The Bulletin

The British Pteridological Society Bulletin annually publishes news about the Society and reports of its activities.

History of our journals

1909 - The British Fern Gazette was established as the Society’s journal; it contained a wide range of articles, news and Society business.

1963 - The British Fern Gazette was developing into a more scientific journal and an annual foolscap sheet was produced to communicate news of Society business to members, which later developed into a more formal Newsletter.

1973 - A more permanent format was felt to be appropriate and the BPS Bulletin was launched “to serve chiefly the non-scientific membership, and to supply all information of interest to our members.”

1984 - Following the committee’s decision to split the Bulletin, the Pteridologist was launched to publish articles, leaving the Bulletin to focus on Society business and reports of meetings. It has grown considerably in size, reflecting the Society’s increasingly ambitious programme of events.

Past issues

Volume 6 (2002-2007) is currently available on-line. More past issues will become available here later.

The detailed 'Contents' for each issue is given on the back cover.

2007 (Volume 6, part 6)
National Meetings, etc. - part 1 - pp 441-454	Full Contents as pdf File
National Meetings, etc. - part 2 - pp 455-471	Full Contents as pdf File
Regional Meetings, etc. - part 1 - pp 472-495	Full Contents as pdf File
Regional Meetings, etc. - part 2 - pp 496-498	Full Contents as pdf File
Society News, etc. - pp 499-524	Full Contents as pdf File
Back & Inside Covers	Full Contents as pdf File
2006 (Volume 6, part 5)
National Meetings, etc. - part 1 - pp 353-369	Full Contents as pdf File
National Meetings, etc. - part 2 - pp 370-388	Full Contents as pdf File
Regional Meetings, etc. - pp 389-411	Full Contents as pdf File
Society News, etc. - pp 411-440	Full Contents as pdf File
Back & Inside Covers	Full Contents as pdf File
2005 (Volume 6, part 4)
National Meetings, etc. - pp 261-288	Full Contents as pdf File
Regional Meetings, etc. - pp 289-319	Full Contents as pdf File
Society News, etc. - pp 320-352	Full Contents as pdf File
Back & Inside Covers	Full Contents as pdf File
2004 (Volume 6, part 3)
National Meetings, etc. - pp 177-212	Full Contents as pdf File
Regional Meetings, etc. - pp 213-240	Full Contents as pdf File
Society News, etc. - pp 241-260	Full Contents as pdf File
Back & Inside Covers	Full Contents as pdf File
2003 (Volume 6, part 2)
National Meetings, etc. - pp 89-120	Full Contents as pdf File
Regional Meetings, etc. - pp 212-153	Full Contents as pdf File
Society News, etc. - pp 154-176	Full Contents as pdf File
Back & Inside Covers	Full Contents as pdf File
2002 (Volume 6, part 1)
National Meetings, etc. - pp 1-30	Full Contents as pdf File
Regional Meetings, etc. - pp 31-57	Full Contents as pdf File
Society News, etc. - pp 58-88	Full Contents as pdf File
Back & Inside Covers	Full Contents as pdf File

Bulletin Index

The index to volumes 1-5 for 1973-2001 is available as a pdf file. We are indebted to Jonathan Crowe who put in a tremendous amount of work to compile the Index, which unfortunately has taken years to edit and make available. Apologies to all. If you find any omissions or errors, or have any comments that may be useful for future indexes, please let Alison Paul know...