Re: Re New Books


Tim Longville wrote:

> This sounds rather like the situation here ten years or so ago. Now,
> mail order possibilities seem to have shrunk considerably, as small
> nurseries, often one-man-or-woman bands, find the hassle and expense
> involved just too much. There are still lots of small specialist
> nurseries - indeed, more spring up all the time - but more and more of
> them seem to try to survive on direct sales. 

 Tim 
You depress me, but it's not only in the field of interesting plants the
choice and service gets less. It seems to apply to almost any aspect of
life. Technology, far from making things better and choices wider, seems
to be a recipe for increasing mediocrity and indifference.

Moira

-- 
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)



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