Australian National Botanic Gardens   LIBRARY BULLETIN

February 2010

last month: December

The Gardens’ Library is located on the first floor of the Botany Building at the ANBG, Clunies Ross Street, Black Mountain.
Opening hours are 9.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday. Members of the public may use the library by appointment.

The bulletin contains a list of new material recently received in the library. These items together with recent issues of journals and magazines are on display in the ANBG Library for approximately three to four weeks. All registered library clients are welcome to use the library and photocopy display items or reserve items for loan.

Staff may request items from the bulletin by phone, fax or email.
Phone: (02) 6250 9480
Fax: (02) 6250 9432
Email: ANBG.library@environment.gov.au

BOOKS & PAMPHLETS

Arts and culture in Australia : a statistical overview 2009
[ Canberra]: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2009
Includes data on botanic gardens.
Also available via the Internet at:http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/cat/4172.0
P 306.48120994 ART

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park management plan 2010-2020
Canberra : Director of National Parks, 2009
Also available via the Internet at : http://www.parksaustralia.gov.au/uluru/publications.html
333.7830994291 ULU

The Australian environment act : report of the independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 : final report
Allan Hawke
[ Canberra]: Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2009
Also available via the Internet at:http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/review/publications/final-report.html
344.94046 AUS

Cool climate fungi of Tasmania
Nigel Gibson
Tasmania : The Author, 2009
579.509946 GIB

Gardening the Earth : gateways to a sustainable future
Stephen Blackmore
Edinburgh : Royal Botanic Garden, 2009
581.722 BLA

Flora des Bergell, mit Andeutung der Grenzgebeite
Remo Maurizio
Geneva : Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique de la Ville de Geneve, 2009 (Boissiera; vol. 62)
In German. Alpine flora of this region of Switzerland.
581.94947 MAU

Bryology in the new millennium : proceedings of the World Bryology Conference 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Haji Mohamed … et al., eds.
Kuala Lumpur : University of Malaya and International Association of Bryologists, 2008
588 WOR

The habitats of the Western Australian soldier crab Mictyris occidentalis Unno 2008 (Brachyura: Mictyridae) across its biogeographical range
J Unno & V Semeniuk
Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. Supplement to vol. 92, part 3, Sept 2009

Birds of Canberra gardens, 2 nd ed.
Paul Fennell, editor
[ Canberra]: Canberra Ornithologist Group, 2009
598.099471 BIR

EcoHort guidelines for managing the environment : an environmental management system for the Australian nursery industry
John Bagshaw, Matt Rogers & John McDonald
[NSW]: Nursery & Garden Industry Australia, 2006
631.520994 BAG

Practical guidelines for nursery hygiene
Olga M Goss
Parramatta : Australan Nurserymen’s Association, 1983
635.049 GOS

Grow me instead : a guide for gardeners on the New South Wales south coast
Jackie Miles
[Bega]: Bega Valley Shire Council, 2007
Booklet identifying weedy garden plants and the recommended non-weedy alternatives.
P 635.099447 MIL

Around the world in 80 gardens
Monty Don
London : Phoenix, 2008
Record of Monty Don’s travels to prepare a BBC television series.
712.6 DON

CD-ROMS

Best practice manual for pesticide application in the nursery and garden industry, Vers. 1
[ Murdoch, WA]: Horticulture Australia, 2004.
CD 632.95 BES

RARE BOOKS

Botany for Australian students, 4 th ed
Agnes A Brewster and Constance M LePlastrier
Sydney : Dymocks Book Arcade, 1930
Rare 580.7 BRE

A manual of the grasses of New South Wales
JH Maiden
Sydney : Government Printer, 1908
Rare 584.9099444 MAI

First studies in insect life in Australasia : with numerous questions, directions for outdoor work, and drawing and composition exercises, [2 nd ed]
William Gillies
Melbourne : Whitcombe & Tombs, [1910?]
Rare 595.7 GIL

ANNUAL REPORTS

Australia . Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts 2008-2009
Australia. Supervising Scientist 2008-2009
Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria 2008-09
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation 2008-09

REPRINTS AND VERTICAL FILE

Hannah, L 2009, ‘A global conservation system for climate-change adaptation’, Conservation Biology , vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 70-77.
Article also available to staff via Intranet at:http://intranet.environment.gov.au/business/library/Pages/Journals.aspx

Cotterill, FPD & Foissner, W 2010, ‘A pervasive denigration of natural history misconstrues how biodiversity inventories and taxonomy underpin scientific knowledge’ , Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 19, pp. 291-303.
Article also available to staff via Intranet at:http://intranet.environment.gov.au/business/library/Pages/Journals.aspx

Investigation into the Government’s tree management practices and the renewal of Canberra’s urban forest
Submissions to the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment by 26 th February 2010.
See http://www.envcom.act.gov.au

Investigation into Canberra Nature Park (nature reserves); the Molonglo River Corridor (nature reserves) and Googong Foreshores
Submissions to the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment by 26 th February 2010.
See http://www.envcom.act.gov.au

Nara native turf
4 p. brochure from Ozbreed. A selection of Zoysia macrantha.

ARCHIVE COLLECTION

ANBG Volunteer Guides Meeting minutes from 19 th Jan 2010.

McDougall, KL 2009, Four new species related to Bossiaea bracteosa F.Muell. ex Benth. in south-eastern Australia’, Telopea, vol. 12(3), pp. 347-360.
Used cultivated material from the ANBG.

CONFERENCES, COURSES and EVENTS

# Indicates a new listing

# Quantifying the environmental benefits of the urban forest
2-3 March 2010 Melbourne
4-5 March 2010 Sydney
9-10 March 2010 Brisbane
http://www.enspec.com/i-tree

Nursery & Garden Industry National Conference
19-22 April 2010
Darwin, NT
http://www.ngiaevents.com.au/conference2010

Addressing Global Change: a New Agenda for Botanic Gardens
4 th BGCI Global Botanic Gardens Congress
13-18 June 2010
Dublin, Ireland
www.4GBGC.com

29 th International Seed Testing Congress
16-18 June 2010
Cologne, Germany
Call for papers http://www.ista-cologne2010.de

# Grevillea hybrids & cultivars : 8 th FJC Rogers Seminar
21-22 August 2010
East Gippsland, Victoria
Contact: Dawn Barr (03) 5156 4674

8 th International Flora Malesiana Symposium
23-27 August 2010
Singapore Botanic Gardens
http://www.sbg.org/fm8

Society for Growing Australian Plants (Qld Region) Inc 2010 State Conference
“Fragments of Green”
19-24 September 2010
Jacob Wells Environmental Education Centre, Qld
Enquiries to Bev Leggett: bleggett@australiaonline.net au or ph (07)3870 8517

XVIII International Botanical Congress
24-30 July 2011
Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre
http://www.ibc2011.com/