A bulletin featuring the monthly news of the UCSC Arboretum. Among the humdrum of usual updates, from a new system of labeling, to upcoming classes and lectures, there is an article focused on the potential field station the Arboretum might acquire in Australia. The focus on collecting this newsletter seems to be the farewell message to and biography of Kenneth Thimann, the retiring lecturer.

Notables: Dean McHenry / Dean E McHenry, J F Bunnett, Stephen McCabe, Millaa Millaa Falls, Atherton Tablelands, Annual Fall Plant Sale, Ray Lufkin, Archontophoenix alexandrae / Alexandra palm, Rodger Elliot, Gwen Elliot, David Jones, California Association of Nurserymen, Shirley Beneke, David Young, Peter A Barr, Crown College, Vivian Nachmias, Michael McKelvey, Geoff Crook, Emily Pullins, Anne Gilbert, Kambra Phoebus, Grey Zorn, Myron Briggs, Melinda Johnson, Helen Engelsberg, Ann Thimann, Crown Chamber Players, George Hare, Lorna Clark, Carl Jorgensen, Arnold Jorgensen, Elaine Gaecke, David M Cannon