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tytoert *7he .Hcuue'i Jieft Coaster Tracy Eifling N.D. Victoria Stoppiello Naturopathic Physician * Treating Women Leading by example * & Their Families 1010 Duane • Astoria, Oregon 97103 PO ACHED EGG, OR IS IT OVER S U N N Y SIDE UP? Dunne July my garden is at its peak performance, and filled with color, as the wide variety o f perennials and annuals come into full bloom. M ost leading garden plants we now grow originally were collected from the wilds. The plants we use today have been cultivated for so long that many o f the original species are unknown. They nave been greatly changed by domestication, by hybridizing and selection which has improved their form, size, color and garden value. One o f the plants that grows in my garden and has performed for years in its original state is a low- growing annual. During May and June this plant’s bright yellow flowers seem to nil the garden with rays o f sunshine during spring’s cloudy overcast days. I first saw these flowers growing in Dorothy Lindsey’s garden in Cannon Beach. She gave me seeds from her plants that she called ‘Poached Egg,’ and told me that her seeds she had collected from tne hills near her home when she and her family lived in California. She said they were growing wild along with the orange California poppy. Dorothy died many years ago and I have carried on her legacy by sharing seeds o f ‘Poached Egg,’ Latin name Limnatnes douglasii, with people from allover the U.S., and labeling them ‘Dorothy’s Poached Egg Plant.’ Two ladies from England visited my garden in 1996 during the time when this plant was in bloom and commented that they also grew this flower and that it was commonly used in English gardens. I was surprised, as the first time I’d seen it was in Dorothy’s garden and most visitors I’ve shared the seeds with also were unfamiliar with this plant. I’ve continued to correspond with one o f the English ladies, Jacqueline Giles, who lives in Bolton Percy, York, England. Giles is a well-known primula (primrose) grower in England. She writes articles and lectures about primulas throughout England. Her garden was featured last spring in “The English Garden” magazine that showed the wide variety o f Elizabethan primroses she specializes in growing. Giles recently sent me articles taken from the journals o f David Douglas, telling about this famous lant collector, collecting seeds in 1829 o f a buttercup- ke yellow/white flower, an annual growing in California. H e sent the seeds back to England and at that time this plant was identified as Limnathes douglasii. David Douglas was bom in Scone, Scotland on June 25,1799. H e was more interested in nature than in schooling, and at the age o f 11 became an apprentice in the gardens at Scone Palace. Because o f his interest, he was encouraged and guided by his succession o f employers and supervisors. H e quickly rose from a garden lad to an expert plantsman. In 1823, under the employment o f William Hooker in Glasgow, Scotland, he was recommended to become a plant collector for the Horticultural Society o f London, now called the Royal Horticultural Society. For the next 11 years, until his untimely death caused Gy an accident in Hawaii in 1834, he sent back to England to be cultivated and identified 20,000 herbarium specimens and introduced more than 240 plants new to cultivation to Britain. Many o f these plants he introduced were collected here along the north coast: salal, spruce, vine maple, huckleberry, flowering current, and snowbeny, to name a few. Sometimes the Latin name o f a plant will identify its origin, such as Eschscholzia California (California poppy) or Papaver orientale, the large orange flowering poppy that blooms in June and is from Asia. However, many Latin names identify the color or the collector - such as Limnathes douglesii, named after D . Douglas. The origin o f my L. douglasii came from Dorothy. I’ll continue to call it, ‘Dorothy’s Poached Egg Plant.’ In May and June when this plant is in bloom, I always think o f Dorothy and how, when she brought this lant from California, she brought a bit o f sunshine to lighten our gardens here on the North Coast’s overcast spring days. Phone: 503-325-9194 • Email: erflingnd0hotmail.com k i Ì e l a ù B o o k ' s -¿ P E L C IA L ORDERS i 50 <K ve .U, S e a s id e , 7 ¡7 - 1777 S For your Deck, Cedar Siding, or Log Home... A Wood Finish that Works in All Kinds of Weather defy A Sunlight and water rob wood of its natural strength and beauty DEFTs unique water-based formula penetrates deeply to keep wood moisture-free and has powerful sunscreens to block damaging UV rays. 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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. -W illia m James, American psychologist and philosopher (1842-1910) V ic in i M c f l f e e Cfaticai 7 /zrtiafist Certified Nutritionist 503 325-3471 Astona, Oregon E tferbaiarui nutntionai guidance fo r Allergies Arthritis ‘Digestive complaints Weight concerns 'Jfealth care fo r men and women an d more M y neighbor Nellie drove through Nehalem, Oregon, recently and said later, "Nehalem just gave me a good feeling Just driving through, it seemed to be a nice little town " "There’ s a reason for that," I responded, "Let me tell you about Lee Dillard " Lee was Nehalem mayor for 16 years Lee’ s fam ily owns the local phone company and he's the general manager He excels in both arenas We didn’t realize how spoiled we were by Nehalem Telephone until we moved to Ilwaco and couldn’t get the same kind o f service For example, we wanted to get letterhead and business cards printed in anticipation o f moving, but Pacific Telecom wouldn’t assign us a number until the day the phone went in By contrast, Nehalem Telephone had all kinds o f help for a small business like ours They installed fiber optics in the early eighties and DSL lines a year ago They offered alternative long distance options quickly, not like the company here that refused to invest in the necessary equipment until the federal deadline On one occasion, when costs were lower than expected, Nehalem Telephone sent customers refunds voluntarily without an order from the utilities commission Lee’ s company could be counted on for generous and reliable financial support for just about any venture that benefited the community When N T & T sold its direct T V operation, they distributed the profits (over $100,000) to numerous community efforts, including schools, library, recycling, and programs for seniors and kids But, what was really striking was how Lee handled his role as mayor In my job for the community college, I occasionally had to go to city council meetings in the various towns to ask for money for special projects, like fixing up the swimming pool in the old school the college operated as a community center and classroom building You get a very real sense o f the health o f a town’s body politic when you go to their council meeting asking for money Sometimes you sit for hours listening to council members bicker while you wait for your item to come up on the agenda Sometimes a town council w ill tell you no without giving you any reason Often you’re viewed with suspicion, either because you’ re a relative stranger or because they know you’re there to ask for money— no matter how worthy the cause (A swimming pool, when there’s a bay, ocean and several rivers nearby to drown in would seem a mom and apple pie issue— but not alw ays) Going to the Nehalem C ity Council meeting was, however, different from all the rest At the beginning o f the meeting, Lee would ask each person in the audience to introduce themselves and indicate what they were interested in talking about that night He’d even do this in the middle o f the meeting when someone arrived late Lee made you feel that each person was important and their concerns were worthwhile Lee carried this tradition into a big town hall meeting about a controversial highway project Although the proposed passing lane up the south side o f Neahkahnie Mountain would have had the most impact on the town o f Manzanita, the council there didn’t have the chutzpah to take a leadership role in discussing the positive and negative impacts on the small businesses, residences and forest environment adjacent to the project But the Chamber o f Commerce did, and Lee was the president About 150 people showed up at the cavernous Nehalem Fire Hall to hear the highway department officials explain the project, ask them questions and make comments A t the beginning o f the meeting, Lee had each person, all 150, stand up and introduce him or herself As the identities flowed around the room, a strange and positive feeling emerged People whose names I ’d heard before but never met were no longer anonymous, the good old boys leaning against the back wall were the brothers who ran the gravel operation, farmers whose dairies I ’ d driven by now had faces to go w ith names We were no longer strangers from three little towns and the Nehalem Valley We were a community coming together with diverse views and contentions, but all people recognized as individuals with the same standing There are lots o f other stories I could tell about Lee D illard and the leadership he's brought to life situations, his integrity, kindness, hard work, and generosity M ainly I ’d say he’ s a great example o f the difference one person can make And, I should mention— he’ s a Republican Victoria Stoppiello writes from Ilwaco, at the lower left comer o 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