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Contents 1994 - 2007
Issues no. 1-28 (page numbers in brackets)

Autumn newsletter Downderry Nursery (37-39). International Conference Update (26-31)
May 1994 number 1
ANDREWS S. Lavenders in Cultivation (1-3)
ANDREWS S. Lavandula Hybrids (4)
ANDREWS S. Species of Lavender not in General Cultivation (5)
ANDREWS S. Cultivars of Lavandula angustifolia (6-8)
ANDREWS S. Cultivars of Lavandula x intermedia (9-10)

November 1994 number 2
UPSON T. & JURY S. New Research on Lavender (2-6)
ANDREWS S. Lavandula x heterophylla and L. x allardii (8-14)
  Notes & Queries (15-16)
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May 1995 number 3
McNAUGHTON V. When is a Lavender the Lavender? (2-5)
McNAUGHTON V. Some New Zealand Cultivars for the Enthusiast (6-10)
SPENCER R. Notes on Lavender in Australia (11-14)
UPSON T. & JURY S. In Search of Moroccan Lavenders (15-22)
  Notes & Queries (23-26)

November 1995 number 4
UPSON T. & JURY S. Why is Lavandin Sterile? (2-4)
TUCKER A. Notes from Delaware (5-6)
CHARLESWORTH S. Propagation at Downderry (7-10)
ANDREWS S. Labelling Lavenders - a confusing story (14-22)
  Notes & Queries (23)
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May 1996 number 5
PRICE L. Essential Oils from Lavenders and Lavandins (2-14)
UPSON T. & JURY S. Notes on the Canary Island Lavenders (15-19)
MELLISH N. A Well-heeled Story - Lavender Propagation (20-21)
TUSTIN M. Handy Hints for Successful Growing (22-23)
HEAD J. Lavandula x allardii Hy (24-27)
  Notes & Queries (28)

November 1996 number 6
HEAD J. Labels for Lavenders (2-7)
  List of Current Subscribers (8-13)
  Notes & Queries (14-16)
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May 1997 number 7
HOLMES R. Conference Report: The Essentials of Lavender (2-3)
HOLMES R. Yuulong Lavender Estate (4-6)
MADILL G. Lavender Blues (7-10)
HEAD J. Lavenders Down Under (12-13)

November 1997 number 8
HEAD J. Lavender Study Day (3-6)
McNAUGHTON V. Plant Portrait: Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ (7-8)
HEAD J. Rubbish Tip Site (9-12)
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May 1998 number 9
CRITCHLOW J. High Altitude Lavender Growing (3-5)
MOORE C. Lavender on the Windowsill (6-7)
YATES C. Lavandula pinnata - the real McCoy (8-10)
RAMSAMY K. Lavenders at Downview Prison (11-12)
BORLAND M. For the Love of Lavender (13-14)
  Notes & Queries (15-17)

November 1998 number 10
DORDI B. Collecting Lavenders (2-3)
McNAUGHTON V. Cultivar Naming Confusion (4-7)
PULLINGER G. Gardening with Lavender (10-12)
SVOBODA K.P. et al Lavender and Lavandin in France (13-15)
WILDBUR P. Aromatic Thermals (16)
HOTTINGER J. Lavender Trust (17-18)
BRETTON L. Letter from New Zealand
  Notes & Queries (20-22)
  List of Current Subscribers
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May 1999 number 11
WATT A. Lavender in Japan (1-5)
EVANS S. Cheshire Blue Lavender (8-9)
HEAD J. International Registration of Lavenders (10-11)
SPENCER J. Letter from a Reader
  News from the Nurseries (14)
McNAUGHTON V. Dark-flowered Beauties (15-19)
HEAD J. The Genus Lavandula (21-23)
  Notes & Queries (27)

November 1999 number 12
HEAD J. Where Do Lavenders Come From? (2-5)
(with map of world distribution of wild lavender)
  Notes & Queries (6-9)
UPSON T. Lavenders in Grazing Outrage (10-12)
PRICE J. Letter from Pretoria (13)
VAN HEVELINGEN A. Lavenders for all Seasons (14-20)
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May 2000 number 13
SMITH M. Rosemary Beetles: something new in your garden? (4-5)
MACGREGOR J. 'Fred Boutin' and 'Otto Quast' (8-9)
SCHOFIELD J. Lavenders in my Life (10-12)
McNAUGHTON V. Pinks I have known (13-16)
COX F. The Mediterranean Garden Society (17-18)
MURRAY R. Recommended Companion Plants for Lavender (19-20)

November 2000 number 14
McNAUGHTON V. Synonyms for Oil Plants (3-6)
JURY S. Why is Lavender such a Good Mediterranean Genus? (8-13)
LYMAN-DIXON A. Did the Tudors invent Lavender? Part 1 (14-17)
OLIVER H. Who will buy my Mitcham Lavender? (18-21)
  Notes & Queries (22-23)

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May 2001 number 15
SADLER J. Tender Lavenders (9-10)
TUCKER A.O. Standards for Lavender, Lavandin and Spike:commercial oils and cultivars (11-14)
LYTLE T. Plant Protection in the United States (15-17)
New Cultivars (18)
ILLINGWORTH J. Lavender Co-operative in Australia (19-21)
CAVANAGH H. Lavender: the essential oil? (22-29)
MACGREGOR J.C. More Lavenders from California (30-33)
LYMAN-DIXON A. Did the Tudors Invent Lavender? Part 2 (34-38)
ROBINS S. Pond Algae: an organic solution (39-40)
Notes & Queries (41-44)

November 2001 number 16
  Conference Abstracts: All About Lavender - 6th annual TALGA conference with Charles Sturt University (3-13)
VAN HEVELINGEN A. Lavender Frenzy (14-15)
  Book Reviews (16-19)
LYMAN-DIXON A. Did the Tudors Invent Lavender? Part 3 (20-24)
DE BRUYN E. Lavender News from South Africa (25)

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May 2002 number 17
WARRIOR P. Trent Valley Lavender (3-4)
VAN HEVELINGEN A. Snapshot of Lavender from Oregon (7-8)
  Lavender News (9-12)
HEAD J. Lavender Hunting in the Western Canaries (13-24)
MCFADDEN A. Growing Lavender in Canada (25-26)
BAUDINETTE D. Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Tour (27-36)

November 2002 number 18
UPSON T. & JURY S. Moroccan Lavenders (3-9)
  This and that ... (10-11)
HEAD J. Lavandula lanata (11)
  Flashy Lavender (12)
SHAW J. An Indian Lavender Story (13-16)
VERZA BALLESIO P. To Each His Own (17-20)
GEE S. The Lavender Pot (21-22)
  Notes & Queries (23-27)

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May 2003 number 19
BRATBY P. Plant health CerHification (3-6)
  Day Out (7)
  Conference News (8)
CAVANAGH H. & Biological Activities of Lavender Essential Oil
WILKINSON J. Part I (9-17)
  Book Reviews (18-20)
  Snippets (21-27)

November 2003 number 20
URWIN N. DNA Fingerprinting of Lavenders(3-8)
ELFFERS C. Lavender in South Africa (9-10)
BRINK D. & BRINK L. Kandahar - Experimenting with Lavender (11-14)
LYMAN-DIXON A. Did the Tudors Invent Lavender - Epilogue (15-18)
  New Books (19-21)
HEAD J. What do you Grow with Lavender? (22-27)
CHARLESWORTH S. New Zealand Lavenders (28-31)
CAVANAGH H. & Biological Activities of Lavender Essential Oil
WILKINSON J. Part II (32-37)
MESSOURI S. Sequim Lavender Festival 2003 (38-42)
SPENCER J. Lavender Day - Downderry Nursery (43-46)
VAN HEVELINGEN A. Lavender Musings (47)
  Notes & Queries (48-52)

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May 2004 number 21
VAN HEVELINGEN A. Everyone Loves Lavender (3-8)
MANDERS A. A Lavender Story (9-11)  
  Book Reviews (12-22)
VERZA BALLESIO P. The Biodynamic Cultivation of Lavender: an Italian Experience (23-28)
LYMAN-DIXON A. Biodynamic Lavender - a response (29-31)
THOMPSON B. L. x intermedia 'Rocky Hall Margaret' (32-34)
  Notes & Queries (35-36)

November 2004 number 22
ANDREWS S. A Taxonomic Update on the South African Lavender Scene
(4-13)
UPSON T. The Genus Lavandula - updates and corrections (14-17)
L'PETITANEGRIS L. Aromatika Grec et Lavande en le Monde Ancien (18-20)
ALLANSON J.& E. Lyndoch Lavender Farm - a profile (21-22)
CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY Conference Abstracts (23-28)
LYMAN-DIXON A. Early Lavender - a continuing obsession (29-39)
  Book Reviews (40-44)
VERZA BALLESIO P. Biodynamic Lavender - a reply (45-46)

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May 2005 number 23
MATTIE S. Lavender, Herb of Devotion (3-4)
URWIN N., HORSNELL J. & MOON T. Improvement of Lavender by Manipulation of Chromosome Number (5-10)  
  Notices (11-12)
BAUARSCHI E. About Woofers (13-15)
HEAD J. Bridstowe Lavender Estate (16-22)
  Notes & Queries (23-24)
HEAD J. The Iberian Lavenders (25-33)
  Lavandula Group (34-35)

November 2005 number 24
DICK S. An International Lavender Story (4-7)
HEAD J. Culling the Collection (7-9)
VERZA BALLESIO P. Pierre Grosso, an Italian Story (10-13)
  Plant Portrait - L. x intermedia 'Grosso' (14-15)
HOLMES R. The Australian Lavender Growers Association (16-24)
  Notes & Queries (25-28)

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May 2006 number 25
  . Grosso correspondence (3)
VERZA BALLESIO P. Pierre Grosso, an Italian Story - Part Two (95-6)
SPENCER J. Shropshire Lavender (7-13)
UPSON T. Hybridisation in lavenders - an overview (14-17)
MESSORI S. Plant Portrait - L. angustifolia'Buena Vista' (18-20)
MCFADDEN A. Farming within British Columbia's Agricultural Land Reserve (21-24)
ANDREWS S. Lavenders Down Under (25-28)
  Bees and lavender (29-34)
  Notes & Queries (35-36)

November 2006 number 26
HEAD J. Lavande et Lavandin (4-11)
UPSON T. Bees and lavender (12-15)
CHARLESWORTH S. Plant Portrait - L. x chaytorae 'Gorgeous' (16-17)
ANDREWS S. Chart of Common Names in Lavandula (18-23)
GEE S. Japanese Lavender Celebrity (24-25)
PHILLIPS T. The Ice Storm (26-27)
  Notes & Queries (28-30)

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Summer 2007 number 27
  Notes & Queries (3-5)
HEAD J. Plant Portraits (6-9)
  L. aristibracteata
  L. maroccana
MCNAUGHTON V. The Humble Lavender Plant (10-14)
  International Conference (15)
  Obituary Peter Carter (16-17)
  UK lavender growers and specialist nurseries (18)

Winter 2007 number 28
HOLMES R. Lavenders from Yuulong (3-7)
VERZA BALLESIO P. Plant Portrait - L. x 'June Ellen' (8-11)
HEAD J. The Lavenders of Cape Verde (12- 27)
  Obituary Natalie Beatrice Hodgson (28-29)
URWIN N. New Polyploid Lavenders for the Australian Lavender Industry (30-36)
 

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Summer 2008 number 29
  Notes & Queries (4-5)
  Lavender from Seed (6-10)
  Obituary Tim Denny (11-12)
  Bridestowe Lavender Estate(13-17)
HEAD J. Plant Portraits (18-22)
  L. stoechas subspecies luisieri
  L. viridis
VAN HEVELINGEN A. Some observations (23-24)

Winter 2008 number 30
HEAD J. Plant Portrait - L. dentata var. dentata (4-6)
FESTING S. Lavender Farms in the 21st Century (7-17)
  List of Lavender Farms and Nurseries (18-21)
URWIN N. Lavender Oil from Seed and Potential New Products from Lavenders? (22-25)
 

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