CSSA VOL.73, January-February 2001 No.1 Montagne des Français - an ultimate paradise in Madagascar John Lavranos, Walter Röösli & Ralph Hoffmann Fascinating Frithia - Notes on a summer-rainfall wondow-plant Priscilla Burgoyne Paul Clifford Hutchinson Larry Mitich Introducing - our new journal and its designer From the Editor A letter to the Editor: More on the crown-of-thorns euphorbias Betty Shor Browningia candelaris in the Andean pre-puna of northern Chile Arthur Gibson & Philip Rundel Arthur Tischer (1895-2000) - an obituary Steven Hammer Details of the CSSA Convention for 2001   A new species of Mammillaria series Supertextae (Cactaceae) from Jamaica Alberto Areces-Mallea A new Madagascan euphorbia: E.itremensis Myron Kimnach & John Lavranos Echinocereus lloydii Larry Mitich Superb Succulents Duke Benadom

Cover illustration: Pachypodium windsorii on Montagne des Français, nothern Madagascar. The background plants include Aloe suarezensis and the yellow-flowered Uncarina peltata. Walter Röösli took this photo in November 1999 on a trip with Ralph Hoffmann.