Re: Arum seeds

From: "H.C.M.van Beusekom" <phlox at xs4all.nl> on 1997.01.23 at 15:22:56(219) Ellen, Jozef Jurasek is in the same class as Vojtech Holubec: just fine. He was somewhat earlier on the seed-scheme than Vojtech. And although he does only speaks Czech (and so I cannot really talk to the man) I think this knowledge is wide. It has always amased me that even when Czech Republic was under the Bolshewicks (did I write that alright ?) regime there was a lot of plant knowledge in that country even about plants outside the borders where they could go in their holidays. I have once visit Jozef at his garden in Praque when we went through the plants to grew and I remember that it was the onliest time I have ever seen flowering that shrubby Viola delphinantha. He is okay. Herman van Beusekom +More At 19:46 22-01-97 -0600, you wrote: >Would anyone like to order the Russian arum seeds I described yesterday, >and for which Peter Boyce gave some possible IDs afterward? To refresh >your memories, these were collected by Josef Jurasek in Russia, western >Caucasus region, at 1300m, and are described as being woodlanders and 10cm >high. Jurasek called them A. colchicum; P. Boyce said they're probably >A. orientale, A. maculatum, or A. italicum, and leans towards the latter >(see his note for the finer nuances). >Seeds are $3 per packet (no seed count given), and I'm soliciting >orders so I can reach the $30 minimum without ordering too many things I >don't really want. Let me make it clear that I have never ordered from >Mr. Jurasek and know nothing about his reputation, good or bad (if >anyone knows more, please speak up). I should also point out that I'd >charge $4, because I have to buy padded envelopes for each order; >the last time I sent out a letter-sized envelope, padded with bubble >wrap and marked all over "Hand Cancel" (and which was cheerfully accepted >by my neighborhood post office), the main post office in Syracuse rejected >it and sent it back. Apparently postal regulations no longer allow this. > >Anyway, if you'd like to order some, contact me PRIVATELY at >hornig@oswego.edu. > >Ellen > > >

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