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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

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Botany

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Why Botanical Names Are Necessary, Robert Dunlop Royce Jan 1967

Why Botanical Names Are Necessary, Robert Dunlop Royce

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

BOTANISTS engaged in naming plants are ofen asked "Why can't you speak English?"

The answer becomes quite clear as the inquirers learn more and more about plants and find people calling the same plant by quite different names.


Trees Of W.A. Jarrah And Karri, C. A. Gardner Jan 1952

Trees Of W.A. Jarrah And Karri, C. A. Gardner

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3

In commencing this series, in which a large number of trees will be dealt with, first place must be given to the species of Eucalyptus which include, besides the gum-trees, the various shrubs and mallees which make up a considerable part of the woody flora of South-Western Australia.