ASBS Newsletter

Number 94, March 1998

Contents

Editorial .................... 1

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

ASBS Inc Business
Have you paid your 1998 subscription? .................... 2
Proposed alterations to the Constitution .................... 2
Annual General Meeting .................... 3
Council Elections .................... 3
Hansjorg Eichler Scientific Research Fund Applications ................. 3

Conferences/Workshops
Media Skills Workshops for Scientists .................... 4
Rainforests: past & future .................... 6
Science Now! .................... 6
1998 Australian Global Warming Conference .................... 7

ABRS Report .................... 8

ABLO Report .................... 9

Ferdinand Mueller Fellowship .................... 10

Obituary
Anthony Godfrey Spooner .................... 10

Letters to the Editor .................... 11

Articles
The Day the Sky Fell In .................... 13
An Intriguing Collection .................... 14
Speech to The Joint National Conferences of The Australian Systematic Botany Society & The Society of Australian Systematic Biologists .................... 15
Address at the Welcoming Dinner for "Removing the Taxonomic Impediment" .................... 17

Herbarium News
Western Australian Herbarium Address List .................... 19
Microfiche of Herbaria Housed in Australian Collections ............... 20

Book Review
Handbook of Vascular Plants of Ashmore and Cartier Islands .................... 22

Workshop Review
Blackberry Workshop .................... 23

Know Your Botanical Institution
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens .................... 24

News from FASTS
FASTS circular for November-December .................... 27
FASTS circular for January .................... 29
FASTS circular for February .................... 31