On 2014-01-15, at 5:17 PM, Hannon wrote: > > It might be a good idea for societies like PBS to keep track of specialized > collections held by members. This poses many obstacles, not least of which > is the burden on the PBS administrators. One problem is the security of rare plants. It has happened here that someone has gone from garden to garden of members of a society and stolen the best plants, and I have read that it is a problem in the U.K. as well. Having satellite collections would help ensure that the only plants in cultivation of a rare species do not disappear because of theft or disease. Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada