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&quot;,&qu This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_70B5_01CF899C.7A84C9E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, It is only in recent years that the name 'Pink Lady's Slipper' has = crept into usage as a corruption in my view. It is not a suitable for a = flower that may be pink, white or slightly off white. =20 Better common names include 1) Stemless Lady's Slipper or 2) Common = Lady's Slipper.=20 Roland & Smith, Flora of Nova Scotia uses #2 only. Fernald, Gray's Manual of Botany 8th ed. has both and also two = leaved. Robinson & Fernald, Gray's New Manual of Botany7th ed. uses #1 only. =20 None of these three reliable botany books includes Pink. Yours truly, Dave Webster, Kentville =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: M gayle Maclean=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 2:49 PM Subject: [NatureNS] White Lady's Slipper Just returned from Shubie Park with my Springers, 'Dash' & 'JJ Jones'. = Saw oodles of pink Lady's Slipper flowers in bloom throughout the = wooded areas along the pathways of the off-leash part of the park. However 2 really caught my attention as they were pure white!=20 Is this a common colour? They were intermingled with other pink ones = and were the same size. I was surely surprised to see these! Thank you in advance for any = thoughts and ideas. Sincerely, Gayle MacLean Dartmouth No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4592 / Virus Database: 3964/7682 - Release Date: = 06/15/14 ------=_NextPart_000_70B5_01CF899C.7A84C9E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Hi All,</DIV> <DIV> It is only in recent years that the name 'Pink = Lady's=20 Slipper' has crept into usage as a corruption in my view. It is not=20 a suitable for a flower that may be pink, white or slightly off = white.=20 </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Better common names include 1) Stemless = Lady's=20 Slipper or 2) Common Lady's Slipper. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Roland & Smith, Flora of Nova Scotia uses #2 = only.</DIV> <DIV> Fernald, Gray's Manual of Botany 8th ed. has = both and=20 also two leaved.</DIV> <DIV> Robinson & Fernald, Gray's New Manual of = Botany7th=20 ed. uses #1 only.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> None of these three reliable botany books = includes=20 Pink.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yours truly, Dave Webster, Kentville</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Ddashis9@yahoo.ca href=3D"mailto:dashis9@yahoo.ca">M gayle = Maclean</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 16, 2014 = 2:49 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] White = Lady's=20 Slipper</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; FONT-FAMILY: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica = Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; COLOR: #000; = FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <DIV>Just returned from Shubie Park with my Springers, 'Dash' = & 'JJ=20 Jones'. </DIV> <DIV>Saw oodles of pink Lady's Slipper flowers in bloom = throughout the=20 wooded areas along the pathways of the off-leash part of the = park.</DIV> <DIV>However 2 really caught my attention as they were pure white! = </DIV> <DIV>Is this a common colour? They were intermingled with other pink = ones and=20 were the same size.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I was surely surprised to see these! Thank you in advance for any = thoughts and ideas.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Sincerely,</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Gayle MacLean</DIV> <DIV>Dartmouth</DIV></DIV><A></A> <P align=3Dleft color=3D"#000000" avgcert??>No virus found in this=20 message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A=20 href=3D"http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</A><BR>Version: 2014.0.4592 / = Virus=20 Database: 3964/7682 - Release Date: = 06/15/14</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_70B5_01CF899C.7A84C9E0--
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