June, 2000 
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Society projects 
SUCCULENTA EAST AFRICA 
This is a group of people who are 
interested in succulent plants, i.e. 
plants of arid areas with fleshy 
leaves or stems that enable them to 
survive long periods of drought 
Activities of the group are organised 
by a committee, comprising: 
Chairman - Prof. Lcn Newton. 
Secretary - Maria Dodds. 
Assistant secretary & seed 
exchange organiser - Anne 
Powys. 
Functions organiser - Sue Allan 
Assistant functions organiser - 
Christa von Kalckstein. 
Newsletter editors - Clare Gaier 
& Carin Partin. 
Member • Dee Roberts. 
The aims of the group are the 
cultivation, conservation and study 
of succulent plants. To achieve these 
aims. Succulcnta Hast Africa mem- 
bers are engaged in the following 
activities 
1. Monthly meetings, including 
garden meetings, lectures 
and Held trips. 
2. Publication of an informative 
bulletin. “Ballya", from 
1993 to 1998.* 
3. Publication of a bimonthly 
Newsletter. 
4. Active support for the 
botanical garden of the 
National Museums of Kenya. 
Members have been working 
closely with the manager and 
staff of the garden in the 
design, planting up. and 
maintenance of the large 
succulent plant section next 
to the snake park. 
5 The group also established a 
succulent plant rockery in 
the Nairobi Arboretum. 
For the immediate future we aim 
to continue with our regular meet- 
ings and field trips, and to continue 
active support of the botanical 
garden. We are also planning to look 
at the possibility of resuscitating a 
succulent plant reserve. area that had 
been established many years ago 
outside Nairobi 
For more information, contact the 
Chairman (tel. 812722 ext. 277; e- 
mail: lncwton@avu.org) 
or the Secretary (tel. 882828; e-mail: 
dodds@sw iftkenya.com). 
Prof. I.en Newton 
Botany Department. Kenyatta 
University. P.O. Box 43844. Nai- 
robi. Kenya 
