On 7 March 2012 15:09, <jflintoff@aol.com> wrote: > Jane > Just saw the posting re Hinkley ridiculous assessment of his Turkish > colchicum. Thanks for speaking out. I've ( and others ) have always > considered him a horticultural fraud. > Best wishes, > John Hi John, For those of us who don't know who Dan Hinkley is & just thought it was an over-priced good cause to donate to the library. I was wondering if you could elaborate on your horticultural fraud comment.. Did you mean, the people running the auction, have run these sort of charity auctions before & then not honored their pledge to donate the money raised ? or did you mean this man Dan Hinkley does something we should all be careful of ? Steven : ) Esk Queensland Australia Summer Zone 5 Winter Zone 10