Michaelangelica
11-11-2009, 10:11 AM
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i have a few of his books which are excellent reference. But this will be even better.
RogersMushrooms.com
We are so busy down-loading new pictures on to the sites, scanning more transparencies from our vast collection of pics. Working on new books etc. that I never seem to find time to let all our registrants know what's going on. This is our effort to make some amendment.
The main task at the moment is our new website which will include virtually all the other plant groups that we have not yet dealt with.
Wild Flowers, Perennials, Annuals, Bulbs, Vegetables, Herbs, Grasses, Ferns, mosses and Lichens. Each plant group will be searchable separately. As you can imagine it will be the biggest site yet.
To date we have got some 5,000 pictures ready but at least another 7,000 to go! Once the engine is built putting up the pictures and text is fairly straight forward, but the really time consuming element is entering the data base which will require about 40 entries per plant. Currently those data bases hold some 30 gigs of information, which will probably nearly double when we are ready to launch site four. (Estimated late 2011).
About nine months ago we launched our 'members images and comments' facility on all our sites; the mushroom people have gone mad sending in pics of their latest finds, we welcome friends from Europe, North America, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Serbia and Hungary. It is very exciting especially when we get very unusual things like the vast outbreak of Amanita muscaria in the Australian outback - the flash night pictures are really wonderful. I am especially keen on the amazing members of the stink Horn family that have come in; check out the obscure genera ; Lysurus, Ileodictyon, Staheliomyces, Asero?, by using the word search facility.
RogersRoses.com currently we are going through all our files and including loads more pictures on site, starting with the Oldest Roses and working towards the most up to date, Alba is completed. Whilst that is going on we are contacting rose breeders all over the world to get all the latest roses that have been launched ,in the last couple of years, on site. I note that our member's image upload facility gets very little use, -so remember if you would like some of your own roses up on site just send them to us. Next year we are looking forward to a visit to the plant fare at Hex in Belgium, a superb garden and some of the most important rose breeders like Peter Beales and Lens Roses will be there with their latest offerings. (June 11, 12 and 13th try googling it).
RogersMushrooms.com As mushroom lovers will understand, as far as the northern hemisphere is concerned, the season is coming to an end. However just yesterday (9. 11.2009) a friend bought in a superb collection of Boletus pinicola, -dark red wrinkled cap, a very close cousin of B. Edulis and every bit as good to eat. Not something that I have often seen, maybe it comes quite a lot later in the season than edulis proper.
RogersTreesandShrubs.com Our vast new site launched only last year is now beginning to build a substantial audience. It is designed to really help people learn about trees and how to identify them, with searches under leaf type, leaf colour, fruit type and soil type to help with planting. As yet we have had very few pictures sent in by members; we would love to see your favourite specimens the more exotic the better.
Keep up the fight for the environment
Roger Phillips and all at Roger's Plants
This email has been sent to you by Rogers Plants Ltd, 12 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1NP, info@rogersplants.com. It is not our intention to send unsolicited correspondence and we have sent you this email because we believe it is of interest to you and you have consented to our contacting you.
www.rogersplants.com (http://www.rogersplants.com) www.rogersroses.com (http://www.rogersroses.com) www.rogersmushrooms.com (http://www.rogersmushrooms.com)
www.rogersroses.com (http://www.rogersroses.com)
www.rogersmushrooms.com (http://www.rogersmushrooms.com)
i have a few of his books which are excellent reference. But this will be even better.
RogersMushrooms.com
We are so busy down-loading new pictures on to the sites, scanning more transparencies from our vast collection of pics. Working on new books etc. that I never seem to find time to let all our registrants know what's going on. This is our effort to make some amendment.
The main task at the moment is our new website which will include virtually all the other plant groups that we have not yet dealt with.
Wild Flowers, Perennials, Annuals, Bulbs, Vegetables, Herbs, Grasses, Ferns, mosses and Lichens. Each plant group will be searchable separately. As you can imagine it will be the biggest site yet.
To date we have got some 5,000 pictures ready but at least another 7,000 to go! Once the engine is built putting up the pictures and text is fairly straight forward, but the really time consuming element is entering the data base which will require about 40 entries per plant. Currently those data bases hold some 30 gigs of information, which will probably nearly double when we are ready to launch site four. (Estimated late 2011).
About nine months ago we launched our 'members images and comments' facility on all our sites; the mushroom people have gone mad sending in pics of their latest finds, we welcome friends from Europe, North America, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Serbia and Hungary. It is very exciting especially when we get very unusual things like the vast outbreak of Amanita muscaria in the Australian outback - the flash night pictures are really wonderful. I am especially keen on the amazing members of the stink Horn family that have come in; check out the obscure genera ; Lysurus, Ileodictyon, Staheliomyces, Asero?, by using the word search facility.
RogersRoses.com currently we are going through all our files and including loads more pictures on site, starting with the Oldest Roses and working towards the most up to date, Alba is completed. Whilst that is going on we are contacting rose breeders all over the world to get all the latest roses that have been launched ,in the last couple of years, on site. I note that our member's image upload facility gets very little use, -so remember if you would like some of your own roses up on site just send them to us. Next year we are looking forward to a visit to the plant fare at Hex in Belgium, a superb garden and some of the most important rose breeders like Peter Beales and Lens Roses will be there with their latest offerings. (June 11, 12 and 13th try googling it).
RogersMushrooms.com As mushroom lovers will understand, as far as the northern hemisphere is concerned, the season is coming to an end. However just yesterday (9. 11.2009) a friend bought in a superb collection of Boletus pinicola, -dark red wrinkled cap, a very close cousin of B. Edulis and every bit as good to eat. Not something that I have often seen, maybe it comes quite a lot later in the season than edulis proper.
RogersTreesandShrubs.com Our vast new site launched only last year is now beginning to build a substantial audience. It is designed to really help people learn about trees and how to identify them, with searches under leaf type, leaf colour, fruit type and soil type to help with planting. As yet we have had very few pictures sent in by members; we would love to see your favourite specimens the more exotic the better.
Keep up the fight for the environment
Roger Phillips and all at Roger's Plants
This email has been sent to you by Rogers Plants Ltd, 12 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1NP, info@rogersplants.com. It is not our intention to send unsolicited correspondence and we have sent you this email because we believe it is of interest to you and you have consented to our contacting you.
www.rogersplants.com (http://www.rogersplants.com) www.rogersroses.com (http://www.rogersroses.com) www.rogersmushrooms.com (http://www.rogersmushrooms.com)