A letter in the Directors' Correspondence archive describes how the deadly prediction of an old Chinese proverb about bamboo flowering came true. "When the bamboo flowers, famine, death and ...
My work revealed some interesting and hitherto not recognised characters (Prenner, in press). Previously, the tendril was interpreted as the modified pedicel of a central flower which got lost in the ...
As much as we adore the effect of fresh flowers in the house, we can’t say the same for our bank balance. Displaying good blooms on the regular costs, but there’s a way to mimic the effect ...
Mary Gardens, gardens planted with herbs and flowers that through the ages have been associated with the Virgin Mary ... Unquestionably, many such gardens existed in medieval times, but because all ...
It is told that when Mary cried at the Cross, her tears turned into this flower. Spiderwort and spotted lungwort were also called Our Lady's Tears. The strawberry was called Fruitful Virgin and it was ...
The rare and endangered Corpse Flower is called Amorphophallus titanum and it is a parasitic plant which attaches to the wild grapes of the vine genus Tetrastigma, providing everything necessary ...
There’s hope that things will still happen, can we love each other? We got the freedom but we lost the country.” The speakers on the day made reference to Doc Shebeleza’s philanthropic work ...