The booklet arrived last night - what's the consensus around sharing scans of things like this that are hard to come by? More than happy to do it, but I don't want to break any rules. I would be more afraid of breaking the copyright laws, but am happy to help assess the severity of the offense if s...

Hello Allan,
The last three plants are superb!
You are definitely developing a fine collection of Haworthias, showing some striking features within 5 years or so.
Well done!

Maybe shorthand for what used to be called U. meninensis var. meninensis, now referred to as U. gummifera ssp. meninensis?

That is gorgeous, Allan!

Just FYI, As a chemist, (tu) for Ed re. sulfur not sulphur. :wink: IUPAC deemed that sulfur was the preferred spelling many years ago now, see e.g.: https://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.301 I'm sorry (or not) that my "Just FYI" post provoked so much discussion; and yes, sulfur is the mos...

Friday 18th October, set-up;
Sat 19th, Sun 20th, convention.

Just FYI,
As a chemist, for Ed re. sulfur not sulphur.
IUPAC deemed that sulfur was the preferred spelling many years ago now, see e.g.:
https://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.301

Whilst we're going back into history, I'm sure someone here knows what happened to Gordon Rowley's library. I seem to remember it was taken away to be catalogued but can't remember where it went or who would have access to it. Stuart Stuart, It was set up as a Charitable Trust; If I remember correc...

The Lamb's books were never much use, I'd put them out for recycling. If John Pilbeam's books were at one end of a scale, the Lambs books would be at the other. Stuart My second edition Borg came with these as bookmarks;IMG_0401.jpeg I have to disagree somewhat with Stuart's comment on Lamb's plate...

I was given the task of disposing of some books from a much missed member of our branch and they (IIRC) had half a dozen copies of Borg's book. They pretty much had a complete set of each printing edition. I was very tempted to "complete the set" just for the fun of it but to get the earl...