Puzzles

[Carlo]

Prunus serrula (NOT serrulata)--and I would give my left eye tooth to have one here!

[ruweiss]

Carlo,
what a quick action. You are right, I photographed the stem yesterday against the evening sun.
It was always a dream for me to own such a beauty which I always admired in the botanical
gardens. At the Alpines 1991 conference we visited the beautiful Cluny House garden in Scotland
and I took the chance to obtain some seeds of this Prunus, because it was impossible to get a
mature plant in our coutry. Here is the result from the other side:

[Maggi Young]

One for the "Muso's" 

I don't want to go to Chelsea even though it's a good year for the roses. Some of them are beyond belief, almost like indoor fireworks. Security has to be good though so watch your step because accidents will happen. Still, if like me, you can't stand up for falling down, you can always rely on watching the dectives or even oliver's army with alison would be a brilliant mistake. But what's so funny about peace, love and understanding.

Is nobody taking you up on this one, David........ 

[Anthony Darby]

That's the one 

Actually it's not a crab spider.

[Anthony Darby]

What's a muso?

[angie]

Anthony I am glad you asked.
Angie

[Anthony Darby]

I was thinking some kind of banana, but that's musa.

[Lesley Cox]

The word "muso" is used here for persons of a musical/music loving persuasion, but of a type that is certainly neither classical nor pop, maybe sort of folksy, better bands, the kind that in Dunedin at least are likely to play in the early hours of the morning in dark and grotty pubs and clubs. Locally written music mostly, of which there is much in Dunedin and NZ generally. Think of a sort of musical version of "Flight of the Conchords."

So David's puzzle leaves me totally bewildered, not that that's so infrequent nowadays.

[Carlo]

Rudi,

How fantastic that you grew Prunus serrula from seed! What did you do to germinate it, and how old is the plant in your photo?

[David Nicholson]

Cliff Booker will know!!

[ranunculus]

At what Costello though David?   

[Paddy Tobin]

At what Costello though David?   

Hi Cliff,

I thought you were off the planet; gone on holidays somewhere exotic; hadn't heard you for ages.

Paddy

[ranunculus]

Good morrow Paddy et al,
Just returned from a wonderful lecture tour of eastern North America sponsored by NARGS.  We visited New York State, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Newfoundland, Wisconsin-Illinois, Washington D.C., North Carolina and a final week back in the Hudson Valley of N.Y. State.
We experienced North American hospitality at it's very best and saw gardens, scenery and sites of utmost beauty.  Eight lectures/presentations and twelve flights in the three week period could have left us exhausted but, in fact, we came home elated and rejuvenated by a magnificent tour.  1500 images to trawl through when the jet-lag has worn off.

http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=271.msg2366#new

[vivienr]

One for the "Muso's" 

I don't want to go to Chelsea even though it's a good year for the roses. Some of them are beyond belief, almost like indoor fireworks. Security has to be good though so watch your step because accidents will happen. Still, if like me, you can't stand up for falling down, you can always rely on watching the dectives or even oliver's army with alison would be a brilliant mistake. But what's so funny about peace, love and understanding.

Was going to have a guess but not sure that my aim is true. Sounds mighty like a rose - almost blue, perhaps?

[Anthony Darby]

The word "muso" is used here for persons of a musical/music loving persuasion, but of a type that is certainly neither classical nor pop, maybe sort of folksy, better bands, the kind that in Dunedin at least are likely to play in the early hours of the morning in dark and grotty pubs and clubs. Locally written music mostly, of which there is much in Dunedin and NZ generally. Think of a sort of musical version of "Flight of the Conchords."

So David's puzzle leaves me totally bewildered, not that that's so infrequent nowadays.

Not an English word then?