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- From: johnson@swings.enet.dec.com (Dennis M. Johnson)
- Subject: Re: Christmas tree alternative?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.202925.4444@e2big.mko.dec.com>
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- Sender: johnson@swings (Dennis M. Johnson)
- Reply-To: johnson@swings.enet.dec.com (Dennis M. Johnson)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:29:25 GMT
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- |>|> I heard somewhere, (i don't know where) that many bonsai are
- |>|> poisonous. Anyone know the true knowledge?
- |>|>
- |>|> Jennifer Cole-Steele
- |>
- |>I don't where you heard that, bonsai are just dwarfed versions of
- |>normal forest trees.
- |>
- |>Never heard of a poisonous oak or pine.
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- |>--
- |>David Hamilton Email: dhamilton@gssec.bt.co.uk
- |>BT, Glasgow Engineering Centre, Phone: +44 41 553 2116
- |>229 George Street, Glasgow, UK G1 1BZ
- |>
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- poison oak is a bush, not a tree, that grows in the states and is indeed
- poisonous. Bonsai, for the most part, are not poisonous unless you pick a
- poisonous species to appear treelike. I've never heard of anyone trying to
- make a poison oak into a bonsai.
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- Dj
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