Aficionados of Crocus, the history of plant collecting, and the charms of victorian England will all want to read "George Maw, Joseph Hooker and _The Genus Crocus_", by Allison Rix in the new Curtis's Botanical Magazine (25/2). Also featuring Graham Duncan on the rarely- (or not-) cultivated Nerine ridleyi, with a very interesting discussion of erratic flowering in the genus. Max Withers Oakland CA