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TT: Re: Ignorance
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I am set straight now. Why did I associate the book A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn with tree of heaven. Guess I was suckered by tongue in cheek
references. Shows you the importance of primary sources!
At 11:13 AM 1/22/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, RT Ellsberry wrote:
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>> Dear TreeTown -
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>New York City has so much heat and protection
>from any natural force that indeed some variety of Southern Magnolia is
>growing in Brooklyn. An entire organization based on community greening
>and historic preservation started around this one magnolia. The woman
>who owned the house was so vividly reminded of growing up in the south and
>having a garden that she started a gardening program for neighborhood
>kids. This program grew into the Magnolia Tree Earth Center. It is
>located (center and tree) in Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn.
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>I do admit, however, that planting southern magnolias would not be my
>preference in New York. Too much of a chance that it would die.
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>
>Lisa
>Zone - well it kind of depends where you are.
>New York City
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Shaub Dunkley
2608 University Dr.
Durham NC 27707-2862
sdunkley@mindspring.com
I like calling North Carolina home!
Hope our children do!
Esse quam videri.
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