This issue - alone for 2008, that is connected to stoppage to work of the main editor Valery Kalishev. However editorial briefcase of our magazine is very large and the site will prolong to be reamed.

• Cacti as Crops - Yosef Mizrahi, Avinoam Nerd, Park S. Nobel

• Cultivars from collection by D. Samogorodsky, Kremetchug, Ukraine

• Russian Society of Cacti and Succulents Study (RSCSS) - Peter Lapshin

• My personal attitude to a Cactaceae taxonomy - Valery Zlotin

• Pioneers of discovery of mutagen operating of irradiation - Andry Smirnov, Cheuliabinsk

• Photo gallery - from site www.cactuspro.com

• Para-hobby. "Cactus laces" Salon anomalies in nature - Valery Kalishev

Friends, colleagues, enthusiasts of cacti and other succulents! We invite you to send us photographs of your plants (with or without names), especially of colored and flowering cultivars. Your stories about cultivars from your collection are enthusiastically welcome! The most interesting information and photos will be published in the next issues of our magazine. There are many puzzles in this amazing world of cultivars which are yet to be solved and your photos and stories may be a valuable contribution to the studies of these astonishing plants. We heartily thank all the readers who sent us stories and photos of interesting plants from their collections. You are always welcome!

Letter to Editor