tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post1467586253956841499..comments2023-10-18T04:26:36.875-04:00Comments on Roundtop Ruminations: Forest MysteriesCarolyn Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-9281558109464860582008-07-24T08:06:00.000-04:002008-07-24T08:06:00.000-04:00Eva,I've never heard the story about the St. John'...Eva,<BR/><BR/>I've never heard the story about the St. John's being so named because the red sap matched the blood of St. John. What a different and interesting story. Perhaps my story and yours still do work together, though. The flower does bloom around the time of the feast of St. John, but it probably is the only one of many that bloom around then to have red sap. So perhaps that's why this particular plant was named for St. John but not the others.<BR/><BR/>Carolyn H.Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-91651507591394908872008-07-23T20:39:00.000-04:002008-07-23T20:39:00.000-04:00I remember reading that St Johns wort was named fo...I remember reading that St Johns wort was named for St John due to the red color of the flower sap alluding to his blood at beheading. So many stories with herbs.....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806833328716826285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-23457285640415087792008-07-22T20:42:00.000-04:002008-07-22T20:42:00.000-04:00Hmm, I thought the dry weather was causing some th...Hmm, I thought the dry weather was causing some the ferns to go yellow and die. <BR/><BR/>Few of the birch's leaves are turning yellow too. Another tree I found last has some red leaves already. So what is going on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com