Erythronium Monograph

[Maggi Young]

until today I had not read your excellent series of Erythronium in the wild.  It is wonderfully presented and the photos are inspiring.

I told you so!!

[Ed Alverson]

Thanks, Charlotte, for your kind words.

Before I could contribute to any publication I would need to do more travelling during Erythronium flowering season - first to Eastern North America, then Europe and Asia, in order to see all of the species in the wild.  It's a tough job, but someone has to do it!

But seriously, I am a bit wary of both making promises that might be hard to keep, and to take something on that someone else is already planning to do.  The great thing about the SRGC web site is that it has allowed me, with a relatively modest amount of effort, to put information out there in a way that is accessible to all, without all of the to-do that would be associated with creating a "real" publication.

Ed

[Maggi Young]

Third part of Ian's Erythronium Bulb Logs, ERYTHRONIUMS OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA PART 2 (??!!), now online: http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2008/300108/log.html


ERYTHRONIUMS Part 1 : http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2008/160108/log.html
ERYTHRONIUMS OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA : http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2008/230108/log.html

[Matt T]

This topic has been inactive for some time, but I just stumbled across this on a well-known booksellers website:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Genus-Erythronium-Botanical-Magazine-Monograph/dp/1842464922/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391776461&sr=1-1&keywords=erythronium

I'm sure it will be available from other outlets too, although it says publication will be in July here, but I've seen November mentioned elsewhere.

[Maggi Young]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Genus-Erythronium-Botanical-Magazine-Monograph/dp/1842464922/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391776461&sr=1-1&keywords=erythronium

I'm sure it will be available from other outlets too, although it says publication will be in July here, but I've seen November mentioned elsewhere.

at last!

[charlotte]

Now I know what to do with the research material I collected and did not know how to approach a very complex genus.   

Charlotte
Renaix Belgium

[Tim Ingram]

Only just realised that the earlier posts date back a few years. This should be an exciting publication, perhaps on a par with Stearn's Epimedium, which is a wonderful book. Time to put aside some pennies over the next months! The picture of Ian Christie's 'Ardovie Bliss' in the latest 'Rock Garden' is exquisite, and I am reminded again of Ray Drew's beautiful display of Erythronium at the local Essex AGS Group Show last spring.

[Maggi Young]

Now I know what to do with the research material I collected and did not know how to approach a very complex genus.   

Charlotte
Renaix Belgium

Dear Charlotte - we have missed you very much!
Why do you not assemble  your researches into articles for the SRGC website - so many enthusiasts around who would find such things of use - not everyone has money for books.......

[charlotte]

Maggie,

That is very sweet of you 

I will see what I can do with the information I have but will probably also buy the book to assure myself that I am not repeating findings more thoroughly searched out.

Again, thank you for your kind thoughts,

Charlotte

[charlotte]

I have checked this supposed "book".  It will be a monograph sponsored by the RHS and authored by someone very knowledgeable.  I am feeling quite indiminated approaching the subject.  Guess I can take a simple approach to it.  Time will tell if I can put anything together warranting publication.

Charlotte

[Maggi Young]

I was serious in my suggestion , Charlotte.
There will be some for whom that book, no matter if it is the most wonderful book ever, will be too expensive and perhaps, many for whom a Kew Monograph will be too "complicated"- so I have every reason to suppose that a freely available treatment of the subject that is "accessible" in every aspect will be welcome.

[Tim Ingram]

I would agree with Maggi - we visited John and Carolyn Millen today to see their snowdrop collection, and they have copies of all the snowdrop books that have come out over the past few years. Even if all are written from individually different perspectives, each is equally interesting and instructive - especially when one's interest in a subject is growing and you meet the people who have been growing the plants for much longer than you have yourself. We only grow a few erythroniums and gaining knowledge from the experience of others would be really valuable (and I already have a few Scottish raised varieties high on the wish list!).

[Upico]

A small "Monograph" .The author well known. Self-made for personal use.
A single piece, not for sale! 









Ian, thank you so much for the wonderful Bulb Log.

[Ian Y]

You have made a lovely binding Upico, thank you for showing it to us and for your support.

See today's bulb log or some more pictures of Erythronium seed.
 

[Upico]

I have already read the bulb log. Thank you again!