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Re: TH: Re: Hollies
Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
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On Tue, 22 Apr 1997 BOBMOUL@aol.com wrote:
> Thanks Mark, that clears it up somewhat. It is still a mystery whether
> I have a virgin female or celebate male. At any rate, no berries!
>
> Bob
Hi Bob -
If your holly produces no berries at all then my guess is that it
is probably a male (and perhaps not all that celebate :) ... The
obvious reason being that one would expect other hollies of the
same species, opposite gender, to be in the vicinity. But then that
does not have to be the case -- there just may not be any nearby.
You could bring home some blossoms from a known male (non-fruiting)
and do some 'experimenting,' see what develops. Or you could even
borrow a small potted individual. Some folks might find it curious
that male branches are sometimes grafted onto a female, providing
her with male flowers. This really can go against our intuitions
of what ought to be growing on whom ...
To Shaub Dunkley -
Thank you for your comments, you obviously have a good comprehension
of Usenet's naming conventions for their newsgroups. If I haven't
made it clear yet, for this important 'hierarchy' of newsgroups there
are *none* as yet which contain either 'forest' or 'tree.' For us non-
professionals, the term 'tree' can be *very* enticing! But also the
phrase 'forests' figures prominently in our collective (un)conscious.
I might shy away from 'forestry,' in that some folks might think of
themselves as being more interested in 'forests' than in 'forestry.'
You are very correct in pointing out that we could be opening up
paths for further specialized groupings like .urban .restoration etc.
(The 'community' thing is beyond me -- that may have been misreported.)
sci.environment.forests ? (As in 'American Forests' magazine.)
sci.environment.trees ? (Visual, but may compromise credibility.)
sci.bio.botany.trees ? (A variation, but obscures a social context.)
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