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Which Zenna Henderson story?

Lexa Reiss, I think it was, described two Mary Sue traits so precisely as to exclude most non-MS characters. One of them has been mentioned frequently in this thread, the other less so. I hate to paraphrase a perfectionist, but I can't recall the original:

1) The total absence of any decent sentient being who just doesn't much like Mary Sue.

2) The careless abandon with which the author cuts the canon characters off at the knees to make Mary Sue look taller.

Rosa acicularis (I think) is hardy to Zone 2, but I can't remember whether it's New World, circumpolar, or originally Siberian. There are a few roses native to North America, but the only one I can identify on sight is Rosa palustris, the swamp rose, because of its habitat. Otherwise we have several once-blooming pink things that like sunny edges of woodland.

If anyone knows a good site for things like which plant families are older than others, and whether legumes are more closely related to mints than they are to Scrophularaceae, I'd be fascinated. Everything is out there, but it can be hard to find.

Dawn

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