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The cover of the March 2006 issue of The Plantsman    

The following contents page from the most recent issue of The Plantsman demonstrates the breadth of articles featured.

Cover picture: Aconitum austroyunnanense. One of the desirable climbing aconites discussed and assessed on pp40-47. This species is now regarded by some authorities as belonging to the variable A. hemsleyanum
Image: John Fielding

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VOLUME 5 PART 1   MARCH 2006
First Words
MIKE GRANT		   4
Plant Focus - a forum for all plant enthusiasts   5
Camellia reticulata - The Kunming cultivars (271KB)
How these Chinese camellias were introduced to Western cultivation and an evaluation of their offspring
BRIAN WRIGHT 		  10
Challenges for the future
Conserving existing plant diversity through NCCPG National Plant Collections and maintaining the flow of new introductions from the wild
SIMON THORNTON-WOOD 		  17
A flurry of snowflakes
Several species of Leucojum are now included in Acis
JOHN GRIMSHAW 		  22
Searching for Passiflora
A plant-hunting trip to Mount Kotika in the South American jungle
JOHN VANDERPLANK		   26
Elusive Emmenopterys henryi
Assessing the flowering performance in cultivation of this magnificent Chinese tree
ERIC HSU		   30
New observations on Arum italicum
A study of wild populations has led to a re-assessment of the subspecies
PETER BOYCE		   36
The climbing clan of Aconitum (271KB)
Unravelling the confusion surrounding climbing aconites and recommended species for cultivation
GRAHAME WARE		   40
Conservation of Yavia cryptocarpa
A project run by cactus enthusiasts to make this endangered species available to growers
WILLIAM F MADDAMS AND JOHN MILLER		   48
Developing DNA markers for the identification of Penstemon cultivars
Establishing the origins of some widely-grown penstemons
NICOLA TOOMEY AND ALASTAIR CULHAM		   52
Letters   59
While Rome burns (56KB)
Is modern plant-collecting being over-regulated to extinction?
JOHN WATSON 		  60
Book Reviews   62