Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of February 8, 2004

... in which ...

109 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.14% yesterday.
1,041 posts were made.
1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog.
12 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
23 plants were added to the Plants Database.
28 comments were added to the Plants Database.
698 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
41 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
13 entries were added to Botanary.

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

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Flowers are beautiful hieroglyphics of nature, with which she indicates how much she loves us."

( -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German playwright (born 8/28/1749))

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: Help! I can't believe I did this!!!
By Kaufmann

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Sago Palm
Cycas revoluta
By palmbob

Forum Activity

A grand total of 1,041 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

Brugmansias and Friends 152 posts.

General Discussion 92 posts.

Tropicals 90 posts.

Photos 67 posts.

PDB Pictures 63 posts.

Parking Lot 55 posts.

Seed Trading 44 posts.

Roundup 43 posts.

Day Lilies 41 posts.

Identification 35 posts.

Recipes 31 posts.

Propagation 27 posts.

Plant Trading 21 posts.

Computer Talk 20 posts.

Tomatoes 18 posts.

Roses 17 posts.

Co-Op 17 posts.

Pets 17 posts.

Prayer Requests 15 posts.

Vines and Climbers 15 posts.

Health, Dieting and Beauty 14 posts.

Cactus and Succulents 12 posts.

Dave's Garden 11 posts.

Garden Talk 10 posts.

Trees & Shrubs 9 posts.

Bulbs 9 posts.

Perennials 9 posts.

Pollbooth 8 posts.

European 8 posts.

Greenhouse 7 posts.

Welcome Mat 7 posts.

Dirt Cheap 6 posts.

Hostas 6 posts.

Vegetable Gardening 6 posts.

Gourds and Melons 5 posts.

Canadian Trading 5 posts.

Geraniaceae 4 posts.

Mail Call! 4 posts.

Container Gardening 3 posts.

Home and Crafts 3 posts.

Farm Life 2 posts.

Heirlooms 2 posts.

Jokes and Chat 2 posts.

Irises 2 posts.

Butterflies and Hummers 2 posts.

Herbs 1 post.

Camera Talk 1 post.

Test 1 post.

Legumes 1 post.

Stay at Home Moms 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

brevisetus brev-ih-SET-us Short bristles
Nuxia NUKS-ee-uh Named for French amateur botanist; M. de la Nux from Reunion Island
latifrons LAT-ih-fronz Wide or broad fronds
transvenosus trans-ven-OH-sus Transverse veins, referring to the fine network of veins between the main parallel veins
reverchonii rev-er-SHON-ee-eye Named for Julien Reverchon, 19th century French immigrant to Texas and avid plant collector
lebomboensis le-bom-boh-EN-sis Of or from the Lebombo mountains of South Africa
Casimiroa kas-im-ir-ROH-uh Named for Cardinal Casimiro Gomez de Ortega, 18th century Spanish botanist
sieberana sy-ber-ee-AY-nuh Named for Franz Sieber, 19th century Bohemian botanist, traveller and plant collector
pilosula pil-OH-suh-luh Somewhat pilose (hairy)
pilosulum pil-OH-suh-lum Somewhat pilose (hairy)
pilosulus pil-OH-suh-lus Somewhat pilose (hairy)
eriospatha er-ee-oh-SPAY-thu Woolly spathe
Porphyrostachys por-fy-ro-STAK-iss From the Greek porphyra (the purple-fish, or a reddish dye made from it) and stachys (flower spikes)

Journal Activity

1 new item.
3 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

23 new plants.
28 new descriptions were added.
41 new images were added.
698 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

1 new company was added to the database.
12 new ratings/comments were added to the database.

Member Addition Description
Ramnyc Negative Plantron Inc.
msanjelpie Negative Sam Kedem Nursery & Garden: Town & Country Roses
ceresone Negative Stark Brothers Nurseries & Orchards Company
ceresone Positive Harris Seeds
GoinGal Negative Paradise Water Gardens, Ltd.
kyrabear Negative McClure & Zimmerman Quality Flowerbulb Brokers
kyrabear Positive Roots and Rhizomes
dbouwens Negative WorldWise Garden Seeds
rcclark Positive Planet Natural (formerly Bozeman Bio-Tech)
rosehill Positive Gurney Seed & Nursery
CApoppy Positive Yerba Buena Nursery
tukson Positive Anioleka Seed Company (Seed Fest)

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... February 8, 2004