Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of December 22

... in which ...

36 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.05% yesterday.
685 posts were made.
1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog.
0 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
11 plants were added to the Plants Database.
13 comments were added to the Plants Database.
94 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
47 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
11 entries were added to Botanary.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Style is a matter of taste, design a matter of principles."

( -- Thomas Church, American landscape architect)

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: Do you know
By Ludger

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Christmas Cactus, Holiday Cactus, Zygocactus
Schlumbergera x buckleyi
By htop

Forum Activity

A grand total of 685 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

Brugmansias and Friends 138 posts.

General Discussion 84 posts.

PDB Pictures 79 posts.

Photos 70 posts.

Pets 39 posts.

Prayer Requests 32 posts.

Parking Lot 27 posts.

Recipes 20 posts.

Seed Trading 18 posts.

Farm Life 16 posts.

Computer Talk 14 posts.

Cactus and Succulents 13 posts.

Garden Talk 13 posts.

Identification 11 posts.

Mail Call! 10 posts.

Pollbooth 10 posts.

Health, Dieting and Beauty 9 posts.

Jokes and Chat 8 posts.

Roses 8 posts.

Bulbs 7 posts.

Canadian Trading 7 posts.

Vegetable Gardening 6 posts.

Wild Life 5 posts.

Perennials 5 posts.

Stay at Home Moms 5 posts.

Roundup Pictures 4 posts.

Handyman 4 posts.

Home and Crafts 3 posts.

Camera Talk 3 posts.

Gourds and Melons 2 posts.

Irises 2 posts.

European 2 posts.

Plant Trading 2 posts.

Tomatoes 1 post.

Master Gardeners 1 post.

Herbs 1 post.

Water Gardens 1 post.

Disabled Gardeners 1 post.

Dave's Garden FAQ 1 post.

Dave's Garden 1 post.

Greenhouse 1 post.

Test 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

erectocylindrica er-ek-toh-sil-IN-drih-kuh From the Latin erectos (upright) and the Greek cylindro (cylinder)
macroglossa mak-roh-GLOS-uh Big tongue
macroglossum mak-roh-GLOS-um Big tongue
macroglossus mak-roh-GLOS-us Big tongue
loganobaccus lo-gan-oh-BAK-kus Named for Judge James Harvey Logan, 19th century Californian (American)
sedifolium sed-ih-FOH-lee-um With fleshy foliage
sedifolius sed-ih-FOH-lee-us With fleshy foliage
paucispinum paw-ke-SPY-num Few spines
blaauwiana blou-wee-AY-nuh Named for Anton Hendrik Blaauw, 20th century Dutch botanist
Commelinaceae ko-mel-ih-NAY-see The Commelina family, named for two 17th century Dutch botanists: Johan and his nephew Caspar Commelin. Known to Linnaeus and Charles Plumier, a French Franciscan monk, botanist and traveler
macracanthum mak-ra-KAN-thum Large spines

Journal Activity

3 new items.
48 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

11 new plants.
13 new descriptions were added.
47 new images were added.
94 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

1 new company was added to the database.
No new ratings/comments were added to the database.

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

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