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 Journal 22
EARLY IMPRESSIONS OF A NEWLY-ARRIVED
 GARDENER IN ALEPPO
By Michael Turner
An account of successes and failures by the author in his garden in Aleppo after previously gardening in Edinburgh.
I found postage stamps from several countries depicting some of the plants he was successful with.
Alcea rosea, Ukraine
Capparis, Tunisia
Ipomoea, Argentina
Nerium, Maldives
Tagetes, Ukraine
 and Zinnia, Argentina   

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JOURNAL 22
MEDITERRANEAN GARDENING:
THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES
OF SLIM RAINFALL
By Isabelle Greene.

 The illustration depicting succulents in a pot is by David Baptiste.

Our balcony has been host to succulents for 30 years, most of them brought here from our previous home.
Here are some of the collection

Aeonium arboreum
Aeonium haworthii
Crassula mucosa
Crassula nealeana perforate rupestris
Gasteria carinata
Opuntia microdasys 

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Journal 22
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FIRESAFE LANDSCAPING IN CALIFORNIA 
by Judith Thomas
The recommendations apply to all places threatened by fires.
 Here in Greece, I believe all empty plots of land in towns, by law, should be mown and all inflammable rubbish takes away. I see here in Corinth   that several large empty plots have been cleared ( photo) but a strip between the road and a fenced plot not mown, (photo) who owns it?
And just to be contrary I am including a photo taken in Sparta several years ago which I always think of as Olivier Filippi’s    GOLD IS GOOD.

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Journal 22
CAMELLIAS GALORE IN LAZIO
By Virginia Scaretti.

The drawing by Milena Casadei on p. 35 is reproduced from Piero Caneti’s book Velletri, le sue Camelie with kind permission.

The photos are all from Madrid

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Journal 22
NOTES FROM AN ITALIAN GARDEN a book review by Vicky Schilling.
I quote
“ This book is a must have for anyone interested in gardening and Italy”

The book is still available