As I said, Texas Monthly rated A&M as the "best value in higher education in
*Texas*," i.e., a better value than UT, Tech, SMU, TCU, Rice, etc. This was
a couple of years ago; I'm sure you could call the magazine for the exact
reference, and review the article for yourself. Texas Monthly is
headquartered in Austin.

I was a National Merit Scholar, and when I was an undergrad there
(1971-1975), A&M had the largest number of National Merit Scholars in Texas
(though not the largest undergraduate enrollment). You might also want to
check proportions of medical school admissions relative to other schools in
Texas... and of course, if you have pets, your vet almost certainly went to
A&M. Plus, if you want to see a really awesome collection of greenhouses,
A&M is definitely the place. I was there a few weeks ago for a friend's
wedding (she married a full professor of landscape architecture) and I spent
a couple of hours before I came back just driving around the campus and
lusting after their greenhouses.

I was in the engineering school, myself, but in retrospect and in light of
my avocational interests, I really wish I had availed myself more of A&M's
outstanding resources in the biological sciences. You have a lot of
knowledge about plants, Victoria, and I respect that, but please do some
homework before you disparage Texas A&M again. I can make some allowances
because you're from New York (where I lived when working for IBM Research),
but really, I wish you would save the "Mining" crap for some other audience.

- alternate


"animaux" wrote in message
...
A Texas magazine rated a Texas university as having best value in higher
education? It's not on any national lists I know of.


On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:33:23 GMT, "Alternate Personality"
wrote:

A&M is also an excellent school, and has been rated by Texas Monthly
magazine as the "best value in higher education in Texas."

"animaux" wrote in message
.. .
I was mocking them. But they do know what they are talking about
regarding
turf.


On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 00:28:18 GMT, "Alternate Personality"
wrote:

the "Texas Agriculture and Mining" website - do you mean Texas A&M
University? If so, the "A" stands for "Agricultural" (not
"Agriculture")
and
the "M" stands for "Mechanical" (not "Mining"). The site is
www.tamu.edu.

-alternate
(TAMU '75, '78)


"animaux" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:12:19 -0500, Mike Dahmus

wrote:

But my neighbor has something which looks like buffalo (or possibly
leftover rye) - my initial assumption is that his lived and mine
died
because I failed to rake the 6-inch leaffall when I first moved in;
but it could be that he has a different grass that just looks
similar.
(Couldn't ask this weekend; he was out of town).

Is it possible that the near-constant summer shade lowers the
temperature enough to allow another grass to at least survive the
summer?

---
Mike Dahmus
m dah mus @ at @ io.com

Well, not really. There is a grass seed in the fescue varieties
which
has
some
heat tolerance. Buffalo has NO shade tolerance. I've seen some
people
planting
mondo or dwarf monkey grass in deep or light shade and it can also
be
mown, but
it is coarse, unlike the fine leaf you are looking for.

Do a search around on www.google.com and see if you can locate the
drought
and
heat tolerant fescue they've developed. Take a look also at Texas
Agriculture
and Mining website. They have a very good take on turf in Texas.

Good luck,
Victoria