The PlantFiles Newsletter Covering the events of February 24, 2006, on which 168 members joined.

Gardening Quote of the Day

(William Blake, English poet (born 11/17/1757))

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New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning jepsonii   jep-SO-nee-eye   Named for Willis Linn Jepson, 20th century California professor of botany and founder of the California Botanical Society   schoenlandii   skon-LAND-ee-eye   Named for Selmar Schonland (Schoenland), 20th century distinguished botanist in South Africa, where the Rhodes University herbarium and botany department are named in his honour   schonlandii   skon-LAND-ee-eye   Named for Selmar Schonland, 20th century distinguished botanist in South Africa, where the Rhodes University herbarium and botany department are named in his honour   sonorensis   soh-noh-REN-sis   Of or from the Arizona-Sonora Desert (U.S.)   jepsoniana   jep-son-ee-AH-na   Named for Willis Linn Jepson, 20th century California professor of botany and founder of the California Botanical Society   jepsonianus   jep-son-ee-AH-nus   Named for Willis Linn Jepson, 20th century California professor of botany and founder of the California Botanical Society   sonorense   soh-noh-REN-see   Of or from the Arizona-Sonora Desert (U.S.)   Eucephalus   yoo-SEF-a-lus   From the Greek eu (good ) and kephale (head)

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

And that's the way it was... February 24, 2006