Re: [SG] Something Odd
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Something Odd
- From: M* T* <m*@CLARK.NET>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 00:29:18 -0400
Hate to tell the "sister", but I've never heard such a load of hooey in my
entire life:-) Never have read even a breath of rumor to this effect.
Only possible - really off the wall - connection I can make is with the old
wives tale that you shouldn't have flowers in a bedroom because the "steal"
the oxygen while you sleep....people actually used to remove the flowers
for the night.
People do come up with the oddest bits of rules and regs, don't they?
Of course, there are gardens that don't feature flowers - many Italian and
French gardens are primarily grass, shrubs, trees, water features and
statuary. But, IMO, a garden without flowers is NOT a garden and a garden
is what surrounds a house - or at least it should.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Roberta Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
> Date: Monday, May 10, 1999 6:46 PM
>
> A freelance employee of our organization told a colleague of mine today
> that, according to her sister, it is incorrect to have any flowers in
> one's front yard. (How this came up I don't know.) He thought this
sounded
> mighty unfriendly and asked me if it was true. I said no, but it started
> me thinking. I hate to go against anyone's sister! It wasn't clear to me
> if front-yard flowers were a breach of etiquette, good taste, or what.
Has
> anybody heard of such a "rule"? Does anyone know the reason for it? If
> this IS a rule, it would explain some of the boring front yards I've
seen,
> which consist entirely of needle evergreens and lawn.
>
> By "flowers," did this employee mean only bedding plants, like marigolds,
> or did she mean ALL flowers, including the occasional and seasonal
flowers
> of, say, magnolia trees, or hostas?
>
> Any light anyone can shed will be appreciated.
>
> Bobbi Diehl
> Bloomington, IN
> zone 5/6
