[pbs] hardy glads and other geophytes.
Adam Fikso
adam14113 at ameritech.net
Tue Mar 6 13:27:39 EST 2007
Hello again: To those of you interested in developing hardier geophytes .
I'd be interested in sharing seed, bulbs, bits of knowledge, technical info.
and theoretical speculation ,etc. This will be my second year to see what
has survived my gentle and not-so-gentle ministrations in efforts to develop
some truly hardy geophytes, other than those from the genus Lilium. A slow
and tedious business and not particularly suited to one of my age (83) but I
do absolutely deplore the attitude conveyed in the recent quote from an
unknown Dutch bulb grower cited by Tony. The Brits are a bit less
self-centered, but are to some extent affected by a similar
provinciality--and not just with respect to plant breeding. The combination
of naivete or ignorance coupled with a lack of imagination and disinterest
in consequences beyond one's own preciously overvalued first thoughts about
a topic can lead either to disaster, or lack of any progress. The recipe
for stagnation is simple: If one knows the world is flat, why investigate
any further?
Is my sentiment here shared by enough participants on this list to
constitute a recurring thread, and interrest base? I know who some of you
might be--but not others.
Adam Fikso, in Glenview, IL ---USDA Zone 5a --running about Z 7 this
year. Something like Moscow which got too warm this year and last.
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