Introduction The flowering dogwood, Cornus florida, is an iconic spring flower with beautiful pink or white blooms. Commonly growing in zones 5 through 9 in the United States, the dogwood can grow 20 to 35 feet tall and spread 25 to 30 feet. This beautiful tree with glossy green leaves can act as a beautiful centerpiece to any Flowering dogwood Flowering Dogwood Blossom http://www.carolinanature.com/trees/cofl.html garden and gives optimal shade. In the garden, the Dogwood prefers slightly alkaline
only has the dogwood been used as a remedy during the civil war, it has even been proven to halt the spread of malaria. Cornus florida have a bark that is enriched in tannin which has been used as a substitute for quinine because they both have antimalarial properties. Other unique uses of dogwood include their berries. The dogwood provides food for many animals and the Cornus mas is commonly cultivated in Southeastern Europe for its berries. These berries can either be eaten raw, turned into jam
happy ( Parin D’ Aulaire 114). Neptune was also the second in power after his brother Jupiter and before Pluto (“Poseidon” Para. 3). Therefore, he had some of the most powerful symbols, the trident, dolphin, and horse (Sellers 1). In the time of Cornus and the Titans, Nereus was the sea god. Before retreating to his own underwater cave, Nereus gave one of his fifty nymph daughters, Amphitrite to Neptune ( Parin D’ Aulaire 114). Just like his brother Zeus, Poseidon was quite the lady’s man. One of
Our walk began at the entrance of the Queens Botanical Garden where we observed a tree that had been present there for quite some time. In front of the garden’s entrance on Main Street there is a tree sculpture that was built in 2002 in dedication to the victims and heroes of 9/11. Also I noticed that the garden's perimeter is enclosed by a steel fence that has the garden’s name and the native plants to that area inscribed on the panels of the fence. The weather that morning was very cold and we
commonly using now. Aristotle’s student Theophrastus carries Aristotle thought, he wrote a classification of 480 plants call “ Historia Plantarum.” Again, several plant groups currently still recognized can be traced back to Theophrastus, such as Cornus, Crocus, and Narcissus. The next major turn-of-the-millennia era taxonomist came in the form of Pliny the Elder, Rome, 23-79 AD. His elaborate 160-volume work Naturalis Historia described many plants, and even gave many of them ... ... middle of
Greek mythology has some of the most famous myths in the world. These myths were created way back in the day by the greeks. They believed in these myths so much that they would build shrines to them. One of the most famous and memorable myths is the legend of Zeus. For years the greeks believed that Zeus and his siblings were watching over them. Many different factors come into play when talking about Zeus. such as, the origin of the myth and what it symbolized, the story of Zeus, and connections