On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 16:33:42 -0000, "Chris Stewart"
wrote:

...Cunning stuff them osmosis.

I have a slightly used osmosi that you can have for a song if you
want it...

ObReportFromTheColonies: After a week or so of pretty steady
rain, varying in intensity from drizzle to downpour, the
temperature has gone up and the sun has come out today. It's
shirtsleeve weather, it's so mild.

Galanthus reginae-olgae is coming into flower. Crocus speciosus
'Albus' is providing surprises under a now leafless canopy of
Ribes sanguieum and Chaenomeles, while other crocus species
(longiflorus? niveus?) pop up here and there. A single stray,
late Nerine bowdenii, and a few stems of Nerine crispa. The first
flower of Iris unguicularis. A few seed pots sown last January
are showing signs of germination. The Quercus robur continues to
shed its leaves in a sedate and repeatedly eavestrough-filling
manner.

In the crocus frame, Cc. laevigatus, goulimyi, caspius (?), and
tournefortii are doing their thing.

Four of five seedlings of Cyclamen rohlfsianum have sent out new
growth; Cc. cyprium and creticum in pots are leafing out also.


On the whole, an extremely pleasant day!


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada