The differences in growing conditions between Maryland and Chicago are significant. 2" of frozen slush greeted me this morning. A combination of hail, sleet and rain that kept up all night long. This mixture augments 2" - 4" of snow. Pulling the snow back from the Galanthus, they still appear to be in good shape. Narcissus foliage will probably have some dead tissue at the tips. Rain/sleet/hail is supposed to turn to snow this evening. Temperatures below freezing forecast for the weekend along with an inch or so of new snow. Definitely a weekend for bulb and seed catalogs and a fire in the fireplace. Boyce Tankersley Director of Living Plant Documentation Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 tel: 847-835-6841 fax: 847-835-1635 email: btankers@chicagobotanic.org