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OfficersPresident: Open

Vice President: Vonn WatkinsSecretary: Wendy BeallTreasurer: Valarie Milier

Board of Directors:(terms expire December 31 of year indicated)

Immediate Past-President: Maury ClappDan Birt (2003)

Jack Ramsey (2001)Ltnda Ryan (2001)

Marty Harow (2002)Open (2002)

Margaret Pope (2003)Mark Siuer (2002)

Chris Monrad (2003)Debbie Boyink (2001)

Afliliate Representative to the CSSARichard Wiedhopf

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Editor:Vonn Watkinsemail address:

cactusdude 1@yahoo.comDeadline for copy:18th of each month

WebAddrescTCSS Web Page:

www.azstamet. com./nonprofi t /tcss/

Next MeetingThursday, November 1 at 7:00pm

Tucson Botanical Gardens2150 N. Alvernon Way

Tucson, AZ 85712

RefreshrnentsTbose people with family names

beginning uitb G to N plea.se bring your choiceof retresbments to tbe next lneeting.

Everyone is welcomelBring your friends,come join the fun

and meet the cactus andsucculent community.

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Cactus & Succulent Education attlre Pima County Crarden Fair

This event has given ";r.t:t"P

the opportunityto provide some valuable information to sq{{.+e'of the rrranyvisitors that attend the GardFair twici a yem Ifris year's eyent was'of,i.::::' ::Sunday, October 2l at the Lew Sorensen€enter on EastT.anqueVerde Road. Plant educa,tion and discussion was provided by MarkSitter and several other members.Jack and,II n S@ey did another great job in maid ,'.na,igi+g'Our arq. .;'and keeping track of stlesi''i 'Many salvage plants were ;i',rn new homes bymembers of the community. The Garden Fairplant sales had increased over all this ye"r andvarieties of plants could be found all aroundthe grormds. OtherTCSS members with a sales,aleilet e evgflt was B & B Caca$ Fafe

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attended by K'aren Mott and Pat Herman fftwith Bot & BeverlyWhite who were also inattendance.Thanks to all our members who'came and-helped with everytliqg, ' , '"'.:,::.

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errnU'7o memberc and gpests bamc-sltgr,abeauti-firl day. Agaves, iCfrErtrments, free plantsand great conversation were all around. Alsolet's not forget to thank Patsy Frannea forpfgparing the excellent refreshments. ' , "'"-

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2OO1 Board Meeting ScheduleT1vo Boj@'iMeetlngF rem-ain fpt ?001

..ifuesday, November6Tiresday, December 11

Board M"dfrrgt are at theLtofA College of Pharuracy, Room 313

All Board Members please mark your calendar anddon't forget that your preserrae ts very fmpomant

Tlrn$nm*Novumnnn l, 20017:00pm

Tucson Botanical Gardens2150 N.'Alvernon Way

Grqg Starrwill:Present

Hunting Agaves in Mexico

Greg's presentation will:cgnsist, of sh,owing sarn-ples, discussing ttre vaddty,ofegaves found, and aslide presentation of some plants in habitat.

MexicanAgaves cover all the variation found inthe genus. Both inflorescepgd e.s icate andpaniculate) are represented. Offsetting and non-offsetting types are found. Narrow leaves andbroad leaves, and desert, lrigh montane, and tropi-cal types are all found rn Monco.

Greg graduated from the University ofArizonawith a bachelors degree in horticulture. Afterworking in the tanOscape industry he went backto school. He received a masters dC$ee in PtantSciences with a dual emphasis on botany andhorticulture. While working on his rnaster'sdegree, Greg worked under tre tutelage of bothVarrenJones and Dr. Chades Mason. He leamedfirst hand many aspects of collecting expeditions.

Upon graduating from thC University ofArizona asecond time, Greg started his nursery (imrylna-tively called Starr Nursery) in 1985, and tryoughthe years has collected,tested, and introducedmany Chihuahuan Desert plants into the land-scape industry. He has *ritt.n

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the genus Hesperaloe, and has recently focusedhis attention to the genusAgave

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a much needed look atAgaves in their ntEIXtlsetting. Everyone should come bring a friendand enioy Greg's perspective on thesC importantgarden plants.

Suunm, Ilncmmnn g, 200112:00 Noon

Tucson Botanical Gardens2t5O N. Alvernon Way

Ihcson Cactus & $ucculent$ociety- - Annual Holiday

Paf,ty arrd LuncheonJoin us Sunday December 9th, for our annualHotday gathering atTtryson Botanical Gardens.This will be an excellent opp€rtuflity to meetwith your fellow Cactus & Suiculent friends,have some excellent food and enioy the festivi-ties, awards, gifts and giveaways. Further detailswill be arranged and planned during orrr nerftboard meeting and will appear in the DecemberDesert Breeze. Please plan to attend this once a1'ear gathCring to celebrate the holidays and tohave some fun and good times with members,friends and visitors. Everyone will be expectingyou to attend!

New Newsletter Editor NeededA new Editor for the Deseft Breeze is needed fornext year. If you have good gra.phic and editorialskills as well as a love for Cactus & Succulentsplease contact a board member or iust come toon9 o-f our upcoming board meetings. your helpand dedication will always be appreciated and

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Does arr)Dne hirve Marnrnlllarla goldli?Bitl Munkacsy has asked me to put this in thenewsletter. He writes: I am a member of theC&SS of SanJose.I am looking for small plants ofMammillaria goldii for propagation pu4roses.Thanks,lBill Munkacsy" fiU-muntacsy@hotmail. comPlease E-mail Bill if you know where he can getthis spC-ies

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by Vona VatkinsFor anyone r#n", been wanting to take a niceday ffip to one ofArizona's choice garden desti-nations, with first class bus transportation, enjoyiuice, sodas and ottrer refreshments providedduring the trip and have a gleat free lturchcatered by Los Hermanos Restaurant, then youneed to be on the bus with all of us on Saturdav.November 3rd.This trip ro Boyce Thompson'Arboretum State Paf,k in Superior, Arizonawill give everyone an oppornrnity to see thisgreat botanical experience and be guided by oneof our own members,Pete Peffie. Members willalso have an opportunity to explore areas ontheir on and see some of the more than 800species of cacti and other succulents. I have visited there almost every year since coming toArizona in the early 80's and for anyone interest-ed in plants, BoyceThompson should be seen byall.This will be our last outing this year so besufe to get your seat on the bus.

On November lst our regular meeting will fea-ture Greg Staff. Greg will give us his orclusiveviews.on.findingAgaves in Mexico. Be stue toattend this presentation.

I[e will also be electing new officers to theboard. Please vote andlelp in selecting nextyear's new board members.Your vote is veryimportant in keeping our drrb moving in theright direction and working to improve.

Our annual TCSS HoltdayParty at the l|rcsonBotanical Crardens will be held on Sunday,December gth.This year we will celebrate ihOremember many achievements over the year andenjoy x grcat lunch with other members, family,friends and visitors. Please plan to attend thisvery enjoyable eVCnt.

Thanks,Vonn