A Wandering Botanist
Tales of a lover of plants, history and travel.
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Plant story - the handkerchief tree, Davidia involucrata, the Chinese dove tree
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handkerchief tree It is always a treat to actually see some plant I have only read about! In May 1888, Irish plant-hunter Augustine He...
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Visiting Kauai -- Native Flowers!
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Last post I showed spectacular tropical flowers you can easily see in Kauai. ( LINK ) Those are from elsewhere in the tropics, brought to Ha...
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Visiting Kauai - Flowers!
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The flowers of Kauai are lovely. Most of the easily-seen ones are non-native. For example
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Visiting Kauai
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eroded hills of Kauai This spring, we spent most of a week on Kauai, Hawaii. The north- and east-most of the major Hawaiian isl...
Monday, June 2, 2014
Dye Plant -- Colors of Red Cabbage
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Many household products, such as coffee, tea and turmeric, are effective dyes. I have gotten good colors from spinach ( link ), but don'...
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Sunday, May 25, 2014
Visiting the Lesser Antilles--Dry Hillsides
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The Caribbean abounds in cruises. We get on ships and sail over blue waters, the skies flecked with fluffy white clouds, picturesque islands...
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Sunday, May 18, 2014
Plant story--Primroses, Primula--Post Script
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Every subject I write about has far more information available than will reasonably fit into even two posts. (previous primrose posts 1 , 2 ...
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