In a message dated 9/18/00 10:58:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, dbyrd@lightcom.net writes: << Here is something that has been knocking around in the mental attic for a while. A friend of mine is redoing her garden that has a funky lilac bush in. The lilac bush comes from a cutting off of a lilac that grew on her father's farm. It is a living reminder of the old family home place. Has anyone else ever done used cuttings from plants at the family home place to keep memories alive? Apparently on one of the Byrd farms in florida was a wonderful mulberry tree that the daughters would raid for the berries. Use the berries to make play necklaces. Kinda wish I had a cutting from that tree, of course it wouldn't grow out west but it would be a nice reminder of the family. Deborah Byrd >> Deborah - that was a great tale to make my mind wake up today. I had a rose bush from a cutting of my Grandmother's bush in Winter Haven FL which I always loved. I had it from the 1950's until about 1990 when we moved again and that was just one more thing that we didn't need to take. I still miss that bush, but found another one just like it from a lady in Bartow. Those kinds of memories are dear, aren't they? Judy Canant