Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of July 22

... in which ...

196 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.33% yesterday.
867 posts were made.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
15 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
97 plants were added to the Plants Database.
30 comments were added to the Plants Database.
1,176 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
52 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
12 entries were added to Botanary.

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

Gardening Quote of the Day

"The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do."

( -- Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer (born 2/15/1564))

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: Rothkirch and L'Amour Mother and daughter
By kell

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Sea Oats
Uniola paniculata
By ADKSpirit

Forum Activity

A grand total of 867 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

Photos 138 posts.

Brugmansias and Friends 97 posts.

PDB Pictures 92 posts.

General Discussion 61 posts.

Parking Lot 57 posts.

Pets 48 posts.

Garden Talk 29 posts.

Computer Talk 23 posts.

Day Lilies 21 posts.

Vines and Climbers 20 posts.

Hostas 19 posts.

Dave's Garden 19 posts.

Health and Dieting 19 posts.

Perennials 17 posts.

Garden Foes 16 posts.

Roses 15 posts.

Seed Trading 15 posts.

Jokes and Chat 14 posts.

Identification 14 posts.

Wild Life 13 posts.

Co-Op 12 posts.

Recipes 10 posts.

Prayer Requests 9 posts.

Roundup 8 posts.

Water Gardens 7 posts.

Container Gardening 6 posts.

Tropicals 6 posts.

Plant Trading 6 posts.

Welcome Mat 5 posts.

Butterflies and Hummers 5 posts.

Saving Seeds 5 posts.

Soil 4 posts.

Mail Call! 4 posts.

European 3 posts.

Geraniaceae 3 posts.

Orchids 3 posts.

Farm Life 3 posts.

Dirt Cheap 3 posts.

Handyman 3 posts.

Master Gardeners 3 posts.

Propagation 2 posts.

Fruit Trees 2 posts.

Camera Talk 2 posts.

Vegetable Gardening 1 post.

House Plants 1 post.

Herbs 1 post.

Gourds and Melons 1 post.

Pollbooth 1 post.

Bulbs 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

imperatricis im-per-uh-TRY-sis Of the Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon
harveyanus har-vee-AY-nus Named for William Harvey, 19th century Irish botanist who specialized in algea
Jankaea yan-kAY-uh Named for Victory de Janka, 19th century Hungarian botanist and calvalry officer
jugalis joo-GAY-liss Yoked
jugale joo-GAY-lee Yoked
x vedrariensis ved-rar-ee-EN-sis Hybrid from Verri�res, France (near the famous nurser of Mssrs. Vilmorin-Andrieux)
aethiopium ee-thee-OH-pee-um Variant of aethiopum, Africa (especially South Africa); name derived from Aethiops, an African and son of Vulcan, the Greek God of metalworking and fire
peregrinans per-re-GREE-nans Perennial
x multifida mul-TIF-id-uh Hybrid meaning many divided
aethiopum ee-thee-OH-pum From Africa (especially South Africa); name derived from Aethiops, an African and son of Vulcan, the Greek God of metalworking and fire
Roella roh-EL-luh Named for G. Roelle, 18th century professor of anatomy in Amsterdam
hypericoides hy-per-ih-KOY-deez Resembling Hypericum

Journal Activity

10 new items.
36 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

97 new plants.
30 new descriptions were added.
52 new images were added.
1176 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

No new companies were added to the database.
15 new ratings/comments were added to the database.

Member Addition Description
lizziem Positive Northland Rosarium
sbragonier Negative Direct Gardening
sbragonier Positive Spring Hill Nurseries
weedsalot Negative Royal Dutch Garden
linlin Negative Hirt's Greenhouse & Flowers
weedsalot Negative Direct Gardening
KarenKuhfeldt Positive Rosemania
ClareUK Negative Direct Gardening
hj4travis Negative Direct Gardening
runnerduck Negative Caprice Farm Nursery
runnerduck Positive Heirloom Roses
hj4travis Positive Spring Hill Nurseries
PVick Positive Bluestone Perennials
PVick Positive Variations Greenhouse
PVick Positive Select Seeds Antique Flowers

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... July 22, 2003