The Original Mystery Plant
Dr. John Nelson
      The Mystery Plant is a native Southeastern species, commonly attaining a height of 50 feet or more. Its wood is pale and fine- grained, but it is not valued for timber. TheMystery Plant is a member of the elm family, and although not an elm exactly, it does have elmlike leaves with blades that ar...
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A Chow Chow miracle after eight years
Contributed by SQ Rescue
      Boris and Natasha, Chow Chows, came to SQ Rescue as young puppies. They were wandering down the road carrying their food dishes in their mouths looking for someone to feed them. The Rescue has had them for over eight years and has given them their monthly heartworm pills and flea protection.
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The terrible tallow
Stopping to smell the flowers
Arlene Marturano marturanoa@ yahoo.com
      The popcorn tree is the Chinese tallow tree, Sapium sebiferum, an immigrant species that entered the U.S. from China in the 1700s via Andre Michaux, botanist and plant collector. Plantations in China cultivated the tree as a seed crop and ornamental for about 14 centuries.
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