Time travel and ancient plants
Billthebulbbaron@aol.com (Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:03:58 PST)

In a message dated 11/11/07 11:32:27 PM, brown.mark@wanadoo.fr writes:

This can serve as a reminder to all present-day breeders, and collectors of
rare plants, to make sure the fate of their collections is provided for in
their Will, as so often family members have little appreciation of the historic
significance of what we do. Also during one's life, try to distribute
worthwhile plants as much as possible. Sometimes people hold tightly to something
great, in the vague hapes of selling it to a big grower someday, well someday
usually never comes, and the plants will be lost when the property is sold...

Walking away unharmed from my totalled vehicle two days ago (in an accident
that could easily have killed me by broadside had I been a mere 10 feet further
down the highway), it was reassuring to know that had I not been so very
lucky, the legal papers are all in order to ensure that my closest friend Jamie,
who shares my interest in these bulbs, would inherit them from me as well as
the land they sit on. No one makes it out of this world alive, so it is
important to do the best one can while alive, to keep one's entire life's work from
being lost at death.

Best wishes,

Bill the Bulb Baron
http://www.billthebulbbaron.com/
William R.P. Welch
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