Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of August 3

... in which ...

163 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.26% yesterday.
1,486 posts were made.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
5 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
3 plants were added to the Plants Database.
19 comments were added to the Plants Database.
23 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
76 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
15 entries were added to Botanary.

happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Gather therefore the Rose, whilst yet is prime, For soon comes age, that will her pride deflower: Gather the Rose of love, whilst yet is time. (from The Faerie Queene)"

( -- Edmund Spenser, 16th century English poet)

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: New to brugs
By wickerjac

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Bitter Vetch
Lathyrus linifolius
By Lilith

Forum Activity

A grand total of 1,486 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

Brugmansias and Friends 217 posts.

Photos 178 posts.

Parking Lot 165 posts.

PDB Pictures 140 posts.

General Discussion 77 posts.

Roses 60 posts.

Prayer Requests 53 posts.

Tropicals 48 posts.

Health, Dieting and Beauty 41 posts.

Garden Talk 40 posts.

Identification 38 posts.

Dave's Garden 35 posts.

Hostas 33 posts.

Pets 30 posts.

Plant Trading 26 posts.

Jokes and Chat 25 posts.

Recipes 24 posts.

Computer Talk 22 posts.

Pollbooth 19 posts.

Vines and Climbers 16 posts.

Annuals 15 posts.

Seed Trading 14 posts.

Dirt Cheap 11 posts.

Trees & Shrubs 11 posts.

Day Lilies 11 posts.

Co-Op 10 posts.

Media 10 posts.

Butterflies and Hummers 10 posts.

Water Gardens 10 posts.

Cactus and Succulents 9 posts.

Vegetable Gardening 8 posts.

Paper People 7 posts.

Farm Life 7 posts.

Mail Call! 7 posts.

Camera Talk 6 posts.

Canadian Trading 5 posts.

Perennials 5 posts.

Market Growers 5 posts.

Herbs 5 posts.

Roundup 5 posts.

Home and Crafts 5 posts.

Organic Gardening 4 posts.

Propagation 4 posts.

Garden Foes 3 posts.

International Trading 3 posts.

Bulbs 2 posts.

Fruit Trees 2 posts.

Handyman 2 posts.

Orchids 1 post.

Soil 1 post.

Home Decorating 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

aenea EE-nee-uh Bronze-colored
aeneum EE-nee-um Bronze-colored
aeneus EE-nee-us Bronze-colored
anthyllidifolia an-thil-lid-ih-FOH-lee-uh Having foliage like Anthyllis (genus name from the Greek anthos, flower; and ioulos, downy)
decorata dek-kor-RAY-tuh Decorative, adorned
decoratum dek-kor-RAY-tum Decorative, adorned
decoratus dek-kor-RAY-tus Decorative, adorned
oporina oh-por-RY-nuh From the greek opora (autumn); autumnal
oporinum oh-por-RY-num From the greek opora (autumn); autumnal
oporinus oh-por-RY-nus From the greek opora (autumn); autumnal
Schizolobium ski-zo-LOH-bee-um From the Greek schizo (to divide) and lobos (pod), referring to the thin inner coating splitting away from the outer coat
temulentum tem-yoo-LEN-tum Drunken
temulenta tem-yoo-LEN-tuh Drunken
temulentus tem-yoo-LEN-tus Drunken
zawadzkii zuh-WAD-zkee-eye Named for Alexander Zawadzki, 19th century Austrian botanist, mathematician and physicist

Journal Activity

42 new items.
23 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

3 new plants.
19 new descriptions were added.
76 new images were added.
23 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

No new companies were added to the database.
5 new ratings/comments were added to the database.

Member Addition Description
bigaxon Positive Botanique
bigaxon Negative Van Dyck's
nanasperfectangels Negative WorldWise Garden Seeds
mehitabel Positive Top Tropicals LLC
Terry Company Message Aina Hawaiian Tropical Products

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... August 3, 2003