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Re: repellent plants

At 05:29 AM 5/9/97 +0000, nonayobusiness wrote:
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>Have you all heard about what the FCC did?  THe administration wants all 
>schools to be connected to the WWW.  So, they are now going to be charging
>more taxes, because they want the connection rate  to be subsidized by the
>gov't.  Guess  where the $ is coming from?   Any  residence  or business
>that has more than one telephone line  will foot the bill.  All additional
>phone lines will  have a surcharge put on the bill. I have a feeling that
>I know what is going to happen next.  They are going to say that since all
>these children are  now using the WWW, it is very important that there be
>gov't controls on what is on the WWW.  After all, it is to protect the
>children.  So, they will get the controls that they tried to get the last
>time, but were struck down as unconstitutional.   
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     Lauren:
 Let your congress critters know your thoughts (politely!). Don't know if
it helps the situation but it makes me feel better <G>.






>Also, I have a plant called a Spanish Dagger that my father put in a very
>beautiful ceramic container about 25 years ago.  It has been there ever
>since, and I think it would appreciate getting out already.   How can I
>getit out without breaking the container or  mortally wounding the plant?
>He dug it out of a vacant lot in Delray Beach, in Florida.
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   Could this plant be Spanish Bayonet (Yucca aloifolia) or Spineless 
Yucca (Yucca elephantipes)?  The taller of the two (Spanish Bayonet) 
grows up with just one rosette of leaves. These plants propagate by root
pieces or offsets. They grow *WILD* here and are quite difficult (and
painful) to remove. If this is the plant you have, your choices are: 
break the container (not a good choice), soak, cut the plant ball (again
and again) until it can be removed - then replant. Generally, you can 
take a piece of the root and start another plant.

                  Harry in Ocala, Florida
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