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Weed of the week: Green alkanet [1/1]
This week I've been helping my friend T to dig some weeds out of her
rather overgrown garden. Green alkanet was introduced to Britain in the Middle Ages for the red dye that was made from the roots; its name comes from the Arabic for henna. It has beautiful blue flowers so you may be tempted to let it grow - don't. If you have this stuff in your garden get rid of it at once! [ Section: 1/1 File: z_Alkanet_1972.JPG UUencoded by: Turnpike Integrated Version 5.02 S ] sum -r/size 44568/402007 section (from "begin" to "end") sum -r/size 41517/291752 entire input file -- Sue ] |
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