Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of November 19

... in which ...

84 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.11% yesterday.
878 posts were made.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
4 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
14 plants were added to the Plants Database.
32 comments were added to the Plants Database.
124 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
36 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
8 entries were added to Botanary.

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

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. "

( -- John Ruskin, British writer, art critic (born 2/8/1819))

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: I scared myself!!
By kell

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Tall Bearded Iris 'Back Street Affair'

Iris

By Margiempv

Forum Activity

A grand total of 878 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

Brugmansias and Friends 111 posts.

General Discussion 98 posts.

PDB Pictures 88 posts.

Photos 56 posts.

Seed Trading 47 posts.

Parking Lot 41 posts.

Computer Talk 33 posts.

Bulbs 28 posts.

Pets 28 posts.

Health, Dieting and Beauty 23 posts.

Welcome Mat 19 posts.

Jokes and Chat 19 posts.

Greenhouse 18 posts.

Identification 18 posts.

Dirt Cheap 17 posts.

Tropicals 15 posts.

Vines and Climbers 14 posts.

Recipes 12 posts.

Hostas 12 posts.

Gourds and Melons 11 posts.

Roundup 11 posts.

Prayer Requests 11 posts.

Co-Op 10 posts.

Wild Life 10 posts.

Media 9 posts.

Mail Call! 9 posts.

Camera Talk 8 posts.

Farm Life 8 posts.

Irises 8 posts.

Tomatoes 7 posts.

Cactus and Succulents 7 posts.

Garden Talk 6 posts.

Roses 6 posts.

Stay at Home Moms 6 posts.

Hoyas 5 posts.

European 5 posts.

Dave's Garden 5 posts.

Plant Trading 4 posts.

Propagation 4 posts.

Home and Crafts 4 posts.

Roundup Pictures 4 posts.

Pollbooth 4 posts.

Day Lilies 3 posts.

Canadian Trading 3 posts.

Fruit Trees 3 posts.

Saving Seeds 2 posts.

Perennials 2 posts.

Trees & Shrubs 2 posts.

Handyman 1 post.

Grass and Bamboo 1 post.

Dave's Garden FAQ 1 post.

International Trading 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

x meyeri MY-er-eye Hybrid named for Frank Nicholas Meyer, 20th century Dutch agricultural explorer and plant collector
Taenidia tay-NID-ee-uh From the Greek tainidion (small band), referring to the ribs of the seeds
osmantha os-MAN-tha From the Greek osme (odour, fragrance) and anthos (flowers)
osmanthum os-MAN-thum From the Greek osme (odour, fragrance) and anthos (flowers)
brachybotrya brak-ee-BOT-ree-uh From the Greek brachys (short) and botrys (grape cluster); referring to the short inflorescences
andreana an-drey-AY-nuh Named for Edouard Andr�, 19th century French author of Bromeliaceae Andreanae, a monograph on bromeliads
Apiaceae ay-pee-AY-see From the Latin Apium (celery); formerly Umbelliferae
scrophulariaefolia skrof-yoo-lar-ee-ay-FOH-lee-uh Variant spelling of scrophulariifolia; having leaves like Scrophularia (genus whose name comes from the idea that it cured Scrofula due to the similarity of the roots to the disease)

Journal Activity

17 new items.
4 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

14 new plants.
32 new descriptions were added.
36 new images were added.
124 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description
peonygirl Positive Peony Garden (also dba Frankford Nursery Peony Superstore)
Happenstance Neutral Shoal Creek Succulents
littlepiggins Positive Anioleka Seed Company (Seed Fest)
auralee Positive ECOLAGE

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... November 19, 2003