So sad.
David was always very helpful as I ran the slide and digital programmes library over the years, and was a good friend of Oxford Branch.
Commiserations especially to his nearest and dearest.

Legendary pioneer and cactus explorer Roger Ferryman, one of the main speakers at the recent BCSS convention, will be the guest speaker at the Oxford Branch meeting on Thursday 28th August. His talk will be about "Cactus of The Chihuahuan Desert" . The meetings are held at 7.30 pm at Rose ...

I overheard a nurseryman at ELK last year giving the advice to keep Echinocactus horizonthalonius seed on a hot radiator for a week, before sowing them.

David Greenaway
Wantage

Oxford Branch

Pictures of all the Oxford show class winners can be seen at http://flic.kr/s/aHsjAGJUXW

David Greenaway, Wantage

The Oxford Branch Show, in association with the Mammillaria Society, will take place on Sunday 15 July at Langdale Hall, Langdale Gate, Witney OX28 6AB. 10.30a.m. to 3.30p.m. Refreshments. Plants for sale (trade stands and Oxford Branch). Car parking. Also, a LECTURE at 4.30p.m. (entry by ticket onl...

The new edition of the newsletter Oxotica can now be obtained from: http://www.oxford.bcss.org.uk/oxotica/latest.pdf This features John Watmough's write-up of the 14th Waltham Forest Continental Cactus Crawl, and Gillian Evison's report on her recent visit to Melbourne and the Cactus and Succulent S...

Thanks for spotting and mentioning that, Tina. I owe Stuart an apology.

David.

The latest newsletter of the Oxford branch can be downloaded from:

http://www.oxford.bcss.org.uk/oxotica/latest.pdf

The file size is 357 KB.

David Greenaway
Wantage

To access the newsletters of Oxford Branch, please use the link:

http://www.oxford.bcss.org.uk/oxotica/latest.htm

The page has links to issues back to 1996 as well as to the latest issue.

David Greenaway
Wantage

I hope that you fare better than we did on Monday. Caught the 3pm P&O from Calais (sailed at 5.30 - probably the last one that day), and joined a queue of five ferries waiting to get into Dover. At first it was taking an hour to get a boat docked, but after a four-hour wait things improved a bit...