The April 2013 issue of IRG(International Rock Gardener)is now online. http://srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php/… There is a decided bulb bias in this issue!Plant hunters have always been intrepid souls, venturing into areas where all sorts of unknown tribulations lurked. Happily, the fate of David Douglas - who died in a pit trap in Hawaii in 1834 - has not befallen any recent plant explorers. The Latvian nurseryman, bulb expert and author Janis Ruksans is a valued contributor to the SRGC forum. Last month he made a trip to North West Turkey. This issue of IRG includes much of that story but a great many more photographs can be seen in the SRGC Forum along with other references. Jaroslav Baláz, a Czech grower who has a small alpine nursery in the village of Dolní Rozínka, writes about the charming Ranunculus seguieri. Many alpine enthusiasts from around the world will be meeting up next week for the Second Czech International Rock Garden Conference - the IRG Team will be there and we look forward to seeing many friends old and new. http://czrgs.cz/conference.html http://srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php/… Young