echinacea

>>Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 08:44:12 -0800
From: "McAlpine, Duncan G" <Duncan.McAlpine@PSS.Boeing.com>
Subject: echinacea

* With all the recent hoopla about herbal remedies, Univ. of Fla. added fuel
to the flame with an announcement that echinacea may be good for you... <<

It was with mixed emotions that I read this information from Duncan.  It
should be good news to us, for each documentation of the usefullness of native
plants reinforces the position that we need to protect our botanical heritage.

But, ironically, it seems with each such announcement more and more plants
dissappear from the wild.  

Last summer I was stunned when I visited Victoria Glade and found that every
last specimen of the Echinacea purpurea that once washed  this vast hillside
in a sea of pink had been plucked up by ruthless profiteers.  

Even in this protected natural area those of us who see beauty have been
robbed by those who can see only dollar signs.  

This is especially sad because in the case of echinacea it is so unnecessary.
This plant is very easy to grow.  There is no need to collect it from the
wild.  

--Janis

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