tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post2766612659910234302..comments2023-10-21T05:24:35.398-07:00Comments on MucknMire: Handy mnemonicKihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-68198927776618181462007-03-14T03:57:00.000-07:002007-03-14T03:57:00.000-07:00Hi a gardener,I guess there are as many mnemonics ...Hi a gardener,<BR/>I guess there are as many mnemonics for the classification of plants as the number of people who create them, meaning many. <BR/>Yours must be a variation of the one Xris sent earlier or vice versa. Now you've got be total confused with so many pictures in my head.Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-10072090735936601372007-03-12T12:30:00.000-07:002007-03-12T12:30:00.000-07:00Back in Biology 101 we learnedKing Phillip Crossed...Back in Biology 101 we learned<BR/><BR/>King Phillip Crossed the Ocean For Great Suds (or S*x, depending on how adventurous the professor was feeling).a gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12587961382079717532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-27627422973608568762007-03-06T03:49:00.000-08:002007-03-06T03:49:00.000-08:00Hi Kim,I learned HOMES from a Midwesterner, an Iow...Hi Kim,<BR/>I learned HOMES from a Midwesterner, an Iowan to be more specific. I like yours better.<BR/>I read somewhere in the mist of time that the derivation of the word NEWS was actually a mnemonic for NorthEast WestSouth. Can't vouch for the accuracy.Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-26176819178105660622007-03-05T19:21:00.000-08:002007-03-05T19:21:00.000-08:00Weird that you learned "HOMES" for the Great Lakes...Weird that you learned "HOMES" for the Great Lakes. We learned them in order from West to East: "Sally Made Harry Eat Onions" (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-4114004876859092012007-03-05T18:21:00.000-08:002007-03-05T18:21:00.000-08:00Hi Annie,For a moment there I couldn't figure out ...Hi Annie,<BR/><BR/>For a moment there I couldn't figure out what the mnemonic- Over at A Lake County Point of View meant ;) OALCPV<BR/><BR/>Things move too fast for me - I barely grasp something and then it's already changed.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for pointing me to the lakecounty site - most literate and informative.<BR/><BR/>Besides the domains and clades Hank mentions, what to do with Series, Sports and Cultivars?<BR/><BR/>A tangled taxonomic tagine.Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-58264753315290460542007-03-05T11:28:00.000-08:002007-03-05T11:28:00.000-08:00Over at A Lake County Point of View, http://lakeco...Over at A Lake County Point of View, <BR/>http://lakecounty.typepad.com/life_in_lake_county/<BR/><BR/>Hank's been talking about binomail nomenclature and he notes that besides kingdoms there are now domains and Clades.<BR/><BR/>http://lakecounty.typepad.com/<BR/>life_in_lake_county/2007/02/<BR/>digitalis_break.html#more<BR/><BR/>Even if you can remember things, you still have to look them up on google just to see whether it's changed recently. <BR/><BR/>Annie at the Transplantable RoseAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-51782783722234337192007-03-05T09:56:00.000-08:002007-03-05T09:56:00.000-08:00Most apropos for those living across the pond. Now...Most apropos for those living across the pond. Now you've got me picturing a king with his crown and scepter no less, swimming across the English channel. Some day in the future I'll wonder why I conjure up kings playing with sand and swimming the channel to play chess. Thanks a lot :)Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-47191302656336716542007-03-05T06:43:00.000-08:002007-03-05T06:43:00.000-08:00King Phillip Came Over From Germany Swimming.King Phillip Came Over From Germany Swimming.Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08467595231097695124noreply@blogger.com