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CONTENTS OF OUR MAY 2008 ISSUE Vol 20 No. 1
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Famous sayings, Euphorbia revelation, Better to receive than to give? Cactus tea, Mojave Desert Spook, Euphorbia corking, Let's have some fun cartoon captions , Cartoons,The SILLY Side of Succulents, Pruning Bonsai, Seed on speed , Crossword solution, Greenhouse shading tips, Feedback.

CONTENTS OF OUR MARCH 2008 ISSUE Vol 19 No. 4
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Echeveria albicans, For puzzle people, Anti kitty gravel (cartoon), In cultivation, Poinsettias, Loss of variegation, The Silly Side of Succulents, Lost in translation, Opuntia microdasys 'Bunny's Ears' .

CONTENTS OF OUR NOVEMBER 2007 ISSUE Vol 19 No. 3
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Cactus wren, Agave leaves & spines, The SILLY Side of Succulents, Coming to terms with terms, Spooks, Cartoon, Opuntias, Echinopsis, yuccas , Outdoor euphorbias are dangerous too, Cartoon, Buggies, New members.

CONTENTS OF OUR SEPTEMBER 2007 ISSUE Vol 19 No. 2
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The SILLY Side of Succulents, Crossword, Soil: Acid vs alkaline, Giving a speech, Name game, Camels, Prickly Pear allergies, Mesembs under lights, Asclepiadaceae shake-up, Collectibles, Opuntia lindheimeri pesticide extract, World's most boring cactus, Deadheading, Man in cactus, Cities laws: dead or alive, Stem & crown rot, Checklist for plant problems, Rooting tip, New Special Edition, Puzzle solution, New DVD, New Members, Corrections, Recommended web sites, Want ad.

CONTENTS OF OUR MAY 2007 ISSUE Vol 19 No. 1
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Ditch that air spray, What's in a name, Cacti in the movies, Hummingbirds love succulent flowers, Warning: Combustible soil, The name game, Giving a speech, Smuggling, Word scramble, Letter from a member, Cartoons, Where did I go wrong? , This mite surprise you, Recommended web site, Plant facts, SILLY Side of Succulents, Seed raising, Ornithogalum, Adenia glauca

COMBINED CONTENTS OF VOLUME 18
Acanthocalycium 2/19
Acanthocalycium spiniflorum 2/19
Adenium seed pod: Now that's a whopper 1/30
Adeniums, Having trouble with your? 4/36
Aechmea orlandiana 2/31
Agave americana 4/30
Agave celsii v. celsii 2/S-1
Agave murpheyi 'Engard' 2/27
Agaves, Bulbil forming 2/26
Agave vivipara ssp vivipara Linnaeus 3/S-7
Agave wendtii 2/26
Albuca longipe 1/37
Aloe comosa 4/7
Aloe dichotoma 2/17
Aloe ferox: weapons grade leaves 1/S-7
Aloe plicatilis 3/3
Aloe variegata 3/2
Aloe species in my collection 4/7
Aloe, Agave plant reactions 1/S-6
Aloe: Kokerboom or Quiver Tree Aloe: 2/17
Aloes, cultivating in England: 3/2
Aloes, when do they grow? 2/40, 2/S-6
Aptenia cordifolia 3/12
Ariocarpus retusus 4/3
Ariocarpus 'Rubrus' 1/22
Art lovers, something special for 2/S-7
Astrophytum asterias, Star Cactus:
--- An endangered species 4/4
Astrophytum care 4/6
Astrophytum myriostigma cv. 'Hubikii' 4/5
Astrophytum myriostigma cv. 'Onzuka' 1/27
Astrophytum 'Super Kabuto' 1/26
Astrophytum asterias cv. 'Super Kabuto' 4/6
Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica 4/23
Austrocylindropuntia subulata 4/22

Beaucarnea recurvata 4/35
Beaucarnea recurvata, Big and bigger 3/35
Beer fridge, ultimate 2/21
Bromeliad corner: 2/31, 4/17
Bromeliads, Succulent 3/S-2
Bryophyllum daigremontiana 3/28
Bryophyllum tubiflora 3/28
Bryophyllums 3/28
Bulbine frutescens 'Hallmark' 3/30

Cacti, Albino, History (and care) 1/21
Cactus Bozo arrested 3/S-5
Cactus, Cold hardy 2/25
Cactus, costly 3/12
Cactus, Crimes involving 3/33
Cactus drink from 2/20
Cactus extract dulls hangovers, Before the booze: 2/S-5
Cactus Smugglers
--- Threatening Desert Ecosystems 2/S-2
Cactus spines: Amazing use of by finches 1/18
Cactus spines poisonous? 2/20
Cactus weapon 2/21
Caudiciforms need more than enthusiasm 1/34
Cereus forbesii 'Aureus'' 1/23
Cereus peruvianus offers farmers hope in Israel 2/2
Ceropegia ampliata 1/28
Ceropegias: flowering & non flowering stems 4/S-4
Chamaecereus x Lobivia f.cristata 'Aureus' 1/24
Chihuahuan Desert, The 2/36
Christmas cactus, oldest 2/21
Christmas or Easter cactus, Are you itching for a? 3/23
Cochemia poselgeri 3/16
Collectibles 1/28
Conophytum gratum 1/8
Conserve plant species, Why? 1/15
Consolea moniliformes quemaditana,
--- Cuban scientists find new cactus variety: 4/27
Coryphantha scheerei v. robustispina 4/10
Crassula falcata, droopy 4/23
Crassula streyi leaf cuttings 4/26
Cryptanthus warasii 3/S-3
Cucurbitaceae, Uses of and flowering times of 4/S-5
Cuttings, Succulents from leaf 4/26
Cylindropuntia(Opuntia) fulgida 4/12
Cyphostemma humile subsp. dolichopus 1/35

Dactylopsis digitata 1/9
Days, Those were the good old, Ah yes. 2/23
Deuterocohnia scapigera 3/S-4
Dioscorea elephantipes, flowering of 2/35
Disocactus (Aporocactus) flagelliformis 2/6
Disocactus (Nopalxochia) macdougallii 2/4
Disocactus martianus 4/21
Dorstenia foetida 4/37
Dudleya virens ssp. hassei 3/18
Dyckia marnier-lapostolii 3/S-2

Echinocactus ingens 1/14
Echinocerei growing tips 1/S-2
Echinocereus pectinatus 4/Cover/24
Echinocereus pentalophus 1/S-2
Echinopsis 'Oracle', 3/Cover
Echinopsis (Trichocereus) hybrid 3/S-1
Echinopsis spachiana, normal & monstrose 3/18
Editorial 2/3/21, A Cereus mess,
--- Echeveria slowpoke 4/2, Sempervivum arachnoideum 1/10
Endemic plants 1/9
Euphorbia albipollinifera 3/37
Euphorbia bothae: The visitor 1/15
Euphorbia breviarticulata 3/36
Euphorbia candelabrum (ingens) 2/2/11
Euphorbia care 2/10
Euphorbia cuts, Why they rot. 2/9/12
Euphorbia drupifera 3/14
Euphorbia geroldii 4/24
Euphorbia hamata 2/12
Euphorbia lactea crest 4/34
Euphorbia obesa 1/12
Euphorbia resinifera 2/10
Euphorbia silenifolia, A voice from the past 2/7
Euphorbia suzannae crest 2/9
Euphorbia trichadenia 2/12
Euphorbia trigona, red form 4/33
Euphorbias, Chameleons and 3/35
Euphorbias home to spiders 3/9
EuphorbiaTips & facts 2/9/12

Ferocactus macrodiscus 3/19
Fertilizer, Salt damage from too much 4/S-8
Fruit, Harvesting from giant desert cactus 2/3

Galapagos Islands: Cactus trees of the,
--- A struggle for survival 3/4
Gasteria excelsa 3/10
Goats, The environmentally unfriendly 1/14
Grafting Parodia seedlings 3/21
Gritty problem 1/13
Guzmania 'Torch' 4/17
Gymnocalycium horstii 4/3
Gymnocalycium mihanovichii v. friedrichii 1/21







Hagerman, Steve in his outdoor garden 2/24
Hangers, Bronze monkey/Cat 3/40
Haworthia attenuata (v. clariperla) 3/10
Haworthia emelyae var. major cv. HAKUMA 3/S-5
Haworthia minima var poellnitziana 1/S-8
Haworthia truncata,
--- Variegated green and yellow 1/S-1/S-2
Hendricks, Nancy and Bill in China 3/32 Herbarium specimens dead? 3/21 Herbariums 1/9
Hoodia: Buyer beware.
--- No Hoodia in Hoodia diet pills 2/S-6
Hormones, Rooting can kill your plants 2/S-3
Hoya kerrii: Have a heart! 2/33
Hoya kerrii 4/S-7
Hydrogen Peroxide, uses for 1/S-8
Hylocereus undatus 2/25

Internet sites to enjoy 2/40, 4/11,37
Internet gems 1/17

Jatrophas curcas, macrorhiza, medical research 1/ 31

Kedrostis hirtella 4/S-2

Larryleachia cactiformis 4/S-8
Letters from a Member 1/29, 2/5,16, 3/17,32, 3/S-4, 4/20
Lophophora williamsii 2/Cover

Madagascar, Climate of 1/4
Mammillaria blossfeldiana 1/11
Mammillaria Journal 4/16
Mammillaria longimamma 2/S-4
Manihot esculenta,
--- Feedback & additional information 2/34, 4/S-7
Miami-Dade landscapes
--- (and climates similar to Florida), Succulents for 4/30
Moth From Tropics Threatens Cactus Plants In US 4/28

Name game, The 4/S-6
News, latest items 1/40

Obregonia denegrii 4/S-1
Opuntia aciculata 1/S-3
Opuntia compressa 2/25
Opuntia echios in cultivation 3/8
Opuntia echios, Peter Gammarano and 3/4
Opuntia engelmannii v. alta 2/32
Opuntia microdasys 1/S-6
Opuntia polyacantha (form of) 2/24
Opuntia rufida 1/S-5
Opuntia salmiana1/S-3
Opuntia velutina 1/S-4
Opuntias, my favorite: 1/S-3
Orbea berlinensis 2/13
Orbea/Stapelia 2/13
Orbea verucosa 2/14
Ortegocactus macdougallii 4/25
Othonna pinnata 3/34
Othonna wrinkleana 1/37

Pachyphytum oviferum 3/24
Pachypodium bispinosum:
--- Thickfoot & Twin Spined: 1/32
Pachypodium mikea 3/36
Pachypodiums, rooting 2/35
Pelargonium cotyledonis: Natural bonsai 1/37
Pessimistic friend 3/29
Pesticide use in California 4/ 23
Photo effects, Dazzling 1/29
Planters 4/27
Plants and pets S-8
Plants, desert, age of 2/20
Plants, house, failure of 2/ 4
Plants, threatened 1/9
Poem 2/21
Poisonous plants 2/S-3
Pollinating flowers 2/4
Portulacaria afra, Dwarf Jade 4/13
Portulacaria afra variegata 4/16
Pots, clay, uses for 2/S-7
Power of expression 2/18
Prometheum (Rosularia) serpentinicum, 1/Cover
Puzzle solution 1/40, 3/4
Puzzles 1/20, 3/11,13

Re-potting 2/33
Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri 3/26
Rhipsalidopsis/Hatiora/Schlumbergera 3/26

Sabra, How exactly does a Sabra look? 3/14
Saguaros endangered? 2/20
Saguaros, Politics killed the 4/11
Sansevieria bacularis: An odd one 2/29
Sansevieria cultivar propagation techniques 2/28
Sansevierias reduce indoor pollution:
--- (recommended species & propagation tips) 1/2
Sansevieria stuckyi 1/20
Sansevieria trifasciata 'Bantel's Sensation' 2/28
Sedum stahlii (Correction) 2/30
Seed: Growing from 2/18
Seeds: Growing cacti from 2/15
Seeds: Mammillaria, saving 2/S-4
Shiboten, Japanese word for cactus 1/26
SILLY Side of Succulents, The
--- 1/13, 16, 1S-8, 2/23, 2/S-8, 3/11, 4/29
Soap Opera 1/19
Sociable weaver's nest 2/18
Society, Twelve ways to kill a 4/34
Soil: To microwave or not to microwave:
--- that is the question 4/19
Soils, rich versus poor 4/S-8
Sonoran Pronghorn, The 4/12
Source, plant & seed 2/40
South Africa, Climate of (Map) 1/5
Spine types, Desert cacti 3/29
Spines and glochids, removing 4/3
Spooks 1/35
Stamps swap 4/2
Stapelia flavopurpurea 1/9
Stapeliads on stamps 2/22
Sclerocactus, The Anti-CITES 3/22
Stenocereus (Machaereocereus) eruca:
--- The Creeping Devil 3/20
Stephenson, Robert 4/S-8
Stetsonia coryne 3/S-6

Tacinda funalis 4/18
Tacitus bellus 2/30
Tephrocactus (Opuntia) articulatus 1/S-5
Thelocactus sp. 'La Bolsa 'Aureus' 1/24
This & That 1/25
Thorn bushes, Madagascar 1/17
Trichocereus spachianus 'Aureus' 1/25
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp klinkerianus
--- crest 3/32

Volcano eruption, Quito, Ecuador 3/9

Watanabe, E 1/21
Welwitschia Journal 1/19

Yucca whipplei 3/15
Yuccas, cold hardy 3/15
CONTENTS OF OUR JANUARY 2007 ISSUE Vol 18 No. 4
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Stamps swap, Removing spines and glochids, Recommended web sites, Mammillaria Journal, Droopy Crassula falcata, Pesticide use in California, Planters, The SILLY Side of Succulents, Twelve ways to kill a Society, Recommended web site, New Members, etc.

CONTENTS OF OUR NOVEMBER 2006 ISSUE Vol 18 No. 3
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Euphorbias home to spiders, The SILLY Side of Succulents, Puzzles, A costly cactus, Grafting Parodia seedlings, Herbarium specimens dead? , Desert cacti spine types, Pessimistic friend, Chameleons & euphorbias, New plant source, Bronze monkey/Cat hangers for hanging plants, November preview, Puzzle solution.

CONTENTS OF OUR SEPTEMBER 2006 ISSUE Vol 18 No. 2
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Pollinating flowers, Failure of house plants, Power of expression, Growing from seed , Cactus spines poisonous?, Drink from a cactus?, Saguaros endangered? Age of desert plants, Poem, Ultimate beer fridge, Cactus weapon, Oldest Xmas cactus, SILLY Side of Succulents, Re-potting , Sites to enjoy, New plant & seed source, When do aloes grow?

CONTENTS OF OUR MAY 2006 ISSUE Vol 18 No. 1
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Endemic plants, Herbariums, Threatened plants, Stapelia flavopurpurea, The SLLY Side of Succulents, Gritty problem, Internet gems, Puzzle, This & That, Collectibles, Dazzling photo effects, Letter from a new member, Spooks.