I have been planting BX accessions tonight. I was also getting together old mailing materials to send back to Dell for use with the bulb exchange mailings. Yes, he can use the boxes and envelopes again, if you are careful with them. I picked up a padded envelope postmarked June 1, which held my winnings from BX 399. It didn't feel empty. Inside was BX 399-8: From Monica Swartz: 8. Small bulbs of Drimia haworthioides: ex Huntington Botanic Gardens Collection #49314, this fun and easy plant has bulb scales that look like the leaves of a Haworthia when planted at the surface, then it grows fur-edged leaves in winter (they should be dying back now). One of my most requested plants. Doesn't mind year-round water with good drainage. Seems quite freeze hardy in my 8b climate but I have yet to try it in the ground. If one of the loose scales falls off, it will make bulblets on its edges if lightly buried. This is a winter-growing bulb. I forgot to plant the two small bulbs last fall. They look completely fine, and each is sprouting a leaf. I potted them up. I will keep them inside the house, and put them in my coolest room. My four Drimia / Urginea maritima, outside in large pots, are turning yellow right now. Leo Martin Zone 9? Phoenix Arizona USA _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@mailman1.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/