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J.E. Shields (Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:16:20 PST)

I often follow links to see images. Now that browsers are getting faster,
I don't mind following links to see images. Before, I preferred having
images attached to the messages.

I don't buy many bulbs now, and then usually only from specialists. I
still try to get rarities by trading. I don't find importing and exporting
bulbs or seeds to be a problem, as I have the permits and I can get (for
the $50 fee) a phyto with no hassle and only a little planning.

I'm not a botanical garden, so I don't have to have wild collected plants
and seeds. I like to get the wild things when it's legal, but I don't
require wild material.

Jim Shields

At 12:23 PM 1/21/2009 +0000, Ian wrote:

As requested privately. I never or almost never seek out a website listed
on PBS and I never buy plants because as a rule these are offered for sale
in North America and the hoops to jump to facilitate importation are
rarely worth the trouble, I also believe it works the other way too. In
addition, with very few exceptions as a rule I only grow plants from seed
almost all of which must have provenance details and it seems I work on
interests which are marginally shared by most posters however I have no
way of knowing if that is the case.
...

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