CSSA VOL.73, January-February 2001 No.1 Montagne des Français - an ultimate paradise in Madagascar John Lavranos, Walter Röösli and 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 and 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 and 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.