Re: Neil Carroll's last IAS Newsletter

From: "Peter Boyce" boyce at pothos.demon.co.uk> on 2001.05.15 at 15:17:47(6458) Betsy Your email rather gives the impression that you think Aroideana is simply a vox pop. for the few 'scientists' who happen to belong to the IAS and that the Newsletter is the for the real hard-core aroid folks who 'love their plants' but whose writings and views are only worth putting into an ephemeral publication. I think that does these folks a grave injustice. The fact of the matter is that if all Aroideana is viewed as is a scientific journal that, like so many others, is flicked through once and then consigned to a shelf then there is something seriously wrong with the Journal. Check out 'Palms' (aka Principes), no less scientific and erudite than Aroideana but with a good selection of 'amateur'; stuff, and ask yourself if that's not where Aroideana should be aiming. Pete

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