Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of August 10

... in which ...

187 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.3% yesterday.
1,178 posts were made.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
10 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
10 plants were added to the Plants Database.
21 comments were added to the Plants Database.
77 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
60 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
11 entries were added to Botanary.

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Gardening Quote of the Day

"Don't wear perfume in the garden - unless you want to be pollinated by bees."

( -- Anne Raver, American garden writer)

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: A Pod is Born!
By kell

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Hosta 'Sum & Substance'

Hosta

By imiv

Forum Activity

A grand total of 1,178 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

Photos 190 posts.

Brugmansias and Friends 117 posts.

General Discussion 108 posts.

PDB Pictures 93 posts.

Water Gardens 45 posts.

Tropicals 43 posts.

Health, Dieting and Beauty 40 posts.

Parking Lot 39 posts.

Roses 32 posts.

Identification 31 posts.

Seed Trading 31 posts.

Pets 31 posts.

Prayer Requests 30 posts.

Bulbs 27 posts.

Vines and Climbers 25 posts.

Day Lilies 25 posts.

Computer Talk 24 posts.

Plant Trading 23 posts.

Irises 23 posts.

Roundup 18 posts.

Jokes and Chat 18 posts.

Hostas 16 posts.

Garden Talk 15 posts.

Dave's Garden 14 posts.

Trees & Shrubs 13 posts.

Co-Op 12 posts.

Saving Seeds 9 posts.

Wild Life 8 posts.

Container Gardening 7 posts.

Pollbooth 7 posts.

Market Growers 6 posts.

Vegetable Gardening 6 posts.

Butterflies and Hummers 5 posts.

Mail Call! 5 posts.

Orchids 4 posts.

Farm Life 4 posts.

Grass and Bamboo 4 posts.

Recipes 3 posts.

Greenhouse 3 posts.

Media 3 posts.

Dirt Cheap 3 posts.

Cactus and Succulents 3 posts.

Geraniaceae 3 posts.

Home Decorating 2 posts.

Fruit Trees 2 posts.

Welcome Mat 2 posts.

Shady Gardens 2 posts.

International Trading 1 post.

Canadian Trading 1 post.

House Plants 1 post.

Frequently Asked Questions 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

ecornutum ee-kor-NOO-tum Without horns
roylei ROYL-ee-eye Named for John Forbes Royle, 19th century British botanist and physician in India before returning to London as professor of materia medica
Oraniopsis or-ran-ee-OP-sis Resembling Orania
ecornuta ee-kor-NOO-tuh Without horns
dolabrata dol-uh-BRAY-tuh Hatchet-shaped
dolabratum dol-uh-BRAY-tum Hatchet-shaped
dolabratus dol-uh-BRAY-tus Hatchet-shaped
Adonidia ad-oh-NID-ee-uh Diminutive of Adonis (genus name for Pheasant's Eye); the diminutive form when Adonis had already been used for another genus
Monsonia mon-SOH-nee-uh Named for Lady Ann Monson, 18th century plant collector on the Cape of Good Hope and in Bengal
Lasiopetalum las-ee-oh-PET-uh-lum Woolly-fruited
lasiopetalus las-ee-oh-PET-uh-lus Wolly-fruited

Journal Activity

627 new items.
5 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

10 new plants.
21 new descriptions were added.
60 new images were added.
77 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description
dlilygirl Positive Gilbert H. Wild & Son
clarkj99 Positive Seeds of Change
clarkj99 Positive Raintree Nursery
clarkj99 Positive Mellinger's
clarkj99 Negative Stark Brothers Nurseries & Orchards Company
plantroom Negative Richard Owen Nurseries, Inc.
Noodles Positive No Thyme Productions
dlilygirl Positive Vermont Daylilies
gkhep Positive Dune Lane Nursery
sbarr Positive Glenbrook Farm

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... August 10, 2003