Galanthus - Ebay digression 2012

[David Nicholson]

Are they all necessary?

[Roma]

Are they all necessary?

[Carolyn Walker]

Are they all necessary?

Rather than whining about the dearth of snowdrops over here, I am beginning to hope that you keep most of the 2,000 plus cultivars over there  ---maybe CITES is doing us a favor by keeping all but the best out of the US.

[Alan_b]

Are they all necessary?

Of course not, David, but the only system we have for whittling out the inferior ones is the passage of time.

[Martin Baxendale]

Are they all necessary?

Of course not, David, but the only system we have for whittling out the inferior ones is the passage of time.

Or the compost heap.

[steve owen]

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I am afraid that you will have to add 500+ to your figure of 1400 - to date, I count 2000+ named cultivars on my Snowdrop Database and in the past few weeks it has been growing at the rate of 5 to 10 new names each day, which I have come across
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Perhaps things are slowing down then. The Snowdrops book records that two notorious name-attachers "selected" and "named" nearly twenty snowdrops in the course of an afternoon's walk in the country (armed with trowels, bags and labels, as of course we all do for an afternoon's walk in the country).

[daveyp1970]

This will be interesting to watch,is this Ian selling on ebay?http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Galanthus-woronowii-Elizabeth-Harrison-/290666556815?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item43ad13ad8f#ht_500wt_1202

[Maggi Young]

This will be interesting to watch,is this Ian selling on ebay?  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Galanthus-woronowii-Elizabeth-Harrison-/290666556815?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item43ad13ad8f#ht_500wt_1202

Yes, Davey, it is Ian the Christie kind.  Elizabeth Harrison has sanctioned the sale.

[daveyp1970]

Thank you Maggie, was Ian a Sergeant-major in the army?Just curious being ex military myself.I can feel white fever happening with this one.If your reading this Ian good on you.

[Maggi Young]

Thank you Maggie, was Ian a major in the army?Just curious being ex military myself.I can feel white fever happening with this one.If your reading this Ian good on you.

 The Sergeant Major name seems to say so, Davey... but I don't know.... the man himself will likely be around here soon... he'll tell us!

[daveyp1970]

Thank you Maggie, was Ian a major in the army?Just curious being ex military myself.I can feel white fever happening with this one.If your reading this Ian good on you.

 The Sergeant Major name seems to say so, Davey... but I don't know.... the man himself will likely be around here soon... he'll tell us!

This is what i thought,but i also thought John Finch was ex military because he always wear's his camy's(I now know the sad story behind this)

[Maggi Young]

 Very tempted to tell you Ian C. must have been in "Dad's Army", Davey.... but he'll kill me! 

[Martin Baxendale]

This is what i thought,but i also thought John Finch was ex military because he always wear's his camy's(I now know the sad story behind this)
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John wears camy knickers?!!

[David Nicholson]

Very tempted to tell you Ian C. must have been in "Dad's Army", Davey.... but he'll kill me! 

Don't tell him Pike

[daveyp1970]

This is what i thought,but i also thought John Finch was ex military because he always wear's his camy's(I now know the sad story behind this)

John wears camy knickers?!!
[/quote]Trousers gents