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Old 17-11-2010, 06:58 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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In article , Bob Hobden
writes
Possible misreadings of abchasica, arietina, lactiflora or obovata?

JH ? Could that be Joseph Hooker? Did he ever get to Kazakhstan?
Just thinking aloud.



I believe the original gardener was a keen collector by the look of the
other labels and he did have one of the national collections of
geraniums there as well. Some labels actually said "seed from....."

Janet
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