Re: RE: OT: Humor - Dauber's Lament

Hurrah, Mary Lou!  The spirit of James Whitcomb Riley lives on.  --  Griff

Zone 7 along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, in Virginia
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Swann-Young" <MryL1@msn.com> 
To: "iris" <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 12:15 PM
Subject: [iris] RE: OT: Humor - Dauber's Lament



Dauber's Lament

I have an orange seedling
It's vigorous and tall
And every rhizome big enough
Puts up a stalk each fall

Impervious to leaf spot
And it has a bit of lace
But over and above all else
It has a homely face

So I bred it to a pretty one
And now what do I see?
A slightly nicer orange child
At least it seems to me

So I sigh and line them out
14 - I plant them all
The way they grow, I'm sure that they
Will all rebloom this fall

A slightly better seedling
I'm sure you know my fears
At this rate, I'll have something great
In, Oh, say, 20 years.

Mary Lou, near Indianapolis, Z5 - true story

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