Dear All, I was supposed to introduce the topic of the week this week and it was going to be an opportunity for those people who do not live in the Pacific Northwest to talk about bulbs that thrive in the ground with little attention in their particular climates. I think this would be better broken down into smaller areas we can focus on. Because of the enormous amount of time I have had to spend on the change over, I have little time or energy to figure this out at the moment. Volunteers to introduce a geographical area or climate type are very welcome. Perhaps we can do one a month until we no longer have any to discuss. Boyce Tankersley has volunteered for bulbs for the upper midwest USA/south central Canada some time in the future. Lauw suggested we could do cool or warm Mediterranean, continental, humid summers, etc. Would those of you in Australia fit in those categories or would you want you own? Please write me privately if you are willing to organize your area, come up with a title for it, and prepare the introduction. So perhaps this week we can consider Eremurus is the topic or people can share where Lycoris grows successfully since Jim Waddick has in his subject heading suggested it as a topic for this week. Next week we will be back on track as I have others scheduled to introduce the topic of the week for February and we will not have to rely on me. I will announce the topics and the kind people who will be introducing them later. Mary Sue PBS Administrator and Topic of the Week Coordinator