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Re: Victorian wild flower name

Colin Jacobs — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:02:16 GMT

Hi Malcolm and thanks I am glad my Google idea proved a winner. Colin Jacobs. Professional Writer, Naturalist and Photographer. Now doing beginners Wildlife

Re: Victorian wild flower name

John Crellin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:13 GMT

Thanks again for all replies and this one has taught me something new about Google. Time was when the words being in the order typed without break would bring

Re: Victorian wild flower name

Hatton, Keith — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:04:28 GMT

A google search brings up this reference in The Welchmans Last Petition of 1642 http://eebo.cica.es/datos1/web.e0002/115954/index.pdf The reference is on the

Re: Victorian wild flower name

Malcolm Ogilvie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:47:38 GMT

It's not indexed in Flora Britannica. Malcolm In message <375913.99277.qm@...>, Colin Jacobs writes ... --

Re: Victorian wild flower name

Colin Jacobs — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:30:57 GMT

Maybe something in Flora Brittanica? have you tried Googling the name? Colin Jacobs. Professional Writer, Naturalist and Photographer. Beccles Suffolk. V.C

Re: Victorian wild flower name

Phil Luke — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:13:10 GMT

Asked a local history friend but all I have had from him so far is; "Nothing in the Rev. C.A. Johns classic 'Flowers of the Field'" Phil ... From: John Crellin

Re: Victorian wild flower name

John Crellin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:56 GMT

Thanks all - I will certainly try to get a copy of Grigson

Re: Victorian wild flower name

Ruth Dawes — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:52:00 GMT

The Englishman's Flora by Geoffrey Grigson. Ruth ... From: John Crellin To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 6:07 PM Subject: [UKBotany]

Re: Victorian wild flower name

David Bevan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:43:57 GMT

Subject: [UKBotany] Victorian wild flower name Geoffrey Grigson's The Englishman's Flora (J.M. Dent, 1955) is the best starting point for researching English

Re: Victorian wild flower name

Malcolm Ogilvie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:20:58 GMT

Grigson's 'An Englishman's Flora' which I've always regarded as pretty comprehensive on old names for plants, doesn't have that name, but does have

Victorian wild flower name

John Crellin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:07:55 GMT

I've been asked by someone doing some research what "Robin Run In the Hole" - clearly from a the context a wildflower - might have been ? Does anyone know of

Re: Albino helleborine

Sean Cole — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:10:27 GMT

Copper rings work elsewhere - sawn-off sections of plumber's pipe would suffice. Mesh cages would also protect them from other grazers. Sean To:

Re: Albino helleborine

ryenats — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:35:14 GMT

Good question, Sean - what would you suggest, given that it is on a public verge amongst coarse grasses and 'herbs' as you know. Also given my manifest lack of

Re: Albino helleborine

Sean Cole — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:07:15 GMT

Hi Gill Good news - it was a striking plant. Do you have any way of protecting it from slugs before it flowers? I will probably come back up earlier on during

Re: Albino helleborine

ryenats — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:36:16 GMT

Remember this hypochromic helleborine from last year? Well it's back - I'm pretty confident it is the same plant, with two spikes coming - new photo uploaded