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--Apple-Mail-8--429077779 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] Irving Ctr. awakenings: blueberry etc., > display of blueberries, etc. > > APRIL 18, 2013 - In our yard this morning the bl.-c. chickadees > were repeatedly giving their three-note "cheeseburger" song. > > At the Irving Centre Botanic Gardens, a couple of common dandelions > were in bloom. And, adjacent to the new Biology building on > campus, in a pretty new plot of planted blueberry plants? next to > the memorial bicycle mounted as a tribute to botanist Sam Vander > Kloet, there are lots of open flower-heads of coltsfoot. (The > bicycle is missing now, having been taken indoors for the winter.) > > APRIL 19, 2013 - In our back yard, male catkins of a tall willow > sp. shrub are now open. > > APRIL 21, 2013 - Spring awakenings at the Irving Centre, Botanical > Gardens, at Acadia University in Wolfville: MAYFLOWERS now in bloom > just outside the Garden Room, plus several common dandelion flower- > heads, and, along the trails, new leaves & stems of red? and white? > trilliums/trillia?, new obvious leaves of trout lily, opening > flower-heads of coltsfoot, etc. I'm sure that now is a perfect > time to begin regular walks in the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens > (this note is also to spur myself). > > I would also like to draw attention to the Irving Centre's > Conservatory (greenhouse-like display room full of plants such as > mosses, ferns, and various flowering plants. Currently on display > are both native blueberries (low-bush & high-bush) plus exotic > relatives of blueberries from various parts of the world. One of > the latter, from Papua New Guinea, is now conspicuously in bloom > with large orange tubular flowers. The exotic species here at > Acadia Univ. were collected, grown, and studied by the late Sam > Vander Kloet, whom many naturalists/botanists remember. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-8--429077779 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><br></div><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] Irving Ctr. = awakenings: blueberry etc., display of blueberries, = etc.</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>APRIL 18, 2013</b> - In our yard this morning = the<b> bl.-c. chickadees</b> were repeatedly giving their three-note = <b>"cheeseburger" song</b>. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">At the Irving Centre Botanic = Gardens, a couple of <b>common dandelions</b> were in bloom. And, = adjacent to the new Biology building on campus, in a pretty new plot of = planted blueberry plants? next to the memorial bicycle mounted as a = tribute to botanist Sam Vander Kloet, there are lots of open = flower-heads of <b>coltsfoot</b>. (The bicycle is missing now, = having been taken indoors for the winter.)</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>APRIL = 19, 2013</b> - In our back yard,<b> male catkins of a tall willow sp. = shrub are now open</b>.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>APRIL 21, 2013</b> - <b>Spring awakenings</b> at = the <b>Irving Centre</b>, Botanical Gardens, at Acadia University in = Wolfville:<b> MAYFLOWERS now in bloom</b> just outside the Garden Room, = plus several <b>common dandelion </b>flower-heads, and, along the = trails, new leaves & stems of<b> </b>red? and white? = <b>trilliums/trillia?,</b> new obvious leaves of<b> trout lily</b>, = opening flower-heads of <b>coltsfoot</b>, etc. I'm sure that now = is a perfect<b> time to begin regular walks </b>in the Harriet Irving = Botanical Gardens (this note is also to spur myself).</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">I would = also like to draw attention to the<b> Irving Centre's Conservatory</b> = (greenhouse-like display room full of plants such as mosses, ferns, and = various flowering plants. Currently on display are both<b> native = blueberries </b>(low-bush & high-bush) plus <b>exotic relatives of = blueberries</b> from various parts of the world. One of the = latter, from Papua New Guinea, is now conspicuously in bloom with large = orange tubular flowers. The exotic species here at Acadia Univ. = were collected, grown, and studied by the late Sam Vander Kloet, whom = many naturalists/botanists remember.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-8--429077779--
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