Editorial

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ASBS Inc Business

• Hansjorg Eichler Research Fund Applications .................... 2

ABRS Report

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ABLO Report

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Articles

• Notes on generic concepts in Rhodomyrtus, Archirhodomyrtus, Decaspermum and Pilidiostigma (Myrtaceae) .................... 5

• CHAH Technicians Workshop .................... 8

• George Bentham finally decides to become a botanist .................... 9

Reviews

• Walker in the Wilderness .................... 9

• Regardfully Yours: Life and Letters of Ferdinand von Mueller Vol 1 .................... 10

• Flora of Australia Vol 48 .................... 11

• Do not yield to despair .................... 13

• Brilliant Careers .................... 13

• Malesian Seed Plants Vol 2: Portraits of tree families .................... 13

Forthcoming Meetings

• Dampier 300 .................... 15

• III Southern Connection Congress .................... 16

Fellowships

• Postdoctoral and short-term fellowships to Japan .................... 18

• Scientific exchanges to Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan .................... 19

• Scientific visits to Europe .................... 20

• Scientific visits to the United States of America, Canada and Mexico .................... 21

• Year 2000 French Government Scientific Fellowships .................... 22

News from FASTS

• FASTS circular for March .................... 23

• FASTS welcomes chief scientist .................... 25

• Scientists behaving commercially .................... 25

• Science awareness: Why is it so? .................... 25