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IRG January 2014
« on: January 30, 2014, 08:30:15 PM »
 IRG Issue 49  January 2014 -  a single genus issue, from Wim  Boens on Eranthis - lots of more photos of  Eranthis and many compliments to Wim  here : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11258.msg292607#msg292607   
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Re: IRG January 2014
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2014, 08:32:36 PM »
IRG Issue 49  January 2014 -  a single genus issue, from Wim  Boens on Eranthis - lots of more photos of  Eranthis and many compliments to Wim  here : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11258.msg292607#msg292607   

Congratulations Wim !  A masterpiece .... !  8)
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« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2014, 08:35:37 PM »
Wow, I am speechless!
And that does not happy often. I once got my jaw dislocated. It did not keep me quiet. This summer I totally lost my voice. It did not stop me from "talking".
But now, what to say? The January issue is absolutely stunning! I have many times thought that I will ask my library to make copies of all IRGs that has been published this far. They have a very nice full color printer. I think now it is really time to do it. First thing Monday morning, I promise. It will keep them busy for a while and also give them good statistics, that the villagers are in need of the library and the printer.
I am not very interested in Eranthis; I mostly see them as a weed. But who can resist them after this?
In Swedish they are called "winter eluder".
Thank you everybody who contributed to this issue!

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Re: IRG January 2014
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2014, 09:45:38 PM »
A fascinating article on a group of plants I knew little about. Thanks to Wim and the IRG team. A lovely issue.
Matt Topsfield
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Re: IRG January 2014
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2014, 10:23:56 PM »
Another superb issue. Congratulations and thanks to Wim and the team.
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Re: IRG January 2014
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2014, 11:10:10 AM »
Thanks for the compliments, guys  :)
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Re: IRG January 2014
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2014, 11:53:47 AM »
Wim, a comprehensive and interesting article about the genus Eranthis - many thanks and a great compliment.

I have pointed out in the German forum "garten-pur '.
http://forum.garten-pur.de/index.php?board=24;action=display;threadid=4173;start=900 #910 ff
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Re: IRG January 2014
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2014, 03:05:57 PM »
Tremendous article Wim! Just when you start getting to grips with snowdrops, there is another winter flower to tax your collecting instinct. I think the SRGC should consider selecting material from the IRG and publishing it in book form at some stage, and this would make a very fine article to include.
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Re: IRG January 2014
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2014, 05:06:17 PM »
Wim, a comprehensive and interesting article about the genus Eranthis - many thanks and a great compliment.

I have pointed out in the German forum "garten-pur '.
http://forum.garten-pur.de/index.php?board=24;action=display;threadid=4173;start=900 #910 ff

Vielen Dank für Ihre Werbung, Ebbie    :-*
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« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2014, 06:32:07 PM »
Vielen Dank für Ihre Werbung, Ebbie    :-*

Aber gerne doch, liebe Maggi. ;)
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Re: IRG January 2014
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2014, 08:35:08 AM »
That was a fantastic article Wim. Your knowledge of these delightful little plants is a real eye-opener to me. Apart from E. hyemalis which I grow, and some notes on the Forum about other species, my own experience is nothing at all, so your notes and pictures showed me a whole new world. With so many newish cultivars and forms, I can imagine that winter aconite mania may even in time surpass the galanthus mania from which so many Forumists suffer! ;D
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Re: IRG January 2014
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2014, 05:13:58 PM »
Thanks guys, you're really making me blush. Don't forget to thank Maggi for her fantastic lay-out capabilities and all the people who allowed me the use of their pictures and knowledge :)
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Re: IRG January 2014
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2014, 04:26:12 PM »
OK, here is my report. My promise is completed. I now have a nice magazine of each issue of IRG. From now on I will have the new issue printed as soon as it is released.

Once again, thank you Wim for your article that made me finally have them all printed. ( And of course thank you Britt Svensson at our fantastic library. The cost? As importing an alpine book from UK. Absolutely worth it!)
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Re: IRG January 2014
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2014, 07:10:02 PM »
That has worked out well,  Susann  - I know some have printed out all of the Bulb Logs too - more than ten years' worth! :o
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Re: IRG January 2014
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2014, 08:52:47 PM »
Susann - what a great idea and after my comments above I shall have to do the same. It will be particularly exciting because I haven't looked back through the earlier IRG's before I joined the SRGC. Now I await your observations on pulsatillas!
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