Colchicum autumnale is coming on strongly, both a white form and deep pink 'Nancy Lindsey'. This species multiplies well and is relatively tidy in flower and leaf. Nerine filifolia is having a good year; also in bloom is the Archibald offering of N. bowdenii, from 3000m in Lesotho, blooming a month ahead of any others, as described. It took 7 years from sowing to flowering. There are a few furtive blooms of Cyclamen hederifolium poking out of a very protected spot. Jim Jones Lexington, MA