Boyce Tankersley wrote: > From my perspective, the *critical* point is that all private >collection holders must utilize a template that incorporates the names for >the fields (columns) that is current usage in the botanic garden/biological >collections world. The field names I use are: Genus Species + subspecies + variety + cultivar name (as applicable) Source (collector or vendor + geographical collection site + habitat if known) Date of acquisition Location (in my bulb house, by numbered rows, or garden site) Comment (anything I care to add, including when it died if it did) I just had occasion to refer to the database and it has about 1450 entries. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA