Re: Seed swaps

**A*@aol.com**

Barry Webb, There is no doubt that invasive organisms are a very serious 
problem.  Here in the northeastern United States we have accidental and 
deliberate introductions which a few of us try to control, but ninety-nine 
and forty-four one-hundredths of the population doesn't even see, let alone 
recognize as ubiquitous and spreading.
I think there have been attempts to weaken some of the restrictions in USA 
restrictions, but most of the impetus for the recent strengthening of the 
laws in the USA is G. Bush's war on terrorism.  
It might turn out to be a help to small scale nurserymen who are willing to 
go through the hoops to bring in new cultivars and then propagate them.  It 
seems to me that the number of small retail operations has grown lately and 
garden writers who have large audiences should mention those more, even if it 
is handled with SASE.

Barbara Emeneau
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