For those in warmer climes, a quick note from "another Polar Garden". 12" - 15" of snow in sunny Chicago Botanic Garden has been on the ground for about 10 days. Approximately 1" of ice between snow and soil with 1 inch of ice on top of the snow due to slight thawing in sunshine and then refreezing at night. Weather forecasters are predicting between 8 and 16" of new snow is possible on Saturday night going into Sunday morning. Before this mess hit we had one report of a brave (fool hardy) Galanthus in flower. Vole predation on plants is expected to be severe. 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