The second and more important reason for the "stiffness" of Darwin'sOrigin of Speciesis attributable to the almost complete lack of illustrations. In contrast to Darwin's books on botanical and zoological issues
According to the Edo period Hyakka Jiten encyclopedia Wakan Sansai Zue (和漢三才図会; A Collection of Pictures of Heaven, Earth, and Man from China and Japan), the Jinmenju trees are found in the south, and the fruit of the tree is called the jinmenshi, or human-faced child. They r...
The second and more important reason for the "stiffness" of Darwin'sOrigin of Speciesis attributable to the almost complete lack of illustrations. In contrast to Darwin's books on botanical and zoological issues, which contain numerous pictures [2–4], hisAbstractpublished in 1859 (6th and fina...
Well once again early morning I visited the Old Baobab tree with some nature lovers fromGHAC Nature.We were planning to form a human chain and hug the Old Baobab tree also known asKalpavriksha,believed to be brought on earth by Lord Krishna from Heaven, from the garden of Indra the king ...
Engulfed by a cacophony of accents – mostly British Empire – I could see and feel Aunt Cat. We were squished and prodded through to passport and ticket control. They took our pictures. I asked why. Who is monitoring the pictures? If we don’t look “right” will they refuse to let...
I am SO excited about getting this!… I’m hoping it is just the thing to help me in a “30 year war” with Ailanthus altissima, “Tree of Heaven” (the most ironically, or misnamed, plant, ever!!!) (Yes, I thought it was very pretty, and exotic looking, when I bought my hou...
NOTES ON HESIOD'S GENEALOGY OF THE GODS: (1)Khaos in Hesiod's poem is the air, literally the "gap" between heaven and earth. He uses the word clearly as such in his description of the Titan-War where, through the flaming lightning bolts of Zeus "all the land (gaia) seethed, and...
There the glory of the Holy Spirit is called the kingdom of heaven, and it is within you, and the Holy Spirit makes His dwelling in us through faith.And the Christian, who is guided, strengthened, and purified by the Lord's commandments, does not then simply have some vague spiritual ...
the Song-era textMaster Ghost Valley’sNuminous Writ of the Essence of Heaven(Guigu zi tiansui lingwen,鬼谷子天隨靈文) calls the titular character the “Master of the Waterfall Cave” (Shuilian dong zhu, 水濂洞主). In this case, the source uses a differentlian(濂) in place of thelian...
Adunca - Thanks for the pictures! I have two rows of trees, 4 apple and 4 peach. I guess my guild will be in more of a rectangular shape beneath all the trees. We inherited them from the previous owner and the post here are really helping me figure out what to do with them. Does...