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16-01-2009, 03:48 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Klara
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fear of the unknown? rather OT
In message , Martin
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:39:19 +0000, Sacha wrote:
On 15/1/09 23:16, in article
, "Gordon H"
wrote:
In message , Klara
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In message , K
writes
Klara writes
'Man is always, I think, made fearful by what he does not understand....
'A lady wishing to keep people from crossing her lawn put up a notice
BEWARE OF THE DOG.
It had no effect.
She then put one up BEWARE FIERCE DOG
- still no effect -
But when she put up BEWARE AGAPANTHUS, no one dared come near.'
Jim Ede - Founder of Kettle's Yard, Cambridge. (from ŒOpen House¹
Exhibition Catalogue)
That appeared as a cartoon in I think) Amateur Gardening in the 1950s
I thought somehow it couldn't be new ... but my, you've got quite a
memory!
I think it was 1953, either October or November, and there was an
article on pruning and another on "Preparing for Winter".
(Of course that happens every damn year). ;-)
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_b...sages/855.html
http://flickr.com/photos/eonns/2217516240/
All these are rather more interesting than the original!
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Klara, SE Surrey
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