Subject: Re: What is a weed

From: [email-masked] (Gary V. Deutschmann Sr.)
Date: 19 Feb 1995 03:10:45 GMT

Karen Russell ([email-masked]) wrote:

: And somebody else whose name I don't recall said, A weed is a plant that 
: has mastered every trick of survival except growing in rows.
: Karen

: On 8 Feb 1995, Harry Boswell wrote:

: > I think it was Whitman who said "A weed is a plant whose virtues have not 
: > yet been discovered"
: > 
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: > Harry Boswell                 [email-masked]  
: > Information Technology Laboratory
: > U.S. Army Corps of Engineers        Vicksburg, MS
: > 
A weed is any plant, beneficial or not, growing in a place where you don't
want it...  simple as that....
:: >