Re: Sculptured Melons

**Rose Marie Nichols McGee r*@comcast.net**

I took a few, not sure of the quality as it has been a long time since I
looked through them. There is a wonderful book over at OSU here in Corvallis
with great photos that I'd like to see as soon as I have time.
Rose Marie

> From: John MacGregor <jonivy@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
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> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:34:20 -0800
> To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
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> Subject: Re: [GWL] Sculptured Melons
> 
> on 1/27/05 9:30 PM, Rose Marie Nichols McGee at rmnicholsmcgee@comcast.net
> wrote:
> 
>> This is quite wonderful, thank you. Several years ago I was in Fujian
>> province in China and one of their art forms is the carving of large
>> narcissus bulbs. With a nick here and a slice and dice there wonderful
>> predictable distortions occur. There is the phoenix rising, the garden
>> basket, the crab and doubtless many others. It was December and everywhere
>> we went we saw these bulbs in flower and had the opportunity to see a master
>> demonstrate his technique. The things people do that are simply beautiful
>> ephemera.
> 
> Rose Marie,
> 
> Did you take any pictures?
> 
> John MacGregor
> South Pasadena, CA 91030
> USDA zone 9   Sunset zones 21/23
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