Re: CULT: aphids & grammar
- Subject: Re: CULT: aphids & grammar
- From: J* R*
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 19:45:05 -0800
From: "Julia Rankin" <breckenridge@bnis.net>
Dennis,
It would be proper to say "I have many Iris foetidissima."
Julia Rankin
Sunset Zone 1-3
breckenridge@bnis.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Friday, November 13, 1998 3:20 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] CULT: aphids & grammar
>From: dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
>
>I brought two TB stalks into my house a week ago and placed them in the
>same bottle of water. Tonight I threw them out. One stalk (URIAH THE
>HITTITE) was completely covered with aphids. The other stalk (AUTUMN
>BUGLER) had none. Would anyone care to comment on this interesting
>observation?
>
>And another thing, a bit off the wall, but anyway. Is it proper to say "I
>have many Iris foetidissimas" or to say "I have many Irises foetidissima"?
>Anyone out there an English major? :)
>
>Thanks, folks!
>
>Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
>Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
>Member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, RIS, SIGNA, & Miami Valley Iris Society
>Primary Interests: Arilbreds, Rebloomers, and Native Ohio Species Irises
>(Check out my web page at http://home.fuse.net/dkramb/home.html)
>
>
>
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