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Oxalis and another man's treasure

Dear All,

Isn't it frightening to see on your evening news shots of the freeways
showing South African springflowers with the announcer glowing about the
wonders of Spring and our native springflowers! Our beloved CALTRANS has
sowed miles of our Interstate freeways with Namaqualand Daisies and planted
large areas with yellow and orange mesembryanthemums (no details, that's
not the point). In this part of the State they look terrific at this time
of year and are not doing any harm so this is not criticism of CALTRANS for
planting them. However, it is tragic that our news stations cannot inform
the public that these are not our plants and it is appaling that the only
roadsign I see announces 'Wildflowers' or 'Wildflower Section' and the name
of the company sponsoring them. What is a 'Wildflower'? Hardly one that has
been sprayed in place with paper pulp and fertilizer.

I think we should post CALTRANS with demands that information about
plantings be located in a strategic places. The local news stations are
probably beyond all hope, at least here in San Diego.

Andrew
San Diego, California
awilson@fda.net
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