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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: shelagh on February 15, 2014, 03:07:55 PM

Title: Great Plug for the Forum
Post by: shelagh on February 15, 2014, 03:07:55 PM: Reading todays Daily Telegraph and Matt Bishop has a super article on Galanthus ::) and he gives the SRGC Forum a terrific plug and thumbs up.

I quote " I travel regularly to Europe, and I spend a lot of time on the internet bugging people for information - the Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum is fantastic."
Title: Re: Great Plug for the Forum
Post by: mark smyth on February 15, 2014, 03:11:57 PM: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/plants/10638466/Snowdrops-have-galanthophiles-ever-had-it-so-good.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/plants/10638466/Snowdrops-have-galanthophiles-ever-had-it-so-good.html)
Title: Re: Great Plug for the Forum
Post by: Maggi Young on February 15, 2014, 04:06:51 PM: That's nice 8) :)

I see Matt also suggest his favourites - some good tips for beginners too, on some "stalwart" drops :
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/plants/10638513/Best-snowdrops-for-galanthophiles.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/plants/10638513/Best-snowdrops-for-galanthophiles.html)
Title: Re: Great Plug for the Forum
Post by: MR GRUMPY on February 15, 2014, 07:25:04 PM: Great article by Matt. :)

But i have to say, Daily Telegraph,when you do an article on SNOWDROPS,please don't show a lovely picture of SNOWFLAKES(Leucojum vernum).It just sloppy journalism.......... ;D ;D
Title: Re: Great Plug for the Forum
Post by: Maggi Young on February 15, 2014, 07:35:12 PM: Quote from: MR GRUMPY on February 15, 2014, 07:25:04 PM
Great article by Matt. :)

But i have to say, Daily Telegraph,when you do an article on SNOWDROPS,please don't show a lovely picture of SNOWFLAKES(Leucojum vernum).It just sloppy journalism.......... ;D ;D

Well, at least it's a snow something! ;D It will have been wrongly labelled by the photo library - http://www.alamy.com/ (http://www.alamy.com/)

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"White delight: snowdrops at Hodsock Priory, Nottinghamshire Photo: Alamy"

- a bit of fun for the Leucojocks to get a sneaky look in !!

(This is just one of the reasons to distinguish between Autumn Colchicums and Autumn Crocus - one of our pet peeves :P :-X )
Title: Re: Great Plug for the Forum
Post by: Peter Maguire on February 15, 2014, 11:39:15 PM: As someone who has photos at the Alamy stock site, I'm afraid you can't blame the photo library. Photographers are responsible for keywording their own images in order that they can be found by picture editors' searches, so this is one the photographer got wrong.
I do however have sympathy with the photographer who will probably not be a gardener also, I find the whole keywording process mind-numbingly tedious.
Title: Re: Great Plug for the Forum
Post by: Maggi Young on February 15, 2014, 11:53:46 PM: I can well believe it is a tricky process in many respects, Peter - if the use is to be maximised then you will have to try to work out all the possible uses/relevant aspects to be listed - so pretty tricky if you don't know what it is you're taking pix of in the first place. :(