Dear All, The items listed below have been donated by people from all over the world, to be shared. If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please email me PRIVATELY at <dells@voicenet.com>. Include "BX 83" in the subject line. Specify the NUMBERS of the items which you would like; do not specify quantities. It is a good idea to include your snail mail address too, in case I don't already have it. Availability is based on a first come, first served system. When you receive your seeds/bulbs you will find, included with them, a statement of how much money (cash or check) you should send the PBS treasurer to defray our costs for packing and first-class postage. Some of you are members of the PBS discussion forum but not members of the Pacific Bulb Society. THIS BX OFFERING IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO MEMBERS OF THE PBS. Consider joining the PBS so that you can take advantage of future offers such as this. Go to our website: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/> . Or contact me at dells@voicenet.com If you would like to donate seeds or bulbs/corms to the PBS, please send CLEAN, clearly labeled material to: Dell Sherk, PO Box 224, Holicong, PA, 18928, USA. Donors will receive credit on the BX for the cost of postage for their donations. PLEASE NOTE: I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER.. IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !! From Fred Boutin: 1. Seed of Calochortus aff. albus; Globe lily; 12" tall; ivory hanging globes with some patches of dusty rose .5"-.75"; habitat: clay-loam slopes at 2400 ft in pine-oak woodland; Tuolumne, CA; hot, dry summers 2. Seed of Dichelostemma aff bridgesii; open cymes of 15-20 flowers per scape; blue violet in sun; mauve in semi-shade; habitat: Tuolumne, CA; gravelly clay-loam; not ultra-basic; hot, dry summers From Daniel Thompson: 3. Seed of Cyclamen persicum; one generation from wild-collected seed from Greece (NARGS); grown in cold greenhouse; white to blush; lots of variation in leaves From Liz Waterman: 4. Seed of un-named yellow clivia, open-pollinated in same area as some normal orange clivias; see photos on the wiki: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… From Hans Joschko (Yay!!!): SEED: 5. Paeonia potanini f. alba , gardenseeds , 6. Paeonia delavayii , flowers darkbrown , gardenseeds, 7. Paeonia rockii , gardenseeds, 8. Paeonia rockii "Bing Shan Xue Lian " , gardenseeds , 9. Paeonia ostii "Fen Dan Bai " , gardenseeds , 10. Aquilegia bernardii , w.c. Corsica 11. Lilium spec. , w.c. Corsica ,maybe L. bulbiferum v. croceum, 12. Paeonia russoi v. corsica , w.c. Corsica , 13. Iris foeditissima , gardenseed , 14. Paeonia officinalis v. villosa , gardenseed , handpollination, 15. Paeonia russoi , w.c. Sardinia , 16. Paeonia caucasica , gardenseeds, 17. Paeonia lactiflora v. trichocarpa , gardenseeds , 18. Paeonia lithophila , gardenseeds , 19. Paeonia mascula , white flowered , Sicily , gardenseeds." Thank you Fred, Daniel, Liz and Hans !! Best wishes, Dell --Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX