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. >... ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA