Tulip colors and tulip intelligence
Jim McKenney (Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:05:13 PDT)

Several things about Joe's tulip post prompt me to comment.

First, it's worth mentioning that there is no such thing as Tulipa
gesneriana except in the nothospecific sense.

Another thing: are tulip breeders trying to use the blue base of certain
tulips to breed a truly blue tulip flower?

But more interesting to me was his comment about the fauna of his garden. He
wrote: "a green heron has adopted my garden (the low part) as its own. The
frogs, mosquito fish, and small snakes are a bonanza this spring;"

Joe, didn't you get the word order wrong? Didn't you mean that the fish,
frogs and small snakes are a bonanza for the heron?

And are the mosquito fish the sort which will burrow into the mud as the
water evaporates and survive in a little capsule (somewhat as those west
coast frits might do) until the next rain?

Jim McKenney
jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where the garden has plenty
of toads but no frogs right now.

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