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Teegate

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Very nice Ben. There is so much to look at it is impossible to view them all.
 
bobpbx

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I like it a lot. I especially like the 1780 map entitled:

"A New and Accurate Map of New Jersey, from the Beft Authorities"

Thanks Ben.
 
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Yes, it is really so! There is a four-page paper I found on the rare and wonderful Palma plasticus Wildwoodae (the Wildwood Palm).

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The undated anonymous paper (need for anonymity understood) was found in the Wildwood Historical Society collection. The report states, "At a 1964 meeting of botanists from all over the world...were dumbfounded by the appearance of the Wildwood Palm." DNA was tested in 1986 confirming its Pleistocene heritage. The author attributes the tough indestructible nature as defense against dinosaurs. Yet somehow, the plant survived ice ages, being sheltered by a small clan of Neanderthals, later a religious relic of the Lenape and was the basis of canoes used to cross the Delaware Bay. Later is was incorporated into salt-water taffy and pina coladas. Its incredible tolerance of pool chlorine makes it a candidate for preservation under the Endangered Species Act.

What evil diabolical botanist is responsible for this tongue-in-cheek stab at Wildwood kitsch?

S-M
 
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