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My family calls me a pack-rat, and I guess that is what I am. The reason for this obsession is, once I find a use for something; I see it as a raw material, not trash. I collect as much raw materials as possible and keep a check on the recycle bins, just like our midnight marauding skunk, to see what I have to work with before I start a project.
I bought this plant from a nursery about a week ago. I was told it was a kind of jasmine, and it does smell like one, but an overview of the plants that make up jasmine's genus in the PlantFiles View Responses (14 replies)
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Today in history: November 11
1743: Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist, was born in Jonkoping, Sweden. He would study under Linnaeus and collected plants in the Dutch colonies and Japan. Many plants are named in his honor.
1771: Stephen Elliott, American naturalist, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina. He would publish The Botany of South Carolina and Georgia.
1898: Alexander W. Livingston, American seedsman, died at the age of 77. The Livingston Seed Company was named for him, and introduced many new varieties of seeds during the first half of the 20th century.
1919: The first Remembrance Day (also referred to as Decoration Day, Poppy Day, Armistice Day, and Veterans Day) was held to commemorate the sacrifices in times of war.
1933: The first great dust storm, dubbed the "Great Black Blizzard" hit the great plains of the U.S.
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