[Magdalen] Plant for Dr. Strang - Marion

[Marion Thompson]

I did indeed miss that note, so thanks!  Live and learn.

It sometimes happens that, for no reason I've ever been able to 
identify, some messages referred to by others simply never appear on my 
computer.  And no, not Junk.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 2/24/2016 10:39 PM, Jo Craddock wrote:
> Marion, did you miss my note that a (former St James BR parishioner, 
> now in Florida, ecology scientist) identified the plant? Photos on 
> Wikipedia are just as I (somewhat) remember:
>
>> I've heard from a friend, and agree with her deduction compared with 
>> photos on Wikipedia: American olive.
>>
>> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Osmanthus_americanus_range_map.jpg 
>>
>>
>> indicates the little bush on the west bank of New Orleans must have 
>> been one of the farthest west. 
>
> Peace,
> Jo
>
>
> On 02/24/2016 7:03 PM, Marion Thompson wrote:
>> I was responding to David's comments about trees being hardy or not. 
>> Anyway, I think I'm now at cross purposes with the thread.
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>> On 2/24/2016 7:31 PM, Sibyl Smirl wrote:
>>> On 2/24/16 1:22 PM, Marion Thompson wrote:
>>>> Why are we considering only a
>>>> full grown tree, rather than stuff grown for the trade and imported?
>>>
>>> Not a tree, but a bush.  Because Jo remembers picking the same kind 
>>> twigs from a growing bush, for playing, when she was a kid. Of 
>>> course, Louisiana is pretty warm, and the bush might have grown into 
>>> a tree later when she wasn't noticing.
>>>
>>>
>>
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