Month: September 2010

Metal

Recently in Columbus OH they have been steeling metal grates over sewers.  They cost about $100 to replace and missing grates is dangerous.  They also are very hearvy. Naomi

Garden ornaments

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-09-21-gnomeo21_ST_N.htm  I’d bet there isn’t a daffodil grower out there who doesn’t have at least one garden ornament among their plants.  Most of us have a host of them.    One of my best friends growing up was Gwen Asbury. …

Comparison

Some time ago there was a discussion on the comparison between Flore Pleno and x odorus plenus, the double campernelle. The first photo is of Flore Pleno and the second of x odorus plenus as I understand them to be.…

Judging doubles

I think the information on p. 93 in the ADS Handbook is excellent advice to follow when judging doubles.  Where form is concerned, division four flowers need to pass the test spelled out in the first paragraph.    Even though we are…

grave thefts

I wonder if that’s what happened to the very nice bronze urn that used to be on my husband’s grave in Maryland. Some people are really pretty worthless! Thank goodness most of us are honest. Ethel Smith in MN