Re: echinacea

Janis

I couldn't agree more!!  You should have seen the numbers of people combing the
highway ditches here for St. John's Wort the past two years ( I sure wouldn't call
anything growing on the highway right of way organic-and I wouldn't
ingest it either).   Here in Colorado it doesn't get to weedy proportions so I
just don't expect to see much in the way of this plant this year.

Caron

LONDE@aol.com wrote:

> >>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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