Lee Thank you very much for the book review, I have found Thad Howard book a little light in some areas that I have desperately wanted to know about. John E Bryan book is just a work of art and it is something that has been bedside reading for more than a couple of years now. I saw that a new book had been released and only, until I read your message, have I considered it a must have item. Scott Ogden can now thank you for another sale as I would not have sort it out otherwise. I would also like to thank you for your input to any discussion item that takes your fancy as you do a dam site better than I ever would relaying the research and information to others. As much as I love to read and research I am not the most patient typist and I can only be impressed with your commitment to get the full message across. Kind Regards and Best Wishes Ron Redding Hervey Bay Australia >From: Lee Poulsen <wpoulsen@pacbell.net> >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >To: PBS Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: [pbs] Garden Bulbs for the South, 2nd Ed. >Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:43:06 -0800 > >Well, I just received my copy of Scott Ogden's Garden Bulbs for the >South, 2nd Edition, (Timber Press) yesterday and have now managed to >skim through as well as read a few sections. For all those who find >Thad Howard's Bulbs for Warm Climates a must-have reference, this >will be an indispensable complement to that. It's not quite twice as >many pages as the 1st Edition, and there are many more photos, that >are on the pages where the species are described, plus there seem to >be many more species in each family described, and in greater detail >it seems. For those who liked his almost story-like style of writing >in the 1st Edition, you will be disappointed by the new edition. I, >however, am not. That was the one thing about the 1st edition that >made it difficult for me to use; I had to read through the text to >find the description of a species I was looking for, and it was often >buried in the middle of a narrative about several different species. >This edition is much better about describing each species in a genus, >one by one. I also think he has done a good job of incorporating a >huge amount of new data and knowledge that he has accumulated over >the past 13 years since the 1st edition including the greatly >increased ability to hunt down many of these barely mentioned species >around the world and try them out (in Austin, Texas of all places, my >hometown!). I especially love how he tells the stories/origins of the >more well-known species or cultivars in each genus, including the >best guess on what the parent species are. > >It's also one of the very few books that tells you what will and will >not grow in the sometimes difficult warm humid, as opposed to the >warm dry (mediterranean), regions. And it tells you how to get them >to grow and flower. > >And it's very up to date. In his sources (which almost looks like he >stole it from Jim Shields website), he lists a number of nurseries of >members (or former members?) of this list like Kevin Preuss, Kelly >Irvin, Bill Welch, Roy Sachs, Russell Stafford, Tony Avent, Ellen >Hornig, Jim Shields, Diana Chapman, Cameron & Rhoda McMaster, Dirk >Wallace, Lauw de Jager, Dash Geoghegan, Paige Woodward, Rachel & Rod >Saunders, as well as listing the Pacific Bulb Society, Mary Sue >Ittner, and the list subscription email address! > >He even describes how evergreen Hymenocallis seeds will sprout soon >after planting them, whereas deciduous species seeds will just sit >all winter until it gets warm again before they sprout... > > >--Lee Poulsen >Pasadena, California, USA, USDA Zone 10a > > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Fresh jobs daily. Stop waiting for the newspaper. Search Now! http://www.seek.com.au/ http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx/…