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The Plantsman

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

Cover picture: Magnolia 'Apollo' is one of the New Zealand cultivars with large pink flowers suitable for small gardens (pp16-20)
Image: John Gallagher

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VOLUME 4 PART 1		MARCH 2005
First Words CHRIS GREY-WILSON		2
Plant Focus - a forum for all plant enthusiasts		3
Top snowdrops A survey of keen growers reveals those Galanthus that perform best in the open garden CHRIS GREY-WILSON AND ROD LEEDS		10
Southern thistles An assessment of Berkheya grown by UK gardeners TIM INGRAM		14
Large-flowered magnolias from New Zealand (136KB) MIKE ROBINSON		16
New life for lilac Latest research leads to novel propagation techniques SPENCE GUNN		21
A case for growing Schefflera outside Trials at Welsh nursery reveal hardiest species BLEDDYN WYNN-JONES		24
Thurston's crane's-bill A new combination in Geranium x oxonianum MIKE GRANT		28
Copperplate craftsman Profile of botanical artist Bryan Poole and his complex technique URSULA BUCHAN		30
Paeonia Itoh hybrids (141KB) Hybrids between tree and herbaceous peonies give desirable colours MARTIN PAGE		36
Hardy Hyacinthaceae Part 1: Muscari RHS trial reviewed in depth BRIAN MATHEW		40
Preventing invasive pathogens: deficiencies in the system An analysis of import controls CLIVE BRASIER		54
Time to avert disaster (68KB) A call for immediate action to curb further imports of plant disease DAVID INGRAM		58
Letters		60
Book Reviews		62