Re: Fwd: Stolen cycads are returned to QBG
- Subject: Re: Fwd: Stolen cycads are returned to QBG
- From: Tony and Moira Ryan t*@xtra.co.nz
- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 08:42:43 +1300
I am sending this reply to both Lists, as I cannot now remember which
one the original posting came from - sorry!
Nan Sterman wrote:
>
> A sort of happy ending from the director of Quail Botanical Gardens in
> Encinitas, CA:
That's pleasing - although it must still be a shock to have had them
stolen in the first place!
Here in our largest city - Auckland - which is "warm temperate" and
palms and such grow well there, well-grown palms are often stolen from
private or public gardens. It is believed that there is a thriving
"trade" in these which are stolen "to order" for unscrupulous garden
designers busy "creating" gardens for wealthy clients who want "instant
results".
The suggestion has been made - I have not heard whether it was taken up
or not - that digitally-coded "chips" such as are implanted in valuable
animals to allow instant identification, could also be "implanted" in
palm trees so that these too could be positively identified if they
"suddenly appeared" in a garden where they were not expected to be.
Tony
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Tony & Moira Ryan,
Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ. Pictures of our garden at:-
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
