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I'm back

Hello Everyone,

This is just to say that I'm now safely installed at MoBot in St. Louis 
and have re-subscribed to Medit-Plants. Obviously, there's much to learn 
in my new job, but soon I hope to buy a vehicle so as to 
get out and about to see some of the native flora in Missouri, most of 
which is unfamiliar. I'll also try to get an apartment with some growing 
space, so I can re-create the plant collection (hopefully I'll get some 
of my seeds back from customs, once they have finished inspecting them for 
noxious weeds, etc.)

My last botanical trip in the UK was to Upper Teesdale in the North 
Pennine region of N. England. The weather was excellent, and very low 
grazing pressure (from sheep) this year has allowed many of the plants to 
develop unhindered and flower very well, e.g. spring gentian (Gentiana 
verna), which is vivid blue; mountain pansy (Viola lutea), which is 
varying shades of blue, violet, yellow, cream, or multi-coloured, and the 
birdseye primrose (Primula farinosa), which has leaves dusted with white 
meal beneath, and pink flower-clusters. OK, so these are not Mediterranean 
plants, but I thought you might like to know some of the highlights of my 
original country! Here's looking forward to learning about the US flora!

Nick.

Nick Turland
Flora of China Project
Missouri Botanical Garden
PO Box 299
St. Louis
MO 63166-0299
USA

Email: NTurland@Lehmann.mobot.org
MBG Web Pages: http://www.mobot.org
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