Dear Mary Sue and all, Since the freeze of 1990 the South African Hill section has been revamped twice that I can remember. This last time almost everything was removed, lots of new rocks and fast draining soil put in. Some old plants were replanted, some new ones added and many have disappeared. There was a young man in there Saturday weeding out a lot of unknown irid appearing plants, bulbs and miscellany as well as trying to find appropriate signs for what was there. I seem to remember a couple of Lachenalias blooming earlier. Now in bloom are Morea villosa, an uncommon Babiana (ringens?) as well as misc. B. hybrids, Sparaxis elegans, and several Aloes. All too often the signs are too far away for me to read. Some of Bob Orndorff's collection is being sold off on the plant deck daily and I would guess more will be for sale at the Spring sale. As of Saturday there were still a few Arum seedlings, Melasphaerula ramosa, and a wonderful fragrant little Narcissus fernandesii. Liz