Tree-Fern Newsletter No. 15

摘要

Fourteen years ago the BPS Bulletin [1995, Vol. 4 (6): 275] reported the birth of 4 Special-Interest Groups (SIGs) within the Society. Apparently intended mainly for horticulturalists, the SIGs were for: Aquatic Pteridophytes, Filmy Ferns, Foreign Hardy Ferns, and Tree Ferns. Each SIG was set up with a convener and a small allowance for expenses, but with no particular remit as to expectations and outputs. As often happens with new ventures, the initial enthusiasms proved difficult to sustain, especially in competition with other demands on ferny time. One by one the Groups eventually folded and only the Tree-Fern SIG (TFSIG) survived into the new Millenium.