Re: OT-Bio penny

From: william hale <pennys_picks@yahoo.com>

hi, 
  my name is penny i live in zone 6. irises are my passion. i feel you
can never have to many. there are so many varieties. i am always
looking for reblooming varieties. but most people think i am insaine
when i say that. they don't realize there is such a thing. i hope to
learn a lot here. and share with all of you. 
thank you,
penny

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> to iris-talk.
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> variations.
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> reflection of the breadth and variety of our
> discussions. Don't
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> after a short
> time. Try to use the tag that fits your message
> best. It is often
> appropriate to combine a tag from the first set
> (types of irises)
> with one from another set. If nothing fits, don't
> worry. The tags
> are not mandatory. Remember that the colon (:)
> following the
> alphabetic tag is part of the tag and very important
> to the proper
> operation of filters used to sort mail.
> 
> TB:    tall bearded irises
> MED:   median and dwarf bearded irises
> AR:    arilbred and aril irises
> SIB:   Siberian irises
> LA:    Louisiana irises
> JI:    Japanese irises
> SPU:   spuria irises
> PCN:   Pacific coast native irises
> BULB:  bulb irises (Dutch, reticulatas, Junos)
> SPEC:  iris species (particularly those not covered
> in another category)
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