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Our Library

We have a wonderful Library Resource
 available during the monthly meetings.


We try to acquire recent publications.  Our Librarian would welcome any suggestions from members for the purchase of recent books that they have found valuable.   Please see the librarian at one of our meetings.

 


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Australian Plants Society Library Catalogue 2009

Australian Native Trees

  • Australian Rainforest Trees/ W.D.Francis. Australian. Gov.. Publishing. Service 1981,’85.
  • Australian Trees – a guide to their care and cure/ P. Hadlington & J.A. Johnson. c. 1977,’79,’83.
  • Common Insect Pests of Trees/ P. Hadlington. Govt. Printer NSW.1970
  • Eucalypts/ Stan Kelly.  Text, Chippendale & Johnston c.1969, 1983. Vol.1, 1969, 1983, & Vol.2. 1978, 1983
  • Eucalyptus Buds & Fruits. Ed. G. M. Chippendale
  • Field Guide to Eucalypts/ Brooker & Kleinig. C. Vol. 1983, reprint, 1993.
  • Forest Trees of Australia. / D. L Boland et al. 1975
  • Palms in Australia. ( some introduced ) / David Jones. 1984.
  • Rainforest Trees & Shrubs: a field guide to their identification/ G.Harden, B. Mcdonald, J.Williams, c.2006

Australian Native Plants

  • A Field Guide to Melaleucas. Vol. 2
  • A Field Guide to Native Pea Flowers of Victoria & Southern Australia./ Dorothy Woolcock. 1997
  • A Guide to the Commoner Species of Grasses of Sydney. / Van Klaphake, 2003
  • A New Image for West Australian Plants./ George Lullfitz. 2004 T
  • Acacias of Australia./M.H.Simmons. Vol.1, 1981, Vol. 2, 1987
  • Acacias of NSW./ Inez Armitage.c.1977
  • Association between Insects & Plants./ c.T.R. New. /c. 1943
  • Australian Brachycomes./ Australian Daisy Study Group.c.1995
  • Australian Ferns & Allies. / D.L. Jones & S.C. Clements. 1973
  • Australian Ferns: growing them successfully./Calder & Chaffey.c.1999
  • Australian Mushrooms & Toadstools: how to identify them./ A.E. Wood. c. 1980, reprinted 1983
  • Australian Native Indoor Gardening Made Easy.c.1987
  • Australian Native Orchids in Colour./L.Cody &E.R. Rotherham c.1970, 1985.
  • Australian Native Plants/ A.M.Blomberry.c1967 
  • Australian Plants for Year Round Colour./Angus stuart.c.2002
  • Australian Prehistoric Plants./ Mary E.White./c.1984
  • Australian Rainforest plants. / Nan & Hugh Nicholson. Vols. 2 – 5, 1988, 1991, 1994, 2001.
  • Banksia Atlas./ A. Taylor & S. Hopper. Australian Flora & Fauna Series, No.8. 1988
  • Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas./ Wrigley & Fagg.c.1989.
  • Bottlebrushes, Paperbarks & Tea Trees/ Wrigley & Fagg.c.1983
  • Cultivation of Australian Native Orchids./Ausn.Native Orchid Society, Victorian Group.  1984
  • Edna Walling: on the trail of Australian Wildflowers.c.1984
  • Extinct & Endangered Plants of Australia./ J.Leigh, R.Boden, J. Briggs.c.1984
  • Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia. / A. M. Young. 2008
  • Flora of the Sydney Region/ Beadle, Evans, & Carolin. 1963,’72
  • Flowering Natives for Home Gardens. / Denise Greig. 1987
  • Grow What Where Small Plant. Australian Plants Study Group  1980 1983
  • Grow What Where..Australian Plants Study Group.1987
  • Hawkesbury Sandstone Flora./R.Vale Lane. 3 copies
  • Native Australian Plants./ K. Johnson & M. Burchett. 1996
  • Native Grasses for Australian Gardens./ N. Parry, & J. Jones. c. 2007
  • Native Orchids of Australia. / David L. Jones. 1986
  • Native Plants of Sydney/ Les Robinson./ c.2007
  • Native Plants of the Sydney District. / Alan Fairley & Phillip Moore. 1989
  • Native Plants of the Sydney Region. / M. Baker, R. Corrington & J. Dark. 1986
  • Ornamental Rainforest plants in Australia. / David L. Jones. 1986
  • Pests, Diseases, & Ailments of Australian Plants./ D. Jones, R. Elliott. 1986
  • Proteaceae of the Sydney Region. / Alec Blomberry & Betty Maloney. 1992
  • Rainforest Plants of Eastern Australia. / Steve & Alison pearson. 1992
  • Rockery Plants. / J. Wrigley & M. Fagg. 1990
  • The Banksia Book. / Alex George, 1939
  • The Grevillea Book, Vols. 1, 2, 3./ Peter Olde & N. Marriott. 1994,’95.
  • Trigger Plants. / D. Darnowski. 2003
  • Western Australian Flora./ Grazyna Paezkowska & Alex Chapman. 2000
  • Landscaping & Propagation
  • Australian Native Gardening  - made easy./ Dick Chadwick. c. 1985
  • Bird Attracting Plants./ Wrigley & Fagg. c. 1990
  • Birdscaping Your Garden./ G.M.Adams. c.1980, reprinted 1984
  • Collection, Preparation, & Preservation of Plant Specimens. / Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. National Herbarium NSW. c. 1992
  • Colour Your Garden with Australian Plants : compendium./ G. & B. Rigby. 2005
  • Gardening Down Under. / Kevin Hundreck. 1993
  • Gardening on the Wild side. / Angus Stewart. 1995
  • Let’s Propagate!: a plant propagation manual for Australia./ Angus Stewart./ 1999
  • Longstem Native Tubestock: the alternative to willows./ Bill Hicks, CD, Duration 43 minutes.
  • Successfully Growing Australian Plants./ Geoff & Bev. Rigby. 2005
  • The Native Garden Doctor. / P. Hadlington & T. Taylor. 1992
  • The New Native Garden. / Paul Urquhart. 1999

 Indigenous 

  • Aboriginal People & their Plants./ P.Clarke. c. 2007
  • Bush Tucker: Australia’s wildfood harvest./ Tim Low. c.1989
  • Bushfood Handbook./ Vic Cherikoff. c. 1989, reprinted 1997
  • Bush Medicine: a pharmacopoeia of natural remedies./ Tim Low. c. 1990
  • Useful Wild Plants in Australia. / A.B.& J.W. Cribb./ c.1982
  • Indigenous. / Don Burke. 2004
  • Bush Regeneration
  • Bush Regeneration : recovering Australian landscapes./ R.A. Buchanan. / c. TAFE, NSW  1989.    2 copies
  • Native Plant or Weed. / Ann Loughran. c. 2006
  • Attack of the Killer Weeds. / DLWC  Coastcare. Rev. ed. 1998
  • Winning the War on Weeds./ Mark Wolff. 1999

Botany

  • The Language of Botany
  • How to Identify Plants
  • The Reproductive Ecology & Rarity of Prostranthera sp.
  • ‘Somersby’. / D.Tierney. 1994
  • Seed Collection of  Australian Plants. / Murray Ralph. 1993

 Miscellaneous 

  • After the Greening. / Mary E. White.
  • APS.  The Story of the Central Coast Coast Group. / Compiled by A. Hodge.  2005
  • City of Gosford Bushwalking. / S. W. Pulsford
  • Feral Future. / Tim Low. 1999
  • Mum & Me’: Koalas close – up and personal. / Bill Hicks. CD. 25 minutes.
  • Pearl BeachLegacy. / Joan Webb. 1994
  • Taken for granted. / Doug Benson & Jocelyn Howell. 1990
  • The Greening of Gondwana. / Mary E. White. 1994

Encyclopaedias

  • *  Flora of NSW/ed. Gwen Harden. C. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust.
        Identification  - Cumulatively Indexed
  • Vol. 1,        1990
  • Vol. 2,        1991
  • Vol. 3,        1992
  • Vol. 4,        1993

 

*  Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants/W.R. Elliot & D.L. Jones.

  • Alphabetically Arranged:
  • Vol. 1. 1980                 A - C
  • Vol. 2. 1982                 C - E
  • Vol. 3. 1984                 Eu – G
  • Vol. 4. 1986                 G - J
  • Vol. 5. 1990                 K - M
  • Vol. 6. 1993                 N - P
  • Vol. 7. 1997                 Q

 

 

Record of Donations  to the Library

  • Anne M. recently donated to our Library a copy of the 1st and 2nd edition of the books on grasses that were the subject of her Book of the Month in September.

  • Bruce W. donated a copy of "Growing Australian Native Plants from Seed" and "Seed Collection of Australian Native Plants". Many thanks to these two members.

  • Harry S. donated "Pearl Beach Legacy"  a biography by Joan Webb of the remarkable Minard Crommelin whose life work is recognised in the naming of the Crommelin Native Arboretum at Pearl Beach.

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  • A CD of approximately 190 plant photographs taken since 1969 has been donated to the Group by Andrew S. Many thanks to Andrew for this valuable piece of local history.

Donated by Lorna were the following books;

  • Propagating Australian Plants by Alec M. Blombery and Betty Maloney

  • Australian Ferns by Calder H. Chaffey

  • A Gardeners Guide to Eucalypts by Ivan Holiday & Geoffrey Watton

  • The series of Rain Forest Plants by Nan & Hugh Nicholson

  • Collection, Preparation, Preservation of a New Image W.A. Plants

Donated by Alan H. were the following;

  • Wildflowers of Western Australia by C.A.Gardner

  • Australian Plants - Vol. 6 Dec. 70 - Sep.72

  • Vol. 7 Dec. 72 - Sep. 74

  • Vol. 10-11 Dec. 78 - Sep. 82

Donated by Ann M.

  • Australian Garden History (including history of Plant Society)

  • Australian Rainforest Plants Vol. 1,2,3, & 4

  • Growing Australian Tropical Plants: Donated by Lorna

Donated by Gini, ( Librarian )

A book cataloguing every plant that grows in Western Australia that was given to every person attending the ASGAP Conference in Perth recently.

2007 Donations

Don Bourke’s ‘Indigenous’ is a new acquisition to our Group library.  ‘Indigenous’ is the story of Don Bourke’s passion for his native garden and how it was created.

This book has been purchased in memory of long time member Anka Aaso who passed away in June 2005 after a short battle with cancer.

Thank you to Warren B. for his donation to our library of Barry Kemp’s publication ‘Wildflowers of the North Coast of New South Wales’.   This book covers plants in the area from around Swansea right up to Tweed Heads in the north.

April 2008

Many thanks to Bev R. (friend of Anne S.) for her donation of the bound complete volumes    1-13 of Australian Plants.   These will be made available for members to borrow from the library.