[Sca-cooks] Re:Cattails in NYC

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Mary Denise Smith wrote:

> Adamantius, to see a cattail in NYC go over to Historic Richmondtown on
> Staten Island. In back of the Voorlezer House (one of the oldest
> buildings in NY and the oldest schoolhouse @ 1670?) is a swamp. Right
> there, in said swamp are cattails. The cattails don't look like the
> fragmites (sp?), which are the plum-y grass things that are a bane to
> cattail habitat.
>
> When you DO go over, let me know and I'll set you up for a personal tour
> of Richmondtown.
>
> MD/Marged
> who used to work there

Yes, I remember that!

You do realize, of course, that this entire cattail thing is based on
various people's assumption that I had never seen a cattail locally,
because everyone knows There Is No Wildlife in New York?

Now, of course, I don't need to look for cattails anywhere, because
people keep sending me samples. (Although any future samples sent via
U.S. Mail will be handed over to the Post Office for anthrax testing...
so print those return addresses clearly!)

I haven't been to Richmondtown in a _long_ time. It's about time to take
my son there.

   I remember there being a swamp with cattails on site, although I
doubt they're significantly different from the ones in Queens, Brooklyn,
Manhattan, or the Bronx.

Adamantius, grumpy but at least he has his cattails to make him happy
--
Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com

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