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Monday Morning Mystery 051010: Clue Two
This Clue Two.
What are we?
Answer will be forthcoming…
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Aesculus pavia
see current issue of “The American Gardener” for article on buckeyes -
I suppose there are 2 possibilities:
1. Eye of horse + Horsechestnut or
2. Eye of buck + Buckeye
The eye looks more horsey to me, but I can’t buck the fact that the tree in the meadow has been called a buckeye. But then again, if both photos were taken at the Celery Farm–probably hasn’t been a horse through there since the olden days. So I guess I’ll go for answer 2 and be embarrassed, as usual.
Such a dilemma! But either way, the Genus name of the tree is Aesculus, named after Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine. So take this highly tentative answer, even if it’s a bitter pill to swallow.
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edith wallace
Aesculus pavia
see current issue of “The American Gardener” for article on buckeyes
Tom Burr
I suppose there are 2 possibilities:
1. Eye of horse + Horsechestnut or
2. Eye of buck + Buckeye
The eye looks more horsey to me, but I can’t buck the fact that the tree in the meadow has been called a buckeye. But then again, if both photos were taken at the Celery Farm–probably hasn’t been a horse through there since the olden days. So I guess I’ll go for answer 2 and be embarrassed, as usual.
Such a dilemma! But either way, the Genus name of the tree is Aesculus, named after Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine. So take this highly tentative answer, even if it’s a bitter pill to swallow.