| Contents: | 
                            
                              | Russian collections: Olga Isaeva & Jgor Isaev Smolensk) | 
                            
                              | Vladimir Boxer Ones more about cactus spines-I | 
                            
                              | Sergei Kolmogorov Ones again about cactus spines-II
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                              | Victor Gapon Ones again about cactus spines-III | 
                            
                              | 70 years to Boris Noskov! | 
                            
                              | Viacheslav Moukhachov Russian obregonias
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                              | Natalia Schelkunova Gasteria baylissiana Rauh | 
                            
                              | Konstantin Korotkov Lapidaria margaretae (Schwantes) Dinter et Schwantes | 
                            
                              | 85 years to Hans Till! | 
                            
                              | Natalia Schelkunova, Victor Gapon Four collections of Amerhauser married couple | 
                            
                              | Natalia Schelkunova Illustrated Mini-Encyclopedia of Cacti & Succulents | 
                            
                              | Sergei Malyh Macrograph | 
                            
                              | Gert Neuhuber Very unusual gymnocalycium from San Luis Province: Gymnocalycium nataliae
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                              | Victor Gapon 24 hours in Tucuman | 
                            
                              | Natalia Mamushina The distinctions of photosynthesis in succulent plants (CAM-photosynthesis)
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                              | Andrei Vasiljev Book review | 
                            
                              | Petr Pavelka Define this plant-2! |