Some sources say this grows in any reasonable soil while another says it
needs acid soil and that lime can be used against escapees.

It certainly failed to germinate last year in my slightly alkaline soil.

What do urglers find?

Thanks!

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com

In article ,
Steve Harris wrote:
Some sources say this grows in any reasonable soil while another says it
needs acid soil and that lime can be used against escapees.

It certainly failed to germinate last year in my slightly alkaline soil.

What do urglers find?

That theory is related to the Doctrine of Signatures, and should be
ignored by anyone who regards science as even slightly more reliable
than witchcraft.

It grows perfectly well in my slightly alkaline soil, and is found
wild in all 112 vice-counties of the British Isles. It is a fairly
shy germinator, and I don't get more than half a dozen new seedlings
a year from perhaps a dozen shoots that set seed.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...
In article ,

It is found
wild in all 112 vice-counties of the British Isles.

What's a vice-county?

Mary

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...
In article ,

It is found
wild in all 112 vice-counties of the British Isles.

What's a vice-county?

Mary

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:56:48 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...
In article ,

It is found
wild in all 112 vice-counties of the British Isles.

What's a vice-county?

don't ask :-)
--
Martin

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:56:48 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...
In article ,

It is found
wild in all 112 vice-counties of the British Isles.

What's a vice-county?

don't ask :-)
--
Martin

In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:
|
| It is found
| wild in all 112 vice-counties of the British Isles.
|
| What's a vice-county?

Essex :-)

Dunno, except that it is probably an invention designed for
ecological surveying, slightly smaller and more uniform in size
than a county.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:
|
| It is found
| wild in all 112 vice-counties of the British Isles.
|
| What's a vice-county?

Essex :-)

Dunno, except that it is probably an invention designed for
ecological surveying, slightly smaller and more uniform in size
than a county.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:
|
| It is found
| wild in all 112 vice-counties of the British Isles.
|
| What's a vice-county?

Essex :-)

Dunno, except that it is probably an invention designed for
ecological surveying, slightly smaller and more uniform in size
than a county.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article , Mary Fisher
wrote:

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...
In article ,

It is found
wild in all 112 vice-counties of the British Isles.

What's a vice-county?

Mary


From

http://www.brc.ac.uk/brcMaps.shtm

Biological Records Centre

What is a vice-county?

The system of vice counties was decided upon by H.C. Watson in 1852,
who divided the country into units of roughly equal area for botanical
recording purposes. His system was later extended to Ireland by
Praeger.

Why use vice-counties?

Vice counties have been widely adopted by naturalists in preference to
the ever-changing administrative counties. The vice county boundaries
will not move!

It is very useful to us at BRC to have a note of the vice-county as
well as the grid reference with each record. With both, we are able,
using the computer, to check that grid references are not wildly
inaccurate, and to sort records into counties, which is useful when
providing information to county recorders, local records centres and
museums. So - whenever possible - please enter the vice-county, as well
as the grid reference, on your records.

L

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Remover the rock from the email address

In article , Mary Fisher
wrote:

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...
In article ,

It is found
wild in all 112 vice-counties of the British Isles.

What's a vice-county?

Mary


From

http://www.brc.ac.uk/brcMaps.shtm

Biological Records Centre

What is a vice-county?

The system of vice counties was decided upon by H.C. Watson in 1852,
who divided the country into units of roughly equal area for botanical
recording purposes. His system was later extended to Ireland by
Praeger.

Why use vice-counties?

Vice counties have been widely adopted by naturalists in preference to
the ever-changing administrative counties. The vice county boundaries
will not move!

It is very useful to us at BRC to have a note of the vice-county as
well as the grid reference with each record. With both, we are able,
using the computer, to check that grid references are not wildly
inaccurate, and to sort records into counties, which is useful when
providing information to county recorders, local records centres and
museums. So - whenever possible - please enter the vice-county, as well
as the grid reference, on your records.

L

--
Remover the rock from the email address

Hello Steve,
I believe that, like Dock, it is a noted coloniser of fertile ground,
particularly clay. Is it possible that your alkaline soil is on the lean
side?
Spider
Steve Harris wrote in message
...
Some sources say this grows in any reasonable soil while another says it
needs acid soil and that lime can be used against escapees.

It certainly failed to germinate last year in my slightly alkaline soil.

What do urglers find?

Thanks!

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com

Hello Steve,
I believe that, like Dock, it is a noted coloniser of fertile ground,
particularly clay. Is it possible that your alkaline soil is on the lean
side?
Spider
Steve Harris wrote in message
...
Some sources say this grows in any reasonable soil while another says it
needs acid soil and that lime can be used against escapees.

It certainly failed to germinate last year in my slightly alkaline soil.

What do urglers find?

Thanks!

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...

In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:
|
| It is found
| wild in all 112 vice-counties of the British Isles.
|
| What's a vice-county?

Essex :-)

Careful ... you never know who's lurking hereabouts ...

Dunno, except that it is probably an invention designed for
ecological surveying, slightly smaller and more uniform in size
than a county.

Where did you get the information then - about sorrel in 112 ... /

Mary


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...

In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:
|
| It is found
| wild in all 112 vice-counties of the British Isles.
|
| What's a vice-county?

Essex :-)

Careful ... you never know who's lurking hereabouts ...

Dunno, except that it is probably an invention designed for
ecological surveying, slightly smaller and more uniform in size
than a county.

Where did you get the information then - about sorrel in 112 ... /

Mary


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.