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LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SP This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0C58_01D16CED.2BAA6010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cadrinals, sapsuckers and sap, grey jaysQuoting Donna Crossland "Multiflora rose grows nearly everywhere, which they find attractive = (the cardinals, that is). " The only disagreeable feature of Multiflora Rose is their often = long, sharp thorns. But in two of two yards in which I have encountered = this rose some plants are essentially thornless. Thorns are initiated = but are soon shed.=20 If this condition (some thornless plants) is general then those who = have Multiflora Rose on their property can, with a bit of work, have = thickets of a deep rooted perennial which feeds birds and does not shred = skin. And possibly, seeds of thornless roses, spread by birds elsewhere, = will tend to yield a higher proportion of thornless seedlings than = usual. Yt, DW, Kentville ------=_NextPart_000_0C58_01D16CED.2BAA6010 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><TITLE>cadrinals, sapsuckers and sap, grey jays</TITLE> <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>Quoting Donna Crossland</DIV> <DIV>"<SPAN lang=3Den-ca><FONT face=3DCalibri>Multiflora = rose</FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20 lang=3Den-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-ca> <FONT face=3DCalibri>grows = nearly=20 everywhere</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-ca></SPAN><SPAN = lang=3Den-ca><FONT=20 face=3DCalibri>, which they find attractive (the cardinals, that is).=20 "</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=3Den-ca><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=3Den-ca> The only disagreeable feature = of=20 Multiflora Rose is their often long, sharp thorns. But in two = of two=20 yards in which I have encountered this rose some plants are=20 essentially thornless. Thorns are initiated but are soon shed. = </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=3Den-ca> If this condition = (some thornless=20 plants) is general then those who have Multiflora Rose on their = property=20 can, with a bit of work, have thickets of a deep rooted perennial which = feeds=20 birds and does not shred skin. And possibly, seeds of thornless roses, = spread by=20 birds elsewhere, will tend to yield a higher proportion of = thornless=20 seedlings than usual.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=3Den-ca></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=3Den-ca>Yt, DW, Kentville</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=3Den-ca> </SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0C58_01D16CED.2BAA6010--
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