Jane McGary wrote “The most startling thing in Roy's note is his success with Erythronium grandiflorum, an alpine species that is very difficult to flower at low elevation in the West.” Mrs. Wilder was successful with this species about eighty years ago. She wrote “ This is always the first species to blossom in my garden [in Bronxville, New York]…Although it maintains itself year after year in this garden, making its appearance punctually with the earliest flowers, its increase has been very slow, if any.” She probably got her start with bulbs supplied by Carl Purdy. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/