>Yes, the American Public Gardens Association maintains the North American >Plant Collections Collaborative (NAPCC). > >Jim Waddick, do you think this is something that PBS would be interested in >pursuing? > Dear Boyce, As you know plant conservation - or precisely BULB conservation - is a topic very close to the core of PBS. We've had some very tempered, yet expansive discussions showing widely divergent understanding of the problems. I am sure this is a topic that will go under discussion of the PBS Board of Directors. I suspect we will form a committee and review exactly what we can or should do. I must say that PBS is physically a very small organization and this is a very large subject to pursue. Establishing a central clearing house for specialty/ conservation bulb collections will require quite a bit of work, always a difficult attribute among volunteers. I assure you the topic will come to the board and soon. Meanwhile, I'd like to get a call from members of both this elist and the paid PBS membership asking for volunteers who might have some special organizational skills, computer data management and related abilities. I'd appreciate any related suggestions, but will mostly keep these in a single 'electronic file' until we have some discussion among the board if this is project we should agree to use our limited energies on pursuing. Please drop me a SHORTnote at jwaddick@kc.rr.com indicating your specific interests, related abilities and willingness to assist. We may even call for some increased funding to support the establishment of a major effort. Personally I think it is great if we could all work together, meaning both among the PBS Family and with other agencies such as NAPCC or the CPC to actually conserve bulbs in cultivation. Encouragingly Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +