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ASBS Inc Business

• 1998 Subscriptions .................... 2

• Hansjorg Eichler Reserch Fund, 1997 Awards .................... 3

• Minutes of the 19th General Meeting .................... 4

• Newsletter Report .................... 7

• Society seeks Approved Research Institute Status ................. 8

• Honorary Life Membership .................... 10

• Treasurer's Report .................... 11

• Financial Statement .................... 15

Conferences

• Systematics. Advancing knowledge and conservation of Australia's biodiversity - Peter Linder .................... 19

• Fourth International Legume Conference .................... 21

Articles

• Alfred J. Ewart and "The Flora of the Northern Territory" - P.S. Short .................... 22

• A method for wet preservation of plant specimens - J.R. Clarkson .................... 28

Australian Biological Resources Study

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International Association for Plant Taxonomy

• Registration of Plant Names .................... 36

News from FASTS

• September circular .................... 39

• Media coverage for conferences - T. Gascgoine .................... 42

Obituary

• Brian John Grieve .................... 44

Plant Notes

• Russian type specimens of Kangaroo Apples (Solanum sect. Archaesolanum - D. Symon .................... 47

Plant Quarantine

• Movement of botanical specimens in North Queensland Quarantine areas - B. Cantrell .................... 48

Book Reviews

• Pre-European Vegatation of Adelaide: A Survey from the Gawler River to Hallett Cove - M. Crisp .................... 50

• Principals and Techniques of Contemporary Taxonomy - D. Morrison .................... 53

Stop Press

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