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Florida Coonties and Atala Butterflies
... . They also used the starchy root to make another dish called "sofkee stew." Starch Industry. Early settlers in the Miami area learned the Seminole's technique of removing the toxic cycasin from ... . The outer shell becomes opaque just prior to adult butterfly emergence, which usually occurs in early morning hours. Plate 7. The butterfly exhibits a weak erratic flight and travels close to ...
edis.ifas.ufl.edu

OSU Extension Service and Agricultural Research Station News
... with the yellow blooms of Scotch broom. Introduced from Europe as a garden ornamental by early settlers of the Pacific Coast, Scotch broom has spread across nearly 7 million acres of western ... with a simple, non-chemical means of combating plant diseases and weeds called "soil solarization." Early summer is best time to begin solarizing your garden soil During the past few years ...
extension.oregonstate.edu

Aboriginal Uses of Plants Around Sydney
... "Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney", I read most of the early journals of botanically literate early Sydney settlers and explorers (of which there were a surprising number). This article is ... , said to resemble arrowroot. It was a staple food for Aborigines and was eaten by early settlers near Braidwood, NSW. Available mainly in winter. Aborigines prepared it by cutting it into slices ...
farrer.riv.csu.edu.au

The Gardener's Network - Herbs : How to Grow Chamomile
... tea. Also spelled Camomile, this herb is a native of Europe, and was brought by early settlers to North America. In addition to soothing tea, Chamomile is pretty flower in the herb ...
gardenersnet.com

Stream
... fashion durable homes from sand grains, leaf pieces, or grasses. Since the time of the early settlers, Mainers have been making streams and rivers work for them. Look at a map of ...
octopus.gma.org

Codling Moth On Fruit Trees, HYG-2203-92
... is not a native insect of the United States; it was introduced from Europe by early settlers more than 200 years ago. It became a serious pest in Ohio shortly after the ... calyx end or scab spot, in which to make an easier entrance into the fruit. Early in the season the favorite point of entrance is apparently through the calyx, but later ...
ohioline.osu.edu

Anethum
... for hiccups, used in Middle Ages to protect against witchcraft and by magicians, brought by early settlers to North America where in addition to culinary uses was given to children to chew ...
pss.uvm.edu

Plant Resin & Wax Photos
... , frankincense and myrrh, elephant tree resin was also used for incense by native Americans and early settlers. Far left and far right: Fragrant, strong-scented oleoresins from the torchwood family (Burseraceae), including ...
waynesword.palomar.edu

Vegetative Terminology (Part 2)
... altissima), a naturalized tree from China that was introduced into the western United States by early settlers. Trunk of the floss silk tree (Chorisia speciosa), a tropical American tree in the kapok ... cactus (Opuntia) showing a cluster of spines arising in the axil of a small caducous (early deciduous) leaf. The spines develop from a meristematic growth center called the areole. In cholla ...
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Australia's Floral Emblem
... of plants mostly new to science. For most of the nineteenth centuary few settlers in Australia displayed any interest in the local flora, either intrinsically or horticulturally, ... framework on which mud was daubed. This rural British building technique was introduced by early settlers, and an abundant local tree, Callicoma serratifolia (family Cunoniaceae), commonly and perhaps confusingly ...
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