Re: CULT: collectors? -
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- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:04:07 +1030
From: "Colleen Modra" <irises@senet.com.au>
Linda
Hadn't you realised there's no cure for "Iris Virus". It just keeps taking
over your life and your wallet. I find hyridizing just makes things worse.
"I need it for my breeding programme" can be used to justify almost any
extravagance.
Colleen Modra
in Perth on business again and missing my garden
-----Original Message-----
From: linda Mann <lmann@mailhub.icx.net>
To: iris-talk <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, 22 March 2000 3:03
Subject: [iris-talk] CULT: collectors? (maybe this should be OT-CHAT)
>From: linda Mann <lmann@mailhub.icx.net>
>
>While sorting thru stacks and stacks and disarray of papers and catalogs
>searching for notes on what the heck I aquired last year, I ran across a
>newsletter from Schreiners. It had a survey that asked whether I was
>(1) an iris collector (bought new introductions every year), (2) ... the
>other categories were things like bought irises occasionally, rarely
>bought irises.
>
>LOL - I guess I'm not an iris collector, since I am too cheap/poor to
>buy new introductions, ever (well, once). If I'm not a collector, why
>did I get over 150 additional cultivars last year-and I'm still hunting
>for invoices/notes/swap lists. This hobby is TOTALLY out of control, and
>I've already sent off one order for 2000! Help! Where is the local
>chapter of irises anonymous?
>
>Definitely CHAT, but on the topic of irises.
>
>Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
>
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