Jim Archibald - The Gap Years - added to the main Archibald page.
In the years 1961 - 1964 after university and before wandering south to form The Plantsmen Jim started to lay the foundations of his future business ventures.
Indeed, during his school years Jim had a mail order business for exotic butterflies and moths, but that's another story.
Without being too firm about the dates, around 1961, Jim worked at Jack Drake's alpine nursery in the Scottish Highlands and carried on a mail order exotic plant business from his parents' home address.
During this period 1961 - 1963 he issued four and probably five plant lists.
We publish here four of them, although we believe there is a fifth list that precedes these, in Spring 1961 - if anyone has this list, please let us have a copy.
David Stephens
1 Rare Bulbs, Corms and Tubers Summer- Autumn 1961
2 Rare Plants Winter 1961- 62
3 South African Bulbs Spring 1962-Autumn 1963
4 Rare Bulbs, Corms and Tubers for Spring Planting ,February-May 1962
.....find the links to these lists from the main page under JIM ARCHIBALD : BOTANICAL / HORTICULTURAL CV IN A SEED-CAPSULE :http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/features-mainmenu-47/articles/259-the-archibald-archive
