Natural Science Forum / Biology / Botany / October 2004

You know it, flowers go limp after a few days, trees go limp after a storm.
Can Viagra help them?
Anyone tried to dissolve Viagra in water and pour the water on flowers or trees?

I emailed the group last year about a new seminar course I am teaching
this spring called "Plants That Changed The World".  Its not a botany
course, but rather one that discusses the myriad of different ways that
plants have affected our world including as fuel, food, medicine, wood

I emailed the group last year about a new seminar course I am teaching
this spring called "Plants That Changed The World".  Its not a botany
course, but rather one that discusses the myriad of different ways that
plants have affected our world including as fuel, food, medicine, wood

This year I am getting brilliant red and crimson from my amur maples. A
few years ago I was gruntled in seeing them very much yellow.
I am suspecting the hypothesis of water during the time they turn color
is the factor as to whether they are yellow or red.

Hi :)
You are my last chance.. ;) Please excuse my english, but..
My mother brought a plant from Greece. It is a shrublike now 1m high plant
with small very little blossoms green/white with a very strong smell at night

What prompted this question? Well recently I bought some lumber of white
ash, plus hickory plus white oak and various others. I do not believe
the data on strength of wood is accurate and am wanting to test these
woods myself. I believe oak is stronger than hickory. I believe the

Curious idea came up about blackwalnuts and their compound leaves. Many
years back when I first learned that a leaf of blackwalnut was not just
one green blot like a oak leaf or a maple leaf but was some 7 or more
green blots on a stem.

Does anyone recognise the plants on these 2 centimos and 20 centimos coins
of Mozambique, please?
http://home.houston.rr.com/snaps/Obembe.doc
The consensus so far for the others is:-

I've got a real mystery here. About 10 years ago I had an extension added to
my asphalt driveway. The last couple of years I noticed that it was starting
to heaving at the seam between the new and old portions. Since there's a
mature ponderosa pine about 10 feet away I though OK ...

I'm curious as to whether anyone knows what type of succulent my little
friend is:
http://andyrew.info/images/unknown_a.jpg
http://andyrew.info/images/unknown_b.jpg

Why do leaves change colors in the fall? Thanks.

am an MBA student (also, a Ph.D. in biochemistry) who is in the
process of writing a business plan as a class assignment.  In the
context of this assignment, I was wondering if anyone might be
able to suggest natural products which fit the following criteria:

In early 2002, I had a packet of mixed pepper seeds. I planted several,
mainly out of curiosity. I was rewarded with a nice jalapeno plant which
has given me several peppers.
But another plant grew up with it, that I have no idea what it is. For

Roger P. Hangarter & Howard Gest. 2004. Pictorial demonstrations of
photosynthesis. Photosynthesis Research 80: 421-425.
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee/Part3/35_HangarterStarchPics.pdf
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Roger P. Hangarter & Howard Gest. 2004. Pictorial demonstrations of
photosynthesis. Photosynthesis Research 80: 421-425.
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee/Part3/35_HangarterStarchPics.pdf
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