Dear Lee & All, I googled up Flores & Watson, and found a note from them to "Garden Watchdog" website dated January 4, 2004: "We do not run a full-time, full-scale commercial (or even registered) seed harvest business. What we collect is much involved with our other work as botanists, plant investigators and writers. In addition we do not, as a policy, keep seeds in storage from one year to the next. If any are left over, we dispose of them at a much reduced price the second year. This year we have fallen behind with obligations to author and contribute to two major books. We also have a potential very large-scale, five-year field investigation on the horizon and need to clear the decks for this. Various other important projects have also become back-logged. As a result we have made the decision not to collect or produce a list this year. We cannot say when we might begin to collect again. It could even be that other priorities will take over entirely. We realise that this is a disappointment both to our faithful regulars and anyone else who has an interest in Andean seed sources, which are not exactly thick on the ground! However, sadly we have no alternative." John & Anita Watson Hope this answers your question somewhat. Cynthia W. Mueller College Station, TX >>> wpoulsen@pacbell.net 9/28/04 11:39:39 AM >>> Has anyone received this year's Flores & Watson catalog yet? (I.e., did I not get one? It usually comes out before now in my experience.) --Lee Poulsen Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php