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article from the telegraph
2011-04-23 12:15:00 article from the telegraph about Aubrieta. interesting and helpful article. thanks to the author. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howt ogrow/8458972/How-to-grow-aubrieta.html More About: Article
Apomixis
2011-03-07 08:55:00 text from wikipedia. my note. Apomixis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apomixis In botany, apomixis was defined by Winkler as replacement of the normal sexual reproduction by asexual reproduction, without fertilization. This definition notably does not mention meiosis. Thus “normal asexual reproduction” of plants, such as propagation from cuttings or leaves, has never been considered to be apomixis, but replacement of the seed by a plantlet, or replacement of the flower by bulbils are types of apomixis. Apomictically produced offspring are genetically identical to the parent plant. In flowering plants, the term “apomixis” is commonly used in a restricted sense to mean agamospermy, i.e. asexual reproduction through seeds. Apogamy is a related term that has had various meanings over time. In plants with independent gametophytes (notably ferns), the term is still used interchangeably with “apomixis”, and both refer to the formation of sporophytes by par...
Why Alpine plants?
2011-02-10 17:34:00 my friends often ask me why you like alpine flowers or plants? well, because it’s beautiful !! but, more than that, I was amazed by alpine flowers or plants. alpine plants is the life on the edge. some of them survives above the treeline. different from normal environment in climate or other natural conditions, it is ultimate environment for life. because they maintain their lives in ultimate natural environment, I think their appearance is also different. that’s why alpine plants and flowers attract me. I think. More About: Plants
Great Masterwort
2011-02-09 17:25:00 photo and text from wikipedia. Great Masterwort Great Masterwort (Astrantia major) is a plant of the family Apiaceae. A native of Europe and Western Asia, it was introduced into the British Isles and is well established in various localities. Its types include “Ruby Cloud”, “Rubra”, “Snow Star”, “Sunningdale Variegated”, “Lars” and “Rosea”.
Melampyrum nemorosum
2011-02-06 17:20:00 photo and text from wikipedia. Melampyrum nemorosum Melampyrum nemorosum is an herbaceous flowering plant of the genus Melampyrum in the family Orobanchaceae. It is native to Europe. In Sweden, it is called “Natt och Dag” meaning ‘Night and Day’, due to its combination of bright yellow and dark blue colours. They flower between June to July, and are annual plants. The newest leaves are blue and turn green as they mature. They are usually toothed towards the base of the leaves.
Rumex crispus
2011-02-06 12:22:00 text from wikipedia. Rumex crispus Curled Dock (Rumex crispus), also known as Curly Dock, Yellow Dock, Sour Dock, Narrow Dock, sometimes as “narrow-leaved dock” (which properly refers to a variant of Sorrel), and ambiguously as “garden patience”, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Europe and Western Asia. The mature plant is a reddish brown colour, and produces a stalk that grows to about 1 m high. It has smooth leaves shooting off from a large basal rosette, with distinctive waved or curled edges. On the stalk flowers and seeds are produced in clusters on branched stems, with the largest cluster being found at the apex. The seeds are shiny, brown and encased in the calyx of the flower that produced them. This casing enables the seeds to float on water and get caught in wool and animal fur, and this helps the seeds to spread to new locations.[1] The root-structure is a large, yellow, forking taproot. Curled Dock grows in road...
Scaevola hookeri
2011-02-02 16:57:00 text from wikipedia. Scaevola hookeri Scaevola hookeri (Creeping Fan-flower or Alpine Fan-flower) is a prostrate perennial herb in the family Goodeniaceae. It is native to eastern Australia. Leaves are 6 to 50 mm long and 2 to 15 mm wide. Flowers are white or blue with a yellowish throat and appear between December and March in the species native range.[2] The species was first formally described by W.H. de Vriese in 1850 in Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief and given the name Merkusia hookeri. The species was transferred to the genus Scaevola in 1856. It occurs in grassland and woodland in high altitude areas in Victoria, New South Wales and also South Australia where it is listed as “endangered”.
Historical use of Spikenard
2011-02-01 05:25:00 from wikipedia. my memo. Historical use of Spikenard The oil was known in ancient times and was part of the Ayurvedic herbal tradition of India. It was obtained as a luxury in ancient Egypt, the Near East, and Rome, where it was the main ingredient of the perfume nardinum. Nard was used to perfume the body of Patroklos by Achilles in Book 18 of Homer’s Iliad. Pliny’s Natural History lists twelve species of “nard”, identifiable with varying assurance, in a range from lavender stoechas and tuberous valerian to true nard (in modern terms Nardostachys jatamansi). Nard is mentioned a number of times in the Old Testament. It was used as one of the Eleven Herbs for the Incense in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. And it is mentioned twice in the biblical love poem, the Song of Solomon (1:12 and 4:13). In the New Testament John 12:1-10, six days before the passover Jesus arrives in Bethany. In Bethany, Mary, sister of Lazarus uses a pound of pure nard to anoint Jesus&rsq...
Globularia
2011-01-26 14:53:00 text from wikipedia. Globularia Globularia is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, native to central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. They are dense low evergreen mat-forming herbs or subshrubs, with leathery oval leaves 1–10 cm long. The flowers are produced in dense inflorescences (capitula) held above the plant on a 1–30 cm tall stem; the capitula is 1–3 cm in diameter, with numerous tightly packed purple, violet, pink or white flowers. Globularia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora virgatella. Several members of the genus, such as Globularia cordifolia and Globularia punctata, are cultivated and sold for garden use. Under the old Cronquist system of plant classification, they were treated in their own family, Globulariaceae, but genetic evidence has shown that the genus belongs in the family Plantaginaceae. Most species are known by the ...
No Music Day?
2007-11-21 13:17:00 Creative wise guy Bill Drummond has declared today "No Music Day". Taking a quick glance at the Hype Machine popular list, he just might be on to something. Would you rather hear the new Bloc Party single, or nothing at all? Discuss it in comments. I feel shit. It has just gone 6.30am and this is when I usually feel my best, when my mind is at its sharpest, when the ideas start tumbling into
Morrissey: Sunny
2007-11-21 03:19:00 Listen: [Download the MP3 Here] [Artist Website] [Artist Wiki] Buy it: Amazon CD Amazon CD More About: Sunny , Morrissey
Ride: Twisterella (Acoustic)
2007-11-21 03:04:00 Listen: [Download the MP3 Here] [Band Website] [Band Wiki] Buy it: Amazon CD Amazon CD Amazon Boxset More About: Acoustic , Ride , Stere
Thom and Ed on BBC Radio 1
2007-11-21 02:49:00 Listen to the interview: [Download the MP3 Here] [Download or Order the Discbox for "In Rainbows"] (Thanks again to 'A' on the AtEase Forum) More About: Radio , Radio 1 , Thom
Thom and Ed on BBC 6
2007-11-20 14:53:00 Listen to the interview: [Download the MP3 Here] [Download or Order the Discbox for "In Rainbows"] (Thanks to 'A' on the AtEase Forum) More About: Thom
Thoughts OnThe Raveonettes: Lust Lust Lust
2007-11-19 15:00:00 When keeping an eye out for bands that are going to make a lasting impact, quantity can be as important as quantity. Take The Strokes and Interpol, for example. Both released lauded debut albums, yet when it came time to collect the b-sides for the singles from those records, there was one new track per band and a unwanted batch of 'exclusive live tracks'. Both bands went on to put out tired More About: Thoughts , Lust , The Raveonettes
Overweight Debutante Labels Radiohead "Arrogant"
2007-11-14 18:46:00 Everybody's favorite pudgy posho, Lily Allen, had this to say about Radiohead : Lily Allen has branded Radiohead “arrogant” for giving fans the chance to download their new album, ‘In Rainbows’, for free. The singer reportedly said that she thinks it is unfair for the millionaires to devalue recorded music and survive on touring money when new artists can’t. “It’s arrogant for them to give More About: Labels , Overweight , Weigh
The Man Who Sold The World
2007-11-14 15:19:00 The Guardian has a nice piece up on Nirvana's high-water mark: Opinion on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged performance at Sony Music Studios in New York on November 18, 1993, is divided into two camps. Some people consider it to be Kurt Cobain, the tortured genius, stripping both his songs, and himself, to the bone in a brilliant, painfully raw performance that amounts to a kind of suicide note. Others More About: World , The World , Sold
Buckley Rarity Smorgasbord
2007-11-14 14:52:00 Pretty much every Buckley rarity ever can found by clicking the link below: [Buckleyesque] Very nice...shame it's all on Rapidshare, but beggars can't be choosers.Listen to "All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun" (with Liz Fraser): [Download the MP3 Here] [Artist Website] [Artist Wiki] Buy it: Amazon MP3 Amazon CD Amazon CD
Primal Scream: We're Gonna Boogie
2007-11-13 14:15:00 Listen: [Download the MP3 Here] [Band Website] [Band Wiki] [Guardian Blog on Bobby G's new role as a model for a Japanese fashion company] Buy it: Amazon CD Amazon CD More About: Scream , Primal , Gonna , Prim
If You Want Me To, I Won't
2007-11-13 13:57:00 Ol' Thom has turned down a collaboration with McCartney. Do you think he would've said no to Lennon? AtEase reports: Paul McCartney was turned down by Thom Yorke when he asked for a collaboration with Radiohead. According to The Sun former Beatle Paul McCartney approached Thom Yorke with a view to collaborating, but his request was turned down. Paul McCartney, who recorded with longtime
The Tears: Refugees
2007-11-12 13:47:00 Listen: [Download the MP3 Here] [Bernard Butler Official Site] [Band Wiki] Buy it: Amazon CD Amazon CD More About: Refugees
The Rolling Stones: Child of the Moon
2007-11-12 13:34:00 Listen: [Download the MP3 Here] [Band Website] [Band Wiki] Buy it: Amazon CD Amazon CD More About: The Rolling Stones , Rolling Stones , Moon , Child , Rolling
Entrance: Grim Reaper Blues
2007-11-11 15:13:00 Listen: [Download the MP3 Here] [Artist Website] (Thanks Derek) Buy it: Amazon MP3 Amazon CD Amazon CD More About: Blues , Grim Reaper , Reaper , Grim , Tran
Radiohead: Headmaster Ritual (Smiths Cover)
2007-11-10 13:55:00 Webcast Video: Listen: [Download the MP3 Here] [Band Website] (Thanks Pearly *) More About: Radiohead , Ritual , Cover , Aster
Radiohead: Ceremony (New Order Cover)
2007-11-10 02:41:00 Webcast Video: Listen: [Download the MP3 Here] [Band Website] (Thanks planets) More About: Radiohead , Cover , New Order , Ceremony , Order
One Year of Dead Flowers
2007-11-07 17:17:00 Let me thank all the people that have visited Dead Flowers this past year--I've had a lot of fun with the site. It started out as merely a vehicle for youtubes--I thought I had had enough of rock journalism after my last site, Glamorama. Much to my surprise, as the site has developed, I have rediscovered my love for writing about music. Hopefully that's coming through in the reviews and other More About: Year , Dead Flowers
French Kicks: Trial of the Century
2007-10-27 15:15:00 Listen: [Download the MP3 Here] [Band Website] [Band Myspace] Promo: Buy MP3s at Amazon: More About: French , Trial , Kicks , Century
The Libertines are just Dandy
2007-10-27 14:55:00 Finally someone in the press gets it. This from The Guardian:The Libertine s rule, OK? Released five years ago this month, the Libertines' debut album Up the Bracket remains the most influential and important British album since its release. Maybe of the decade, even. It's not the best, but in terms of cultural impact it has yet to be surpassed. Which is surprising, but not that surprising More About: Berti
Sigur Ros: Hljomalind (Myspace Rip)
More articles from this author:2007-10-26 13:26:00 Listen: [Download the MP3 Here] [Band Website] [Band Myspace ] [Watch the band's recent Electric Proms performance with Amiina] "Heima" Trailer: More About: Sigur Ros 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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