In a message dated 3/18/99 5:05:22 AM, owner-gardeners-digest@globalgarden.com writes: <<Foster & Gallagher, and was quite surprised to see Stark Bros.>> F & G bought Stark Bros. about 5 years ago. They own several other Hort companies as well. Breck's isn't bad, Springhill has some good roses that are grown by Week's in S. CA. and Michigan Bulb is a lot better than it was 5 years back. Stark Bros. like SpringHill is/was an old family company. In fact SpringHill is the oldest Horticultural Catalogue in the US. It was bought by F & G about 15 years ago, but the same family is involved same with Stark Bros. Mary-Anne