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NEWSLETTER

The society produces a quarterly Newsletter which is sent to all members. A useful way of keeping members in touch with each other, it includes news of forthcoming events, articles on plants, gardens and garden history, requests for information, notes on books and plants.

MOOREA

The society’s journal, Moorea, was first published in 1982 and is sent to every member during its year of publication. It contains papers on the history of Irish gardens and garden plants, on gardening in Ireland, botanical notes and book reviews. Some back issues (listed below) are available for purchase. Contact the Society for details.

NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

ISSUES 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 - ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

ISSUE 3

Contents coming soon

ISSUE 7

Contents:
An Appreciation of Molly Sanderson by David Shackleton, Ilex x altaclerensis ‘Lady Valerie’ or ‘Ripley Gold’ - An Enigma by Susyn Andrews, A List of Gardens and Parks of International and National Significance in the Republic of Ireland (January 1988) by P T P Bowe and E C Nelson, Botanic Gardens and Glasshouses at Queen’s College, Cork by John P Cullinane, Daisy Bushes (Olearia) in south-western Cork and the frosts of January 1987 by George Carey Foster, Breeding Guernsey Lilies by Doris Findlater, Doris Findlater (1895 - 1981) - A Short Biography by Sheila Findlater, A Holiday in North Yemen by K M Friel, The Propagation of Endangered Plants in Mauritius by P S Wyse Jackson, W Strahm, Q C B Cronk and J A N Parnell, A Note on the Propagation of Tilia Species by J G D Lamb and F J Nutty, Ephemera from an Irish Garden - Roses at Birr in 1878 by E C Nelson. Book Reviews

ISSUE 8

Contents:
Nickars! Or, The Art of Growing Long-Distance Flotsam by E C Nelson, D Lidstone, A Hathway, D McNally and J M B Smith, Moira Reid of Moyclare by E W M Magor, Gleanings from Cornwall - Some Letters from Moyclare to Glasnevin by M Reid, Daphnes in an Irish Context by J G D Lamb, Murray Hornibrook (fl. 1905 - 1942): The Father of Dwarf Conifers by D McNally, An Eighteenth Century View of Stradbally Hall and Its Environs by M Forrest, Julius Wilhelm Keit, A German Horticulturist at the Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin by E M McCracken and E C Nelson. Notes on Irish Cultivars with some New Names by E C Nelson, Eileen May McCracken (1920 - 1988) - Obituary by E C Nelson. Book Reviews

ISSUE 9

Contents:
Richard Turner: An Introductory Portrait by E C Nelson, The Curvilinear Range at the National Botanic Gardens by E J Diestelkamp, Kilmacurragh by C Acton, The Garden Plants of Ireland in the Centuries before 1700 by E C Nelson Book Reviews

ISSUE 11

Contents:
Opinion: The Idea of a Botanic Garden by David Jeffrey, The Greens of Dublin by Michael Cregan, Improvements to St Stephen’s Green, 1709 – 1713 by Ciaran Parker, The Cycad Collections in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin by E. C. Nelson, A Short Guide to Oaks by Daniel L. Kelly, The Foundation of the Cultivated Plant Collection in the Ulster Museum Herbarium by C. R. Tyrie Book Review

ISSUE 12

Contents:
The Hidden Treasures in Irish Gardens by Finola Reid, Butterstream by Jim Reynolds, Seaforde Estate by Patrick Forde, Mount Stewart Gardens by Nigel Marshall, Castlewellan National Arboretum by Sam Harrison, Aspects of Rowallane Garden by Mike Snowden, Belfast Botanic Gardens Park by Reg Maxwell, National Collections to Date by Graham Pattison, The Ulster Museum Botanical Collections by Paul Hackney, Plant & Garden Heritage in the North of Ireland by Belinda Jupp.
Book Review

ISSUE 13

Contents:
County Wicklow – its Gardens and Demesnes by Mary Forrest and John Ducie, Plant Collections – the Way Forward by Stephen Butler, The Hardiness of the genus Olearia at the Talbot Botanic Gardens, Malahide Castle by Anne James, Autumn in Yunnan – an Expedition to South-West China by Seamus O’Brien, Orchids for Glasnevin from Belize by Brendan Sayers, ‘For Flakes and Picotees’ by Keith Lamb, An Urban Georgian Garden by Mary Bryan, Walled Gardens in Ireland – A Report on the Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Committee Conference by Eleanor Shaw.

A Heritage of Beauty – The Garden Plants of Ireland – An Illustrated Encyclopaedia by Dr. E. Charles Nelson.

Published by The Irish Garden Plant Society.
ISBN 0-9515890-1-6

While Dr Charles Nelson, one of the society’s founding members, worked in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin (1976 – 1995) he recorded particulars of every garden plant that was raised in Ireland or which, by various means, was associated with Irish gardeners or gardens. This unique encyclopaedia is the culmination of that work. A Heritage of Beauty records around 3,500 cultivars beginning with the Irish Yew and including such familiar and more recent plants such as Viola ‘Molly Sanderson’ and Omphalodes ‘Starry Eyes’, it contains the names of about 1000 daffodils and more than 800 roses.

Available direct from the IGPS, (€30.00 plus p+p), please contact the society for further details.

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