RE: Kiwis, Plants & People, Native & Adopted

Hi Tim,

There is an Aotus gracillima which is a native to south west Western
Australia.
Its a legume but I've no idea what the flowers are like.

There is also an Aotus gracilis listed on Tropicos, this could be the NZ
native??

its warm (30°C) and muggy in cyclone affected Perth 
on the news last night the start to April was apparently the warmest in 21
years.
Probably means we will have the coldest winter in 100!! 

Just remember there are lies, damn lies and statistics     ;-)


Cheers, Rod

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Rod Randall
Weed Risk Assessment
Weed Science Group, Agriculture Western Australia

                 "I weed..." 
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> ----------
> From: 	tim@eddy.u-net.com
> Reply To: 	tim@eddy.u-net.com
> Sent: 	Wednesday, 14 April 1999 3:48 AM
> To: 	medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: 	Kiwis, Plants & People, Native & Adopted
> 
> One query, one bit of info.
> 
> Query: I've just been (re-)reading Mrs Martineau's GARDENING IN SUNNY
> LANDS (1924) - basically the S. of France but also with quite a bit of
> info derived from Californian gardens then and with quite a lot of
> Australian and NZ plants discussed. One of the plants she mentions is
> a shrub called Aotus gracilicum. She claims it as a NZ native and says
> it has 'long orange spikes' of flowers and is 'very striking.' It
> doesn't figure in any of my books and doesn't seem to be grown in any
> UK gardens. Anyone able to offer any info about it?
> 
> Info: Kiwis, human, native and (particularly) adopted may like to know
> that Jo Monro, originally from Lancashire UK but for many years a
> naturalized New Zealander, with 40 acres of garden at Moss Green,
> Upper Hutt, is having her 'gardening autobiography' serialised in the
> UK gardening magazine, Hortus. First installment in the Spring 99
> issue makes fascinating reading.
> 
> Best
> Tim in a suddenly wintry Cumbria - my coastal strip's still nicely
> insulated by the sea but I was walking our dogs in snow on the fells
> this morning and drove home through a blizzard...
> Tim Longville
>
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