I had meant to send Dell some brief notes regarding the seeds I sent him recently but forgot to do so. Here they are. 22. Nerine bowdenii 'wellsii'. These are from open pollinated plants grown in a garden with dozens of other Nerine bowdenii cultivars. This version is from a form that occurs in the high Drakensberg and flowers significantly earlier than cultivars derived from Eastern Cape plants. I expect that the seedlings will be reasonably like the parents, therefore, but I don't think it would be honest to label them 'wellsii'. They are hardy in the coldest region of the UK and quite tolerant of wet, heavy soil too. 23. Veratrum album, ex Auvergne White'. Open pollinated seeds from a garden with numerous Veratrum species and other V. album selections. 'Auvergne White' is a selection from the wild - I won't reveal where in France it was made - by Keith and Lorna Ferguson many years ago and is an exceptionally floriferous plant. I have no idea whether the seedlings will resemble the parent in this or other respects but you can't have too many Veratrum. 24. Veratrum nigrum ex hort. Also open pollinated, also from Keith and Lorna Ferguson's garden. For my money this is the best Veratrum species for foliage effect in spring. 25. Fritillaria lusitanica?, TCM 09-578, Algarve, Portugal. This name is an educated guess. I have photos of the seed capsule, which I collected in soil pockets between vast granite boulders near Caldas de Monchique in southern Portugal in early October. This was the only place I found this species growing. 26. Herbertia lahue ex 'Prairie Nymph'. I ordered 20 seeds of this species from Peckerwood Garden along with several other interesting seeds, and received four 'bonus' packages, each containing at least a thousand seeds. I'm guessing it does well in Texas. 27. Urginea maritima TCM 09-580, ex Algarve, Portugal. These plants were common all along the Algarve in garrigue, mostly just emerging from dormancy. In a few places spikes with ripe seed were still standing and these are from one of those collections. 28. Arisaema consanguineum ex hort. From a magnificent clump in Keith and Lorna Ferguson's garden. Cold (zone 8) and wet hardy. 29. Lilium sp., received as L. regale from Chen-Yi, but most definitely not! I received bulbs under Chen Yi's number L-11 last year but managed to completely miss the flowers, so I am still none the wiser as to what it might be. 30. Cardiocrinum giganteum ex Chen-Yi. The parents of these plants had variably dark stems. Flowers were not especially fragrant but still magnificent. 31. Cardiocrinum cathayanum ex Bob Brown. Again from Keith and Lorna. I haven't seen the parent plants but they were acquired originally at Cotswold Garden Flowers. Regards, Tom