The Long Tradition. The Botanical Exploration of the British Isles. A conference held on 12th-14th September 1986 in Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh. 1986. (Bot.Society of the British Isles, Conference Report, No. 20, published in The Scottish Naturalist, 98th Year, 1986). 189 p. 4to. Paper bd.

Contents: Preface, Mr. Henry J.Noltie/ Conference Programme/ WilliamTurner of Morpeth, Northumberland (1508-1568), Mr. George T.L.Chapman/Thomas Johnson's Iter Plantarum Investigationis ... In Agrum Cantianum,Mr. Frank H.Brightman/ John Ray's Natural History Travels in Britain,Professor William T.Stearn/ Lightfoot and the Exploration of theScottish Flora, Mr. A.A.Slack/ Oxfordshire Botanists and the Discoveryof the British Flora, Dr. S.R.J.Woodell/ George Don, 1764-1814, Mr. J.Grant Roger/ Welsh Botanists of the 16th and 17th Centuries, Mr. R.G.Ellis/ The Hey-Day of Irish Botany, 1866-1919, Professor D.A.Webb/ TheLizard Flora: A History of Discovery, Mr. A.J.Byfield/ The Discovery ofthe Lakeland Flora, Dr. G.Halliday/ Francis Buchanan White (1842-1894)and Scottish Botany, Mr. Michael A.Taylor/ The Discoveries of Druce,Mr. D.E.Allen/ Notices and Announcements, The Botanists.