Giovanni Buffa in Carmagnola/Italien & Lydia Foote

Eric Schmitt in Lyon & P. corsica

Josef Halda in Sedlonov / Ceska Rep. & in Brueggen & a hairy P. veitchii from Guizhou

Leon Doyen in Gronsveld / Niederlande & P. Wladyslawa

Walter Good on the SPIN meeting in Göteborg /Schweden & a yellow P. delavayi

Gian Lupo Osti in Orvieto / Italien & P. ostii

Harrie de Vries in Valkenswaard / Nederland

Sir Peter Smithers in Vico Morcote/ Schweiz ( & Denis Wilson on one of his happiest days) & Sir Peter's unnamed seedling DSPS

Rezzo Eisenhut & Denis in San Nazzarro / Lago Maggiore / Switzerland & a giant P. Trojiman after rain in the arboretum of his nursery

Johann Joschko in Mahlberg / Baden (w. Denis) & his P. parnassica & P. mascula ssp. russoi

Jean-Luc Rivière in Crest/ Frankreich (w. Denis) & P. 'Yagumo'

Michel Rivière in Crest / Frankreich & his P. officinalis from Departement Drome

Carlo Confidati & Ms Osti in Centro Botanico Moutan in Orte / Italien & his collection of P. rockii

Hochschule Wädenwil / Schweiz & giant P. wittmanniana & P. wittmanniana var. nudicarpa

Fritz Neuhauser & Klaus Schumacher in Wien / Österreich & P. emodi from Turkmenistan

The first pulished pictures of 'Camillo Schneider's Tree Peonies' in Vienna

Robert Klaus in Wien and one of his seedlings

Hermann Fuchs in Hof / Bayern & his P. mascula ssp. russoi

Burghard Ebert in Zuchau / Sachsen Anhalt

Werner Heinze in Zwenkau / Sachsen

Heinz-Richard Klose in Lohfelden / Hessen

Dick Westland, André Bougonje, Harrie de Vries, Leon Doyen, Gian Lupo Osti & Fritz Neuhauser in Brueggen

All the people on the peony meeting in Brueggen

Stefan Tetzlaff, who organised the meeting & Ms. Ungerechts, who's garden we visited

Rosarie de la Vallée in Belgium

Hermann Krupke in Ljung / Sweden

Karl Johann Petterson in Sweden

Irmtraud Rieck in Sweden

Christina & my Wife Katrin in Sweden

.. and finally me alone on the ferry to Denmark. With the best wishes, Dr. Carsten Burkhardt