Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of November 28

... in which ...

64 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.09% yesterday.
588 posts were made.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
3 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
8 plants were added to the Plants Database.
22 comments were added to the Plants Database.
151 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
53 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
21 entries were added to Botanary.

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Gardening Quote of the Day

"What lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its root upward? An icicle. "

( -- unknown)

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: Woeeeeeeeeeeeee is me!!
By kell

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Coleus, Flame Nettle 'Giant Exhibition Mixed'
Solenostemon scutellarioides
By kamia

Forum Activity

A grand total of 588 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

PDB Pictures 80 posts.

Photos 42 posts.

Brugmansias and Friends 38 posts.

General Discussion 36 posts.

Seed Trading 35 posts.

Prayer Requests 29 posts.

Recipes 28 posts.

Pets 28 posts.

Parking Lot 26 posts.

Computer Talk 19 posts.

Identification 18 posts.

Media 18 posts.

Camera Talk 15 posts.

European 15 posts.

Greenhouse 14 posts.

Perennials 13 posts.

Health, Dieting and Beauty 11 posts.

Farm Life 10 posts.

Vines and Climbers 10 posts.

Tropicals 10 posts.

Jokes and Chat 10 posts.

Bulbs 8 posts.

Cactus and Succulents 6 posts.

Welcome Mat 6 posts.

Co-Op 5 posts.

Wild Life 5 posts.

Pollbooth 4 posts.

Market Growers 4 posts.

Trees & Shrubs 4 posts.

Saving Seeds 4 posts.

Handyman 4 posts.

Day Lilies 3 posts.

Garden Talk 3 posts.

Roses 3 posts.

Roundup 3 posts.

Fruit Trees 3 posts.

Home and Crafts 2 posts.

Canadian Trading 2 posts.

Mail Call! 2 posts.

Test 2 posts.

Roundup Pictures 1 post.

Water Gardens 1 post.

Home Decorating 1 post.

Plant Trading 1 post.

Hostas 1 post.

Annuals 1 post.

Geraniaceae 1 post.

Landscaping 1 post.

Soil 1 post.

Heirlooms 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

linkiana link-ee-AY-nuh Named for Dr. Heinrich Friedrich Link, 19th century German physician and botanist
hircinus hir-SEE-nus Smelling like a goat
arechavaletae ar-eh-kav-uh-LET-ay-ee Named for Jos� Arechavaleta, 19th century Spanish naturalist and professor of Medical Botany in Montevideo; specialized in the flora of Uruguay
Malvaceae mal-VAY-see From the Greek name for Mallow
albolineatum al-boh-lin-ee-AY-tum White lined
argyraea ar-jy-ree-uh Shiny silver
sarniensis sarn-ee-EN-sis Of or from the island of Sarnia (Roman name for Guernsey)
cereale ser-ee-AY-lee Pertaining to agriculture; Ceres was the Greek goddess of farming
cerealis ser-ee-AY-liss Pertaining to agriculture; Ceres was the Greek goddess of farming
Pachystegia pak-ee-STEE-jee-uh From the Greek pachys (thick) and stegia (covering), referring to the thick hairs covering the underside of the leaves
fosteriana fos-ter-ee-AY-nuh Named for Mulford Bateman Foster, 20th century American horticulturist who provided many specimens to the botanist Lymen B. Smith
fosterianum fos-ter-ee-AY-num Named for Mulford Bateman Foster, 20th century American horticulturist who provided many specimens to the botanist Lymen B. Smith
fosterianus fos-ter-ee-AY-nus Named for Mulford Bateman Foster, 20th century American horticulturist who provided many specimens to the botanist Lymen B. Smith
kerchoveana ker-kov-ee-AY-nuh Named for Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem, 19th century president of the botanical society of Ghent
thuringiaca thur-in-jee-AH-kuh Of the Thuringia region of Germany
scrophulariifolia skrof-yoo-lar-ee-eye-FOH-lee-uh 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); also spelled scrophulariaefolia
tomasellii toh-mah-SEL-lee-eye Named for Ruggero Tomaselli, 20th century director of the Botanical Garden of Pavia
x erythrophylla er-ith-roh-FIL-uh Hybrid meaning red leaved
laui LAU-eye Named for Dr. Alfred B. Lau, 21st century cactus collector and explorer
hircina hir-SEE-nuh Smelling like a goat
hircinum hir-SEE-num Smelling like a goat

Journal Activity

12 new items.
4 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

8 new plants.
22 new descriptions were added.
53 new images were added.
151 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description
kipkappa Positive Frostproof Growers
nmcl Positive Almost Eden
adpach Positive Buried Treasures

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... November 28, 2003