As ever one is totally authoritarian or not. A number of members include their name and also the web address of their nurseries, which I have always found of interest, I should never have known of their existance otherwise. I have not been made aware of the results of breeding interesting hybrids from the general gardening media, though I did get a glimpse in the RHS magazine. Surely it is the interests of plant lovers to be advised of such activities, small breeders have no clout commercially to help promote their results, and a bit of latitude would not be amiss ~ afterall one can always zapp the email. Paul Oliver-Smith Kent, UK In a message dated 22/06/2016 15:57:11 GMT Daylight Time, jamesamckenney@verizon.net writes: Sorry if I stretched the rules there, but I seem to remember lots of brief announcements of a commercial nature on PBS. And is it really an advertisement? You can't buy from the information given there: you'll have to do some homework to figure out how to buy and from whom.I like to know about things like this, and I'll bet others do, too. There will probably be keen competition for these bulbs when the time comes, and those with advanced knowledge are better poised to get what they want.I did it in the spirit of a service to the membership. Jim McKenney _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/