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Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: Maggi Young on June 21, 2015, 02:19:22 PM
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Quoted from Monksilver Facebook post :
Monksilver Nursery
A quick heads-up for those of you who like to be prepared ... Joe's summer list of dormant snowdrop bulbs for sale is expected to be ready soon
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[Photo: Galanthus 'Double Entendre']
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May be worth getting in touch for those who want to receive the list?
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News from Monksilver :
"Monksilver Nursery's dormant snowdrop list went out by snailmail to our European customers yesterday. Anyone else wishing to receive the list please email Joe at info@monksilvernursery.co.uk with your full postal address."
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I have permission from the proprietor to post this .Monksilvers dry bulb list 2015
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And finally ;D
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Well done Steve, thank you!
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Your welcome Maggi .Only took me three hours :P
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Crumbs! Mind you, it'll take some folks even longer to work out what their bill might be, with the prices in Euros! ::) :-X
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;D ;D ;D .
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Crumbs! Mind you, it'll take some folks even longer to work out what their bill might be, with the prices in Euros! ::) :-X
Yeh, like we would wait to do the conversion and potentially miss a drop we covet ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Mmmmm, yes, well I suppose that isn't very likely!! ;D ;D
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Some very tempting things!
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And a huge range. I was very surprised to see my 'Green Hornet' offered for sale as I had thought it was only in two other locales beyond my own garden. In fact I only have it thanks to Margaret MacLennan as I lost my original stock.
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Thanks Steve for going to the trouble of scanning these pages. Here on the continent some already received their dormant bulb list from Joe on Friday but I will probably only receive it on tuesday as their is no postal services on Mondays here meaning that I would have been too late for the interesting ones. Thanks to you I perhaps will stand a Chance. Thanks again.
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... I was very surprised to see my 'Green Hornet' offered for sale as I had thought it was only in two other locales beyond my own garden. In fact I only have it thanks to Margaret MacLennan as I lost my original stock.
I am reminded yet again of the great plantsman Maurice Mason who always said that the best way to keep a plant is to give it away...thus ensuring that should you lose it there is a backup somewhere else. Lucky that you gave one to Margaret!
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Brian, Paddy Tobin (who rarely has time to drop by these days) attributed that phrase to Lady Moore. I don't know which of you is correct but I wholeheartedly endorse the sentiment.
Actually I gave 'Green Hornet' to Anglesey Abbey who in turn swapped some with Margaret MacLennan. She chipped a bulb or two and was so successful that she had some spares which she very kindly gave to me. Presumably Joe got his from Anglesey Abbey also. I'm worried about the stock there now because last year it misbehaved so badly I fear it may somehow have been substituted by another snowdrop, But maybe it was just an off year; lets hope so.
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Brian, Paddy Tobin (who rarely has time to drop by these days) attributed that phrase to Lady Moore. I don't know which of you is correct but I wholeheartedly endorse the sentiment.
I am sure we are both correct as both of them said it, where it originated is quite another matter. I would think that, as it is so true, its origins go a long way back.
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Previously in the forum it has been suggested that Margery Fish, Reginald Farrer or Vita Sackville-West may have been the originator of the phrase about giving a plant away being the best way to keep it. I suspect the phrase will have arisen from a paraphrase of biblical advice.
In an IGPS newsletter of 2003, I found this, with a delightful poem
"THOSE PRECIOUS RARITIES
In echo of the quotation regularly attributed to Mrs. Phyllis Moore, formerly of the
Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, – the best way to keep a plant is to give it away - Ann
Hooper, of the same group quotes George Yeld:
Hast thou plants in plenty say
Of a species rich and rare
Don’t forget to give away
Those thine affluence can spare
And should any evil chance
Your garden of its pets bereave
You are no slave of circumstance
A thought will bid you cease to grieve
For it you gave, you will be given
The plant you lost and you’ll perceive
It is the rule of Heaven
That he who giveth shall receive.
George Yeld (1845–1938) was a schoolmaster, climber, explorer and hybridiser of daylilies and irises.
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That's excellent Maggi, love that pome!
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That should be on every potting shed wall. :)
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That's a fantastic bit of research, Maggi, and a wonderful poem.