Odds and ends
- To: i*@RT66.com
- Subject: Odds and ends
- From: a*@worldlink.ca (Avocet International)
- Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 20:04:47 -0400
1. Thanks to everyone for information about pseudocorus from everyone,
especially the note from Clarence.
2. Someone asked about World of Iridaceae by Clive Innes. I find this an
invaluable reference book about genera of irises that I have never heard of
before. I am now growing Dietes, Moraea, Watsonia, etc. in pots. After
about four years with Dietes I am hoping for flowers next summer! They stay
in the house from October to late May up here. If someone wishes to obtain
a copy, they might contactMrs. M.R. Clark, 18 Blamoral Place, Halifax, West
Yorkshire, United Kingdom HX1 2BG. She runs a book store for gardening and
botanical books and sold me a secondhand one in excellent condition for
25.74 pounds including postage - which is about $40 US.
3. My worst experience on TV was in Japan before an audience of 350 wealthy
women (I forget the society). I had a podium and my translator had a
microphone. I spoke two sentence and paused - not translation! The
translator was shy and all he could see was 350 women looking at him exposed
on the stage. We ran through the start a couple of times more before he
finally broke the sound barrier!
Ian E. Efford
avocet@worldlink.ca
Ottawa
Ian E. Efford
avocet@worldlink.ca
Ottawa zone 3
