Branch newsletter “Oxotica” archive
| Vol 28 No 2 December 2023 | Oxford Branch Show; With Forked Tongue (John Watmough), Baobab (David Greenaway) |
| Vol 28 No 1 December 2023 | Oxford Branch Show; The Best Bits of Baja (Bill Darbon); 70 Years Ago… (David Greenaway) |
| Vol 27 No 2 December 2022 | The Greenhouse (John Watmough); Jurassic Coast Succulent; The BCSS Programme libraries 2003-2022 (David Greenaway) |
| Vol 27 No 1 Summer 2022 | Main Show (Bill Darbon, Gillian Evison); Pots Panned (John Watmough); Blenheim; Richard Bush |
| Vol 26 No 2 Winter 2021 | Cake; Greenhouse pests; Greenhouse repair |
| Vol 26 No 1 Summer 2021 | Silver Anniversary Edition |
| Vol 25 No 2 Dec 2020 | Lockdown year (Mary Stone), Insecticides (John Watmough), An ode (Bill Darbon) |
| Vol 25 No 1 Jun 2020 | Doug Willis; Astrophytums, Drooling Spines |
| Vol 24 No 2 Dec 2019 | Brian Conway; Gordon Rowley; Pereskias. |
| Vol 24 No 1 Jun 2019 | International Euphorbia Conference; Blenheim Show 2019; Vegetative propagation. |
| Vol 23 No 2 Dec 2018 | Blenheim Show; Oxford Branch 60th anniversary – by Bill Darbon, Graham Evans and Maria Ilett; |
| Vol 23 No 1 Jun 2018 | Chairman’s Chat (Bill Darbon); Drooling Spines; A Namibian Safari (John Watmough); |
| Vol 22 No 2 Dec 2017 | The BCSS seed list 2017/18 (John Watmough); The shows – Oxford Branch, Haworthia Society, Blenheim Palace; From the Media (DavidGreenaway) |
| Vol 22 No 1 Jun 2017 | Oxford Branch 60th Anniversary, Drooling Spines (John Watmough), What’s Bugging Me (DavidGreenaway) |
| Vol 21 No 2 Dec 2016 | Mammillarias at the Oxford Show (Tony Roberts); South Africa, Western Cape (Bill Darbon); Gillian’s show pictures |
| Vol 21 No 1 Jun 2016 | Chairman’s Chat; The Tartan Trail; At Steve Brack’s; South African Curiosites (John Pusey) |
| Vol 20 No 2 Dec 2015 | Chairman’s Report; Haworthia Society Show; Travels of a Tenderfoot (Bill Darbon) |
| Vol 20 No 1 Jun 2015 | Blenheim Silver Gilt award; Trip to La Palma (Mary Stone); The Second Move (Martin Doorbar) |
| Vol 19 No 2 Dec 2014 | Cathy Darbon Memorial Show; Award of Merit; Martin Doorbar’s greenhouse and plants |
| Vol 19 No 1 Jun 2014 | Blenheim Show; Drooling Spines (John Watmough); First Footing Abroad (Bill Darbon); Mexico 2000 (cont.) |
| Vol 18 No 2 Dec 2013 | Cathy Darbon; ELK 2013 (Nick Boden); Drooling Spines; Yesterdays revisited (Bill Darbon) |
| Vol 18 No 1 Jun 2013 | Drooling Spines; Early Days (David Greenaway); Web Site Users; Big Bend or Bust (Gillian Evison) |
| Vol 17 No 2 Dec 2012 | Chairman’s Report; Pilgrimage to ELK 2012 (Martin Doorbar); The Cactus Garden of Lanzarote |
| Vol 17 No 1 Jun 2012 | All-digital!; The 14th Waltham Forest Continental Cactus Crawl; The Aussie Adventure |
| Vol 16 No 2 Dec 2011 | Branch Show; ELK 2011 (by the ‘roving reporters’); John Mullard ; The Gordon Rowley Bash |
| Vol 16 No 1 Jun 2011 | CSSA San Diego Convention; Drooling Spines; Words to Conjure With |
| Vol 15 No 2 Dec 2010 | Succulentia 2010 and Pre-Congress Trip (Mary Stone); Winter Growers (David Greenaway) |
| Vol 15 No 1 Jun 2010 | Alston Hall; All Our Yesterdays (Bill Darbon); Lewisias; Drooling Spines |
| Vol 14 No 2 Dec 2009 | Haworthia Societies Show 2000; Field Trip to Redington Pass |
| Vol 14 No 1 Jun 2009 | Award of Merit; CSSA Convention, Tucson; Continental Cactus Crawl |
| Vol 13 No 2 Dec 2008 | Mammillaria Society Classes, Oxford Show; Mammillaria Lecture; Spine Fever |
| Vol 13 No 1 Jun 2008 | Oxford and Northampton; Gleanings from cacti_etc; Mexico 2000 (cont.) |
| Vol 12 No 2 Dec 2007 | ELK 2007; Oxford Haworthia Show; Trials and Tribulations of a Show Secretary |
| Vol 12 No 1 Jun 2007 | Continental Cactus Crawl (John Watmough); CSSA Convention, Seattle |
| Vol 11 No 2 Dec 2006 | Spring Show – Cactus Classes; Autumn Show – Mesemb. and Other Succulent Classes; Branch Auction. |
| Vol 11 No 1 Jun 2006 | Cactus Crawl; South African Field Trip (Part 2); Indian Society Show (Doug Donaldson) |
| Vol 10 No 2 Dec 2005 | Did you come to the Show?; South African Field Trip (Mary Stone); CSSA Convention, Scottsdale |
| Vol 10 No 1 Jun 2005 | Drooling Spines of Oxford; Moving south – 1000 plants and a new greenhouse (Martin Doorbar) |
| Vol 9 No 2 Dec 2004 | From the Secretary; From the Show Secretary; Summer and Autumn Show Reports |
| Vol 9 No 1 Jun 2004 | AGM report; Financial notes; CSSA Convention, St. Louis (Part 2); Mexico 2000 by Brian Thomson. |
| Vol 8 No 2 Dec 2003 | Branch Show; CSSA Convention, St. Louis (Part 1); CANTE overview; Mexican Overview |
| Vol 8 No 1 Jun 2003 | Northern Convention (Brian Conway); |
| Vol 7 No 2 Dec 2002 | We are Moving!; Show secretary’s Report; Show Judges’ Reports; South Africa Trip |
| Vol 7 No 1 Jun 2002 | A New Way forward; Journal Popularity (Brian Thomson); Pinya da Rosa; Artificial Lighting (Kurt Lambert) |
| Vol 6 No 2 Dec 2001 | Show Reports; Botanical Illustration,; Seramis for Propagation; Artificial Lighting |
| Vol 6 No 1 Jun 2001 | Tribute to Keith Grantham; Web pages; Cacti from seed; Succulents of Lanzarote; Visit to René Zahra |
| Vol 5 No 2 Dec 2000 | Autumn Show reports; Digital Photography; Crossword |
| Vol 5 No 1 Jun 2000 | Branch Membership; Northern Weekend; Western Cape Tour 1998 (Part2) |
| Vol 4 No 2 Dec 1999 | Zone 8 Show; Succulent Wanderings; Pre-IOS Congress 1998 Tour (Part 1); Christmas Quiz |
| Vol 4 No 1 Jun 1999 | Tribute to Ray Pearce; Behind the Curtain; Yet More Old Mortar Rubble; Gibraltar and Morocco (Mary Stone); Conservatory Talk |
| Vol 3 No 2 Dec 1998 | Old Mortar Rubble; Branch Show; Seedraising (Ray Pearce) |
| Vol 3 No 1 Jun 1998 | Poem; Crossword answers; CSSA Convention 1997 (1) Visit to Punta Banda, Mexico (2) CSSA National Show |
| Vol 2 No 2 Dec 1997 | Branch Show; Abingdon and District Branch; Southern California Trip; Crossword |
| Vol 2 No 1 Jun 1997 | Editorial; Display Days; Open Days; |
| Vol 1 No 3 Dec 1996 | Adeste Florales; National Show, Spalding; Ode to the Show; Erick; Saguaro Fruit harvest, CSSA Convention, Tucson; |
| Vol 1 No 2 Jun 1996 | Junior’s Selections; New Venue – Langdale Hall; Zone 8 Convention, Didcot; BCSS Executive Committee and AGM; Northern Weekend – Alston Hall (Brian Conway) |
| Vol 1 No 1 Mar 1996 | A Word from the Branch Chairman; Judge’s Course 1995; Gone to Pot; Jardin Exotique, Monaco |