Hello Tony, I am a member of PBS and would like a copy of your IBS Bulletin, how do you want me to pay for it by check or money order? Thanks, Chris Council Lover of Oxalis > [Original Message] > From: Tony Palmer <adpal@ihug.co.nz> > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Date: 10/24/2004 3:00:33 AM > Subject: [pbs] BULBS > > Hi Everyone, > The latest issue of the IBS Bulletin BULBS is currently being mailed out. > Those of you who are IBS members will have either received it already or it > will be with you very shortly. Non members can purchase copies for $US5 each > from Dave Lehmiller, drcrinum@aol.com. > > Our feature article in this issue is called "A Gardeners Guide to Crocus" > and is a beautifully illustrated guide to the Genus, highlighting the more > easily observed features of the Crocus plant which are useful in > distinguishing the different species. It also includes some hints for > successful cultivation. Tony Goode from Norwich, England is the author and > illustrator. > > There are two excellent articles written by an Italian member, Alberto > Grossi. One is on Gloriosa lilies and the other on Pancratium. Also > illustrated by the author. > > Trying to balance the origins of the authors as well as the bulbs, our next > two come from the US, although John Bryan tells us in his "Reminiscences of > working with Jan de Graaff" that he snuck into the States under the French > quota of the time! Jim Shields, on the other hand, is most definitely a > native, having been born, raised and educated in Indiana. He is still to be > found there if he's not holidaying in exotic parts of the world. His recent > trip to South Africa is recorded in his diary type account "Plant Notes from > South Africa, May - June 2004". > > Alan Meerow has written the book reviews for this issue. He has covered > "Agapanthus for Gardeners" by Hanneke van Dijk, as well as "Amaryllis" by > Starr Ockenga and "Hippeastrum, The Gardener's Amaryllis" by Veronica M. > Read. Various other snippets, including a short article by Terry Hatch > speculating on whether the mycorrhizal fungi associated with Podocarpus > totara trees are the cause of clivias growing so well underneath them and > another by the same author whose patience with Brunsvigia was well and truly > rewarded, conclude this issue. > > Work is already underway on the next issue which will have a distinctly > South American flavour. Also in the issue I would like to pay tribute to > Jack Elliott who sadly passed away this year. If any of you who knew Jack > would like to contribute a paragraph or two in memory of him, please email > them to me soon - adpal@ihug.co.nz > > > > Best wishes > > Tony Palmer > Editor, BULBS > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php