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Hi Kristl,
   I would appreciate a catalog.
                    Thank You!
        Monty

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> From: Kristl Walek <garnorth@ISTAR.CA>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] catalogs for l999
> Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 12:49 AM
>
> >
> > Kristl,
> > Maybe you would mention your catalog.  Gardens North supplies seeds for
those of us with zone 4 gardens.  I have not had a catalog for a year or
two and was thinking of you for this winter's planning.
> >
> > My recollection is that this catalog provides excellent zone
information and  personal growing experiences.
> >
> > I have many of your plants as reminders.  There is a biennial rudbeckia
from you that has gone native here flowering in the late summer with
millions of small black eyed susans.  Did you have a truck parked in the
Montreal Botanic this August?  You were parked next to us and that made me
think I should have your listings.
>
> Claire:
> Thank you very much for mentioning my catalogue. I am in the throes
> of pre-catalogue pressure at the moment, but hope to have the 1999
> version (with over 1400 rare perennial and woody species) ready in
> about 2 weeks and set to mail out by the end of November. Anyone
> wishing a copy could e-mail me personally. This year a special Chinese
> collection, with lots of rare Clematis, among others.
>
> The Rudbeckia you refer to is Rudbeckia triloba (the three-lobed
> Coneflower) an absolutely wonderful, brilliant and extremely
> long-flowering  alternative to the very overused (and inferior)
> "Goldstrum" cultivars.
>
> I certainly did have a truck at the Montreal Botanic Gardens this
> August- and in fact I was there almost every second weekend all spring
> and summer. This garden is my favorite personal haunt and primary
> escape from the pressures of my own business.  200km from home, but
> well worth even the long day trips I sometimes make just to be there
> for a few hours. These gardens are like a lover to me; where I always
> find pleasure, and as soon as I leave, I am already thinking of when I
> can return. Considered by many to be the second greatest botanic
> garden in the world (next to Kew). I would urge anyone who is within
> driving distance, to visit. In the 3 years I have regularly visited
> this garden, I have yet to see it all. Although I spent much of this
> season in the arboretum and with the woody collections, the shade
> gardens are wonderful and full of treasures. Many species of Primula
> are growing happily both there and in the extensive alpine garden.
>
> Kristl
> Gardens North Seeds
> N. Gower, Ontario Z4
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