Re: George Ball's NYT op-ed article

**"Marge Talt" m*@hort.net**

Thank you, Dan.  Good point regarding the substitution of people for
plants.  Considering that we are a nation of in-comers on the human
side, it does seem unfair to expect all other life forms to all
originate here.

Those who excoriate all 'exotic' plants would have a very meager diet
should their desire to ban all of them become reality.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
Shadyside Garden Designs

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> From: Dan Clost <dan.clost@sympatico.ca>
> That's a terrific post, Marg. I thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a
great 
> deal. Thank you.
> 
> After reading Panayoti Kelaidis' quote I substituted the word
people for 
> plant for this exercise.
> How far back would we go to determine native and invasive?  Why
would this 
> be different from plants? Should we all go back to our "native"
lands?

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