I think you missed the whole point of the article. It's not that no one else has ever carried these bulbs... it's the telling of the story of the hunt for them. The southernbulbs.com young men aren't just doing this to make a profit, they enjoy the hearing the stories that go along with each discovery they make.

The story was interesting but I agree with the OP. Old House Gardens is just about synonymous with heirloom bulbs. Its dedicated owner, Scott Kunst, has been hunting old bulbs and their stories for decades. He writes and lectures about this topic and most importantly, in my humble opinion, he verifies the right names and dates for the bulbs he sells. That is mighty rare in the garden catalog business, for plants old or new. It's kind of hard to understand a story about heirloom bulbs without mentioning Scott Kunst and Old House Gardens.