>One genetic modification I would love to see is one that would turn the >Cape bulb flora into summer growing flora, we'd have such interesting >gardens here in the northeast if that was the case. Many summer growing S >African bulbs are perfectly hardy here, and that would likely be the case >with Cape geophytes if they didn't put their leaves up in winter. Yes, but then you would have all these geophytes adapted to growing leaves in dry conditions. Gardens in the northeast would be mostly covered in plastic, for which "interesting" might not be the right description. The summer growers are mostly hardy here, too, but water hogs, so banished from the garden. Sigh. Bob Nold Denver, Colorado