Re: Andersen's Source List
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Andersen's Source List
- From: B* <B*@aol.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:37:35 EDT
In a message dated 98-04-22 17:59:27 EDT, you write:
<< I bought this book slightly after it was published and found the
information seriously dated even then. I really wish that we had the
equivalent of the RHS Plantfinder on this side of the pond.
>>
The Andersen Source List is published periodically about every 4 years I think
I read once. since it obviously depends on the cooperation of the growers, it
will always obviously be out of date on publication day by at least a year.
There are two things that prevent a publication like the RHS Plantfinder from
being published here--it is a tremendous amount of work to compile (and just
putting all the data into a database is not enough--the taxonomy needs to be
straighted out too) and there is probably not enough market to make it
profitable. If there were the market, you can bet it would be an annual
publication by someone.
Bill Lee
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