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V. Pictures</title><link>http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec26.11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201112.html#e5</guid><description>Genus Haemanthus, pictures of flowers or leaves</description></item> <item><title>Haemanthus. IV. Care and Culture</title><link>http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec15.11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201112.html#e4</guid><description>Genus Haemanthus, growing in the greenhouse</description></item> <item><title>Haemanthus. III. Hybrids</title><link>http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec10.11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201112.html#e3</guid><description>Genus Haemanthus, hybrids.</description></item> <item><title>Haemanthus. II. The Species</title><link>http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec05.11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201112.html#e2</guid><description>Genus Haemanthus, the known species.</description></item> <item><title>Haemanthus. I.</title><link>http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec02.11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201112.html#e1</guid><description>Genus Haemanthus, Introduction.</description></item> <item><title>Collections</title><link>http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#nov27.11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201111.html#e3</guid><description>Collections data, Labels.</description></item> <item><title>Cleaning up the Greenhouse</title><link>http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#nov22.11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201111.html#e2</guid><description>Cleaning up the greenhouse and fighting mealy bugs.</description></item> <item><title>Winter in the Greenhouses</title><link>http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#nov05.11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201111.html#e1</guid><description>Nerine sarniensis hybrids 'Garnet Glory', 'Inchmery Kate', 'Koho', 'Miss Willmot'; Brunsvigia litoralis</description></item> <item><title>Chestnut Season</title><link>http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#oct15.11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201110.html#e1</guid><description>Chinese chestnut Castanea mollissima, Hemanthus coccineus, Haemanthus lanceifolius, Haemanthus 'Burgundy'</description></item> <item><title>Haemanthus. 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Hardy bulbs for the garden. International Plant Protection Convention drafts new standards for seeds.</description></item> <item><title>Broadband Internet Connections</title><link>http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec16.10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201012.html#e6</guid><description>Plant Lists Move from Surfnet; Broadband Dilemnas.</description></item> <item><title>Early Flowers and Cold Weather</title><link>http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec15.10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201012.html#e5</guid><description>Ancestors of Flowering Plants; Clivia Blooming; Cold Weather; Hybrid Haemanthus</description></item> <item><title>Arsenic in the Mix</title><link>http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec13.10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201012.html#e4</guid><description>Arsenic-eating microbes from Mono Lake -- more questions than answers.</description></item> <item><title>Greenhouse in Winter</title><link>http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec06.10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201012.html#e3</guid><description>The Haemanthus House. 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