off topic, bloom / flower / back yard

Leo A. Martin leo@possi.org
Sun, 09 Feb 2014 12:46:33 PST
The problem with "dooryard garden" as a term is that it is not actually used by US
English speakers, despite mouldering in a dictionary, the way suits of armor can be
found in castles here and there. The majority of non-garden-book readers would look at
you quizzically if you used this term in daily speech.

The Walt Whitman poem, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed, is fantastic. Those of
you wishing an introduction to US English poetry won't go wrong picking up Leaves of
Grass, from which this poem is extracted. It begins as a mourning poem for the
just-assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, killed in April, when lilacs bloom in the
northeastern US states, and changes into something else, as do all extraordinary poems.

Leo Martin
Phoenix Arizona USA

> Very interesting that the U.S. don't seem to have a distinction between
> work and recreational domestic land. Peter (UK)
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> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 4:54 AM, Michael Mace <michaelcmace@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Brian wrote:
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>>>> But, please, what is the U.S.A. English term for the British back
>>>>
>> yard????
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>> I'm pretty sure there is no term for that in American English. The term
>> "yard" in California (and I think most of the US) means all of the lot that
>> is not occupied by the house, including the lawn(s), vegetable garden, patio, swimming
>> pool, lighted basketball court, barbecue, greenhouse, and parking area for the
>> motorhome. There is no concept of a separate work area, probably because there is no
>> standard layout for an American backyard.
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> Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 10:10:58 +0100
> From: Aad van Beek <avbeek1@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Massonia sp. Uniondale--First Bloom!
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> That's the gardeners spirit. After that many years of good care to get such a nice
> flower. And as others are saying keep us posted with more spectacular photos. Aad
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>> On 9 feb. 2014, at 07:01, "Kiyel Boland" <kyle.b1@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
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>> Love the red styles?, more photos as it blooms Please Roy.
>> Kiyel
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>>> On 9/02/2014, at 3:56 pm, Nhu Nguyen <xerantheum@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Holy cow indeed Roy! That's a fantastic Massonia! Please take photos of the
>>> full blooms.
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>>> Nhu
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>>>> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Roy Herold <rherold@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>> It only took 7 years, but it was worth the wait.
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>>>> <http://flickr.com/photos/31950571@N06/…>
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>>>> Holy cow!! Can't wait til the rest of the flowers are open.
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>> Kiyel Boland
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> Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 13:11:18 -0000
> From: "Paul Cumbleton" <cumbleton@yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Massonia sp. Uniondale--First Bloom! (Roy Herold)
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> Roy you kindly shared material of this form with me a few years ago and mine
> seem to have got to flowering size a couple of years quicker. I have posted a picture of
> one with a full size flowering head on the SRGC forum at
> http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11207.0  It is a really lovely
> form - thank you! I have already shared seed on the SRGC and AGS seed exchanges, so
> hopefully this form will soon become more widespread.
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> Paul Cumbleton
> U.K.
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 08:56:06 -0500
> From: "Tim Eck" <teck11@embarqmail.com>
> Subject: [pbs] Haemanthus images
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> Does anybody have any images of Haemanthus sp. Growing on a cliff face that
> I might use in a presentation?
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> Thanks
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> Tim
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