Re: garden shows and mosquito repellant plants

**m* l* <m*@earthlink.net>**

I thought Chicago had a good garden show, don't they?  San Francisco, too.

>I have one person get back to me with great garden shows to see in the US
>beside Philly, Boston and Seattle..is there nothing more worth while going
>to?
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>The next question has to do with Mosquito repellant plants.has anyone heard
>of this before and do they exist? We have a guy here in Panama that says
>that he has planted these around a lake and I just don't believe they exist.
>I don't want to say anything because I haven't lived here long enough to
>argue, but I have still never heard of this.  Expert opinions?

Yes, I've seen ads in the Sunday Supplements of the newspaper. I 
think it's some variety of mint.  Margaret L

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