I would like this book, please keep me in the loop how it will be available. Thanks! Mark On Jun 17, 2014 10:40 AM, "Jane McGary" <janemcgary@earthlink.net> wrote: > I have received an announcement of the third edition of the extremely > useful book "FLora nativa de valor ornamental, Zona Centro," a botanical > and horticultural guide to the plants of that portion of Chile from about > Coquimbo south to the northern boundary of the "Lake District," but > excluding the high alpines. It thus covers many beautiful bulbous species. > If you are interested in seeing the pdf of the offering, let me know and I > will forward it to you. This is a prepublication offer, and with shipping > the cost per book will be about US $45, I think. The book is actually two > volumes, the main one and a smaller one that is a guide to the best places > to see the plants. It is color throughout and paperbound and in the > previous editions the larger volumes (there are four sets for different > parts of the country) have a tendency to fall apart with use. It is in > Spanish, but repetitive and straightforward enough to be accessible to most > people who know botany and have a dictionary. > > If enough of us are interested we could put together a group order. This > would save vastly on shipping cost. The vendor this time is a small botanic > garden, and if previous experience holds, they will require payment by wire > transfer, which is very expensive for us, though common within Chile. I'm > going to write to the vendor and see if the book will be available in any > way that might be more convenient outside Chile, such as amazon.com or > amazon.co.uk, or if they have a PayPal account. > > Jane McGary > Portland, Oregon, USA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >