One Man's Weed, another's Treasure

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• To: "Sean A. O'Hara" <s*@ucop.edu>
• Subject: One Man's Weed, another's Treasure
• From: "* B* <b*@u.washington.edu>
• Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:57:38 -0800 (PST)

[account of aunt ripping out orchids deleted]

If any of you travel to Greece or Turkey, don't be surprised when you see
none of the things we treasure from that region growing in any public
plantings.  Those are weeds.  There, what people grow are, besides
edible things, Jasmine, Pelargoniums, Freesias, Wisterias, and
Basil. (I don't include Basil among the edibles because there it never
occurs to anyone to eat it - you might as well suggest that they eat their
philodendron.)  Out on the street the only thing native you might see is
Olive, Russian Olive, and Pine.  Otherwise it's Jacaranda, Eucalyptus,
Oleander.  Cistus?  Vitex?  Melia?  Forget it!  

Lest we seem surprised, just compare the attitude here towards Goldenrod
with that in England, where they are popular in gardens.  

Bob

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