Mary Sue: Dont you think it should be republished in Bulbs? Harold At 04:47 PM 10/30/2003 -0800, you wrote: >Dear All, > >This week I received my copy of Mariposa, the newsletter of the >Calochortus Society. In it I read that Stan Farwig had died August 6th at >the age of 74. I have written about Stan before. He and his late partner, >Vic Girard, grew bulbs for a number of years in their back yard in >Concord, California. They were particularly interested in Calochortus and >bulbs of the southern hemisphere. They traveled, gathered seeds, studied >what others had written, and learned from their own experience. Both gave >lectures and I was fortunate to hear them both and their enthusiasm and >splendid photographs were instrumental in igniting a passion in me for >bulbs. It saddened me to learn that in 1990 when we had extremely cold >weather in California they had lost most of their "tender" bulb collection >(Calochortus survived). They never had the heart to start over after that >as so much of their collection had been grown from seed. > >When I heard Stan talk at a Symposium in Berkeley in September 1989 >sponsored by the Friends of the University of California Botanical Garden, >he passed out a hand out entitled, "A Non-Concise Guide to the Cultivation >of Bulbs." My copy is well worn as I have reread it so many times. I have >also shared it with others after Stan gave me permission to do that. He >was always willing to provide information and encouragement. In that way >he is very much like Gordon Summerfield who so kindly shared his recent >talk with this group. It occurred to me that I could share this wisdom of >Stan's with everyone by adding his words to the wiki. I think he would >have liked that. So I scanned in my worn paper and hopefully have >corrected all the words that the software couldn't quite figure out. If >you see any glaring mistakes (I didn't change any of his words or >punctuation) let me know. > >I think that this paper complements Gordon's words and also is very >relevant to our current topic of the week and to our recent posts about >Daubenya as well. Perhaps it speaks to me especially as I am always >curious, always full of questions and I can relate very much to his words >in the beginning, "The more I grow, the less I know." As the title >suggests, this is not a quick read, but a fascinating one and I think well >worth the time for anyone who is really interested in growing bulbs. I >suggest you print it out as you too may want to read it again some day. > >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… > >Mary Sue > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php Prof. Harold Koopowitz Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California, Irvine, CA 92697