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Index of Subjects --1038709272-646763161-1376968495=:73381 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable wild stand Touch-me-not (impatiens capensis) orange flowered =0Ain Metro ar= ea. =0A=0APark at the far end of Bedford place mall by entrance to =0ABedfo= rd - Sackville connector trail.=0AWalk=A0 over the wooden bridge on Sackvil= le river.=0AWill see the stand on left side by river few plants on right si= de too.=0AThey are in bloom. Just saw them today (Monday) =A0=0A=A0 =0A=0AA= khtar=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Dave&Jane Schlos= berg <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Mo= nday, August 19, 2013 4:23:04 PM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] jewelweed: pink?= efficacy for skin problems?=0A =0A=0AThis is a garden plant in our neighbo= rhood.=A0 Do you know where there are any =0A"wild" stands in the metro are= a?=0A=0A-----Original Message----- =0AFrom: Fred Schueler=0ASent: Monday, A= ugust 19, 2013 6:35 PM=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0ASubject: Re: [Nature= NS] jewelweed: pink? efficacy for skin problems?=0A=0AOn 8/19/2013 4:25 PM,= Dave&Jane Schlosberg wrote:=0A> I was surprised to read jewelweed describe= d as having pink flowers, in=0A> Steve Shaw's post.=A0 The jewelweed that I= know is also called spotted=0A> touch-me-not (impatiens capensis).=A0 It h= as orange flowers and is in=0A> bloom now.=0A=0A* the pink kind is Impatien= s glandulifera, which can be called Pink=0AJewelweed (a local Ontario coina= ge), Himalayan Balsam (the standard=0Aname), and Policeman's Helmet (recent= ly noted on a facebook notice of a=0Acontrol effort). The species is regard= ed as invasive, and it forms 2m=0Atall stands in places in southern Ontario= , and is, I understand, very=0Ainvasive in Britain. It's widespread in Nova= Scotia, often as stunted=0A30cm tall plants a ways back from the shore.=0A= =0AI have no experience with the use of Impatiens to deal with Poison-ivy.= =0A=0Afred.=0A=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0A=0A> I've known for many years that it = is said to cure the itch of poison=0A> ivy, if the cut stems are rubbed ove= r the area of the skin that was in=0A> contact with the poison ivy, soon af= ter contact.=A0 However, recent=0A> reading claims that the stems can be in= fused (boiling water) and the=0A> liquid frozen into ice cubes, with medici= nal properties retained for a=0A> year and effective even after the rash ha= s formed.=A0 Also, the article I=0A> accessed claimed that the garden varie= ty of impatiens is also=0A> effective.=A0 Furthermore, the claim was made t= hat it could help=0A> neutralize the toxins in insect bites!=0A> Do any of = you have personal experience with this?=0A> Jane=0A>=0A=0A=0A-- =0A--------= ----------------------------------------------------=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad=0ABishops Mills Natural History Centr= e - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm=0AMudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://= pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm=0ADaily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.bl= ogspot.com/=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1= T0=0A=A0 on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W=0A=A0 =A0 (= 613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/=0A-------------------= ----------------------------------------- --1038709272-646763161-1376968495=:73381 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">wild stand Touch-me-n= ot (impatiens capensis) orange flowered <br>in Metro area. <br><br>Park at = the far end of Bedford place mall by entrance to <br>Bedford - Sackville co= nnector trail.<br>Walk over the wooden bridge on Sackville river.<br>= Will see the stand on left side by river few plants on right side too.<br>T= hey are in bloom. Just saw them today (Monday) <br> <br><div><s= pan>Akhtar</span></div><div><br></div> <div style=3D"font-family: times ne= w roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style=3D"font-fami= ly: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D= "ltr"> <hr size=3D"1"> <font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> <b><span style=3D"= font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dave&Jane Schlosberg <dschlosb-g= @ns.sympatico.ca><br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></= b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</= span></b> Monday, August 19, 2013 4:23:04 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-wei= ght: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [NatureNS] jewelweed: pink? efficacy fo= r skin problems?<br> </font> </div> <div class=3D"y_msg_container"><br>This= is a garden plant in our neighborhood. Do you know where there are a= ny <br>"wild" stands in the metro area?<br><br>-----Original Message----- <= br>From: Fred Schueler<br>Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 6:35 PM<br>To: <a y= mailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.= ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] jewelweed: pi= nk? efficacy for skin problems?<br><br>On 8/19/2013 4:25 PM, Dave&Jane = Schlosberg wrote:<br>> I was surprised to read jewelweed described as ha= ving pink flowers, in<br>> Steve Shaw's post. The jewelweed that I= know is also called spotted<br>> touch-me-not (impatiens capensis).&nbs= p; It has orange flowers and is in<br>&am