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Re: [GWL]: Idiotic questions and requests

At 03:15 PM 10/3/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>And there seem to a lot of folks out there growing Rhododendrums.

Not to mention Cotton Easters or Potentials (potentilla)

However my all time favourite was when Joseph Halda started talking about 
the penis plants he was collecting - pronouncing the "i" in the European 
tradition as a long vowel rather than the shorter "i" (eye) used by North 
Americans as in Pinus trees.  There were a few matronly gasps and a long 
lineup for "those" seeds. :-)

Doug
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