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Recently, a new book was published, documenting the historical collection of fruit models in the Museum of Economic Botany, Adelaide Botanic Gardens. The Museum holds one of the most complete collection of apples, pears and stone-fruit (plums and apricots) manufactured by Heinrich Arnoldi & Co. in Germany.

Kanellos, T. (2013). Imitation of life — a visual catalogue of the 19th century fruit models in the Santos Museum of Economic Botany in the Adelaide Botanic Garden: a collection of papier mâché models made by Heinrich Arnoldi & Co. Gotha, Germany (1856–1899). (Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium: Adelaide).

All 360 painted papier mâché fruit models are depicted in beautiful full page photographs by Paul Atkins. The accompanying text by Tony Kanellos, Cultural Collections Manager and Curator of the Museum, describes the history of the collection and of its manufacturer.

The book is available from the reception at the Goodman Building, Hackney Road (phone 08 8222 9311 for mail orders), from the Diggers Garden Shop in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, and selected booksellers. Retail price $69.

Update: Imitation of Life won The Museums Australia Multimedia and Publication Design Award for 2014.

Today, 21 Nov. 2013, the last two articles of this year’s volume of the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens were published online.

Calandrinia mirabilis

David Eric Symon (1920-2011)
by R.M. Barker
reviews the taxonomic work of this well known botanist and former Hon. Associate of the State Herbarium of South Australia, incl. a complete list of his publications and an overview of his plant collections.

Calandrinia mirabilis (Portulacaceae), a spectacular new species from Western Australia with notes on its ecology, seed germination and horticultural potential
by J.G. West & R.J. Chinnock
describes a fascinating new species from arid Western Australia; the article also includes a full-page colour plate by Gilbert Dashorst.

To access content of all volumes of the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens since 1976, please visit the journal web-site at flora.sa.gov.au/jabg.

Algae revealed are a series of illustrated fact-sheets on the algal flora of the southern Australian coast. These fact-sheets are created by Bob Baldock, Hon. Associate of the State Herbarium, and contain colour photographs of whole plants and magnified views of important parts and easy-to-use identification keys.

This week, 25 new fact sheets were made available online, as well as 35 updated versions of existing fact-sheet. They can be accessed at flora.sa.gov.au/algae_revealed/index.shtml or through the Census of South Australian plants, algae and fungi (flora.sa.gov.au/census.shtml), by clicking on the MORE button.

Ulva rigida

Some years ago, the content of all six volumes of Prof. H.B.S. Womersley’s Marine benthic flora of southern Australia (1984-1998), text and illustrations, have been converted to fact-sheets, which are also available through the Census. Scans of the original books can be downloaded from our publications web-page.

Adonis microcarpa

Updated versions of three chapters of the new, 5th edition of Flora of South Australia were published today, 31 Oct. 2013.  They include additional species, up-dated synonymy and distribution information and new images.

Berberidaceae (version 2) (754 KB)
by J. Kellermann

Loganiaceae (version 2) (1.29 MB)
by B.J. Conn

Ranunculaceae (version 2) (2.68 MB)
by H. Eichler, J. Jeanes & N.G. Walsh

Previous versions of Flora treatments are still available from our Superseded treatments page. The general link to the 5th edition of Flora of South Australia is flora.sa.gov.au/ed5.