Some of you might have known Robert Lee Riffle, an author and all-around great guy. I've just learned that he died suddenly last Friday night. Here's the thread about him: http://palmtalk.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=SF;f=11 He will be missed.
He authored:
The Tropical Look: An Encyclopedia of Dramatic Landscape Plants: An Encyclopedia of Dramatic Landscape Plants
by Robert Lee Riffle
An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms by Robert Lee Riffle
The Tropical Look by Robert Lee Riffle
Thanks Clare-I love the Tropical Look-use it all the time!