ASBS Newsletter

Number 100, September 1999

Contents

President's Report .................... 1

ABRS Report .................... 2

ABLO Report .................... 3

Articles
The significance of the Society and the Newsletter .................... 4
Bramble thickets .................... 5
Bioinformatics: Management and publication of institutional descriptive datasets at the Western Australian Herbarium .................... 6
The "Tempting Fate" ASBS Picnic .................... 11
The Gold Veitch Memorial Medal is awarded to Rodger Elliot .................... 12
Landcare Research .................... 12
My land rates at work .................... 13

Eureka Prize .................... 14

Obituary
Herbert Knowles Charles Mair .................... 15

Reviews
Would a panicle by any other name smell as sweet? .................... 15
Flora of Australia Vol. 17B .................... 16

Forthcoming Meetings
Dampier 300 .................... 18

News from FASTS
FASTS response to Green Paper on Higher Education Research Funding .................... 18
"Australian needs, Australian research" .................... 21