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Covering the events of December 23
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39 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.05% yesterday. 569 posts were made. 1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog. 3 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 10 plants were added to the Plants Database. 8 comments were added to the Plants Database. 77 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 29 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.
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Gardening Quote of the Day
"The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession."( -- Phyllis McGinley, American poet (born 3/21/1905)) Forum Photo of the DaySubject: Wishing a Joyous Christmas By BrugNanny
Plants Database Photo of the DayTall Bearded Iris 'Quandry'
Iris
By rshadlow
Forum Activity
A grand total of 569 posts were made yesterday.
| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| erinaceus | er-in-uh-SEE-us | Like a hedgehog | | erinaceum | er-in-uh-SEE-um | Like a hedgehog | | breweriana | broo-er-ee-AY-nuh | Named for William Henry Brewer, 19th century American botanist | | desquamatum | des-kwa-MAY-tum | With scales removed; bereft of scales | | giraldii | gir-al-dee-eye | Named for Giuseppe Giraldi, 19th century Italian missionary in China | | watsonianum | wat-son-ee-AY-num | Named for Sir William Watson, 18th century English botanist | | watsoniana | wat-son-ee-AY-nuh | Named for Sir William Watson, 18th century English botanist | | watsonii | wat-SON-ee-eye | Named for Sir William Watson, 18th century English botanist | | nigrispina | ny-gris-SPY-nuh | Black spines | | blaauwianus | blou-wee-AY-nus | Named for Anton Hendrik Blaauw, 20th century Dutch botanist | | Campanulaceae | kam-pan-yew-LAY-see | The Bellflower (Campanula) family |
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No new items. 1 new entry.
10 new plants. 8 new descriptions were added. 29 new images were added. 77 new content were checked off.
1 new company was added to the database. 3 new ratings/comments were added to the database.
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And that's the way it was... December 23, 2003 |