November 1962
First newsletter set out as a magazine - 12 pages in half Foolscap. Called "West Australian Wildflower Growers Society (Inc) Newsletter" Price 6 pence.
February 1963 .
Name changed to "West Australian Wildflower Society Newsletter"
May 1963
Name Changed to "W.A. Wildflower News"
April 1960
Our first "news letter"was called a "Progress Report and Newsletter to our Members". It comprised 7 typed sheets each about 16 cm by 18 cm. A fragment is opposite.
Our quarterly newsletter has for many years been an important means of communication between members. Here we trace its evolution.
From November 1962
August 1964
Size reduced to 12.5 by 18 cm.
First issue with a volume number.
Beginning of the tradition of representing a plant on the front page
From Vol 16 number 2.
May 1978.The first "modern" newsletter with text composed on a computer and printed with a multi-pin printer. The current A5 size was introduced with this issue.
August 1981 "Newsletter" added to title
February 1988.Changed to an inkjet or a laser printer for better fonts.
August 1990. Sequence of words in title changed to "Wildflower Society of Western Australia Newsletter".
An excerpt from the February 2008 Newsletter to illustrate current format.
August 1976
Return to larger size - about 1/2 foolscap.
Name changed to "Western Australian Wildflower Society"
When you go to a florist's shop, you will usually see bunches of juvenile eucalyptus leaves. These are sold as "fillers", material to fill spaces between the "real" flowers. It occurs to me that some species have juvenile leaves that are distinctly heart shaped. I think
that some of these could be developed and used as a romantic component of flower bunches, suitable for those special occasions. According to "Euclid", 57 species have juvenile leaves that are recorded as "notched" at the tip. Only a few of these could be regarded as heart shaped. One of them is Eucalyptus decipiens. The form which is reasonably common in the Perth area has distinctly heart-shaped juvenile leaves as can be seen from the picture. It likes to grow on the calcareous dunes where it grows into a small tree looking a little like a Jarrah. Perhaps that is the origin of its specific name, meaning "deceiving". Both the seedlings and regrowth after injury have attractive, grey-green, heart-shaped leaves.
I imagine that if the trees were planted, and kept juvenile by repeated cutting it should be possible to produce large quantities of "loving leaves".
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