[Fwd: Re: Just Curious]

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• Subject: [Fwd: Re: Just Curious]
• From: T* &* M* R* <t*@xtra.co.nz>
• Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:38:42 +1300

Sorry, forgot to change the address
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand

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• To: B*@monterey.edu
• Subject: Re: Just Curious
• From: T* &* M* R* <t*@xtra.co.nz>
• Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:36:29 +1300
• References: <36ABDCD8.29BC00BC@nevco.k12.ca.us> <msg770786.thr-b86d3753.58dc45@monterey.edu>

Barry Garcia wrote:
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> paul@nevco.k12.ca.us writes:
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> >By the way, I just read a brochure for the Yosemite Association's 1999
> >field seminars. There are wildflower and birding outings that have been
> >designed for people put off by overly scientific language in nature
> >study. That should be a warning that linguistic rules get in the way of
> >enjoying flora and fauna.
> 
>         I agree, to the average joe, the scientific names have no meaing to
> them. People don't go out and say "Gee, look at that tall Sequoia
> sempervirens with a lovely patch of Oxalis oregana and Woodwardia
> fimbriata underneath it, and the large patch of Asarum caudatum! ". To
> most people they really only know the common names of plants.

Barry 
what is the common name of Sequoia ?

Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand

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