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Book cover: "Influential AUstralian Garden People"

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February 2017

last issue: January 2017

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 9599
Email: ANBG.library@environment.gov.au


BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS

Dark emu, black seeds: agriculture or accident? / Bruce Pascoe
Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 2014
ANBG copy purchased with funds donated by Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, February 2017.
305.89915 PAS

Discovering Mount Augustus National Park / by Janine Guenther
Perth : W.A. Dept of Environment and Conservation, 2012
ANBG copy donated by Maureen Connolly, February 2017
P 333.783099413 GUE

Charles-Alexandre Lesueur: painter and naturalist: a forgotten treasure / Gabrielle Baglione, Cedric Cremiere.
Paris, MkF Editions, 2016
ANBG copy purchased with funds donated by Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, February 2017.
508.092 LES

A natural history and field guide to Australia’s Top End / Penny van Oosterzee, Ian Morris, Diane Lucas, Noel Preece
Marleston, S.A. : Gecko Books, 2014
ANBG copy purchased with funds donated by Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, February 2017.
578.0994295 VAN

Bizarre botany: an A – Z adventure through the plant kingdom / Christina Harrison, Lauren Gardiner
Kew : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 2016
ANBG copy purchased with funds donated by Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, February 2017.
580 HAR

Botanicum / illustrated by Katie Scott, written by Kathy Willis
Scoresby, Vic. : Five Mile Press, 2016
Botanicum is a stunningly curated guide to plant life. With artwork from Katie Scott of Animalium fame, Botanicum gives readers the experience of a fascinating exhibition from the pages of a beautiful book. Learn how plants have evolved, see inside the dissection laboratory and discover the great variety of habitats on Earth.
ANBG copy purchased with funds donated by Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, February 2017.
F 580 SCO

Landscape succession strategy Melbourne Gardens 2016 – 2036: adapting a world-renowned botanical landscape to climate change
[South Yarra, Vic]: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, 2016
Available via the Internet at: https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/news/landscape-succession-strategy-for-melbourne-gardens
580.739451 ROY

Australian National Botanic Gardens Living Collection Policy 2016 – 2022
Canberra : Australian National Botanic Gardens, 2017
1. Introduction -- 2. Legislative framework -- 3. Collection management principles -- 4. Policy requirements: Collection priorities -- Records management -- Plant acquisitions and accessions -- Conservation focus -- Landscape design, garden development and site enhancement -- Landscape and garden management -- Tree management -- Water management -- Planning and decision making -- Outreach: interpreting the Living Collection -- Partnerships -- Evaluation and implementation -- 5. Glossary.
Not yet available via the Internet.

580.739471 AUS

Noongar bush medicine: medicinal plants of the south-west of Western Australia / Vivienne Hansen and John Horsfall
Crawley, W.A. : UWA Publishing, 2016
581.634099412 HAN

Sugar and sand: the world of the honey possum / Ron and Sue Wooller
Cottlesloe, W.A. : Swanbrae Press, 2013
ANBG copy purchased with funds donated by Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, February 2017.
599.232099412 WOO

Australia’s State of the forests report 2013: five-yearly report / prepared by the Montreal Process Implementation Group for Australia and the National Forest Inventory Steering Committee on behalf of the Australian, state and territory governments.
Canberra, A.C.T. : Dept of Agriculture, ABARES, 2014
634.90994 STA

Influential Australian garden people: their stories / Anne Vale
Koonwarra, Vic : Heriscapes, 2016
1. Mind shapers: Jane Edmanson -- Paul Plant -- Josh Byrne -- John Rayner -- Tim Entwisle -- Annette McFarlane -- Merilyn Kuchel -- Stephen Ryan -- 2. Garden creators: Arno King -- Fiona Brockhoff -- Grady Brand -- Paul Bangay -- Myles Baldwin -- Janine Mendel -- Andrew Laidlaw -- Phillip Johnson -- Kate Cullity -- Jim Fogarty -- Michael Bligh -- 3. Unpacking the themes -- Conclusion.
ANBG copy purchased with funds donated by Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, February 2017.
635.0992294 VAL

New root vegetables for the native food industry: promising selections from south Western Australia’s tuberous flora / GS Woodall, ML Moule, P. Eckersley, B Boxshall & B Puglisi
Barton, A.C.T. : Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, 2010
635.209941 NEW

Australian native grasses: key species and their uses, 4th edn / I.H. Chivers, K.A. Raulings
Cheltenham, Vic. : Native Seeds Pty Ltd, 2015
635.93490994 CHI

Botanical sketchbook / Mary Ann Scott, with Margaret Stevens, in association with The Society of Botanical Artists
London : Batsford, 2010
ANBG copy purchased with funds donated by Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, February 2017.
743.7 SCO

Margaret Flockton: a fragrant memory / Louise Wilson
Mile End, S.A. : Wakefield Press, 2016
ANBG copy purchased with funds donated by Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, February 2017.
759.994 FLO

Green nomads: across Australia’s wild heritage / Bob Brown
Richmond, Vic. : Hardie Grant, 2015
ANBG copy purchased with funds donated by Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, February 2017.
919.4 BRO

 

PUBLICATIONS BY STAFF, ASSOCIATES AND VOLUNTEERS

Wallace MJ, Guja LK, Jouault MA, Fuller KA, Barrett RL, Krauss SL, Barrett MD 2017, ‘DNA ploidy variation and distribution in the Lepidosperma costale complex (Cyperaceae): implications for conservation and restoration in a biodiversity hotspot’, Australian Journal of Botany, published online 21 Feb 2017 [Available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/bt/pdf/BT16197 ]

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