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Hello Larry -
With the weather the way it is it will be a few days before I get a
picture, but I will tend to it as soon as possible. The tree has a history.
According to Michael Christie his great grandfather took his wife and dagon
ox and went to visit relatives who lived the other side of Shelburne. After
a few days they started for home and the ox was balking, so he cut a switch
from a hawthorn to make it mind. When he got back to Brass Hill he stuck the
stick in the ground and it grew. Today it is a high double tree with
children in the area. Sorry I can not get a picture of the tree when it was
in full bloom.
That is the story - believe it or not.
Roland.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Bogan" <larry@bogan.ca>
To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:45 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Large Hawthorne Tree re: HELLEBORINE
> Roland,
> Is it possible to get some measurements and pictures of the Hawthorn
> tree you mentioned. I would love to have it on the nature N.S. webpages.
> No one has submitted a Hawthorn yet.
>
> See http://www.naturens.ca/
> or directly to
> http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/FNSN/big_trees/trees.html
> for instructions
>
> Thanks,
> Larry
>
> Larry Bogan - larry@bogan.ca 902-678-0446 http://www.bogan.ca
> 6539 Brooklyn St, Cambridge Station, N.S. B0P 1G0
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> To: NatureNS (naturens@chebucto.ns.ca)
> From: Roland McCormick (roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca)
> Subject: Re: Re: [NatureNS] HELLEBORINE
> Date: 23/7/2008 4:41:37p
>
>> I will ask Michael Christie about this. Michael had 300 books written
>> about Brass Hill = they are all sold now, as are his books about the
>> wireless station. He also has one about seafarers and shipbuilders that I
>> think has some left.
>> The one on Brass Hill is excellent - he has his summer home there and
>> knows everything about the place. I think he probably has the largest
>> hawthorn tree on his property in Nova Scotia.
>>
>> Roland
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca>
>> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>; <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:33 AM
>> Subject: Re: Re: [NatureNS] HELLEBORINE
>>
>>
>> >I took some photos in the mid-1980's of a couple of very tall specimens
>> >of Helleborine on the property of Viola Sperka in Barrington (Brass Hill
>> >area)in Shelburne County. There were many interesting plants there as
>> >one of the previous owners was Belle Hopkins, an amateur botanist. The
>> >plants were behind the house on the west side and about ten metres from
>> >the house. Perhaps Roland would be able to check if the plants are still
>> >there? Or Heather, if the Wild Flora trip goes through Barrington, you
>> >might want to ask to visit the property. Sorry I don't know who bought
>> >Sperk's place. Cheers, Joan
>> >>
>
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