<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_3710" dir="ltr">I think the best way to convince them would be to get a plant ID book out of their own collection and show them the entries for cirsium arvense, Canada Thistle, and asclepias syriaca, Milkweed. Use a well known and respected one, like Peterson's.<br>It might be best to speak to the Director, rather than any librarian at the circulation desk.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4264" dir="ltr">Good luck. It's hard to tell people things sometimes, and they just don't believe. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_3811"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_3955" class="signature"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_3954"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4050" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;color:rgb(0, 127, 64);">Cheryl Joy Lipton</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 127, 64);"></span><span style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4024" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4027" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4026" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4025" style="line-height:18px;font-weight:100;" class="yiv3576494782m_text">big changes aren't made by large gestures alone - they are made in the little things all of us do every day.</span></span><br style="color:rgb(0, 127, 64);"><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4052" rel="nofollow" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;" target="_blank" href="http://www.greenlivinginsideandout.com/index.html"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4051" style="color:rgb(0, 127, 64);">Green Living - Inside and Out</span></a><br style="color:rgb(0, 127, 64);font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 127, 64);font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;">610-631-5459</span><br></div></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4030" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4029" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4028" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4031" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Marc Imlay <ialm@erols.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "Sierra Club Maryland Chapter, Alien Invasive" <MD-CONS-INVASIVES@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG>; INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU; maipc@lists.maipc.org <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> svendeavor@gmail.com <br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4033"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4032" style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, August 16, 2015 12:49 PM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4035"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4034" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [MAIPC] FW: Canadian Thistle in Deale<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439777386639_4041" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv4297737551"><style><!--
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