Thanks a bunch Jane, Patty -----Original Message----- >From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> >Sent: Jun 20, 2008 1:14 PM >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: Re: [pbs] June bulb news > >Hi, Patty, >I'll add your name to the list and let you know when the books arrive. They >will be a real bargain. > >Jane > >At 07:20 AM 6/19/2008 -0400, you wrote: >>HI JANE, >>I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THAT BOOK AND WOULD LIKE YOU TO PUT MY NAME ON YOUR >>LIST OF PEOPLE WANTING TO PURCHASE ONE WHEN YOU GET THE REQUIRED INFO. >>THANKS, >>PATTY ALLEN >> >>-----Original Message----- >> >From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> >> >Sent: Jun 19, 2008 2:54 PM >> >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >> >Subject: [pbs] June bulb news >> > >> >I just returned (not without weather-related hassles, of course) from the >> >NARGS annual meeting in Ottawa, Canada, which was well organized by the >> >regional Ottawa Valley Chapter. The only bulb seen on the field trips was >> >Lilium philadelphicum, flowering mostly as scattered individuals in a >> >recently burned area. The plants had unusually short stems, which one local >> >expert thought had resulted from the especially hard winter preceding this >> >spring. We were also taken to view lovely populations of Cypripedium >> reginae. >> > >> >The NARGS Book Service manager reported that she had an overstock of the >> >book "Bulbs of North America," and I volunteered to try to sell off some of >> >these at a remainder price. I'll announce their availability when she has >> >shipped them to me with the exact price to be asked. If you don't have this >> >book yet, it contains extensive chapters on the major North American genera >> >(e.g., Calochortus, Fritillaria) and on the smaller genera of each climatic >> >region, with both habitat and cultivation information. The publisher and I >> >think it failed to sell as well as hoped because all the photos are in one >> >section rather than associated on the page with the text. Lots of pretty >> >color photos is to selling books as lots of pretty color flowers is to >> >selling plants. >> > >> >When I checked the bulb frame on my return, I found Calochortus kennedyi in >> >flower, grown from Ron Ratko's seed collection. This brilliant orange >> >mariposa (a yellow form also exists) is native to the mountains of the >> >desert Southwest. Mine took 5 years from germination to flowering, which is >> >a little longer than average for the genus. C. amabilis is very pretty just >> >now, but a rabbit climbed into the frame and nipped all but one of the >> >stems from C. invenustus, which is an unusual color near blue. >> > >> >Even more unusual in color is Ixia viridiflora, which has managed a tall >> >stem of its glowing turquoise blooms despite a very cold winter (I suppose >> >it isn't an Ixia any more -- has it fallen to the advance of the Freesia >> >hordes?). >> > >> >In the garden, the main bulb interest is currently provided by the taller >> >Ornithogalum species, the Brodiaea alliance (including Dichelostemma, >> >Triteleia, and Bloomeria), and Allium (mostly American species). The >> >hummingbirds, now raising their young, find plenty to eat from the >> >Dichelostemma and Kniphofia species in particular; earlier they were busy >> >pollinating Fritillaria recurva, darting into the frames while I worked >> >there. I was surprised to see them feeding from Menziesia flowers, which >> >are small and dull in color. Color isn't necessary to attract them: one of >> >their favorites is Aesculus californica, a white-flowered "horse chestnut." >> > >> >I saw (i.e., heard and then saw) the first bulb fly of the season just >> >yesterday, but this year I have the Sternbergias grouped under Reemay >> >(nonwoven row cover fabric) and hope to foil these devilish insects. I wish >> >they'd stick with the hundreds of garden daffodils instead of seeking >> >gourmet fare for their young. >> > >> >Jane McGary >> >Northwestern Oregon, USA >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >pbs mailing list >> >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> >> >>________________________________________ >>PeoplePC Online >>A better way to Internet >>http://www.peoplepc.com/ >>_______________________________________________ >>pbs mailing list >>pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com/