Re: IRIS-L digest 1005

> 
> from: Peggy Hannah
>  I believe my Mom had a wonderful saying for this one " People who live
in
> glass houses shouldn't throw stones." or in other words" sweep around
your
> own doorstep first." Everyone of us is guilty of something like this no
one
> is perfect, I'm just glad Teresa will enjoy the flowers. Someone out
there
> would like that.
> 
     Peggy is correct here.  Even though I would not remove plants from
abandoned (or seemingly abandoned) property now, I remember once having
done this.  Once I came to the conclusion of having done something not
quite right, the area was bulldozed for a shopping center before I ever
learned who's land it was.
     The several times I was tempted to remove a few plants, I asked for
and was granted permission.  Then, I removed only the few pieces which I
felt were most likely to be destroyed.  
     Here in Florida, one can get some jail time if caught removing plants
growing along a road.  This is because many tourists from colder climates
would take wild Florida plants to colder climates where they perished. 
Thus, a number of native species became endangered.
     For the last several weeks, the road sides in this area have been
adorned with a riot of color from some type of Wild Phlox.     
     Thinking of native plants, I have not mowed the yard yet because it is
a blanket of several types of wildflowers.  [Dennis Bishop:  It is legal to
remove things from one's own property, you are not forgotten.  Some
Sisyrinchium atlanticum will come your way soon.  I will try to get it out
in a few days.]     
     Teresa did not mean any harm by removing the plants.  However,
permission should be had first.  Many of the plants growing in such sites
are rare, heirloom varieties, and it would be a shame for them to be
bulldozed.

Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida.
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