[Magdalen] Horticulture.

[Jay Weigel]

We have Osage Oranges in our neighborhood here in the Shenandoah, and they
are hardy as hell here (6b? although this summer was a 7 for sure!). One of
my co-artists at the gallery makes a lovely dye from the bark. They do have
a nasty thorn though.

We have seen a rare Cedar Waxwing at our feeder. It was either on migration
or dreadfully off course. My friend Cathy's son once shot one in Tennessee.
He did not intend to and in fact was shooting at a squirrel and missed. He
felt dreadful because it was so pretty.

On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> It's amazing what they will pack into the little monthly, "Horticulture"
> magazine.
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> There are articles in the current issue about:
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> (1) The tropical Abbey Gardens on Tresco, one of the Scilly
> Islands off the Cornwall coast of extreme SW England.  There is
> an immense collection of tender and often rare species.  I've
> wanted for a long time to tour these islands which are frost
> free secondary to being surrounded by the Gulf Stream.
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> (2) The Osage Orange tree (Maclura pomifera) which in its native
> area is found only in East Texas and adjoining Oklahoma and
> Arkansas.  A few specimens were planted in the Eastern USA
> where the largest individuals of the species are found on the  properties
> of some of the plantation owners (Jefferson, Washington, Henry).
> I have a feeling this attractive tree would not be hardy here in zone
> 6a, but I'm going to check into it.
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> (3) Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum).  I haven't had any in
> this area of Pennsylvania, but they were commonly seen in the Upper
> Midwest because of the great number of flowering  crabapples bearing
> fruit there.  In their usual flock activity, they can strip a crab of
> fruit
> in 5 minutes.
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> David S.
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