Pragmipedium Besseae By Pittman

“Against the fence, in a line, were six chipped-enamel slop jars holding brilliant red geraniums, cared for as tenderly as if they belonged to Miss Maudie Atkinson...people said they belonged to Mayella Ewell” (Pg. 228). Geraniums are known as the “poor man’s rose”. In addition, they are grown in something intended for human waste. This tells the readers that she desires to be better than her surroundings. She wants to experience love and

In The Orchid Thief, John Laroche is known to be a strange individual who is unwilling to assimilate into society due to his inconceivable actions that are initially not understandable to the narrator. From wishing to “collect one of every single turtle species known to mankind” to suddenly becoming preoccupied with “collecting and resilvering old mirrors” to having nearly “sixty fish tanks in his house”, Laroche’s extreme peculiarity completely isolates him from everyone else who have integrated into the mainstream society. However, Laroche was more than just the epitome of eccentricity. His unfamiliar actions have also deeply affected the issues of modern society that others are wishing to resolve. For instance, Laroche decides to develop a false guide as to how to supposedly grow marijuana in order to prevent children from associating with marijuana which will cause detrimental harm to their body. Another time, in order to preserve the endangered wildlife in a nearby wild swamp, Laroche decided to collect each of the various types of plants in order to use scientific development to replicate

The two housewives have a passionate love for gardening and bestow their love and appreciation towards their gardens. In the twentieth century, gardening was advocated as beneficial to one’s life and family. In the New England Quarterly, the journal, “Gardening as ‘Women’s Culture’ in Mary E. Wilkins Freeman’s Short Fiction,” states,“The time women spent in

The setting of Alice Walkers short story” The Flowers” is important for us, the readers to obtain a perspective of how life was like growing up for a 10 year old African American girl by the name of Myop. The title of the story is “The Flowers.” When you think about flowers, you instantly compare them to being beautiful, pure, and innocent. The title of the “The Flowers” is a symbolism that correlates to Myop who is the protagonist of the story. Myop is just like a flower in the beginning of the story. She’s a pure and innocent child but that pure innocence changes when she discovers something that’ll change her life forever.

The traveller looked around for something to fix at Elisa farm, but found nothing until “they roamed around to the chrysanthemum bed where she had been working. ”(Steinbeck 418) “The irritation and resistance melted from Elisa’s face”(418) after the traveller asked about her chrysanthemum’s. After this part in the story the reader can speculate that Elisa enjoys talking about her chrysanthemums. The traveller “ changed his tone quickly” after assessing that Elisa liked the recognition of her flowers.

"The Chrysanthemums" introduces us to Elisa Allen, a woman who knows she has a gift for growing things, but it seems to be limited to her garden. Diligently working in her garden, Elisa watches as men come and go, living their lives unconfined, wondering what it must feel like to have that freedom. That emotion is revealed as Elisa gases at her husband and acquaintances talking, "she looked down toward the men by the tractor shed now and then." As she tills the soil for her chrysanthemums Elisa tills the thoughts in her head. The garden she so desperately maintained represents her world. A world that will only flourish if nourished. Emotional nourishment and stimulation is what Elisa lacked and longed for. The garden is limited in space to grow and so is her marriage. The garden is safe, non-threatening and so is her world. The garden contains many different elements that make it what it is, although unseen, and if the proper nourishment is not given it will die, as with Elisa.

In the essay Gardening by Bailey White the women telling her story about starting her garden. As she stated she fell for it “ I don't know whether it was the pictures on the seed packets, or the vision I had of myself, dressed all in white, strolling through and in the Vista of poppies and daisies”. This statement leads me to believe she was fascinated with what the appearance of the garden would look like. She had it all planed out how she would get this perfect garden and how she would even line up the rows. As years went by more and more flowers bloomed as she weeded out all the weeds. Once all the flowers were in bloom she no longer needed her long white lace dress and she passed it on to her sister Louise. After conquering this dream she then decided she will Conquer the next greatest thing in gardening. In this essay it showed

That night, the plants had a second secret meeting to discuss AGAIN on how to stop the problem. Not unlike the first meeting, the leafy green geniuses ran the gathering into the ground, until a tiny African daisy had a idea. That light bulb that went off inside of it’s tiny brain didn’t appeal much to others. It thought they should try and hybridize together

Orlean has done a good job trying to make the readers understand what Laroche found appealing in these orchids. The story revealed that they are the largest flowering-plant family on earth, which meant that “a collector who wants one of every orchid species will die before even coming close.”

To begin, Hawthorne uses the Wild Rosebush to contribute to the theme of Imperfection. The novel starts with Hawthorne talking about the rosebush. He does this because all of the main characters are both good and evil, like the rosebush. Hawthorn explains, “... was a wild rosebush,covered… with its delicate gems…” (Hawthorne 46). This quote shows that the roses of the Rosebush are good like gems but the thorns are bad. The rosebush is naturally wild and all natural things are naturally both good and evil. As the story moves on, Hawthorne goes into detail about why he brings up the Rosebush. Hawthorne explains, “... to symbolize some sweet moral blossom that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and

Pediculus humanus or more commonly referred to as human lice is an insect with two sub species. The first being the Pediculus humanus capitis or more commonly known as head louse which lives on the hair of humans for their entire life other than when they are feeding on the blood through the skin. This sub species is the most common throughout the world and is what most think about when they hear about lice. The other Pediculus humanus humanus, is referred to as body louse lives on the fabric of clothing and tend to stay away from the head. This species is uncommon especially in the United States. Pediculus humanus are terribly annoying due to the fact that they feed

On the other hand I’m also quite busy with my new work at the botanical garden, where I’m currently living with the orchid genus, Platystele. This genus is characterized by relatively small flowers and so perfect for me. ‘Luis‘, the orchids-expert of our group found a couple a new species in that genus

Like any valuable piece of gossip, it was planted like a seed in a meadow, and it bloomed into a garden of vines, and flowers, and vivid green succulents that would be impossible to go unnoticed by

John Steinbeck has a very engaging mind. He not only makes people think when they read his work; he makes them think through a number of scenarios with his tales. I believe that looking at this story, you sense this woman, Elisa Allen, is a woman who is very unhappy with her life. The only satisfaction Elisa gets out of life is being in her garden with her "family" of chrysanthemums. Elisa is very unsettled with her life as a whole. She does not like being stuck on the farm, away from the world and people outside her valley. She does not have any children so she treats her chrysanthemums as if they were her only allowed talent, gift, and special accomplishment, since they are a childless couple.

The first of the two essays, Michael Pollan’s “Love and lies”, first published in National Geographic Magazine, explains the pollination process of orchids. Pollan’s paper describes the intricate process by which orchids reproduce, giving the reader an in depth knowledge