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 <hr size=1><pre><blockquote>From: frgntgar@ozemail.com.au (Michael Bailes)
 Subject: Re: Tulips - chilling
 Sender: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
 Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 18:51:37 +1100

  >Michael,
  >
  >Most species of Tulipa are not strictly Mediterranean -- they are
  >predominantly plants of the steppes of Central and Western Asia, often at
  >considerable altitude.

  I'm destroyed!! I thought those silly English people had selected out cold
  tolerant varieties and one day I would be able to grow species tulips in my
  garden.
  I think I might end it all now.
   O woe is me :)

  Michael Bailes, The Fragrant Garden, Portsmouth Road, Erina. N.S.W. 2250
  Australia.  Int fax 61 43 651979 Phone 043 677322
  "A modest garden contains, for those that know how to look and to wait,
  more instruction than a library."
  Henri Frederic Amiel
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 From: John Grimshaw <john.grimshaw@zoology.oxford.ac.uk>
 Subject: Re: Tulips - chilling
 Sender: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
 Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 12:14:54 +0000 (GMT)

  On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Michael Bailes wrote:

  > I'm destroyed!! I thought those silly English people had selected out cold
  > tolerant varieties and one day I would be able to grow species tulips in my
  > garden.

  I thought the Dutch were the tulip growers...

  John Grimshaw
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 From: Judy Houck <houckhal@idiom.com>
 Subject: Re: Tulips - chilling
 Sender: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
 Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 08:22:23 -0800 (PST)

  I have a client in Orinda--a little hotter and colder than Bezerkeley but
  still medit. climate--We have some large white 12-15 inch tall tulips that
  have come back for many years--no irrigation, solid clay soil, next to the
  driveway--Alas we don't know their name--Could such big fat flowers be
  species tulips?  Some times you just get lucky--
  Judy Houck
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 From: "Sean O'Hara" <SAOUC@UCCMVSA.UCOP.EDU>
 Subject: California Horticultural Society information
 Sender: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
 Date: Fri, 01 Nov 96 14:21:40 PST

  Many of you have been asking me for information about the California
  Horticultural Society, which has both local (SF Bay Area) and
  international members.  In order to provide this information to all
  in an easy fashion, I have updated an old WWW Page for the Society
  which is now mounted at:

     http://www.dla.ucop.edu/sao/calhort.html

  While local members are able to attends monthly meetings and routine
  garden tours and plant sales, both local & international members
  receive the monthly newsletter (including mention of the plant
  display species brought into the meetings by members), a
  subscription to Pacific Horticulture magazine, and the annual Seed
  Exchange (which takes place at the beginning of the calendar year).

  Cal Hort membership is by the calendar year, and not generally
  pro-rated (though you can join for 18 months in the latter 1/2 of
  the year), so now is a good time to consider joining.  A rooster of
  members is available which is a great method of contacting all sorts
  of interesting people, both here and around the world (you might
  even find some of your neighbors!).  Over 60 years old, Cal Hort has
  spawned many other interesting organizations, including the Strybing
  Arboretum & Western Horticultural Societies.  If you have further
  questions after browsing the above WWW page, please let me know.

   H O R T U L U S  A P T U S - 'a small garden suited to its purpose'
   Sean A. O'Hara
   710 Jean Street, Oakland, CA  94610-1459        sean.ohara@ucop.edu
   (510) 987-0577
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 From: hank@netcom.com (Hank Roberts)
 Subject: Re: how to use systemic herbicides for the best 'kill'
 Sender: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
 Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 08:32:11 -0800

  I wonder --- since glyphosate is consumed, happily, by some soil bacteria
  (though I guess we don't know which species, or whether there's any
  resulting change in population densities, or what they break it down
  into ....) -- and since bacteria live so happily inside plants and
  animals -- how long do y'all suppose it will be before some bacterial
  gene for consuming Roundup makes its way into some bacteria that live
  on leaf surfaces or inside plants where they can protect their host?

  I guess the large scale forcing trials are being run where Roundup's
  being used in bulk, right now.
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 From: Randall Rod <rrandall@infotech.agric.wa.gov.au>
 Subject: Glyphosate, breakdown
 Sender: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
 Date: Mon, 04 Nov 96 07:48:00 PST

  Glyphosate is bound to the surface of clay particles in the soil where it is
  unavailable to a plant. Once in the soil it breaks down by a combination of
  hydrolysis and microbial activity.  The gene for Glyphsate resistance has
  allready been inserted into a few plant species by monsanto and the amount of
  trouble they went to to achieve that should remove any worries about
  naturally occuring bacteria moving into plants!!
  More of a problem is that many palnts are themselves becoming resistant to
  herbicides through the repeated use of similiar herbicide groups (hence mode
  of action and target site), this is costing farmers millions in lost
  production world wide with no real soultion in site. Another new mode of
  action herbicide stalls the plants a few years.  There have been reports of
  Glyphosate resistant plants.

  Rod Randall
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 From: yangth@nt.com
 Subject: Time table for planting seeds
 Sender: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 11:41:58 -0800

  Hi, I'm new to gardening in California Bay Area.
  I was wondering what are the general guidelines regarding
  the timing for planting annuals and perennials
  and what advantages do I have living in mild-winder area
  where frost is very rare.

  I'm now interested in planting some tall and thin plants
  (e.g. foxgloves, larkspurs, and hollyhocks)
  that would stand out of a 1.5 feets deck
  and provide some colors and fill out the spaces
  among camellia and rhododendrons in a bright shade area.
  Any advice?

  Thanks.

  Tzu-hui
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