Re: Rhodos poppy
- To: d*@ilsham.demon.co.uk
- Subject: Re: Rhodos poppy
- From: W* B* <b*@math.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 16:09:41 -0800 (PST)
This red poppy, as Sean has written, appears in many grain fields in
Denmark and Sweden, sometimes in great sweeps or along the roadways. I
don't know about Sweden, but I do know that in Denmark, if other farmers
feel that one farmer isn't keeping his weeds under control, a group
of farmers can ask to have the whole 'weedy' crop plowed under to protect
their own crops.
Elly Bade
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 dave-poole@ilsham.demon.co.uk wrote:
> Bill wrote:
>
> >could that red poppy be the one memorialized in the poem we learned in grammar school centuries ago?
> >" In Flanders fields, the poppies grow.... "
>
> Yes it is Bill.
>
> Following that terrifying massacre in WW1, this species appeared in
> the millions on the disturbed soil of the battlefields. 'Poppies'
> (artificial paper or plastic ones) are now sold prior to Remembrance
> Sunday in November each year, to commemorate the dead of both World
> Wars with the proceeds going towards helping surviving veterans.
>
> Dave Poole
>
>
