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BOYD, P. D. A. 2008d. 'Scots Roses - past and present' Rosa Belgica Societe Royale Nationale "Les Amis de la Rose" / Koninklijke Nationale Maatschappij "De Vrienden van de Roos" 103 / 2008. Published in English with a summary in Flemish and French. First published in OGR & Shrub Journal American Rose Society Vol 4, Issue No. 4. Web version available
BOYD, P. D. A. 2008c. 'Scots Roses - verleden en heden' Rozenbulletin Jaargang 40 nummer 144. Juli 2008. Periodieke uitgave van de Nederlandse Rosenvereniging [Oorspronkelijk verschenen in OGR & Shrub Journal American Rose Society Vol 4, aflevering 4, voorjaar 2008 - vertaling Els de Krijger]. Web version (in English) available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2008b. 'Romantic Survivors: Rosa spinosissima, Scots Roses and the North American connection'. Rosa Mundi. Heritage Rose Foundation, v.22, 3, pp. 4-31. Spring/Summer 2008.
BOYD, P. D. A. 2008a. 'Scots Roses - past and present' OGR & Shrub Journal American Rose Society Vol 4, Issue No. 4. [An extended and updated version of BOYD, P.D.A. 2007b. 'Scots Roses then and now'. The Plantsman The Royal Horticultural Society. June 2007, pp. 104-111]. Web version available
BOYD, P. D. A. 2007c. 'Scots Roses - past and present' Shropshire Parks & Gardens Trust Newsletter Autumn 2007. [A shortened version of BOYD, P.D.A. 2007b. 'Scots Roses then and now'. The Plantsman The Royal Horticultural Society. June 2007, pp. 104-111].
BOYD, P.D.A. 2007b. 'Scots Roses then and now'. The Plantsman The Royal Horticultural Society. June 2007, pp. 104-111. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2007a. 'Scots Roses and other Pimpinellifolias: their rediscovery and conservation'. Rosa Gallica No. 5. Spring 2007. [Summary of presentation to International Heritage Roses Conference at Chaalis, France 12th - 15th June 2007] Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2006d. 'The Darwin Family and their Plants at The Mount in Shrewsbury'. NCCPG Shropshire Group Newsletter Autumn 2006. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2006c. 'Pimpinella-ruusujen jäljillä'/'Pimpinellrosorna på spåret' Ruusunlehti-Rosenbladet 3. 2006. pp. 7- 16. Suomen Ruususeura RY/Finska Rosensällskapet RF/Finnish Rose Society. Article first printed as 'A Personal Crusade in Search of Scots Roses' / 'Ein persönlicher Kreuzzug auf der Suche nach Dünenrosen' in Rosenjahrbuch 2005, Verein Deutscher Rosenfreunde e. V., Baden-Baden, Germany. pp. 117-129. Translated by the Finnish Rose Society into Finnish and Swedish. See original version in English .
BOYD, P.D.A. 2006b. 'The Search for Lost Scots Roses'. Plant Heritage. Vol. 13. No.2 Autumn 2006. NCCPG (National Council for the Conservation of Plants & Gardens) pp. 31-33. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2006a. 'Rosiers Pimprenelles, Pimpinellifolias ou Scots Roses' Roses et Roseraies (Bulletin de l'Association, "Les Amis de la Roseraie du Val-de-Marne" į l'Ha˙ les Roses) No. 64 - Juillet 2006. Version franēaise disponible; English version available .
BOYD, P.D.A. 2005e. 'A Personal Crusade in Search of Scots Roses' / 'Ein persönlicher Kreuzzug auf der Suche nach Dünenrosen'. Rosenjahrbuch 2005, Verein Deutscher Rosenfreunde e. V., Baden-Baden, Germany. pp. 117-129. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2005d. 'In Search of lost Scots Roses'. PlantNetwork Newsletter No. 29, Cambridge. Based on part of a talk 'Darwin's family garden in Shrewsbury and the search for lost Scots Roses' presented to the PlantNetwork Conference on 'Historic and Cultural Significance of Plants in Cultivation' at the University of Birmingham, September 2005. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2005c. 'Ferns and Pteridomania in Victorian Scotland''. The Scottish Garden. Winter 2005. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2005b. 'Scots Roses for Scottish Gardens'. The Scottish Garden. Spring 2005.
BOYD, P.D.A. 2005a. 'Scots Roses: a new look at an exuberant group of old roses'. Newsletter of the Rose Hybridizers Association Spring 2005 (see http://www.rosehybridizers.org ). Article first printed in Historic Rose Journal Royal National Rose Society. No 28 Autumn 2004 (see below).
BOYD, P.D.A. 2004c. 'Scots Roses in Europe and the Europa-Rosarium at Sangerhausen in Germany'. NCCPG Shropshire Group Newsletter Autumn 2004. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2004b. 'Mary McMurtrie, painter of Scots Roses'. Historic Rose Journal Royal National Rose Society. No. 28 Autumn 2004 p. 7. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2004a. 'Scots Roses: a new look at an exuberant group of old roses'. Historic Rose Journal Royal National Rose Society. No 28 Autumn 2004 pp. 2-11. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2003c. 'Scots Roses, Scotch Roses, Burnet Roses - by any other name would smell as sweet!'. NCCPG Shropshire Branch Spring Newsletter 2003 National Council for Conservation of Plants and Gardens. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2003b 'Multi-disciplinary Content Management in Darwin Country' - a case study. In Special Content Management Volume of VINE ( proceedings of the Joint LITC/LAMIT Conference on Content Management for Information Professionals at the South Bank University, London on 11th April 2002) Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2003a. 'Shrewsbury, Shropshire: Birthplace of Charles Darwin and Darwin Country'. In Special Publication of Darwin Day Program 'The Single Best Idea Ever' edited by Amanda Chesworth et al. Tangled Bank Press, 35-43. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. (2002c). 'ShrewD Access' for 'Joined-up users'. Abstract for a presentation at mda Conference 'Common Threads' at Birmingham Botanical Garden on 5th September 2002 Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. (2002b). 'Darwin Country - a case study in website creation and content management' In Special Content Management issue of Spectra (a publication of the Museum Computer Network). Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. (this site) 'Multi-disciplinary Content Management in Darwin Country - a case study'. Notes from a presentation given to Joint LITC/LAMIT Conference on Content Management for Information Professionals at the South Bank University, London on 11th April 2002 Conference website and direct link to presentation
BOYD, P.D.A. 2002a. Scots Roses - cultivars of Rosa pimpinellifolia. NCCPG Shropshire Branch Spring Newsletter 2002 National Council for Conservation of Plants and Gardens. Web version available
Boyd, P.D.A. 2002b. 'Darwin Country - Cradle of Science, Technology and the Better Life!' - a case study In mda information vol 5, no5, pp 35-44. Proceedings of the Museum Documentation Association Conference, September 2000: ‘Clicks and Mortar - building cultural spaces for the 21st century’. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. (2002c). Humphrey J. Welch 1908-2001. Spring Conifer Quarterley (American Conifer Society Publication) Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2000(a). 'Darwin Country - Cradle of Science, Technology and The Better Life!' Website Project Shropshire Parks and Gardens Trust Newsletter Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2000(b). Darwin Garden Project - Sale of The Mount in 1866 Shropshire Parks and Gardens Trust Newsletter Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2000(c). Heritage UK plc - a portal to space and time through web GIS. In Geographic Information supporting UK plc. Association for Geographic Information Conference Proceedings 2000. Published on CD. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 1999(a). Darwin Garden Project. Shropshire Parks and Gardens Trust Newsletter Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 1999(b). A Register of Shropshire-related Cultivated Plants NCCPG Newsletter Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 1999(c). A Register of Shropshire-related Cultivated Plants Shropshire Parks and Gardens Trust Newsletter
BOYD, P.D.A. 1999(d). GIS in Museums - a case study. In Access to Better Information. Association for Geographic Information Conference Proceedings 1999, 8.9.1-8.9.7. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 1999(e). GIS in Museums - a case study. Association for Geographic Information Project Showcase at GIS '99. Awarded Prize for Best Poster by AGI.
BOYD, P.D.A. 1995. Foreword In LOCKTON, A. and WHILD, S. 1995 Rare Plants of Shropshire, Shrewsbury Museums Service, 40pp
BOYD, P.D.A. 1993(a). Pteridomania - the Victorian passion for ferns. Antique Collecting 28, 6, 9-12. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 1993(b) Mauchline Fernware and the Victorian Passion for Ferns. Mauchline Ware Collectors Club Newsletter, 24, 2-3.
BOYD, P.D.A. 1992(a). Report on British Pteridological Society Field Meeting in North Devon, 23rd-27th September 1992. Bulletin of British Pteridological Society, 4, 114-117. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 1992(b). The Victorian Fern Cult in South West Britain. In IDE, JERMY and PAUL 1992. Fern Horticulture: Past, Present and Future Perspectives. Intercept, Andover. 33-56. (Proceedings of the British Pteridological Society Centenary Symposium held in 1991). Web version available (full text now available)
BOYD, P.D.A. 1992(c). North Devon Pottery at the Museum of North Devon. Barum Art Pottery Society Magazine, January 1992
BOYD, P.D.A. 1989(a). The Museum of North Devon incorporating The Royal Devon Yeomanry Museum - a brief introduction to its origins, collections and displays. North Devon Museums Service Publication, 1, 8pp.
BOYD, P.D.A. 1989(b). The New Museum of North Devon - A Commitment to Ferns, Pteridology and Pteridomania. Pteridologist, 1, 276-278.
BOYD, P.D.A. 1985. 'The Vicious Circle' - the case of the Essex and Chelmsford Museum v. The Essex Field Club 1893-1899. Essex Journal - A review of Archaeology and Local History. 20, 59- 62.
BOYD, P.D.A. 1984. Biological remains from the sediments associated with the Cattewater Wreck and their archaeological significance. In REDKNAP, M. 1984 The Cattewater Wreck - the investigation of an armed vessel of the early sixteenth century. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Archaeological Series No. 8. (B.A.R. British Series, 131), 121- 127.
BOYD, P.D.A. 1981(a). The palaeoecology of estuarine deposits associated with archaeological sites with particular reference to the City of London (synopsis). In Brothwell and Dimbleby 1981. Environmental aspects of coasts and islands. Symposia for the Association for Environmental Archaeology, 1. (B.A.R. International Series, 94), 87-88.
BOYD, P.D.A. 1981(b). The micropalaeontology and palaeoecology of medieval estuarine sediments from the Fleet and Thames in London. In Neale and Brasier 1981 Microfossils from Recent and Fossil Shelf Seas. Ellis Horwood, Chichester, 274- 292. Web version available
While undertaking postgraduate research at the University of Sheffield 1970-74, Peter Boyd gave several talks and poster sessions on his research, abstracts of which where reproduced in the newsletters of the relevant bodies. Those named below do not have the status of 'academic publications':-
BOYD, P.D.A. 1974 (a). Organic-walled microplankton and other microfossils as palaeosalinity indicators in the Middle Jurassic of the Inner Hebrides'. Palaeontological Association Circular 78a, November 1974. Abstract of paper presented to a Palaeontological Association Meeting at Bristol University on 'The Recognition of Brackish-water Assemblages in the Fossil Record'. 17th December 1974.
BOYD, P.D.A. 1974 (b). The Micropalaeontology of the Middle Jurassic of the Inner Hebrides. British Micropalaeontological Group Circular No 9 April 1974. Synopsis of paper presented to the British Micropalaeontological Group at University College London on 20th February 1974.
BOYD, P.D.A. 1972 (a). An assemblage approach to the study of microfossils from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland. Palaeontological Association Circular . Abstract of paper and demonstration presented to a Palaeontological Association Meeting at Oxford University in December 1972.
BOYD, P.D.A. 1972 (b). Scanning electron micrographs of microfossils from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland. Poster/Demonstration at Palaeontological Association/British Micropalaeontological Group Demonstration Meeting at Leicester University on 'The Use of the Electron Microscope in Palaeontology', October 1972.