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RE: Digest for Gardenwriters@topica.com, issue 356

Of course, if it was listed as Cimicifuga, it was wrong anyway, as that 
genus has been put into Actaea.
Marty Wingate
e.merge wrote:
> Hi, All
> 
> I've been enjoying the various postings - it feels as if people are 
> getting
> slightly more 'comfortable' with each other.
> 
> I have a request - if anyone hears of any catalogue or plant list/tag
> writing opportunities (doesn't it sound absolutely ghastly??), please 
> let
> me know. I know most garden writers would be bored stiff with this kind 
> of
> stuff, but....I seem to have a knack for it. 
> 
> Yesterday while at a wholesale nursery I proofread the plant list upside
> down, and found three or four mistakes on one page. My favourite has got 
> to
> be this:
> 
> Stachy's - on one line, and then "Hewitts Double" on the next line, 
> missing
> its apostrophe. Gadzooks. Another favourite of mine is "ramosa" instead 
> of
> "racemosa" after Cimicifuga. Not only is it wrong on the plant list, but
> also wrong on the zillions of fancy plant tags they have printed! Am I
> crazy? Do I need a bigger problem, or what?  
> 
> Evidently they are printed somewhere in Atlanta - I think it is Van
> Bloem's....anyhow, I figure if I don't put it out there, no one will 
> know I
> can do these things. Upside down, even.
> 
>  
> 
> Sharon H. Hanna
> Writer & Urban Agriculturist
> Member, Garden Writers Assoc. of America
> (604) 736 1889
> 
> Stunning garden pics by Dennis Bourassa at:
> http://209.235.102.9/~qui8404/sharon/
> 
> Beneficial insect attraction article
> go to: http://www.icangarden.com
> 
> Sharon's catalogue writing & recipes: http://www.kitchengardenseeds.com
> 
> 
> 

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