ENSURING THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANTS
Diane Whitehead (Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:44:09 PST)
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