Re: Lost (?) & Found Irises
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- Subject: Re: Lost (?) & Found Irises
- From: H*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 10:38:20 -0600 (MDT)
In a message dated 97-08-31 09:30:36 EDT, you write:
<< It certainly sounds more likely than a bird depositing a rhizome there.
>>
My suggestion that it was conceivable that a crow had dropped a rhizome was
speculation that was prompted by Clarence Mahan's observation that crows
routinely uproot rhizomes in this part of the country. Our eastern crows are
very large birds, often attaining the size of a small turkey. Crows nested in
my magnolia this spring and the nest is well over two feet across and,
judging form the sticks they dropped when constructing it, composed of
various materials, some up to and inch and three quarters in diameter. At a
public garden here in Richmond , crows were actually observed uprooting newly
set divisions of Japanese irises and carrying them off.
Anner Whitehead, Richmond, VA
Henry Hall henryanner@aol.com
