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1 Reglslered for postage as a publication Category "8" ISSUE: NO. 12 DATE : I MARCH, 1981. I LEADER: - Molly Murray D1STR)IBUTION: John Lee 25 Nowill Street, RYDALMERE..2116. 76 Thie Bulwark, CASTLECRAG..2068, HON. TREASURER': Fay-e Low f 5 1 R a g l a n S t r e e t , MOSMAN .... 2088. 1 SPORE; RANK: Gwen Hardwick 31 N o w i l l S t r e e t , RYDALMERE.2116. 1 I John Lee has been asked about the availab.ilit of earlier Newsletters. - He would like to advise, that he has condensel copies of Newsletters 1 to 8 and separate copies of Newsletters 9, 10, and 11. If you have lost, or did not receive back copies when joihing the Group, John invites you to write to him at the above addrbss. I ERRATUM: Page four (4) of Newsletter eleven, December 1980, carried an article by Elizabeth Baxter in which she scribed a method of prop- agating spore. In Item No.2, the quantity household bleach used as ,a sterilising agent, should have read TEN CENT a n d n o t ONE PER have tried this method without success. CENT a s p r i n t e d . My apologies to Elizabeth t o any member who may A revised Edition of "AUSTRALIAN FERNS AMD B&W ALLIES" by D.L... J o n e s . and S.C. Clemesha is now a v a i l a b l e . Retaiii 'g at $19.95 ,it meay Ibe purchased a t S.G.A.P. Regional Meetings for S15.00,or mailed f?r $15.00 - 1 plus postage. In this revised edition the nqmenclature of Acs'tralian Ferns has been updated to the level of accuracy existing at the time of printing. The diseribufion of species ha# been amended Zlierehec- essary, a few drawings have been modified £on greater accuracy and FORTY SEVEN NEW SPECIES OF FERNS HAVE BEEN A~DED. A disappointment for first edition owners is that the original! colour plates are.repeated. Two minor criticisms are, that illustrations are not always close to the descriptive text and that page headings, for speedy locatioh of I species, have been deleted. Australian Ferns and Fern Allies is a book most likely to stimulate a keen interesi in Nacive Ferns and a better understanding of their diverse characteristics. I 1 KARL NOSSEK OF BORONIA, VICTORIA is very plyased to report that ten ou? of thirteen varieties of native.spore obtained from the Spore Bank germinated and yielded from one to twenty plints I each, all have grown on quite well to a height of one to two inches. BRENTON NICHOLSON OF TEA TREE GULLY &.A. rebo~ts that his own attempts at spore propagation have not .been very succ~s~ful. Brenton continues, "maybe my failures would be of interest to o&her members. Some packets of spore contained large quantities of ferti e material. When sown on a five inch pot of sterilised sand and peat, f the prothalluswere very crowded and tended to die off, the whole lot! then went mouldy and fun- 1 gicides had no effect. The "TRICK" thus app,ears to be - not to sow too much spore on a given area. I also trieh adding a little osmocote to some mixes, however algae grew very quick/ly and no prothallus appeared, I suspect that sterilising with boiling released all the osmocote at once. I tried osmocote in a seed mix native plants, but this

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1 Reg ls le red for postage a s a pub l i ca t ion Category "8"

ISSUE: N O . 1 2 D A T E : I M A R C H , 1 9 8 1 .

I LEADER: - M o l l y Mur ray D1STR)IBUTION: J o h n L e e 2 5 N o w i l l S t r e e t , RYDALMERE..2116. 7 6 Thie B u l w a r k , CASTLECRAG..2068, H O N . TREASURER': Fay-e Low f 5 1 R a g l a n S t r e e t , MOSMAN . . . . 2 0 8 8 .

1 S P O R E ; R A N K : Gwen H a r d w i c k 31 N o w i l l S t r e e t , RYDALMERE.2116.

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I J o h n L e e h a s b e e n a s k e d a b o u t t h e a v a i l a b . i l i t o f e a r l i e r N e w s l e t t e r s . -

He w o u l d l i k e t o a d v i s e , t h a t h e h a s c o n d e n s e l c o p i e s o f N e w s l e t t e r s 1 t o 8 a n d s e p a r a t e c o p i e s o f N e w s l e t t e r s 9 , 1 0 , a n d 1 1 . I f y o u h a v e l o s t , o r d i d n o t r e c e i v e b a c k c o p i e s when j o i h i n g t h e G r o u p , J o h n i n v i t e s y o u t o w r i t e t o h i m a t t h e a b o v e a d d r b s s .

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ERRATUM: P a g e f o u r ( 4 ) o f N e w s l e t t e r e l e v e n , December 1 9 8 0 , c a r r i e d a n a r t i c l e b y E l i z a b e t h B a x t e r i n w h i c h s h e s c r i b e d a me thod o f p r o p - a g a t i n g s p o r e . I n I t e m No .2 , t h e q u a n t i t y h o u s e h o l d b l e a c h u s e d a s ,a s t e r i l i s i n g a g e n t , s h o u l d h a v e r e a d TEN CENT a n d n o t ONE PER

h a v e t r i e d t h i s m e t h o d w i t h o u t s u c c e s s . CENT a s p r i n t e d . My a p o l o g i e s t o E l i z a b e t h t o a n y member who may

A r e v i s e d E d i t i o n o f "AUSTRALIAN FERNS AMD B&W ALLIES" b y D.L... J o n e s . a n d S.C. C l e m e s h a i s now a v a i l a b l e . R e t a i i i 'g a t $ 1 9 . 9 5 , i t meay Ibe p u r c h a s e d a t S .G.A.P . R e g i o n a l M e e t i n g s f o r S 1 5 . 0 0 , o r m a i l e d f ? r $ 1 5 . 0 0

- 1 p l u s p o s t a g e . I n t h i s r e v i s e d e d i t i o n t h e n q m e n c l a t u r e o f A c s ' t r a l i a n F e r n s h a s b e e n u p d a t e d t o t h e l e v e l o f a c c u r a c y e x i s t i n g a t t h e t i m e o f p r i n t i n g . The d i s e r i b u f i o n o f s p e c i e s h a # b e e n amended Z l i e r e h e c - e s s a r y , a f ew d r a w i n g s h a v e b e e n m o d i f i e d £ o n g r e a t e r a c c u r a c y a n d FORTY SEVEN NEW SPECIES OF FERNS H A V E BEEN A ~ D E D . A d i s a p p o i n t m e n t f o r f i r s t e d i t i o n o w n e r s i s t h a t t h e o r i g i n a l ! c o l o u r p l a t e s a r e . r e p e a t e d . Two m i n o r c r i t i c i s m s a r e , t h a t i l l u s t r a t i o n s a r e n o t a l w a y s c l o s e t o t h e d e s c r i p t i v e t e x t a n d t h a t p a g e h e a d i n g s , f o r s p e e d y l o c a t i o h o f I s p e c i e s , h a v e b e e n d e l e t e d . A u s t r a l i a n F e r n s a n d F e r n A l l i e s i s a b o o k m o s t l i k e l y t o s t i m u l a t e a k e e n i n t e r e s i i n N a c i v e F e r n s a n d a b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e i r d i v e r s e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s .

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1 KARL NOSSEK OF B O R O N I A , VICTORIA i s v e r y p l y a s e d t o r e p o r t t h a t t e n o u ? o f t h i r t e e n v a r i e t i e s o f n a t i v e . s p o r e o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e S p o r e Bank g e r m i n a t e d a n d y i e l d e d f r o m o n e t o t w e n t y p l i n t s I e a c h , a l l h a v e g rown o n q u i t e w e l l t o a h e i g h t o f o n e t o two i n c h e s .

BRENTON NICHOLSON OF TEA TREE GULLY & . A . r e b o ~ t s t h a t h i s own a t t e m p t s a t s p o r e p r o p a g a t i o n h a v e n o t .been v e r y s u c c ~ s ~ f u l . B r e n t o n c o n t i n u e s , "maybe my f a i l u r e s w o u l d b e o f i n t e r e s t t o o & h e r members . Some p a c k e t s o f s p o r e c o n t a i n e d l a r g e q u a n t i t i e s o f f e r t i e m a t e r i a l . When sown o n a f i v e i n c h p o t o f s t e r i l i s e d s a n d a n d p e a t , f t h e p r o t h a l l u s w e r e v e r y c r o w d e d a n d t e n d e d t o d i e o f f , t h e w h o l e l o t ! t h e n w e n t mou ldy a n d f u n -

1 g i c i d e s h a d n o e f f e c t . The "TRICK" t h u s a p p , e a r s t o b e - n o t t o sow t o o much s p o r e on a g i v e n a r e a . I a l s o t r i e h a d d i n g a l i t t l e o s m o c o t e t o some m i x e s , h o w e v e r a l g a e g rew v e r y q u i c k / l y a n d n o p r o t h a l l u s a p p e a r e d , I s u s p e c t t h a t s t e r i l i s i n g w i t h b o i l i n g r e l e a s e d a l l t h e o s m o c o t e a t o n c e . I t r i e d o s m o c o t e i n a s e e d m i x n a t i v e p l a n t s , b u t t h i s

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b r o k e down q u i c k l y i n t h e h o t summer s u n a n d r e s u l t s w e r e n o t g o o d - w h a t s e e d l i n s s came u p t u r n e d b r o w n a n d q u i c k l y d i e d . I t r i e d n u t r i e n t a g a r w i t h a f e w f e r n s p e c i e s a n d w a s s u r p r i s e d t o f i n d t h a t i t d r i e d o u t r a p i d l y w i t h d i s a s t r o u s r e s u l t s f o r t h e p r o t h a l l - u s , t h i s d r y i n g w a s n u d o u b t a c c e l e r a t e d b y my y o u n g s o n , w h o , t h i n k i n g t h e y w e r e t o y s t h r e w t h e m a r o u n d t h e y a r d ! ! R e s t g e r m i n a t i o n h a s o c c u r r e d w i t h s p o r e s p a r i n g l y s o w n o n a s t e r i l i s e d m i x t u r e o f w a s h e d b r i c k - l a y e r s s a n d a n d p e a t ( a p p r o x i r r ~ a t e l y 2 : 1 ) . H o w e v e r t h e r e i s s t i l l a l o n g way t o g o b e f o r e I come up w i t h p l a n t s . A d e l a i d e s u m m e r s a r e n o t v e r y k i n d t o f e r n s , t h e w i n d s e e m s t o d o t h e m o s t d a m a g e a n d i t i s d i f f i c u l t t o k e e p t h e h u m i d i t y u p . A l a r g e n u m b e r o f s p o r e g r o w n p l a n t s a r e now a v a i l a b l e h e r e , t h e y t e n d t o b e s m a l l a n d r e l a t i v e l y t e n d e r a n d n e e d a l o t o f e n c o u r a g e m e n t t o a d j u s t t o s h a d e h o u s e c o n d i t - i o n s , f o r t u n a t e l y t h e y a r e r e a s o n a b l y c h e a p . Good s p e c i m e n s o f CYATHEA L E I C H H A R D T I A N A , C , U N N L N G H A M X I , ROBERTSIANA a n d AUSTRALTS a r e a l s o - available. I h a v e p l a n t e d i n s h a d e d p a r t s o f t h e g a r d e n ; w i t h f r e q u e n t w a t e r i n g t h e s e a r e g r o w i n g w e l l . My m o u t h w a t e r s t o s e e i n t h e N e w s l e t t e r s t h a t p e o p l e a r e g e t t i n g s e l f s o w n f e r n s i n t h e i r g a r d e n s . A l t h o u g h I h a v e h a d a f e w P T E R T S T R E M U L A g e r m i n a t e an^ g r o w w e l l i n h a n g i n g b a s k e t s , t h e d r y n e s s of A d e l a i d e ' s c l i m a t e m a k e s g e r m i n a t i o n o f s p o r e i n t h e o p e n , d i f f i c u l t . B e c a u s e o f my y o u n g s o n I d o n o t l i k e t o u s e B a y s o l s n a i l o r s l u g b a i t , w i t h t h e r e s u l t s t h a t s n a i l s a n d s l u g s b e c o m e a p r o b l e m a s t h e y l i k e t o e a t t h e c e n t r e o u t o f new f e r n s . By t h e w a y , e a r w i g s a r e o n e o f t h e m o r e u n u s u a l p e s t s , t h e y c a u s e d a m a g e t o f e r n s b y e a t i n g t h e y o u n g c r o z i e r s . "

T h e f o l l o w i n g p a r a g r a p h s u g g e s t r s a way f o r B r e n t o n t o c o n t a i n o n e o f t h e i n s e c t s t h a t d i n e on 1li.r; f e r n s . I t i s t a k e n f r o m a n a r t i c l e t i t l e d " D E A L I N G WITH PESTS" BY R O G E R E L L I O T a n d w a s p u b l i s h e d i n F e b r u a r y ' s --- - e d i t i o n o f "YOUR GARDEN" c u r Llianks t o t h e a u t h o r a n d t o t h a t m a g a z i n e .

EARWIGS: T h e s e c r e a t u r e s a r e w e l l known f o r t h e i r n o c t u r n a l . a c t i v i t i e s . Damage i s d o n e t o y o u n g g r o w t h t i p s , e s p e c i a l l y i n y o u n g p l a n t s . T h e y a l s o h a v e a h e a l t h y a p p e t i t e f o r f l o w e r s . E a r w i g s l i k e t o g a t h e r u n d e r s u i t a b l e o b j e c t s d u r i n g t h e d a y , a n d o n e e f f e c t i v e m e t h o d o f c o n t r o l i s t o p l a c e c r u m p l e d p a p e r i n t:he a r e a o f i n f e s t a t i o n , l e a v i n g i t t h e r e o v e r n i g h t . T h e n e x t m o r n i n g , t:he p a p e r c a n b e c o l l e c t e d a n d b u r n t , t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e c o n t e n t s . Tdi.me a n d n a p h t h a l e n e f l a k e s c a n h e l p t o c o n t r o l E a r w i g s , a n d a r e u s e d i n b r e e d i n g a r e a s . S t o m a c h p o i s o n s a s u s e d f o r c a t e r p i l l a r s a r e a l s o e f f e c t i v e .

PHYLL - a n d V I V BROWN OF CONDELL PARK SYDNEY w r o t e : - "We t h o u g h t m e m b e r s --- w o u l d b e i n t e r e s t e d t o know o f s o m e o f t h e n u r s e r i e s we v i s i t e d d u r i n g o u r t o u r o f V i c t o r i a a n d S o u t h A u s t r a l i a . Cn t h e f i r s t n i g h t o f o u r j o u r n e y h a v i n g t h e o w n e r s p e r m i s s i o n , we c a r - p e d o n p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y

- b y a c r e e k a t C a r b o c r , s o u t h o f W a n g a r a t t a . T h i s t7as a b e a u t i f u l a r e a c o n t a i n i n g many d i f f e r e n t f e r n s i n c l u d i n g BLECHNUF! FLUVIATILE. - - T h e h i g h l i g h t o f o u r t r i p a n d a r e a l t r e a t , w a s t o v i s i t "NORMA'S -- -FERNERY" a t C a r b o o r ; a s t h e r e w e r e s o many f e r n s t o s e e a n d b u y , we d e c i d e d t o make o u r p u r c h a s e s o n t h e r e t u r n j o u r n e y , i t w a s here that Viv bought my b i r t h d a y p r e s e n t , a l o 7 e l y b a s k e ? o f DBYNARIA RfGIbULA C.V. WHITEI. N e a r M t . G a m b i e r i n S o u t h % u s t r a l i a , a t th6 "BLUE LAKE NURSERY: w e c h o s e s o m e PTERIS f e r n s f r o m a g o o d s e l e c t i o n . A r r i v i n g i n A d e l a i d e we d i d q u i t e a b i t o f t r a v e l l i n g a n d c a n r e c o m m e n d t h e f o l l o w i n g n u r s e r i e s w h i c h a r e i n a n d a b o u t t h e C i t y : - WONDERLAND GARDEN CENTRE 39 M o u l e s R o a d , ROSTREVOR, T H E FERN HUT 2 6 P a r i n g a A v e n u e , SOMERTON, CELLAR FERNS M a i n R o a d , CLAREDlON. Some o f t h e f e r n s t h a t we b o u g h t w e r e e x o t i c s , b u t t h e m a j o r i t y w e r e n a t i v e s s u c h a s PYRROSIA D I E L S I I a n d LASTREOPSZS G R A Y I . A l t o g e t h e r we r e t u r n e d home w i t h m o r e t h a n o n e l l u n d r e d f e r n s t o a d d t o o u r c o l l e c t i o n .

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ROSE WALTERS, o u r o n l y member i n QUEANBEYAN s e n d s u s t h i s m e s s a g e . I h a v e n ' t b e e n i n t o u c h w i t h t h e Group f o r some t i m e a n d s o m e t i m e s h a v e n ' t r e c e i v e d N e w s l e t t e r s . I was b u r n t o u t o f my home l a s t y e a r 1 7 t h & 1 8 t h D c c e m b e r ( l 9 7 9 ) a n d t h e g o i n g h a s b e e n p r e t t y t o u g h , a s I am o n a p e n s i o n a n d now h a v e a n o v e r d r a f t , f t i s d i f f i c u l t t o m e e t a l l c o n t i n g e n c i e s . I h a v e r e b u i l t , b u t , my f e r n s , r h o d o d e n d r o n s , a z a l e a s a n d r o s e s w e r e a l l b u r n t a n d d e s t r o y e d by d e m o l i t i o n . I am s l o w l y b u i l d i n g up a s e c t i o n s h a d e d w i t h o l d s a r l o n c l o t h . D o e s n ' t l o o k b a d e i t h e r - a n d i s a b o o n when t h ? h e a t a n d h u m i d i t y g e t o n e down. I h a v e b u i l t up my g a r d e n a r e a s - f l o w e r b e d s , v e g . g a r d e n , e v e n o u t s i d e on t h e n a t u r e s t r i p s i d e a n d f r o n t , t o 12" on a c l a y b a s e , ( h e r i t a g e o f t h e f i r e ) a s I c o u l d n ' t g e t r i d o f i t - I w e n t t o t h e t i p a n d b r o u g h t home o l d t i m b e r t o s h e e r up s i d e s , a n d t h e n u s e d p a p e r , l u c e r n e h a y , m a n u r e , o r d i n a r y h a y , more m a n u r e w i t h b l o o d a n d b o n e i n t e r s p e r s e d , a n d am now up t o t o p d r e s s i n g w i t h s a n d a n d c o m p o s t . T h i n g s a r e g r o w i n g l i k c mad, e v e n w i t h n o r a i n t o s p e a k o f ! I u s e d t h e s i t e o f my f o r m e r a b o v e g r o u n d s w i m p o o l t o make c o m p o s t a l l t h e w i n t e r , w h i l s t t h e h o u s e was b e i n g r e b u i l t . I t p a i d o f f t o o , a s I am g e t t i n g r e s u l t s w i t h o r g a n i c v e g e t a b l e s . I w i l l g e t i n t o f e r n s l a t e r when t i m e p e r m i t s . I t i s n e c e s s a r y a t t h i s s t a g e t o g e t t h e n e c e s s i t i e s o n t h e g o . Have t o r e - d o a l l c o n c r e t e p a t h s a s I d o n ' t f a n c y s l i p p e r y c l a y f o r o u r 8 m o n t h s o f a u t u m n a n d w i n t e r . E n j o y t h e N e w s l e t t e r , l o v e d t h e b i t a b o u t J o h n B l a k e m a n "OLD TIMERS" a n d o l d A r c h i e . B e s t w i s h e s f o r t h i s , t h e New Y e a r o f 8 1 ..... R o s e W a l t e r s .

J O H N Y O U N G OF BUNDABERG.QUEENSLAND r e p o r t s t h a t o f t h i r t y - n i n e v a r i e t i e s o f s p o r e p l a n t e d o n a n d w i t h i n a f e w d a y s o f D e c e m b e r , 1 6 t h 1 9 8 0 . , t w e n t y - t w o w e r e s h o w i n g good d e v e l o p m e n t o f p r o t h a l l u s b y F e b r u a r y , 1 9 8 1 . , h e n o t e s t h a t o l d e r s p o r e ; CYATHEA DEALBATA J A N 1 7 9 , BLECHNUM WATSII a n d B . GREGSONII JUNE, '79 a n d e v e n DICKSONIA YOUNGIAE APRIL, 1 9 8 0 , . show l i t t l e p r o t h a l l u s d e v e l o p m e n t . T h i s i n f o r m a t i o n s u p p o r t s t h e g e n e r a l i d e a o f s o w i n g s p o r e a s s o o n a s p o s s i b l e a f t e r c o l l e c t i o n .

LYNN HADDOW OF BEECHWORTH VICTORIA w r i t e s t h a t s h e has s m a l l p l a n t s a n i n c h h i g h f r o m a l l s p o r e s e n t t o h e r , w i t h t h e e x c e p t - i o n o f BLECHNUM GREGSONII w h i c h f a i l e d t o b e r m i n a t e . Lynn g o e s o n , "I h a v e them i n a w a r d i a n c a s e o n a s t a h d i n my b u s h h o u s e ; b e f o r e t h e y go o u t i n t o i n d i v i d u a l p o t s . A l f e w d a y s a g o a g o a n n a a b o u t 1% f e e t l o n g , f o u n d h i s way i n a n d was w a l k i n g a r o u n d , a c r o s s t h e t o p s o f t h e p o t s c a t c h i n g i n s e c t s , I l e F t h i m a l o n e a n d h e d i d n o damage! T h e s e p a s t few m o n t h s I ' v e b e e n m a d l y g r o w i n g t r e e s , I E u c a l y p t s a n d R a i n f o r e s t t r e e s , 3 , 0 0 0 s o f a r ; I p l a n t o grow a c l o s e d f o r e s t on o u r s i x t y a c r e s i n w h i c h I w i l l t h e n f i n d p l a c e s f o r f e r n s . I 1

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A t a n i n f o r m a l m e e t i n g i n N o v e m b e r , P e t e r O l d e q u e r i e d t h e T i t l e g i v e n t o S . G . A . P . G r o u p s , h e n o t e d t h a t f e w m e m b e r s h a v e a c a d e m i c t r a i n i n g o r s u i t a b l e e q u i p m e n t w i t h w h i c h t o p u r s u e i n s p e c t i o n o f m a t e r i a l . I w a s p l e a s a n t l y r e l i e v e d t o f i n d t h a t o t h e r s w o n d e r e d a b o u t t h i s a n d m u s t c o n f e s s t h a t a t t i m e s I a m h a u n t e d b y t h e s p e c t r e o f J e a n e t t e C l o s s w a i t i n g e x p e c t a n t l y i n T a s m a n i a f o r a R e p o r t f r o m o u r g r o u p . I f o n e t a k e s a f e w o f t h e many i n t e r p r e - t a t i o n s o f t h e w o r d "STUDY" f r o m t h e d i c t i o n a r y ; s u c h as 1 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ OF T I M E AND T H O U G H T T O A C Q U I R I N G INFORMATION^^ - ' I T A K I N G PAINS TO INVESTIGATE O R ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF ( S U B J E C T ) " , a n d p a r t i c u l a r l y "SCRUTINIZE O R EARNESTLY CONTEMPLATE ( V I S I B L E OBJECTZ" - - t h e n we d o q u a l i f y a s s t u d e n t s , f o r , we v i s i t a r e a s w h e r e f e r n s g r o w , t o o b s e r v e t h e i r n e e d s . , we e x c h a n g e n o t e s o n how a n d w h e r e w e g r o w f e r n s a n d t h e i n d u s t r i o u s r e p o r t o n t h e i r v e n t u r e s i n t o s p o r e p r o p a g a t i o n . I f m e m b e r s c o n t i n u e t o s h a r e w i t h u s a n y d e t a i l s t h a t t h e y c o n s i d e r o f i n t e r e s t , I ' m s u r e t h a t we c a n c o m p i l e a r e p o r t f o r o u r S t u d y G r o u p C o o r d i n a t o r .

G r o w i n g i n t h e g r o u n d i n o n e o f my f e r n e r i e s I h a v e t h r e e BLECHNUM PATERSONII p l a n t s , t w o h a v e s i m p l e f r o n d s a n d o n e i s l o b e d . D u r i n g t w o y e a r s g r o w t h t h e p l a n t s w i t h s i m p l e f r o n d s h a v e m o r e t h a n t r i p l e d t h e i r s i z e a n d c o u l d b e d i v i d e d many t i m e s , w h e r e a s t h e p l a n t ~ 7 i t h l o b e d f r o n d s r e m a i n s o b v i o u s l y t u f t e d a n d s i n g u l a r . I s t h i s t h e u s u a l d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n t h e g r o w t h p a t t e r n ' i n t h e t w o f o r m s ?

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We r e t u r n e d t o t h e R a i n f o r e s t a r ea f o r f u r t h e r p l a n t i n g a n d w e e d i n g o n S a t u r d a y 1 4 t h M a r c h a n d we w e r e p l e a s e d t o s e e how w e l l t h e f e r n s p l a n t e d i n N o v e m b e r h a d s u r v i v e d t h e h o t s u m m e r . T h e y h a d n o t i c e a b l y m a t u r e d , b o r e n o e v i d e n c e o f i n s e c t d a m a g e a n d w e r e a g o o d h e a l t h y c o l o u r , S U C ~ a s o n e w o u l d e x p e c t t o s e e u n d e r g r e e n h o u s e c o n d i t i o n s . A l o c a l Swamp W a l l a b y h a s . t a k e n a g r e a t f e n c y t o a c l u m p o f MARSILEA D R U M M O N D I w h i c h h e r e g u l a r l y s a v o u r s , p r u n i n g t h e p l a n t q u i t e s e v e r e l y , P e t e r A l t h o f e r i s c o n s i d e r i n g w ~ y s o f c h a n g i n g t h e w a l l a b y s a d d r e s s ! W e p l a n t e d i n e x c e s s o f t h r e e h c n d r e d f e r n s , m o s t o f w h i c h w e r e a g a i n d o n a t e d b y K e i t h I n g r a m ; G e o r g e S o n t e r k i n d l y d o n a t e d a box o f D O O D I A CAUDATAS a n d M r s . L e c k i e c f F r e n c h s F o r e s t m a d e a c a s h d o n a t i o n w i t h w h i c h we b o u g h t a DICKSONIA ANTARCTICA, s e v e r a l BLECHNUMS a n d a PELLAEA FALCATA. O t h e r d c n a t i o n s i n c l u d e d s i x CYATHEA COOPER1 a n d s i x KENTIA PALMS. M o s t l y we a r e p l a n t i n g i n t o a m e a g r e a m o u n t o f l i g h t d u s t y s o i l , u s i n g p i c k s t o g e t u n d e r t h e a b u n d a n t s h a l e , w e t h e n m u l c h w i t h l e a v e s , e m p t y s e e d p o d s a n d w h a t - e v e r e l s e i s a v a i l a b l e . G a r d e n worms a r e a l r e a d y w o r k i n g i n s e c t i o n s t h u s t r e a t e d i n N o v e m b e r . To i m p r o v e t h e s o i l o v e r a maximum a r e a , w e h a v e s p r e a d f e r n s s u c h a s LUNATHYRIUM JAPONICUM i n t o s e c t i o n s f r o m w h i c h t h e y c a n b e r e m o v e d as m o r e i n t e r e s t i n g f e r n s come t o h a n d . We n e e d a q u a n t i t y o f BLECHNUMS, a n y s p e c i e s , b u t p a r t i c u l a r l y CARTILAGINEITM, WATTS11 o r I N D - I C U M t o e n h a n c e t h e e n t r a n c e t o t h e G u l l y - we a l s o n e e d PTERIS UMBROSA; e v e r y p l a n t c o u n t s i n t r y i n g t o c r e a t e a R a i n f o r e s t e n v i r o n m e n t o v e r t h i s s i z e a b l e e x p a n s e . I f y o u h a v e a f e r n t o d o n a t e p l e a s e r i n g 6 3 8 1 0 8 4 . T r a v e l l i n g m e m b e r s w o u l d b e m o s t w e l c o m e t o c a l l a t t h e A r b o r e t u m N u r s e r y w i t h p l a n t s a n d / o r s p e n d a d a y o r s o w e e d i n g e t c . o n t h e s i t e . T h e n e a r b y C a r a v a n P a r k o f f e r s e x c e l l e n t a c c o m m o d a t i o n , a n a v e r a g e o f t w o h u n d r e d ( 2 0 0 ) p e o p l e a r e s h o w n t h r o u g h t h e a r e a e a c h w e e k . I t i s e n v i s a g e d that l a t e r , s o m e o f t h e l e s s common f e r n s c a n b e i n t r o d u c e d ; DRYNARIA RIGIDULA h a s a d a p t e d w e l l , w i t h s e v e r a l p l a n t s t h r i v i n g o n r o c k s ; a s m a l l c l u m p o f BLECHNUM PENNA-MARINA i s s p r e a d i n g s l o w l y a n d o n S a t u r d a y we p l a n t e d o n e STENOCHLAENA PAESTRIS w h i c h w i l l b e w a t c h e d w i t h i n t e r e s t . A w e e k e n d b u s t r i p t o B u r r e n d o n g w i l l b e a r r a n g e d f o r t h i s s p r i n g , i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h o n e o f t h e D i s t r i c t G r o u p s , d e t a i l s w i l l b e i n o u r J u n e N e w s l e t t e r .

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A w i d e s p r e a d t r o p i c a l f e r n , w h o s e s o u t h - e a s t e r n l i m i t was t h o u g h t t o b e New G u i n e a , h a s r e c e n t l y b e e n d i s c o v e r e d i n t h e r a i n f o r e s t s o f n o r t h - e a s t e r n Q u e e n s l a n d .

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A . P e l l u c i d u r n i s a n e r e c t f e r n w i t h p i n n a t e , l a n c e o l a t e f r o n d s n o r m a l l y up t o 1 0 0 cm. l o n g ; h o w e v e r , A u s t r a l i a n m a t e r i a l i s much s m a l l e r . I t h a s a s h o r t - c r e e p i n g r h i z o m e , d e n s e l y c l o t h e d w i t h d a r k b r o w n t o b l a c k s c a l e s . The s o r i o n t h e f r o n d s a r e r e c e s s e d i n t o s m a l l c u p s , t h a t a p p e a r a s p i m p l e s o n t h e u p p e r s u r f a c e o f t h e f r o n d . T h i s s p e c i e s o c c a s i o n a l l y p r o l i f e r a t e s a t t h e t i p o f t h e f r o n d t o f o r m a new p l a n t , much t h e same a s A s p l e n i u m a t t e n u a t u m R . B r .

I f i r s t d i s c o v e r e d t h i s f e r n i n A u g u s t o f 1 9 7 6 , g r o w i n g i n t h e company o f s e v e r a l o t h e r l e s s common A s p l e n i u m s p e c i e s o f t h e n o r t h . A . a f f i n e Sw.. A . b a i l e y a n u m (Domin) W a t t s . T h e s e f e r n s , t o g e t h e r w i t h many o t h e r s w e r e g r o w i n g i n a s t e e p v a l l e y , w h e r e t h e y w o u l d n o r m a l l y r e c e i v e p l e n t y o f m o i s t u r e f r o m t h e e v e r p r e s e n t m i s t r i s i n g f r o m t h e l a r g e w a t e r f a l l s i n t h a t a r e a .

A v i s i t t o t h e s a m e s i t e , a y e a r l a t e r , r e v e a l e d t h a t many o f t h e p l a n t s h a d w i t h e r e d a n d d i e d , b e c a u s e o f a n e x t r e m e l y d r y w i n t e r . S e v e r a l p l a n t s w e r e n o t e d t o b e s t i l l a l i v e , a n d I h a v e n o d o u b t t h a t t h i s s p e c i e s w i l l n o t v a n i s h .

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