This morning I read a very interesting article in the New York Times about this topic. It included a slide show of 12 plants that used to grow there but, because of the encroachment of civilization, are no longer evident there. These include some plants that are very rare anywhere, in my experience, like the Trailing Arbutus, Helonias bullata, a really lovely white milkweek and Cypripedium parviflora. Think I have noticed messages from Carlo on this Forum, although seems to me he has recently left the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for a position at the Royal Botanic Garden in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Incidentally, as most of you probably know, we, who like to read the NYT daily for free, are now limited to reading only 20 articles a month without charge and I am now down to 4 more. Fran
Frances Howey
London, Ontario, Canada
Zone 5b