Just to give another view on this. In Southern California it doesn't work so well. Anything that goes through the APHIS station at LAX will certainly be held up. They told me that I needed to pay for forwarding to my house. They accept a FED EX account but stamps that I had sent prior to that just disappeared. I don't trust the process anymore since it depends too much on individual discretion. I don't even attempt it anymore. Richard in Vista CA Actually, it's even better than that. The limit is 50 seeds per packet or 10 g. per packet. That way, you don't have to count your poppy seeds or fern spores. Also, there is a limit on the number of packets which can be imported in one shipment: 50. All 50 packets can be the same taxon, but they have to be packeted as either 50 seeds per packet or 10 g. per packet. There are 16 conditions which determine what you can and can not do under this permit, and seed prohibited under other restrictions are also prohibited under this permit. So be sure to read the fine print before you order. Alpine-L has had many postings on this topic, and some of the details of the process are still being worked out. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7 where Galanthus elwesii is blooming in the open garden and some tazettas are about to bloom in the cold frame. My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/