Adam wrote, At 02:55 PM 2/25/2009, you wrote: >Good points, Jim. It needs emphasis every so often. And if one buys plants >on eBay from another country it can be very tricky, even if and even >especially --if your foreign correspondent has a modicum of English. The >issue of clarifying to a foreigner the reasons for the "changes" in >USDA/Postal procedures, which from a VERY limited point of view may not be >considered changes at all, but really are-- in terms of their effects Among the various steps NARGS has taken to facilitate the receipt of seed from abroad, we have translations of the instructions into French, German, Czech, and Japanese. I can arrange to get copies of these for anyone who wants them. Jane McGary Editor, NARGS President, PBS