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IN MEMORIUM Published by TUCSONCACTUS & P.O.Box 3723 BOTANICAL College socl Stati 857 22 Scott, I{arvin J. D. L. Fuller HUGH B. SLOAN October 24, L970 "We have no dearer r^7ord for our heartts friend, For him who journeys to the world's far end, And scars our soul with going; thus r4re say, As unto him who steps but orer the wav -- 'Good-by.' G. D. Litchfield HUGH B. SLOAN Hugh Stoan was the very good friend of many of the members of Tucson Cactut I Botanical Society, dating from the early 1960's, soon after its founding. Ec \^/as a genuine outdoorsman who enjoyed the plant world in many of its aep€ctfr among his varied interests. He served as a member of the Board of Directorr. He vras assistant edj.tor of Chatter at one time. We extend our sincere alqlatby to Dana Sloan and to their daughter. Hugh wrote and published poetry of tucb interest to his associates. Here we print one of his poems. THE UPWARD PATH As we travel along the paths of life 'Mid joys and pleasures, toils and strife, Sometimes we falter and almost fail, Through the hardships encountered along life's trail. Rivers \^/e cross, mountains we cli-mb Until we reach a height sublime, Where our naked soul shall stand alone Before the Master of the Great White Throne. There, little matters of our wealth or fanre. But if just square we have played the game. There, may the records upon our slate Gain us admittance throuqh the Inner Gate. --------Hugh B. Sloan.

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IN MEMORIUM

Publ ished byTUCSON CACTUS &P . O . B o x 3 7 2 3

BOTANICALCo l l ege

soclSta t i8 5 7 2 2

Scot t ,I{arvin

J . D .L . Fu l le r

HUGH B. SLOAN

Oc tobe r 24 , L970

"We have no dearer r^7ord for our heartts fr iend,For h im who journeys to the wor ld 's fa r end,And scars our soul with going; thus r4re say,As unto him who steps but orer the wav --' G o o d - b y . '

G . D . L i t c h f i e l d

HUGH B. SLOAN

Hugh Stoan was the very good fr iend of many of the members of Tucson Cactut IBo tan ica l Soc ie ty , da t ing f rom the ear ly 1960 's , soon a f te r i t s found ing . Ec\^/as a genuine outdoorsman who enjoyed the plant world in many of i ts aep€ctframong his varied interests. He served as a member of the Board of Directorr.He vras assistant edj. tor of Chatter at one t ime. We extend our sincere alqlatbyto Dana Sloan and to their daughter. Hugh wrote and published poetry of tucbin te res t to h is assoc ia tes . Here we pr in t one o f h is poems.

THE UPWARD PATH

As we travel along the paths of l i fe'M id joys and p leasures , to i l s and s t r i fe ,Somet imes we fa l te r and a lmost fa i l ,Through the hardsh ips encountered a long l i fe 's t ra i l .

Rivers \^/e cross, mountains we cl i-mbUnt i l we reach a he igh t sub l ime,Where our naked soul shal l stand aloneBefore the Master of the Great White Throne.

There, l i t t le matters of our wealth or fanre.But i f just square we have played the game.There, may the records upon our slateGain us admittance throuqh the Inner Gate.

- - - - - - - -Hugh B. S loan.

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2 .DEDICATION

We proudly dedicate this last issue of CACTUS CAPITAL CHATTER 1970 to thepres idents o f Tucson Cactus & Botan ica l Soc ie ty o f the years 1962, i -963, L964,1965. The year 1970 is the 10 th Ann iversary o f the found ing o f Tucson CactusClub which was later renamed Tucson Cactus & Botanical Society. CHATTER editorShe1by th is year has car r ied th rough a I1 i ssues , repor ts o f the deve lop ing ,young organ iza t j -on dur ing i t s fo rmat ive , f i r s t f i ve years o f ex is tence. Th isPeriod is chosen in order to give our newest members and members of only thelag t few years the in te res t ing and usefu l background o f our c lub- -a l ] " in anut ghe l l " , so to speak . These pres idents were ac tua l l y p ioneers in a veryrea l aense, as they served in the f i ve ear l ies t years o f our c l -ub 's l i fe - - - -t ry i ,ng to se t mean ing fu l goa1s , dev is ing the means o f rea l i z ing them, es tab-lkhing guiding pol icies and precedents.

CegfUS CAPITAL CHATTER salutes i ts early presidents of the years 1962 through1965. Through th is Ded ica t ion , we express our genu ine apprec ia t ion and tha tof our entire membership for al l they have given to Tucson Cactus & BotanicalSoclety. ---- Editor.

1962 , 1963 PRESIDENT DAVID SPRINGIs YEARS THE YEARS OFDEVELOPING

Tucaon Cactus & Botan ica l Soc ie ty owes Dav id and Mar jo r ie Spr ing an ever -la t t lng debt o f g ra t i tude fo r a l l tha t they gave o f themse lves to he lp ho ldoUr g roup together , as we l l as to es tab l i sh i t on a f i rm and las t ing founda-t ton . The sudden death o f our founder , Cac tus John Haag on Dec. 2 , L962,brought about a very t ry ing t ime fo r the C1ub. Severa l lega l compl ica i ie : :sl ro lG: d ispos ing o f John 's exce l len t l ib ra ry on cac t i , h is f ine garden andi t r p lan ts , and h is house wh ich was our meet ing p Iace . The Spr ings o f tenopened their desert home and garden to our meetings. David's programsabounded in numerous f ield tr ips and worthwhiLe meetings addressed by auth-or l ta t i ve speakers . Mar jo r ie worked most ac t i ve ly on severa l commi t tees ,and later she became co-editor of CACTUS CAPITAL CHATTER the vear of i tsfounding.

1964 PRESIDENT JACK I{EYER,S YEAR THE YEAR OF F IELD TR IPS

Of a to ta l o f I0 c lub meet ings he ld in 1964, 508 were in te res t ing , wor thwh i l -ef ie ld t r ips - - to such spots as : Rancho de1 Lago, Va i I ; Arava ipa Canyon,l foods Brothers' Panorama Ranch, Pinal County; Andrada Ranch. We receivedour Cert i f icate of Incorporation. An irnproved set of By-Laws was distr ibutedto members . P lans were begun fo r the Haag Memor ia l Garden and fo r be ing hos tto the 1965 Nat iona l Convent ion o f the Cactus & Succufen t Soc ie ty o f Amer ica .Isabe l le Meyer worked s tead i l y a l l year , a lso , on the Garden. Her f ine organ-iza t iona l sk i l l g rea t ly cont r ibu ted to the smooth opera t ing o f the Convent ion .She served as club secietary and actively on many committees through severalyears .

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.enthus ias t ica l l y . She was qree ted by her many cac tus f r iends , and i t wasgreat to have her among us again.

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6 .Most recently, our Aff i l iate Director has received an ingulry tr6 Yuzo TanakarTokyo' JaPan' about our Newsletter' cAcTUS CAPITAL CHATTER. 8c requeated thata sample copy be sent him. I t was sent. Rosa also heard fron Bob.'s CactugNook, Birmingham, Alabama. They want to see a sample copy of GHATTER also.They wil l receive one.

I97O CIRCULATION REPORT OT'CACTUS CAPITAL CIIATTERCACTUS CAPITAL CHATTER'S 4 issues of 1970 were mailed as fol lows:in Tucson: to 90 addresses of members in tucson and Green Val1ey; to MenrsGarden CIub of Tucsoni to 4 of the 5 Tucaon Public Libraries: Central, Valen-cia Branch' wirmot Branch, and G.Freeman woods Memorial Branch; to s. E.l lcGregor, Bee Research Laboratory, USDA; to 3 divisions of the University ofArizona: The Library, The Herbarium, Desert Biology stat ion. rn phoenl.x: toDeser t Botan ica l Garden. Then, to o ther cac tus soc ie t i .es in 4 s ta tes : N.Mex. ,Ca l i fo rn ia - -Gates , Ma jave Deser t , san D iego, Los Ange les ; Houston , Texas ;s t . Lou is , I t {o . , Henry shaw cac tus soc ie ty . A1so, to 18 ou t -o f -s ta te ind i -v ldua l subscr ibers in 6 s ta tes : Nor th Dakota , Oh io , Wiscons in , Texas , Ca l i f -o rn ia , Newl le i i co , and to Ghana, A f r i ca . To cac tus soc ie t ies i -n fo re ign landa:New Zealand, Austral ia, Scotland. The total number ot copies of CAcrfS CAPITALCHAATER mailed at each quarterry print ing equals 130. 26 copies of GACTUSCAPITAL CHATTER, VOL. 5, No. 4, were mailed to as many cactus and succulentaff i l iated clubs, of al1 the r^restern states. rn this way, al l of these organ-izations were fu1ly informed obout our CACTUS REFORESTATfOU pnO.fnCr which wasfeatured in detait in this i .ssue of CHATTER.For the infornation of new rnembers: RATES: CACTUS CAPITAL CHATTER is mailedfree-to paid-up members of Tucson Cactus & Botanj.cal Society. $1.00 per yearto addresses in usA. S1.50 per year to addresses in fo re ign lands . cop i l so f back issues- - I965 th rough 1970 - - - -a re a lways ava i lab le a t 204 per s ing lecopy, 750 per set of 1 year's copies. please make your checks paylble torTucson Cactus & Botanj.cal Society. see CHATTER editorf Josephine-Shelby aboutth is .

IIIEMBERS, NOTE AND USE: 85722 is the new ZIPaddress, which is: Tucson Cactus & BotanicalTucson, Ar izona, 85722.

CODE NUMBER for our club postalSoc ie ty r Box 3723, Co l lege Sta t ion ,

OUR CLUB HISTORY SCRAPBOOK� e e n i n t e r e s t e d e n o u g h t o 1 o o k b e t w e e n t h e c o v e r s o four history scrapbook? l f not, WHY NOT? It vividly records and recal ls, yearby year, the main accomplishnents and highl ights of-programs of Tucson Caclust Sudculent Society. letty Blackburn, our 1970 Hi"storian, has added many i temsto the yeat]V records for 1968 and 1959 which had not been t iken care of ful ly.Here you wil l read art icles about Tucson Botanical Garden; letters from ex-president Halroran and cltArrER editor shelby; a report on tags needed forco l lec t l .ng cac t i ; p ic tu res o f Tucsonts exh ib i t a t the second Menrs Gardcn C lubShov; _Picture of our-1969 Xmas party.. A_ne-rir scrapbook starts the 1970 f i ietoryrrecord. Here you wil l f ind the report of Nancy Clarke's becoml,ng presibent;

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pictures of other 1970 off icersi Dr. Tul ler lecturing; pictures of urinners of1970 Cactus Show at Phoenixi a story of Paul Shaw, former Curator of plants,Arizona-Sonora Desert l4useum, col lect ing cacti destined for portuEal; our SunFair exhibit ; our picnic at Pepper sauce canyon; letters of interest fromCHATTERTS correspondence f i les; ex-Bresident Halloran' 's Flag Day activi tytfeature story from Tucson Cit izen aLout Alan Blackburn. And=--iruch more.Al lo\t CHATTER editor to suggest for 1971 that the Club Historlan bring ourHistory Scrapbook to every meeting of the club. Let i t be announced at evexymeeting that i t is avai lable to members to read to learn about r.c. & B. s.and to enjoy.

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8 .Apprr3sisgia. . Mrs. Raymond Pegel won, two

ranr;ant1a and her Toumeya papyrancantna'

AIan and Betty Blackburn visited the Show'

f i rsts for her tePhrocactus PaPY-Rosa and Anne Christensen, and

as d id Mr . .and Mrs . tsar ry Yocum.

PAUL SHAW

SO LONG' PAUL SHAW :

But not."Farewell !" we know how much youl ike Arizona and especiaLly Tucson' we hopeto be seeing you and your family back.inTucson often. Paul has been a long-t imemember of Tucson Cactus & Botanical Society'ife becarne Curator of Plants at Arizona-sonora Desert lluseum in L962 after the death

of Cactus John Haag who founded our,Cactusi"rieiy,-and to vrh5se memory we dedicated

the Haag lternorial Garden at Dosert Museum'At the fruseum, PauI was in charge of.al l- l" t i" i" i f

operations, including hort iculture;-ol lect ing ind identi fyinq plants; botanicalancl interpretive label ing; lec-tures; thgpi"nning ind execution of exhibits -pertainingio Uotaiy and plant ecology; use of desertplants in laridscapi-ng--in a demonstration'garden

co-sponsored by Sunset- Magazine offrenlo Park,-Cali fornia; and the co-planning."i ""ftifits showing plant-anl-mal relationships'

paul supervised the dedicated and hard-working grUup of our own rnembers in

creating our Haag Memorial Garden at Arizona-Sonora DeseruMuseum. He found

time, in his heavy;;;a; i"-;- i i re eau-.t ional talks at our meetLngs and

otherwise .to part icipi ie in our-program. Paul and his family departed Tucson

last July for Santa 'earbara,

eati foinia where he has acceDted a posit ion as

crounds Superintend"rrt or Santa Barbati iot"" i . Garden in'Missio-n clny9n b::

hind historic Santa Barbara Mission' The f lora of Cali fornia and of the offs

shore islands are ..oi"gi""rry displayei l on 60 acres. complementLng the

l iving botanical aispiay is a'n active- educational program,- and an extensive

l ib rarv and herbar i_ i f i l - t i i i= - - i " -p " " i ' s new addres i : -2460

Las canoas Road '

Santa -Barbara ,

Ca l i fo rn ia , 93 f05 '

BooK REVIEW: succulENrs AND cAcru-s, Lane Books (publil3l:Iri5it""""'

Feb ' 1970 :+ha r inac* rha l - T have seen. r t con tarn l so much per t i -rhis Look is one of the f inest that I have seen' Tt cont

nent, up-to-date infoit"t i"" on start ing- a coltect ion. and ql: I i lg^:": : l , i : :-other succulents. a=ia" irom the fact ahat some of . the recommended Iandscape

succu len ts ( i .e . Echever ias , Ka lanchoes, Aeon iums ' Euphorb ias) a re more su i ted

to Cat i fo rn i . '= " r i *J i ; ; -a ; ; in fo rmat ion th is book o f fe rs i s very apq l i -

cable to gro\r ing ";; t i - i"- i"cson and Gieen va1ley. .To al"I beginners and

amateurs , r recomme"J- t t t i " f ine book '_ : : : : i :T Robb ins ' L ib rar ian 'T 'C '& B 'S '

EASY TO GROW BUT NOT COMMONLY SEEN CACTr ---.--1 -1^-! L--(1- foir i .g"" i"- 'd;""si i" i"-F; i ; ;- ; ; ;"1-". pt i toae t925. rhis unusual plant hai ls from

the Valley oe;auma've in trre State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. I t was oriqinal ly

d iscovered by A. v . F r ic and Ing . Marce l lo Ca; taneada in 1923. In th is a rea

it is abundant on the low l imestone hi l1s and f lat areas. This plant looks

l i ke an Ar iocarpus l ; ;h i "h i t i s re ra ted bu t d i f fe rs in some respec ts . T l .plants are single oi ciespitose roith fusiform roots and white f lowers' This

;; ; ; i ;"- l ; " i-- i i i t" , easy"-urt i-varion, besr grown Ln a mixture of I part sand,

i"; ; ; ;"" i l i ; . i l ;14 wirh-careful wareri .ns i f srov,m in a pot. rhe qrhite

f lowers are freely produced during the surnmer months. Plants corne easi ly

from seed, in our experience, but are rather slow growing (not. quite-as slow

as Ariocarpus seedlings) . Reference: A Svstemati ' Studv of Obreqonia

Edward F. Anderson, Vo1. XXXX' pp. 101-lO?, Cactus and Succulent JOurnal '- - - - -John Robb ins , L ib rar ian , T . C. & B- S .