Dear Mr. O'Byrne: I was wondering if I might speak with you for an article I'm doing on fritillaria for the Oregonian. I'm just getting started now so I don't have specific questions ready, but if you're available at some point next week and I could speak with you over the phone, I would be grateful. I've recently moved from Portland to Maryland -- coincidentally, just around the corner from Jim McKenney whose garden I'm looking forward to seeing this spring -- so I would need to do the interview over the phone, though I'd prefer to visit your beautiful nursery, as I did when I was in Portland. Thank you, Sally Ruth Bourrie Kensington, Maryland