Thanks for the link, Rimmer: things like that are one reason I love this list so much. An interesting coincidence: just last week I received a copy of the Baytop/Mathew The Bulbous Plants of Turkey mentioned in the obituary. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7, where the broken tulips are starting to bloom. 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/