News from the Crocus Group

[tonyg]

Here is the most important information about The Crocus Group - more will follow.

To join the Crocus Group you need to send a cheque or cash for £5GB (Or 10 euro cash) to Mr Tony Goode.  3 Woodland Road, Hellesdon, Norwich NR6 5RA. UK.

The fee is a one off which is only repeated when group funds run low, (perhaps every 5 years.)   We are an independant and very informal group with no constitution or rules!  Just a group of folk with a shared interest.  Overseas members receive one newsletter per year, in the autumn.

The seed exchange takes place in summer and to take part all you have to do is send a request for a list to the seed exchange organiser.  Full details will follow once you join.  Please feel free to contact me via email or Personal Message if you need more info.

  EDIT: Please see new notice re the Crocus Group   31st October 2015 :https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2643.msg343924#msg343924

[ranunculus]

I wish the Crocus Group a long and influential future and commend the organisers on their energy and enterprise.

[Lesley Cox]

All the above is true because it happened to me very recently. The only glitch was at this end because I ordered seed of very common species, as I was late in joining and the seedlist had been out for a while. Everything I ordered came, with numbers not names so MAF asked for a list of names (I'll include a list of species ordered next time). I photocopied the seedlist and sent it and they released everything except 2 packets of C. tommasinianus as not on the Bio Index. Of course it is, but mis-spelt, with just one M! More correspondence to MAF and I hope my two packets will arrive here soon. I referred them to "Crocus" by Brian Matthew, but they are a curiously thick-headed lot.

[Paul T]

Lesley,

Did you get your misnamed tommies?  I find the Australian quarantine people really helpful myself, releasing things once it has been explained where the problem occurred.  Maybe I've just dealt with the good ones though!    I hope you got the rest of yours through. 

[art600]

Lesley

I helped this year with the Cyclamen Society seed distribution, and for the Australian members we included a list of seeds with an asterix against those in the envelope.

I will endeavour to get this method for Crocus seed distribution next September and then there should be no problems with the autorities.

Arthur

[Lesley Cox]

Yes thanks, I did get the tommies, 2 packets of mixed forms, so something nice will eventually eventuate I see they haven't changed to the correct spelling on the Bio Index though, so anyone else ordering it any time will have to go through the same process. Did I say something about thick-headed?

Arthur, we don't want to add extra work for the seed distributors, so I at least, will include a list of everything I order and subs, and if this can be included with the seed itself, that would solve the problem. It was just that this first time I hadn't thought about there only being numbers on the packets. I photocopied my seedlist and sent it to MAF when the seeds came, it was just that C. tommasinianus was wrongly spelt on the Biosecurity Index.

[art600]

Lesley

The seed distributor has just retired - it will give hime something to do 

I'll probably have a senior moment and forget all about it by next September.

[tonyg]

Lesley

The seed distributor has just retired - it will give hime something to do 

I'll probably have a senior moment and forget all about it by next September.

I'm hoping that you don't know something I don't Art.  I'll take it that David has given up the day job .... and hope he will continue with the seed distribution for a long time yet.  (At least until he has finished the book he ought to be writing )

[art600]

You have nothing to worry about 

[Anthony Darby]

I'm still trying to get my head round envelopes of cyclamen seeds with an asterix on them.

[Maggi Young]

I think it's nice idea... I love Asterix........ though the colour printing could bankrupt the group..... not to mention the litigation.....    ......  fascinating how a typo make you think cartoon, isn't it, Anthony
Asterix  for asterisk is one of my favourite "family"  words... like revelance for relevance, we always used it ....can't think of any more at the minute... though there are masses......

[Hans J]

Maggi ,

if you like asterisk so is here something for you :

                                              Per aspera ad astra

[Maggi Young]

I doubt that such a high ambition is for me, Hans, I am no aspirant 

[Anthony Darby]

I think it's nice idea... I love Asterix........ though the colour printing could bankrupt the group..... not to mention the litigation.....    ......  fascinating how a typo make you think cartoon, isn't it, Anthony

Just as well it wasn't an obelisk then?

Asterix  for asterisk is one of my favourite "family"  words... like revelance for relevance, we always used it ....can't think of any more at the minute... though there are masses......

Mrs Malaprop has a lot to answer for. We had a councilor well known for them: "Some people have been casting allegations at the council's policy on......" "well, we know who the alligators are and they will be......"

[tonyg]

I doubt that such a high ambition is for me, Hans, I am no aspirant 

All this talk of aspirin is giving me a headache.