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I just thought people would be pleased to now that the Quarterly is now complete and has been uploaded to Allen Press in Kansas (6 hours uploading 600 Mb) who are currently producing color proofs for me to check over.

It's been quite a learning curve getting up to speed with InDesign (the software I'm using for layout), but I think that the result will be popular. As I said at the Annual in Salida, members will notice changes inside, although the cover and framework of this issue is in series with the previous 2010 issues - so that if you're someone who likes to file things in volumes you'll be quite happy. But there are changes inside: in layout, use of color and so on, that are very much what I've promised and that members have told me they hope to see.

If things all stay to schedule the Fall issue should be posted out in around 4 weeks.

I'm already starting to look at articles for the Winter issue and beyond, but like every editor I'm always on the lookout for new articles, great photos and so on. Please do get in touch.

And when the Quarterly gets to you, do feel free to let me know those things you like (and anything you don't). It's our Bulletin as members - we make it what it is.

Malcolm McGregor

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Harold Peachey

Thu, 10/13/2011 - 5:11am

Got mine a few days ago, read through the first evening.  One correction on the article about the Mt. Washington trip, Arthur Haines book is tittled Flora Novae angleae, not The Flora of New England , and is available now.

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Cliff Booker

Sat, 10/15/2011 - 8:59am
IMYoung wrote:

Quarterly arrived yesterday in North East Scotland -  don't know when we'll get the time to read it..... but it's here!

Do we have the same postman Maggi ... it must be quite a walk!!!  :D

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Tim Ingram (not verified)

Sun, 10/16/2011 - 1:54am

I am really enjoying reading through the latest Rock Garden Quarterly. So many great plants and gardens. What a wonder to grow Eritrichium nanum in the garden for ten years!! The borages are a favourite family of mine (but so are quite a few others!) but I have never seen Cynoglossom magellense; it looks quite a plant. David Sellars 'Tufa Cliff' is especially appealing because a project like this has been on my mind for a long time. Many thanks.

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Lori S. (not verified)

Sun, 10/16/2011 - 12:47pm

Once again, I am still waiting to receive mine - odd that it should get to the UK from a mailing in the US before it gets to Alberta, but who knows how these things work?  ???  
It sounds like another great issue!

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Schier (not verified)

Tue, 10/18/2011 - 9:12pm

I received mine today, and I can see I'll be having a go at it as bedtime reading tonight.
It is a real treat!

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Fermi de Sousa

Wed, 10/26/2011 - 10:52pm

The RGQ arrived yesterday in Central Victoria, Australia!
Looks like a cracker issue especially Stephanie's article on their new crevice garden!
cheers
fermi

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Mark McDonough

Fri, 11/11/2011 - 6:39pm

I finally got my Rock Garden Quarterly, a truely inspiring edition!  I finally realized why mine was so late, my membership expired a couple months back, a mailed renewal notice was buried in a messy pile of bills, papers, notes, and correspondance that always get the better of me.  Thanks to Bobby Ward's reminder email messages, with instructions of paying/renewing online through the NARGS.ORG website, I easily renewed my membership.  But I thank whomever decided to send me my latest Rock Garden Quarterly in spite of my late and overdue renewal.

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McGregorUS (not verified)

Sat, 12/17/2011 - 4:40am

The winter issue of the Quarterly is now in the post from Allen Press in Kansas which means that at least a fair number of people will be receiving their copies between Christmas and New Year and the vast majority by the end of the first week in January. That said, last year things did not go so smoothly, whether because of seasonal delays or whatever I do not know. So bear with us - we're doing our best - a first reaction is "Great issue.  Great authors!".

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McGregorUS (not verified)

Wed, 12/21/2011 - 1:12am

IN the middle of all the woe (about the SeedEx) I'm happy to report that the QUarterly has started to arrive with the first report that's come my way being from Ohio. Hope so many more of you will have it by Christmas and again many many more before New Year.

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Richard T. Rodich

Wed, 12/21/2011 - 4:28pm

And I've been meaning to post that mine came Monday (day before yesterday).

I have only been able to quickly page through the photos, and the article "A Prairie in Illinois" has a wad of most excellent pictures.  Just try to take good in situ photos showing off particular prairie species all among other plants, I dare you...

And I can hardly wait to see what "Seed Crimes" is all about...

Great job (as usual) to everyone involved!

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McGregorUS (not verified)

Thu, 12/22/2011 - 2:18am

Thanks Rick (and Saori) - it's always good to get to know that it's arriving and any compliments are always gratefully received.

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Tom Waters (not verified)

Thu, 12/22/2011 - 4:48pm

Mine arrived today in northern New Mexico. I've only read the first couple articles, but it looks like an excellent issue!

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Lori S. (not verified)

Mon, 01/02/2012 - 11:53am

So, have other Albertans received this issue by now?  Mine seems to have gone adrift somewhere.

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Mark McDonough

Mon, 01/02/2012 - 5:02pm
Lori wrote:

So, have other Albertans received this issue by now?  Mine seems to have gone adrift somewhere.

Well, if it's any consolation, haven't received mine on the eastern side of North America either.

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Schier (not verified)

Mon, 01/02/2012 - 7:30pm

Haven't received mine either, didn't check the mailbox on Friday but tomorrow we'll see. Good old Canada Post, yes, I think they're still catching up with Christmas leftovers....

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Lori S. (not verified)

Mon, 01/02/2012 - 7:59pm

Well, that's good to hear...  I suppose.  
I always wonder, when things seem to go astray, whether they have been delivered to the wrong house.  Believe it or not, there are two other houses a few blocks down the street that have the same house number as ours - both of them are corner houses and they have their house numbers facing onto the avenue, rather than on to the street as they should be, so their addresses are often mistaken for ours.  
The regular postal carriers know the neighborhood, and are rarely fooled by this.  (Parcel delivery folks are often misled, though... the residents  at these addresses are very kind in bringing misdelivered parcels to us a few times a year... but it would be easier for them and us if they'd just move their damn house numbers to the street side of their houses!  >:()  

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Cliff Booker

Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:53pm

... And it hasn't crossed the Atlantic yet (although, upon reflection, it probably has and is now lying in the bottom of a sack in a remote sorting office in rural Wales)!  :D

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McGregorUS (not verified)

Tue, 01/03/2012 - 3:44am

I'm hoping (it's not a lot more than hoping tho) that people will get their Quarterly by January 7th. That was my target. Canada seems to be on a similar timescale to us in the UK - last time I think it appeared in Australia before it got here.

Hope you all don't have to wait too long and that you feel it's worth the wait when it does come.

Very best and Happy New Year to everyone

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Schier (not verified)

Wed, 01/04/2012 - 2:19pm

I just got mine today and I can hardly wait to dig in and enjoy it. 

Lori that has to be terribly annoying that the neighbours down the street don't have the house numbers where they should be.  Way too easy for mail to go astray.
Hope you get your Quarterly asap!
Faith

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McGregorUS (not verified)

Fri, 01/06/2012 - 8:07am

.... and it's got to England today as well ...

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Trond Hoy

Fri, 01/06/2012 - 9:15am

Have not got mine although earlier copies have arrived rather quickly here. But I am still waiting for some Christmas cards too.

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Beatty (not verified)

Sat, 01/07/2012 - 8:08am

I got mine on Vancouver Island yesterday - enjoying it a lot.  Lori hope you get yours soon - the island usually takes a lot longer to deliver than Calgary - island time and all that.

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Lori S. (not verified)

Sat, 01/07/2012 - 10:06am

Got mine yesterday too, and have spent some very enjoyable time browsing through it.  The new layout is great - very bright and new!

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Fermi de Sousa

Wed, 01/11/2012 - 9:02pm

RGQ arrived in Central Victoria yesterday! Yay! (Cynthia in Melbourne told me her copy arrived the day before)
Excellent edition and I must see is Peter George has started a thread about his "We are Luddites" article!
cheers
fermi

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Tim Ingram (not verified)

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 10:30am

Am enjoying the latest Quarterly - notably Lori Chips article on 'Seed Crimes' and Bobby Ward's 'Bookshelf'. I like Lori's comment about 'chipping' legume seed and keeping small seed in the packet; I've never thought of this! Large seed like Erythrina and Sophora secundiflora have the opposite problem, it takes half an hour to file through the seed coat! Bobby Ward's article was especially interesting because I know a little of nature writing from the States and such a subject rarely crops up in the AGS Bulletin. It provides a perspective on the plants we grow and our environment which I find very enlightening. I would love to hear more about figures like Claude Barr, Lincoln Foster and more recently Wayne Roderick.

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Mark McDonough

Sun, 01/15/2012 - 7:29am

I'm starting to worry that my NARGS Quarterly isn't going to show up.  For the last quarterly edition, my NARGS membership renewal was languishing in a heap of paperwork, probably why I hadn't received the quarterly at that time, but upon renewing membership online at the NARGS web site, my copy duly arrived. Any one else out there not received the latest NARGS Quarterly yet?

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Trond Hoy

Sun, 01/15/2012 - 7:42am

Me! I haven't got mine either - think I have remembered renewing my membership but now I wonder ??? ???
Stephen, have you gotten yours?

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McGregorUS (not verified)

Sun, 01/15/2012 - 9:15am

Mark, Trond, Jenny

You were all on the mailing list for the latest issue so your copy should be crawling towards you. I would like to say I understand why some people get their's quickly and others take so long but I can't. It baffles me why some people have to wait so long.

Very best

Malcolm

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Trond Hoy

Sun, 01/15/2012 - 11:21pm
McGregor wrote:

Mark, Trond, Jenny

You were all on the mailing list for the latest issue so your copy should be crawling towards you. I would like to say I understand why some people get their's quickly and others take so long but I can't. It baffles me why some people have to wait so long.

Very best

Malcolm

Glad to hear I'm on the list! The previous issues have come rather quickly so it's therefore I am anxious :-\

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Jennifer Wainwr...

Tue, 01/17/2012 - 12:57pm

Thanks for checking, Malcolm. January's always the time when I start to wonder if I've renewed my membership while waiting for the journal. Good to know that it's on the way!

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Fermi de Sousa

Thu, 01/19/2012 - 2:26pm
Wainwright wrote:

January's always the time when I start to wonder if I've renewed my membership while waiting for the journal.

Being forgetful of renewing was a big incentive in my taking out Life membership :rolleyes:
Apart from the fact that I saw it as a nice "farewell" present to myself when I left the USA to return to live in Australia - on a much reduced wage ;D
cheers
fermi

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Jennifer Wainwr...

Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:44am

That's a good suggestion, Fermi. If the Euro hasn't disappeared down the plug hole by the end of the year, perhaps I'll treat myself to life membership.

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McGregorUS (not verified)

Thu, 03/22/2012 - 9:15am

New issue of the Quarterly (Spring 2012) has been dispatched to members from Allen Press in Kansas. Managed to get the whole thing completed, layouts, proofreading, color proofing etc before we set off for the Annual Meeting in Everett - so it's on its way!!

We just got back to the UK on Saturday evening after the Annual Meeting and then another week with presentations in Vancouver and Calgary - thanks to all those involved with all of that - great fun. And if you're expecting a reply to an email all I can say is that I'm working my way through a stack - should be up to date by beginning of next week.

Deadline for next issue is May 1st but if you have to have something in it would be good if you get in touch before then.

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Michael Peden

Thu, 03/29/2012 - 6:55am

Spring 2012 issue: I'd like to incorporate into Panayoti's 'Seven Axioms' these: 1: Defendable borders! -perhaps something Panayoti doesn't think too much about, entire yard up in rock gardens and all but for many of us its useful. A long rectangle is more difficult to defend against crawling weeds than is a circle. Make considered use of edging materials, walls, slabs, and stone mulch! 2: Permanence and stability! -don't be planting things that need constant division or other muddling. Things can take quickly in "new" -cultivated conditions but I find the best, eventually, for rock plants are settled conditions. Crevice gardeners heed especially! This is not unlike Panayoti's #6 and once it is undertaken one need never know where the bulbs are planted. In fact, they need not even be marked.

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McGregorUS (not verified)

Fri, 03/30/2012 - 1:53am

Hi Peden

You've obviously not only received but really got stuck into the Spring Quarterly - whereabouts are you? Nice to know where gets copies quickly.
And would you like to write up your comments for the next issue for me - maybe with a pic or two.

Malcolm

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