internationally recognised and standardised, yet flexible and practical horticultural qualification, predominantly, but not exclusively, for the botanic gardens sector. Providing a measurable educational outcome for international development projects is increasing the contribution that RBGE makes to target 15 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. This paper reviews the development of the CPH programme, through its initial conception, the writing of the first course syllabus, the evolution of the course structure and content, up to the course now being offered today. The initial success of the CPH is discussed, detailing the different locations in which the course has been delivered to date and the other gardens that are now offering the CPH themselves. Recent developments are discussed, including the endorsement of the course by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and the funding awarded by the Stanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust in 2010 for course development. The paper ends by highlighting the future objectives for the CPH, including the development of new and improved tutor and learner support materials, the offering of ‘train the trainer’ programmes that will facilitate the wider uptake of these courses and the vision for the programme to become a benchmark for practical horticultural training worldwide.

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Thomas, Adrian P. "The Establishment of Calcutta Botanic Garden: Plant Transfer, Science and the East India Company, 1786–1806." Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland 16, no. 2 (July 2006): 165–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1356186306005992.

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AbstractCalcutta Botanic Garden occupies a prime riverside site three miles downstream from the centre of Calcutta. It is most famous as the home of the world's largest tree, a vast spreading banyan. Its grand avenues, named after its founders and the fathers of Indian botany, convey something of its former glory. In the nineteenth century it was the greatest of all the colonial botanic gardens and an important scientific institution; two of its superintendents were knighted and one went on to become Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, the very centre of the imperial botanical network. The Garden is of considerable importance as it was one of the earliest institutions in India based on western science. This survey will look at the reasons for its foundation, and how it successfully established itself in its first twenty years.

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Velayos, Guillermo, Esther Garcia, and Mauricio Velayos. "About the location of the gardens cultivated by Joseph Quer in Madrid and, especially, the Botanical Garden of Migas Calientes." Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 77, no. 1 (January 28, 2020): 092. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2541.

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The Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid was founded in 1755 in the outskirts of the city, in the place known as Migas Calientes. Joseph Quer, its first Director, previously maintained three other additional gardens where he cultivated the plants that were later used in the final plantation of Migas Calientes. All those gardens disappeared and until now its location has been considered doubtful. In this article, based on historic documentation and cartography, we provide the precise location of the four aforementioned gardens.

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Sim, Jean. "Queen's Parks in Queensland." Queensland Review 19, no. 1 (June 2012): 15–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qre.2012.3.

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Queen's Park in Maryborough is one of many public gardens established in the nineteenth century in Queensland: in Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba, Warwick, Rockhampton, Mackay, Townsville, Cairns and Cooktown. They were created primarily as places of horticultural experimentation, as well as for recreational purposes. They formed a local area network, with the Brisbane Botanic Garden and the Government Botanist, Walter Hill, at the centre – at least in the 1870s. From here, the links extended to other botanic gardens in Australia, and beyond Australia to the British colonial network managed through the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew. It was an informal network, supplying a knowledge of basic economic botany that founded many tropical agricultural industries and also provided much-needed recreational, educational and inspirational opportunities for colonial newcomers and residents. The story of these parks, from the time when they were first set aside as public reserves by the government surveyors to the present day, is central to the history of urban planning in regional centres. This article provides a statewide overview together with a more in-depth examination of Maryborough's own historic Queen's Park.

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Rahman, M. Oliur, Md Abul Hassan, Md Manzurul Kadir Mia, and Ahmed Mozaharul Huq. "A synoptical account of the Sterculiaceae in Bangladesh." Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 19, no. 1 (June 20, 2012): 63–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v19i1.10943.

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Taxonomy, updated nomenclature and occurrence of the species belonging to the family Sterculiaceae in Bangladesh have been presented. Detailed herbarium study at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K), Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (E), British Museum (BM), Bangladesh National Herbarium (DACB) and Dhaka University Salar Khan Herbarium (DUSH) has revealed the occurrence of 32 species under 15 genera of the Sterculiaceae in Bangladesh. The correct name, important synonym(s), salient diagnostic characteristics, specimens examined and distributional notes have been provided for each species. Dichotomous bracketed keys have also been presented for identification of genera and species.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v19i1.10943Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 19(1): 63-78, 2012 (June)

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Leese, I. N. "THE ROLE OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW IN HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION." Acta Horticulturae, no. 350 (November 1993): 235–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.1993.350.36.

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Hepper, F. Nigel. "Nigerian and other African archives at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew." African Research & Documentation 55 (1991): 39–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305862x00015843.

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Most people know Kew only as a public garden with very special greenhouses and other buildings. Few visitors realise that it is a scientific institution with research laboratories, a great herbarium and archives of all descriptions. In the context of this symposium the living collections in the Gardens are unlikely to be applicable as an archive, although there are many specimens of great historical interest, including the world's oldest greenhouse plant (Encephalartos Iongifolius) which is an African species brought from Natal by Mason in the 1770s.Over five million dried specimens are housed here in systematic order. They have been received from collectors all over the world during the last two centuries. The Herbarium is especially rich in tropical African collections, including Nigerian. For example those from Theodor Vogel's Niger Expedition of 1841 formed the basis of Hooker's Niger Flora (1849).

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Schmid, Rudolf. "Library of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Cumulated Index Kewensis." Taxon 34, no. 2 (May 1985): 379. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1221831.

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Meikle, R. D. "The History of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew by Ray Desmond." Curtis's Botanical Magazine 26, no. 1-2 (April 2009): 192–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8748.2009.01648.x.

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Prance, Ghillean T. "A brief history of conservation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew." Kew Bulletin 65, no. 4 (December 2010): 501–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12225-010-9231-2.

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Larsen, Kai. "Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gramineas de Bolivia.–Royal Botanic Gardens Kew." Nordic Journal of Botany 18, no. 3 (July 1998): 368. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.1998.tb01891.x.

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