On 9 Sep 08, at 10:48, Judy Glattstein wrote: > A article in today's New York Times take the viewpoint that exotic > species are not necessarily "evil". Here's a link so you can read the > article and then comment. Let's not forget that a great many important economic plants are non-native. Wheat, barley, rice among them, also apples and other fruit trees, dates, and God knows what else. And corn, tomatoes, chocolate, vanilla, potatoes, most beans, squash, tobacco, and pumpkins are exotic to the Old World. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island http://maps.google.ca/maps/…