Fw: Re: common names

[Ron Gatrelle]

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Webster" <david.h.webster at ns.sympatico.ca>
To: "Ron Gatrelle" <gatrelle at tils-ttr.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Re: common names


>
>
> Ron Gatrelle wrote:
> <snip>
>
> >  And yes, Padus virginiana is Choke Cherry - and
>
> Hi Ron,            Apr 21, 2001
>     When did _Prunus virginiana_ become _Padus virginiana_?
> <snip>

Padus is (was?) considered a subgenus of Prunus by some. My error. I should
have written Prunus (Padus) virginiana. RG

> >
> >  And you know what life teaches?  That when you become and adult
> > (expert) you put away childish (amaeteur) things.
>
>     Life has taught me that we are all living for the first time and that
we
> are therefore, in all important respects, amateurs.

The Big picture does diminish the ego, doesn't it.
Thanks, Ron



 
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