Comments from the President 6

William D. Bell, In Memoriam 10

The Herbert Medal and Recipients

Alan W. Meerow, 1998 Herbert Medalist, An Autobiography 14

Alstroemeria in Chile
Marian Ørgaard and Kell Kristiansen 29

Notes on the Genus Lachenalia
Graham Duncan 40

Ledebouria viscosa, one of South Africa's most striking and unusual bulbous plants
Charles Craib and Laurian Brown

Ledebouria galpinii Venter, a rare mountain top mist-belt species
Charles Craib and Andrew Hankey 54

Ledebouria atrobrunnea S. Venter, a new species from the Western Magaliesberg in South Africa's North West Province
Charles Craib and Laurian Brown 59

Studies on the growth cycle and flowering control of Leucocoryne coquimbensis F. Phil.
Hyeon-Hye Kim and Kiyoshi Ohkawa 64

Cultural suggestions for Hippeastrum species including species
crosses grown in containers in a greenhouse
Nolan John Sahuc 71

Conservation concerns for Bowiea volubilis, an unusually succulent member of the Hyacinthaceae
C. Bircher, C. Prentice, N. Crouch and R. Symmonds 81

The ecology of Ammocharis tinneana near the Limpopo River in South Africa
CharlesCraib and Laurian Brown

In appreciation of the hedgerows and roadside flowers, especially bulbs of Britain
John E. Bryan 93

A new soil mix for hippeastrum and other amaryllids
Charles Hardman

Two species of the genus Leucocoryne (Alliaceae) in Chile
Otto Zöllner and Luis Arriagada 100

The tribe Gilliesieae (Alliaceae) in Chile
Otto Zöllner and Luis Arriagada 104

GrowingAfrican bulbs
Gregg Pettit 108

Seed germination and early growth of Hippeastrum species and hybrids in water
Veronica M. Read 110

Surprising hippeastrums
Prof. Dr. Karl Zimmer 120

Boöphane ernestii-ruschii (Dinter ex. Solch), a "Living Diamond" in South-Western Namibia
Dennis Tsang145

The ecology of Eucomis vandermerwei on the Steenkampsberg in South Africa's Mpumulanga Province
Charles Craib and Laurian Brown 152

Haemanthus namaquensis, a rare and impressive species from Namaqualand, South Africa
Charles Craib 156

Traditional medicine
Gregg Pettit 160

The Cowlishaw clivias
Bill Morris 164

Growing tulips in the coastal state of Louisiana, USA
Robert M. Turley 168

Cultivation notes on Worsleya rayneri
Daryl Geoghegan 173

The ecology and status of Haemanthus canaliculatus in its modern environment
Charles Craib and Laurian Brown 174

Breeding Cyrtanthus for cut flowers
Frank Holford 179

Crinum buphanoides in South Africa Charles Craib 186

Crinum graminicola near Johannesburg and Pretoria in South Africa's Gauteng Province
Charles Craib 190

How to grow better hippeastrums
Veronica M. Read 195

A rescue account of a population of Crinum graminicola near Pretoria
Andrew Hankey 199

Veltheimia - Living Jewels: No. 6
Charles Hardman 201

Romulea monadelpha and Romulea sabulosa - Living Jewels: No. 7
Charles Hardman 204

Modern day plant explorers
Guy Wrinkle 206

A source list of geophytic plant material
Dave Casebier 213

Book reviews 221