Re: Local lotus

I totally enjoyed that book. As to the earthworms, there was a great article about that in the May issue of National Geographic. The article was actually on the founding of Jamestown. Seems earthworms were brought here in the ballast of the English ships purely by accident. Honeybees were brought on purpose for making mead. There is supposed to be an NG special on their current findings at the Jamestown site. For instance, they have discovered a 400 year old tobacco seed in a well that had been sealed over in the 18th century and only recently repoened. The discovery of the seed proved the type of tobacco John Rolfe grew. It was a fascinating article, and I hope I haven't missed the documentary. It should be amazing. 
zem
zone 7
West TN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Local lotus



I think you both might enjoy "Aliens in the Backyard" by John Leland.  He
makes numerous points about the fact that many...in some cases most...of
our plants are not native to this continent. Certainly most of the grasses 
and foods we use.  Maybe a lot of people get confused non-native and
invasive since many of the trouble plants are non-native.  What surprised
me was that most earthworms are not native and create a different chemistry 
for plants.



[Original Message]
From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Date: 8/10/2007 3:19:01 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Local lotus

I think it's beautiful, too, Jim, but for some reason it is listed as
an invasive around here.  I can't understand it, because the water
plants that are invasive in the areas I know are water chestnuts and
pickerel weed.  I don't remember seeing the Nelumbo  lutea anywhere
nearer than Nova Scotia.
Auralie


In a message dated 08/10/2007 12:51:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
silverhawk@flash.net writes:

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L


james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
The lotus in the local library's retention pond is blooming. My
problem, no longer being terribly agile, was/is getting close enough to
the blooms to get a really good picture. For this one, I'd walked out
as far as I could on the tops of cypress knees that more-or-less define
the margin between swamp and upland. It must have been a spectacle to
watch.

http://tinyurl.com/3afx64





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