Vol. 43, No. 1

Front cover:  Gulubia longispatha, growing in heath forest at low elevation at the foot of Mt. Jaya, Irian Jaya.  Photo by Bill J. Baker

Back cover:  Sommieria elegans in full fruit, growing in lowland forest near Timika, Irian Jaya.  Photo by John Dransfield.

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Contents for January 1999 Palms

Growing Palms in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century:  The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 1826-1915

Ian Edwards

A New Species of Balaka from Fiji

Dylan Fuller and John L. Dowe

A New Locality for Phoenix theophrasti on Crete

A. Igersheim and C. Weckerle

Occurrence of Hermaphroditism in the Male Date Palm

C. Sudhersan and M. Abo El-Nil

Death and Longevity of Palms

Carlo Morici

The Production and Use of White Leaves from Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) in Elche, Spain

Susi Bomez Vives and Michel Ferry

Saw Palmettos (Serenoa repens):  The Need for Patience and Water Uptake by the Stem

Francis E. Putz and Michelle Pinard

Distribution Update:  Sabal minor in Mexico

Douglas H. Goldman

How Many Species of Brassiophoenix?

Scott Zona and Frederick B. Essig

 

Vol. 43, No. 2

Front cover:  An unusual form of Dypsis lutescens with short, stiff leaves epitomizes the principles of good horticulture and landscaping at the Prasart Museum, Bangkok, Thailand.  Photo by Scott Zona

Back cover:  A sight to warm the heart of any palm propagator:   flats of newly germinated seeds.  Photo by Bill Langer

Contents for April 1999 Palms
The Special Horticultural Issue

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A Practical Guide to Germinating Palm Seeds 

Jeff Marcus and Ken Banks

Propagation by Division

Lynn McKamey

Basics of Container Culture

Phil Bergman

Indoor Palm Culture

Lynn McKamey

Greenhouse Culture

Phil Bergman

Landscaping with Palms:  Destroying Paradigms

David McLean

Nutrition and Fertilization of Palms

Timothy K. Broschat

Transplanting Large Palms

Ken Pfalzgraf

Palms in the Tropics

M.D. Ferrero

Palms in Mediterranean Climates

Jacques Deleuze

Palms in Subtropical Climates

Katherine Maidman

Palms in Temperate Climates

Martin Gibbons and Tobias W. Spanner

Palms in the Landscape:  Culture Basics

Phil Bergman

Pruning Palms

Donald R. Hodel

 

Vol. 43, No. 3

Front cover:  The biggest and oldest Copernicia baileyana in Cruce de La Delgada.  Other palms are Sabal domingensis.  Photo by Carlo Morici.  

Back cover:  Geonoma leptospadix in the Brazilian Amazon.  Photo by Andrew Henderson.

Contents for July 1999 Palms

The Palms of Belize: Species Richness and a Key Based on Vegetative Characters

Steven W. Brewer

Bill Manley: In Appreciation of a Palm Pioneer

Tom McClendon

Bentinckia nicobarica: An Edemic Endangered Palm of the Nicobar Islands

P.V. Sree Kumar and Tarun Coomar

Products Derived from Palms at the Puerto Ayacucho Markets in Amazonas State, Venezuela

A. Narváez and F. Stauffer

Brazoria Hybrid palm Update

Landon Lockett

The Historical Introduction of Copernicia baileyana from Cuba to Hispaniola

Carlo Morici, Leonel A. Mera and Manual C. Ruano

Fire Resistance in a Queensland Livistona

Mark Wusche

The Conservation of Satranala decussilvae in the Ianobe Valley, Masoala National Park, Madagascar

Hantanirana Ravololonanahary

Notes on the Palms of Mayotte, Comoro Islands, Indian Ocean

Nicole Ludwig

Vol. 43, No. 4

Front cover:  Hyphaene coriacea at the Montgomery Botanical Center.  Photo by John Dransfield.

Back cover:  Arrangement by Mayna Hutchinson at the Montgomery Botanical Center. 

Contents for October 1999 Palms

Flowering and Fruiting Phenology in Certain Palms

M.H. Chapin

The Small Palm (Allagoptera campestris) in Misiones, Argentina

Sandra E. Chediack

Seed Anomalies in a Butia x Syagrus Hybrid

Daniel P. Sekella and Richard J. Smith

Control of Royal Palm Bug, Xylastodoris luteolus (Hemiptera:   Thaumastocoridae), with Imidacloprid:  A Refinement in the Method

F.W. Howard and Alan Stopek

Where There Is No Beer:  Arenga pinnata and Sagueir in Sulawesi, Indonesia

Stephen F. Siebert

Venture to Vanua Balavu:  Collecting Pritchardia thurstonii in its Native Habitat

Dylan Fuller and Emma C. Jones

Coccothrinax munizii

Carlo Morici

Satakentia Revisited

Jean-Christophe Pintaud and Hiroaki Steoguchi