Thanks for your suggestions regarding bulb images. The company from whom we are buying our bulbs does have images we are using, however, some are not as good as I'd like to use. John T. Manion, Curator The Bailey Arboretum 194 Bayview Road Lattingtown, NY 11560 (516) 571-8020 http://www.baileyarboretum.org/ ---------------------------------------- > From: pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 43, Issue 3 > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 12:00:20 -0400 > > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post: <mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > List-Archive: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/> > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Source for Bulb Images? (N Sterman) > 2. Lycoris squamigera (Jim McKenney) > 3. Re: Lycoris squamigera (J.E. Shields) > 4. Seeds of Dioscorea discolor (soberano.sol) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 09:23:57 -0700 > From: N Sterman <TalkingPoints@PlantSoup.Com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Source for Bulb Images? > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <5B9A5EB4-EDD8-4EB0-BE0E-C9526C7A266A@PlantSoup.Com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; > format=flowed > > Also, if you go to the on-line bulb sellers, they will probably be > willing to share images if you give them credit (it is like free > advertising for them so it ends up being a win-win). > > Be sure you tell them it is for a non-profit arboretum > > Nan > > On Aug 1, 2006, at 10:12 AM, John Manion wrote: > > > Greetings All, > > > > Can anyone recommend a source for online photos of bulb plants in > > flower that I may use without a fee? This is for a brochure I am > > developing for a fundraising bulb sale this fall at the non-profit > > arboretum at which I work. I would, of course, give full credit to > > the photographer(s). A few examples of the plants for which I am > > seeking good images: > > > > Chionodoxa forbesii, Tulipa ?Ollioules?, Allium sphaerocephalon, > > A. schubertii, Narcissus ?Curlew? , N. ?Baby Moon?, N. ?Fruit > > Cup?, Camassia leichtlinii 'Blue Danube', C. leichtlinii > > 'Semiplena'. > > > > Any help will be very much appreciated, > > > > > > John T. Manion, Curator > > The Bailey Arboretum, > > 194 Bayview Road > > Lattingtown, NY 11560 > > (516) 571-8020 > > http://www.baileyarboretum.org/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Try Live.com: where your online world comes together - with news, > > sports, weather, and much more. > > http://www.live.com/getstarted/ > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 20:18:00 -0400 > From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> > Subject: [pbs] Lycoris squamigera > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <000001c6b75b$72711b80$2f01a8c0@Library> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Lycoris squamigera is blooming here in Maryland, both in a neighbor's garden > and in my garden. There has been little rain recently, yet these are big, > robust stems - and, it seems to me, a bit early. > > The local temperature got up to 101 degrees F today, and it's been at or > near 100 for three days in a row. > > Jim McKenney > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, lately the torrid zone. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:22:38 -0400 > From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Lycoris squamigera > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20060804081613.01b77838@pop.indy.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Lycoris squamigera are not in bloom here at my place yet, but 60 miles due > west of here, outside Greencastle, Indiana, I saw a yard full of them in > flower yesterday. By the way, swallowtail butterflies (Papilio glaucus, P. > troilus, and P. philenor) seemed to be nectaring at them. > > Here in Westfield, I have a couple laggard Lycoris sanguinea in bloom, and > scapes up on a couple L. sprengeri. I'll check more carefully for other > Lycoris today. > > We had about 1 inch of rain yesterday, and the weather cooled down to > practically comfortable. > > Regards, > Jim Shields > in central Indiana (USA) > > At 08:18 PM 8/3/2006 -0400, Jim McKenney wrote: > >Lycoris squamigera is blooming here in Maryland, both in a neighbor's garden > >and in my garden. There has been little rain recently, yet these are big, > >robust stems - and, it seems to me, a bit early. > > > >The local temperature got up to 101 degrees F today, and it's been at or > >near 100 for three days in a row. > > > >Jim McKenney > >Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, lately the torrid zone. > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:50:49 -0300 > From: "soberano.sol" <soberano.sol@bol.com.br> > Subject: [pbs] Seeds of Dioscorea discolor > To: "pbs" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <J3H7SP$B5913DD75D65E30808F8C22A616ACC40@bol.com.br> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi all, > > I have available for exchange some seeds of Dioscorea discolor > (amount very limited). > If somebody will be interested party, please writes for the email: > soberano_sol@yahoo.com.br > > Regards, > > Tarc?sio Eduardo Raduenz > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 43, Issue 3 > ********************************** _________________________________________________________________ Try Live.com - your fast, personalized homepage with all the things you care about in one place. http://www.live.com/getstarted/