In message <8CE83F2A58443D8-C5C-41758@Webmail-d107.sysops.aol.com>, The Silent Seed <santoury@aol.com> writes >How about variety, varieties, etc ? variety 595 varieties 594 var 851 as one might expect 'var' (short form of cultivar?) is popular. I grew some freesia laxa Joan Evans, from mislabelled seed, nice plants, I killed them by leaving them in pots on a greenhouse shelf through "the coldest Winter in 30 years" i.e. -5C, they'd have been OK in the ground... -- David Pilling email: david@pilling.demon.co.uk web: http://www.davidpilling.net/ post: David Pilling, P.O. Box 22, Thornton-Cleveleys, Blackpool. FY5 1LR. UK