Essays on Botany

There is exquisite beauty in the seasons of autumn and spring. There are also distinctions which allow each season to stand out on its own. During spring everyday something new is born from a beautiful flower to a buzzing bee. The plants and trees begin to wither in autumn as the days grow longer and…

Sludge from Wastewater Treatment: A Natural Fertilizer for Pechay (Brassica rapa chinensis) Introduction Background of the Study Pechay (Brassica rapa chinensis) could grow for almost 15-20 cm tall and have wide leaves (Siemonsma & Piluek, 1994). Pechay would grow under any climate and could be produced throughout the year specially when the provided soil is…

The Bilimbi tree is attractive, long-lived, it reaches 16 to 33 ft (5-10 meters) in height. The leaves, very similar to those of the Otaheite gooseberry and mainly clustered at the branch tips, are alternate, 12 to 4 inches (30-60 cm) long, with 11 to 37 alternate or sub opposite leaflets, ovate or oblong, with…

My havean would be a flower garden that streches out for miles. A white path erupts from the tangle of greenery, seeming to have been forgotten. With tulips brushing against my feet and sunflowers against a tangerine sky, lavender clouds head to the setting sun. Following the path you come across a beautiful bridge, a…

RESEARCH INFORMATION SERIES ON ECOSYSTEMS Volume 14 No. 2 May – August 2002 Propagation Management Of Herbal and Medicinal Plants by Eduardo B. Principe and Aurora S. Jose 2 Foreword This issue contains the first part of a series of information on the propagation management of medicinal plants. Medicinal plants abound in the country. They…

Kudzu is a major threat to Michigan. In this report I will discuss many factors as to why kudzu is a threat, and what we as a state can do about it. The reason I chose this topic was that I have lived in the south for most of my life, and have seen the…

FILOLI  History of the Property:             William Bourn II was of the wealthy mining magnate family of California that believes:  “Fight for a just cause; Love your fellow man; Live a good life”.  In the crafty acronymic combination of the first two letters of the first words of the three phrases of his credo, he…

When Henry Constable attempts to describe his “lady”, he paints the reader an image of love, pureness, and of natural beauty. In his sonnet, “[My lady’s presence makes the roses red]”, Constable talks to the various body parts of his “lady”, claiming that they inspire envy into flowers and that his “lady” is in fact…

King Louis Flowers & Plants, Inc. is a company which grows, supplies, and sells different flowers and plants around the country. The company is considered the market leader in the industry with 60 to 70 percent of the market share because of it being a large supplier all over the Philippines and are the biggest…

Wide Sargasso Sea. Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Cosway, a Creole heiress who grew up in the West Indies on a decaying plantation. When she comes of age she is married off to an Englishman, and he takes her away from the only place she has known–a house with a garden where…