While we're telling snowdrop stories.... Several weeks ago, my husband returned from walking the dog in the woods to announce that in a derelict area off the road he had spotted several clumps of old-fashioned double snowdrops in bloom. I dearly love these things, and the prospect of good numbers free was enticing, so back we went, me with trowel in hand, to liberate them. As I knelt in the forest duff and pried out the clumps, I was aware that there were dormant vines running all through them, and I made a mental note that the vines were probably poison ivy and I should take proper precautions when I got home. However, when I did get home I was in such a hurry to plant my new treasures in the garden that I completely forgot about the poison ivy. Over the next week, I developed the worst case of posion ivy rash I have ever endured - I was miserable. I'll never look at double snowdrops quite the same way again. Ellen Ellen Hornig Seneca Hill Perennials 3712 County Route 57 Oswego NY 13126 USA http://www.senecahillperennials.com/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/