I was googling for pictures of some of Silverhill's current seed offerings, and discovered Aluka, a digital library of "scholarly primary and supporting materials" about and from Africa. I am currently looking through 72 screenfuls of paintings of Gladiolus that are from the South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa and have been digitized recently. There are 20 species per screen, and of course each picture needs to be made larger and all the data read. I'm on screen 3. I think Aluka is new. It is free until June 30, so now is a good chance to see what they offer. Diane Whitehead