Valuable collections vanishing soon after a changing of the guards or death of the owner is a familiar story. One way to counter this problem is for owners and caretakers to do their utmost to propagate and distribute valuable plants before the End. If this is carried-out during the most dynamic period of a collector's and collection's life then the ultimate fate of the collection will matter much less. It is also the living knowledge that goes with the plants that is of great value, something that can only be passed on in life. Dylan Hannon