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class=568074216-21072004> I have had a little trouble sending this. So if
you should get again, my apologies.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=568074216-21072004>Bert </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Bert Pittman
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:43 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Ed Guerrant';
bsorrie@earthlink.net; Robert Dana<BR><B>Cc:</B>
native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [PCA] TV:
David Mizejewski on the Today Show<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<TD width=443><FONT face=Arial size=4><B><I>"Here is the means to end
the great extinction spasm. The next century will, I believe, be the era
of restoration in ecology"</I></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<DIV align=right><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=4><B><I>E. O. Wilson,
1992</I></B></FONT> </FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=074351715-20072004><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=074351715-20072004></SPAN><FONT color=#000000>Gardens and restoration
are by definition planned landscapes. If these planned landscapes are to
be done rationally for the purposes of conservation, the basic
principles of plant systematics and ecology are
indispensable. </FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=074351715-20072004><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=568074216-21072004> H</SPAN>istorically gardens were and are
currently important resources for botanists and ecologists. Some examples
are Linnaeus, Elliot, Darwin, Hooker, Gray, the Bartrams, Rafinesque, E.J.
Palmer, Leopold, Clement, Cowles, Peter Raven, <FONT size=1>and
(Bert Pittman).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=074351715-20072004><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=568074216-21072004> </SPAN>If E.O. Wilson is correct, professional
botanists and ecologists should be in the forefront of this effort and
should work cooperatively with plant enthusiasts, horticulturalists,
gardeners, planners, geologists, engineers, wildlife biologists, and
landscape architects.</FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=074351715-20072004><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=568074216-21072004> </SPAN>Every effort should be made to identify
and document, the "type examples" of the various plant assemblages and
their component species as ecological benchmarks with the entire
conservation community working cooperatively towards their
conservation.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#000000></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=074351715-20072004><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>Bert
Pittman</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=074351715-20072004><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000>Botanist</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#000000></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=074351715-20072004><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#000000>PS <SPAN
class=568074216-21072004> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=074351715-20072004><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>I<SPAN
class=568074216-21072004>n your search engine's address line put <A
href="http://pages.britishlibrary.net/charles.darwin3/mletters_images/ml1frontis.jpg">http://pages.britishlibrary.net/charles.darwin3/mletters_images/ml1frontis.jpg</A></SPAN> <SPAN
class=568074216-21072004> for the earliest know painting of Charle Darwin
-- together with his sister, Catherine.</SPAN> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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