Rescue horror stories
Bill Lee (Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:54:28 PDT)

Why not knock on the door and ask permission to take a small cutting? My house is not really on a traffic street, but if I caught you trying to take a cutting without my permission, I wouldn't be nice to you.
Bill Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: Cynthia Mueller <cynthiasbulbs@hotmail.com>
To: Society' 'Pacific Bulb <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thu, Apr 25, 2013 1:22 pm
Subject: [pbs] Rescue horror stories

Years ago I used to make my children snatch bits of likely plants that were
"sticking out" of a yard. We would drive to wherever there was a likely
candidate, and I would tell them that "they won't arrest children...." and "no
one will notice a tiny bit missing".... They would sink down in the car seat and
whine, "no - please - not again!" Sometimes I would pass an interesting plant
for even several years, saying to myself that I should try to get a start - and
suddenly it would be gone, a victim of homeowner disapproval or a bulldozer. So
this is a good deed we're doing, as long as the original can spare some of its
parts. -Cynthia W Mueller