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SEPTEMBER 2015 CONTENTS:
- Editor’s comments by Al Laius
- A month in Mexico – part 1 by Ian Woolnough
- Why are mesembs the Cinderellas of the cactus and succulent world? by Peter Bint
- Who else loves agaves? by Attila Kapitany
- In my greenhouse by Mike Stansbie
- Euphorbias worth knowing and growing (part 4) by Gerhard Marx
- Two new additions to the genus Aloe from Somalia by Tom McCoy & John Lavranos
- A different way to grow the smaller epiphytic cacti by Mark Preston
- Aeonium hybrids and heredity by G D Rowley
- Haworthia magnifica or mirabilis – that is the question? by Rogan B Roth
- A new BCSS Fellow
- Wilcoxias by John Pilbeam
- Succulents in the garden by David Quail
- Literature review
- Ex situ conservation of cacti and succulents at CSIR-NBRI Botanic Garden, Lucknow, India by R K Roy & J S Khuraijam
Front cover: Agave utahensis var. eborispina Attila Kapitany’s article inside this issue looks at the tremendous variation to be found in habitat plants of Agave utahensis. The prominent white-spined examples of this species are recognised by many growers as. Agave utahensis var. eborispina (Ivory-spined agave). (Photo: Attila Kapitany)