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Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: KentGardener on February 06, 2008, 07:20:23 PM
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Hi All
Maggie so enjoyed yesterdays 'Test Your Skill' competition that I thought I would start another for her to enjoy.
Today I was one of the lucky people to visit Glen Chantry, Essex. The owners had set up a rather nice 'test tube' display in the tea and cake room (This was done especially for visitors in wheelchairs who could not easily negotiate the grass paths). Below are some photos to test your skill (the answers have been forwarded to Maggie as I am sure she will enjoy teasing you more than me ;D )
regards
John
Group 1 - (14 different named snowdrops)
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Group 2 - (14 different named snowdrops)
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Good Luck!
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Again, can't see them all clearly, but think I can see Modern Art, Mrs Thompson, David Baker, Diggory, Trym, Grumpy, Lapwing, Bertram Anderson, John Tomlinson, Kite, Kildare, Gerard Parker, Walrus and Blewbury Tart.
Yes, all these are included.....but where? m
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No email yet, John, is it sent? Mind you, I even know some of these myself! Good grief, pass the gin!
I might know eight or nine of these.... better wait till I get John's lists before iI start claiming to have cracked the white code, though!
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And good old Washfield Colesbourne.
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Mystery solved, John's email was scooped in my spam filter. So, now I am prepared with two photos of the two sets of snowies....just have to work out which direction the sets "read" ?????? Hurrumph! By george, I think I've got it.... ooh, er, yes, I CAN recognise some of these flowers!
I've got eight and almost nine! I award myself chocolate at once... the rest of you can get on with it!
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glad the answers arrived with you Maggi. I gotta sign off now - so will check on how everyone has done tomorrow.
John :D
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Yes, John, got everything here now so I can repost the pix and the answers in six pages time when hundreds of happy 'droplets have given their answers!
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Washfield Colesbourne isn't there, Martin. :(
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Washfield Colesbourne isn't there, Martin. :(
Must be something that looks like it then. I'm pretty sure the rest of my list are right though. Anyhoo, I'm done. Too much paperwork stacked up to spend all evening staring at snowdrops on the screen again. :-[
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John,
Is that your 'David Baker' in the bag in the background of photo #1? ;D
David
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John,
Is that your 'David Baker' in the bag in the background of photo #1? ;D
David
I think it might be...I see camouflage trousers next to it! :)
What's that wierd see-through snakey thing in one of the picks!!!???
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Yes, I can see the camouflage too! Presume it is John who is wielding camera so it must be his other half.
Snakey swirly thing had me wondering... so busy looking at the ruddy 'drops I hadn't seen ti at first... now I twig... John has made swirly overlays to edit out nearby 'drops to avoid confusion 8)
Anyhoo! Why are you still here, Martin... paperwork, remember? ::)
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Paperwork's on the computer. I should turn off the broadband!
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Is that your 'David Baker' in the bag in the background of photo #1? ;D
Correct. I realised afterwards it would have been nice if I had cleared the area for the photo! At least it is in the photo that has 'David Baker' in it anyway. ;)
What's that wierd see-through snakey thing in one of the picks!!!???
Yes, I can see the camouflage too! Presume it is John who is wielding camera so it must be his other half.
Snakey swirly thing had me wondering... so busy looking at the ruddy 'drops I hadn't seen ti at first... now I twig... John has made swirly overlays to edit out nearby 'drops to avoid confusion 8)
Snakey thing - Maggi is correct.
Camos = Other half - sitting, drinking tea and eating his third piece of cake! ::)
John
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Other half - sitting, drinking tea and eating his third piece of cake!
Now there's a man after my own heart! If cake is halfway decent it takes three slices to form considered opinion. 8)
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What John did not say, was that the snowdrops, picked to allow wheelchair visitors a good sighting of the treasures throughout the garden, were taken from huge clumps of every one.
This was one of several clumps of Diggory
Wol & Sue Staines whose garden it is, have always been reluctant to sell any of their snowdrops. This year they were persuaded to sell off some spares. Diggory was available for £25 - I understand that this is quite a good price (not yet infected with the fever).
For an entrance fee of £3.50, with free tea and cakes, this was a marvellous day. And the weather behaved.
Glen Chantry is a garden to be visited throughout the year - think Beth Chatto, but much better.
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Other half - sitting, drinking tea and eating his third piece of cake!
Now there's a man after my own heart! If cake is halfway decent it takes three slices to form considered opinion. 8)
Maggi,
Are you positive that three is enough? Sometimes for a REALLY good consideration I think that more than 3 are necessary. I do find though that if too many are eaten in too short a time there is a considerable drop off in the opinion stakes..... ???
;D
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John
Thanks for your main posting on Glen Chantry.
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What John did not say, was that the snowdrops, picked to allow wheelchair visitors a good sighting of the treasures throughout the garden, were taken from huge clumps of every one.
Thanks for your main posting on Glen Chantry.
No Problem Arthur - I just need a day (or sometimes more) to write my thoughts down (and then edit them so it is not too boring for people to read) and then sort through the photos and resize them ready for the web.
I quickly posted the quiz when I got home last night as it was only 2 photos to sort out and not a lot of thought was required on my part (as I could pass the buck to maggi ;D).
The main posting required a few hours sleep and was squeezed in before I started in the office this morning.
Glad you enjoyed it.
regards
John
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To make things very easy I will repost the images with the snowdrops numbered
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The only thing now is I dont know how to insert a full size image
Edit: No, but luckily, I do! M
set 1..below
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set 2....below
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My guesses are for image 1
1 Mrs Thompson yes
2 Walter Fish no
3 Richard Ayres no
4 x
5 B.C _ _ _ no
6 John Gray no
7 x
8 Walrus yes
9 Diggory yes
10 Trymlet yes
11 x
12 Imbolc/Mighty Atom no
13 x
14 x
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Mark, I think in pic 1, no. 2 is Modern Art,no no. 5 is David Bakeryes, no. 7 is Kildare,yes and no. 12 is Gerard Parker.yes
In pic 2 I believe 6 is John Tomlinson yesand 10 is Bertram Anderson.no
Apart from those, I think I agree with you on the others you name.
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This may have made it easy for you guys but the wotsits I have from John show the flowers by position in the holders.......now I have to check to see if that matches this.... it's worse than the ruddy snowies!
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OOPSS!!
I was tidying the posts about full images and accidentally removed Mark's suggestions forthe second set of 'drops...luckily I could find it again from my email notification of his post! Sorry, Mark! getting ahead of myself there!
Here you go
Mark's offering for Set Two:
image 2
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> 1 Grumpy yes
> 2 Kite yes
> 3 x
> 4 x
> 5 Bill Bakers Green-tip no
> 6 x
> 7 x
> 8 x
> 9 Lapwing yes
> 10 x
> 11 Blewbury Tart yes
> 12 x
> 13 x
> 14 x
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> I have packing to do for the weekend! (....says Mark, not Maggi)
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AAARGH! I knew it, my charts number them differently >:(
Talk amongst yourselves, this may take a little time......... :-\
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In Mark's numbering of the second set, he has numbers 1 to 12... problem is there are 14 snowies to be identified .... :P ::) More actual snowies than that, but to confuse you ( and me) some are two examples of one !!
JOHN! What have you got me into?? :P
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I have marked in red the answers given so far, via Mark's numbered pix. No time for now to check which names Martin got right yesterday ??? I do suggest a little time spent studying the fine pictures in the Gardens Visted 2008 threads will be a great help to finding these elusive 'drops. Hint Hint!
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... it's worse than the ruddy snowies!
Get away with you Maggi, you know you enjoy it :-*