Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of June 11

... in which ...

219 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.42% yesterday.
983 posts were made.
2 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
11 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
102 plants were added to the Plants Database.
39 comments were added to the Plants Database.
438 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
53 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
15 entries were added to Botanary.

happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth... (from The Road Not Taken)"

( -- Robert Frost, American writer, poet)

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: I have never seen so many flowers!
By kell

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Bird of Paradise, Crane Flower
Strelitzia reginae
By kell

Forum Activity

A grand total of 983 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

Brugmansias and Friends 129 posts.

Photos 110 posts.

PDB Pictures 91 posts.

Co-Op 57 posts.

Dave's Garden 49 posts.

Identification 45 posts.

Prayer Requests 34 posts.

Seed Trading 34 posts.

Health and Dieting 31 posts.

General Discussion 31 posts.

Parking Lot 30 posts.

Wild Life 29 posts.

Pets 28 posts.

Plant Trading 24 posts.

Bulbs 22 posts.

Garden Talk 22 posts.

Roses 20 posts.

Tropicals 19 posts.

Vegetable Gardening 19 posts.

Vines and Climbers 12 posts.

Water Gardens 11 posts.

Container Gardening 11 posts.

Propagation 10 posts.

Butterflies and Hummers 10 posts.

Hostas 10 posts.

Farm Life 10 posts.

Computer Talk 10 posts.

Welcome Mat 9 posts.

Perennials 9 posts.

Home Decorating 9 posts.

Roundup Pictures 6 posts.

Mail Call! 5 posts.

Garden Foes 5 posts.

Home and Crafts 4 posts.

Camera Talk 4 posts.

Annuals 3 posts.

Trees & Shrubs 3 posts.

Pollbooth 3 posts.

Day Lilies 3 posts.

Geraniaceae 3 posts.

Recipes 2 posts.

European 2 posts.

Market Growers 1 post.

Landscaping 1 post.

Stay at Home Moms 1 post.

Saving Seeds 1 post.

Canadian Trading 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

Amphicarpaea am-fee-KAR-pay-uh From the Greek amphi (double) and karpos (fruit)
racemiflorus ray-see-mih-FLOR-us With flowers in racemes
racemiflorum ray-see-mih-FLOR-um With flowers in racemes
Adelostigma a-del-oh-STIG-muh From the Greek adelo (unknown, secret, or hidden) and stigma
poetarum poh-et-AY-rum Of the poets, an epithet typically applied to plants associated with the ancient Greek and Roman poets
saccata sak-KAY-tuh Resembling a bag
saccatum sak-KAY-tum Resembling a bag
saccatus sak-KAY-tus Resembling a bag
saccifer SAK-ee-fer Bearing sacks
Acrotrema ak-roh-TREE-muh From the Greek akros (highest, terminal) and trema (apterture, hole)
racemiflora ray-see-mih-FLOR-uh With flowers in racemes
quadratus kwad-RAY-tus In fours or four
quadrata kwad-RAY-tuh In fours or four
quadratum kwad-RAY-tum In fours or four
meisneri MISE-ner-ee Named for Carl Friedrich Meissner, 19th century Swiss botanist who described many Australian plants

Journal Activity

53 new items.
48 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

102 new plants.
39 new descriptions were added.
53 new images were added.
438 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

2 new companies were added to the database.
11 new ratings/comments were added to the database.

Member Addition Description
heybaby Positive Commonwealth Plants, LLC (auricula.com)
ozetta Company Message Wildwood Inc. (Thurman Maness)
Coolplanter Negative Oxford Nurseries
JonP Negative Rogers & Webster Miracle-Bush� Tomatoes (also dba PublishersChoice.com)
hghodges Negative Southmeadow Fruit Gardens (also dba Grootendorst Nurseries)
miss_amy Positive Wayside Gardens
southpawchris Positive Acorn Springs Farms
Nte Positive Tinari Greenhouses
pdkrones Positive Classic Groundcovers, Inc.
bigbuck2506 Positive Acorn Springs Farms
okbikes Negative Royal Dutch Garden

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... June 11, 2003