Saw this on the rec.gardens group and thought someone here might be
interested.
 
Chrissie Devinney
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Subject: Yunnan collection
From: [log in to unmask] (Gerald W. Roe)
Date: 8 Dec 1994 07:13:21 GMT
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Our nursery is working with the Kun Ming Botannical Institute in
 
China on arranging a plant exploration and collection trip to
 
Yunnan Province in the spring of 1995. We made a reconnaissance
 
trip last spring and found the area to be a botanical treasure
 
trove; however there were serious difficulties with the local
 
authorities regarding permission to collect there. Through
 
negotiations with the locals at that time, and with the Kun Ming
 
Institute on a subsequent trip, we have paved the way for what we
 
hope will be a very fruitful mission. The Institute will provide
 
us with guides, vehicles, drivers, translators, etc.
 
 
 
As part of the conditions of the cooperative venture, we need to
 
establish American repositiories for the Yunnan collection. The
 
Foster Botanical Gardens in Hawaii has agreed to handle the
 
tropical portion of the collection, and we are now seeking a
 
similar institution to handle the temperate zone plants. This
 
could be either a university or a private botanical garden. We
 
favor a site in the state of Oregon, but would be willing to
 
consider other sites. If your institution would be interested in
 
handling the collection, please email me.
 
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Gerry Roe    Trans-Pacific Nursery    Rare & Exotic Plants
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