Thank you for this nice tribute to Wayne Roderick, Sue . For other bulbists who aren't Alpine-L subscribers, but who, like Mary Sue, found his friendships and interests extending far beyond rock gardening, here are some of the tributes paid to him recently on Alpine-L: http://nic.surfnet.nl/scripts/wa.exe/… Wayne, too, was not a subscriber to Alpine-L, but there were numerous Alpine-L posts about him in the years 1995-2002: http://nic.surfnet.nl/scripts/wa.exe/… Sic transit gloria mundi Harry Dewey, moderator, Alpine-L Mary Sue Ittner wrote: > Dear All, > > I'm not a member of Alpine-l list and only this morning learned from a > friend that Wayne Roderick had died. I wanted to post this for those > of you who hadn't heard yet. So I am feeling very sad about losing > him, but you can't think of Wayne and his contributions without also > feeling very glad for all those years he did live. > > Wayne is well known to rock garden fans and California native plant > fans. He has left behind articles he wrote about plants and memories > for so many of us. In his Northern California garden he grew bulbs and > boasted year round color with no water. Every year he opened his > garden to visitors in the spring and the fall. He loved to hike and > see plants in the wild and over the years took many to see some of his > favorites. He is responsible for some California bulbs being widely > available as he introduced them to the Dutch. (Calochortus 'Golden > Orb' is an example.) Wayne had a twinkle in his eye and you never knew > what he might say. He isn't a person easily forgotten. We managed to > get him to some of our Northern California bulb meetings at Jana's. > Although in the last few years he didn't drive much there were always > people willing to bring him as we valued his company. He will be > missed by so many. > > Mary Sue > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >