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- From: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
- Subject: Re: House plants
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.174910.15236@zia.aoc.nrao.edu>
- Reply-To: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
- Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
- References: <18911@mindlink.bc.ca> <1992Dec28.104831.12243@thelema.uucp>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 17:49:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.104831.12243@thelema.uucp> STella@thelema.uucp (STella) writes:
- >In article <18911@mindlink.bc.ca> Jack_Webb@mindlink.bc.ca (Jack Webb) writes:
- >>Cat Fancy magazine of May 1988 has a good article on cats and houseplants...
- >>here is a list of some of the more poisonous plants.
- >>
- >>Asparagus Fern
- >
- >Asparagus fern? I've been using asparagus ferns as the one plant the
- >beasts can munch for ages with no ill effect,
-
- It might be the berries that are the problem (for those of you who haven't
- seen it, asparagus ferns do have tiny white flowers and red berries, they
- aren't really ferns).
-
- Our two haven't shown any particular interest in the two asparagus ferns
- I have. But then, I don't water them often enough, so they're pretty sorry
- specimens :-).
- --
- Ruth Milner NRAO/VLA Socorro NM
- Computing Division Head rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu
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