On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:30:13 GMT, "Alan Holmes"
wrote:


"John McMillan" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Cerumen" wrote:

"BoyPete" wrote in message
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I've lurked for ages, just posting occasionally. I do hope my pond
orientated posts don't annoy. My garden is about 20ft square, nearly
half
is pond now. Most people here seem to be 'real' gardeners, something
I'd
love to be if I had the room! I dream of retiring to a large old house
with half an acre..........yeah.....dream on. In the past, I've grown
carrots, Swede, peas, runner beans, lettuce etc, but until recently,
especially sweet corn......great picked and straight on the BBQ Now,
I
only have pots Something which bugs me, is the use of the Latin
names
for plants. I realise that if you are really into gardening, these
things
are important, but to the likes of me........an interested wannabe,
they
are meaningless. It would be nice if folk could call plants by their
'common' name perhaps with the Latin in brackets? What do you think?
Thanks for a great friendly group.

Yes both latin and common names would be best but the latin names do
serve a
purpose in that they positively identify what is being referred to
whereas
common names can mislead. One good example is swede and turnip, which are
transposed by some people in different parts of the world. I'm not about
to
start an argument about which is which but with the latin names there can
be
no argument.

You'll not be very welcome here if you don't want to start
an argument. The whole point of this newsgroup is to propagate
vile and rancorous arguments. The "gardening" bit in the title
is simply a screen.

There is only one answer to this post and that is:-

!PLONK!


!PLIP! Every trip?


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