Journal Number 89
December 2003

EDITORIAL

NEW DEPARTMENTS
By Ian St George

In this issue we begin two new regular departments, and pause our Historical Reprints for a time.

"Irwin's Orchid Art" is a tribute to Bruce Irwin's genius in illustrating orchids (and to lovers
of alliteration). In his early years Bruce painted orchids in watercolours, a practice he gave up in favour of detailed scientific pencil drawings. Yet the beauty of his subjects emerges best from these delicate and sympathetic paintings.
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"Les Belles Inconnues" (the beautiful unknown ones) is the delightful French name for undescribed European orchid taxa; we will illustrate a series of well-accepted New Zealand orchids that await formal description.
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"Botanical Drawing" will reproduce Walter Hood Fitch's series of essays on flower painting, which will replace Historical reprints  for a limited period. We hope Fitch's clear instructions will stimulate readers to try their hand at botanical art, and that his acid wit will delight all readers.
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