So *that's* where Lantana came from! Lots of it here and in my yard.
Fortunately it gets cold enough here to kill it back to ground level,
otherwise it would take over the place. Do you want any back?
Charlie
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Queensland - State Bird: Fruit Bat
> State Emblem: Cane Toad
> Sate Plant: Lantana
> New South Wales - State Emblem: Funnel Web Spider
> Urban Emblem: Cockie (Cockroach)
> Victoria - State Bird: Cockatoo with an overpowering sense of entitlement
> (feed me or I'll chew your house).
> State Animal: Rabbits, lotsa rabbits.
> State Plant: Blackberry infestation
> …and so on...
>
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.soultheft.com
>
> Author/Publisher:
> The SLR Compendium:
> revised edition -
> http://blur.by/19Hb8or
> The TLR Compendium
> http://blur.by/1eDpqN7
>
>
>
> On 15/01/2014, at 6:33 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>
> > Don't be dissing the Palmetto Bug, Andrew. That's our state arthropod.
> Or
> > is it the mosquito? No, that's our state bird.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I was thinking more of those bugs - a terrestrial arthropod as aopposed
> to
> >> the content of the cocktail (I hope).
> >> Beyond that, it was a rather mysterious title out here.
> >> Andrew Fildes
> >> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> www.soultheft.com
> >>
> >> Author/Publisher:
> >> The SLR Compendium:
> >> revised edition -
> >> http://blur.by/19Hb8or
> >> The TLR Compendium
> >> http://blur.by/1eDpqN7
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 15/01/2014, at 2:39 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> >>
> >>> South Carolina (where Tina lives) is called the "palmetto state" from
> >>> the state tree, Sabal Palmetto. It's also the state tree of Florida.
> In
> >>> Florida they're usually called "cabbage palms" since the terminal bud
> at
> >>> the top of the tree was often boiled and eaten like cabbage by indians
> >>> and early settlers. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabal_palmetto>
> >>> Unfortunately, it kills the tree.
> >>
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