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TT: Announcement of new tree & shrub CD
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Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 00:06:59 +0000
To: Community_Forestry <TreeTown@majordomo.flora.com>
From: Myk Rushton <permaculture@rockbase.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: CSIR Tree and Shrub Selection Guide
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Greetings
This came through on the permaculture mailing list
(permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu).
Caveat: Not affiliated, not endorsed, just forwarded FYI
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>The program consists of four modules:
>
>* The Tree Browser - allows you to examine data in 142 fields,
>view photographs and distribution maps if available and print out data on
>the 1627 species.
>
>* Name search - allows you to search the database using
>keywords, e.g. milkwood.
>
>* Spatial selection - allows you to select species for certain areas
>of South Africa.
>
>* Species selection - this allows you to select trees and shrubs
>using a variety of criteria. This is probably the most useful module for
>gardeners/landscapers/nurserymen because they can select species
>for certain uses to suit their climate, e.g. extremely frost hardy, thorny
>shrubs to form security barriers, or frost hardy trees suitable for use in
>informal hedges or windbreaks, or trees and shrubs which will tolerate
>aluminium toxic or hardpan soil.
>
>The database is designed to assist in identifying suitable species for
>specific applications and site conditions. It is based on years of
>research by the South African Forestry Research Institute and Forestek,
>CSIR (now Environmentek, CSIR), and additionally incorporates
>information from local and overseas publications. The philosophy is to
>populate the database with whatever data are available, even if it is
>incomplete. Therefore well known species have most data fields full, but
>lesser researched species have less information. Hopefully a Mark II
>version will expand on the number of species and the information per
>species.
>
>The spatial selection is based on defining the climatic conditions under
>which a given species will grow. This has been obtained by recording
>where the species grow and determining site and climatic conditions.
>The range from the lowest to the highest condition of climatic variables is
>calculated. Areas where all nine climatic variables are met are mapped
>at 1.6 km2 resolution for the whole of South Africa.
>
>The minimum PC requirements are a 386 with 4MB RAM, running
>Microsoft Windows with 8 MB of hard disk space available, although a
>486 with CD ROM drive is preferable if you want to access the pictures.
>The standard database requires 5MB disk space with a further 2 to 3 MB
>of disk space required to run the spatial selection and distribution map
>option. A CD ROM is required for the graphics library.
>
>TREE AND SHRUB SELECTION GUIDE ORDER FORM
>
>The manual and the database and mapping facility sold on four stiffie
>disks, cost R299.00 including VAT. For an extra R50.00 you can buy the
>graphics library of over 400 drawings and photographs on a CD ROM
>disk (if purchased with the standard version). Altogether R349.00
>including VAT. If the program is to be sent to an address outside South
>Africa, there is an additional R60.00 postal and insurance fee.
>
>I wish to purchase ........ copies of the Tree and Shrub Selection
>Guide @ R299.00 a copy = R ...........
>
>I wish to purchase ........ copies of the Tree and Shrub Selection
>Guide @ R349.00 a copy = R ...........
>
>Post and insurance fee = R............ Total =R ...........
>
>My personal details are as follows:
>
>Name: ........................................................
>Company: ........................................................
>Address: ........................................................
>Zip Code (..........)...........................................
>Telephone number: Code (...........)...............
>Fax number: Code (..........).................
>
>Method of payment:
>
>Send cheque/postal order made out to Environmentek, CSIR
>or
>Charge VISA/MASTER card:
>
>Card number:...................................... Expiry
>date:............/19......
>Signature:............................................ Date:................
>.................
>
>or
>
>Deposit the money in our bank account (Environmentek, CSIR) at
>Volkskas Bank, Lynnwood Rd, Pretoria, routing code 33474510, account
>number 540002355. Fax or post a photocopy of the deposit slip to us,
>clearly indicating your name and postal address.
>
>OUR ADDRESS:
>
>Tree and Shrub Selection Guide
>(Attention: Anne Tapson)
>Environmentek, CSIR
>P.O. Box 395
>Pretoria, 0001
>South Africa
>
>Do ask for any details I have left out!
>
>My apologies once again.
>
>Cheers
>
>Anne
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|o Myk Rushton <myk@rockbase.demon.co.uk> o|
|o Middlesex University-Ecology & Ecotechnology <mr107@mdx.ac.uk> o|
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