Note: These are legitimate companies who are in business strictly to sell ornamental plants, seeds and other products for decorative and collecting purposes only. They will not sell you anything if you indicate that it will be used for illegal purposes. Do not mention or ask about such things as dosages, methods of use, type of chemicals they contain, etc., etc.,etc. Just play it cool and professional and make like a rare plant collector. There are a Hell of a lot of worse ways to spend your time and money than doing your part, growing and collecting endangered botanicals.

The Author is making an ongoing effort to order plants or seeds from the following Nurseries and seed companies, rating them in four separate categories. They will each be given a letter grade in four different catagories as follows:

A - for good,

B - for acceptable,

C - for unacceptable,

X - for not yet rated.

Format (1,2,3,4)

1. Quality of the plants or seeds received.

2. Turn around time to receive order. Ease and convenience of placing an order.

3. Knowledgeability, helpfulness and friendliness of company representatives.

4. Price, variety and product value.

...of the Jungle

P.O. Box 1801

Sebastopol, CA 95473

Catalog $2.00, rating (A,B,B,B). One of the original ethnobotanicals suppliers. Has a wide variety of live plants, seeds, extracts and tinctures. Can't interact with anyone there about questions, so that is a problem. Rather long turn around time. Seem to be a good company with good products, some of which are unique.

Basement Shaman

P.O. Box - 1255

Elgin, IL 60121

Catalog $2.00, rating (A,A,B,A ). Good selection of several interesting ethnobotanicals and related products. Neat catalog, pretty good prices, many of the most popular live plants offered. Very fast service, nice plants. No way to contact by phone, which is kind of a drag.

Companion Plants

7247 N. Coolville Ridge Rd.

Athens, OH 45701

1-614-592-4643

Catalog $2.00, on-line @ http://www.frognet.net/companion_plants, rating ( X,X,X,X). Nice selection of live plants and seeds along with related products. Good prices.

Deep Diversity

P.O. Box - 15189

Sante Fe, NM 87505

Catalog $4.00, rating (X,X,X,X ). Very good selection of seeds and live plants. Good prices.

Horus Botanicals

HCR 82

P.O. Box 29

Salem, ARK 72575

Catalog $3.00, rating ( X,X,X,X). Good selection of many ethnobotanicals and related products. Good prices but sometimes long turnaround time.

Ho Ti

P.O. Box - 679

Honaunau, HI 96726

Catalog online @ http://www.ihawaii.net/~hoti/ Rated (B,A,B,A) Carry a modest selection of tropicals and ethnobotanicals. Pretty Quick turn around. My plants were a little stressed since they ship from Hawaii, but in time recovered quite well.

Impecta Handels

640 25 Julita

Sweden

Catalog free? Carry a big selection of seeds some of ethnobotanical interest.

J.L. Hudson

P.O. Box - 1058

Redwood City, CA 94064

Catalog $1.00, rating (X,X,X,X ). Large variety of seeds some of which are of ethnobotanical interest.

Legendary Ethnobotanical Resources

P.O. Box 1676

Coconut Grove, FL 33233

1-305-649-9997

Catalog online @ http://www.shadow.net/~heruka, rating (A,B,A,A). Very good selection of live plants and seeds. Can order from a real person, and they even take plastic. Prices are reasonable for most items, but turnaround time was a bit long. They claim to be able to get almost a quarter of a million different kinds of seeds, impressive.

P.J.T. Botanicals

P.O. Box - 49

Bridgewater, MA 02324-1630

Catalog $3.00, rating ( X,X,X,X).

Rara Vaxter

Box - 11083

10061 Stockholm

Sweden

Catalog free? A big selection of seeds, some of which are of ethnobotanical interest.

Redwood City Seed Co.

P.O. Box - 361

Redwood City, CA 94064

1-415-325-7333

Catalog $1.00, rating ( X,X,X,X). Carries several specialty plants and seeds of ethnobotanical interest.

Richters

Goodwood, Ontario

LOC 1A0 Canada

1-905-640-6677

Catalog $2.00, rating ( A,B,B,A). Very large selection of medicinal herbs, plants seeds and related supplies. Carry several plants and seeds of entheogenic interest. Usual turnaround time is 2-6 weeks depending on time of year. Nice quality plants.

Seeds of change

P.O. Box - 15700

Sante Fe, NM 87506-5700

1-505-438-8080

Catalog $2.00, rating ( X,X,X,X). A neat collection of organic, hierloom seeds including a few interesting medicinal herbs and several poppies. Also have poppy seeds in bulk. Many old fashion, traditional vegetables and flowers, misc. growing supplies.

Shamans Plant Source

6619 132nd Ave. N.E.

Suite - 140

Kirkland, WA 98033

Catalog ???, rating ( X,X,X,X).

The Banana tree

715 Northhampton St.

Easton, PA 18042

1-610-253-9589

Catalog $3.00, rating ( X,X,X,X). A large variety of seeds and related products, some of which are of entheogenic interest.

Thompson & Morgan

P.O. Box - 1308

Jackson, NJ 08527-0308

1-800-274-7333

Catalog $2.00,rating (X,X,X,X). Huge selection of seeds and gardening supplies. Wide selection of poppies along with the infamous hen & chicks variety. Specialize in flower seeds.

Timberwolf Gardens

P.O. Box - 264

Fords, NJ 08863

Free Catalog, rating ( X,X,X,X). Has about 2 dozen live plants, seeds and dried herbs to offer. Also have Coryphantha macromersis and Trichocereus pachanoi grafting stock. Prices a little on the high side, but some interesting stuff nontheless. Need a better catalog.

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