Originally Posted by Forest Reef

Thought about this some more....It's ok by me if the database quotes Harry Harrington's info as long as I can enter my own take on things for each species plus add ones not in that 'base set'. A separate text box entry for use by the end-user is ok, thus satisfying Brian's need not to change Mr. Harrington's text. The 'base set' does have a lot of good info - it's just too generic to meet the needs for individual collections around the world.

My details are going to be different from Pat's and both of us different from someone in the Philippines, etc. - climate/regional care variation on top of which tree species we keep. No one's 'base set database' is going to satisfy everyone. Since Brian has permission to use Harry Harrington's info (by quote), that's a good default start. But - We must have the ability to add our own species/genus entries in order to customize the database we populate with our collection data to plug the inevitable 'holes' where the generic set is not detailed enough or lacks some species we are interested in.