Natural Science Forum / Biology / Botany / June 2008

Does anyone have a list of the central botanical gardens in the
world?  By Central, I mean both large (in terms of number of plant
species) and having access to/networking with other Botanical Gardens
in their region of the world.

Does anyone know what the major Botanical Gardens in the world are?
By major, I mean not only large (in terms of diversity of species) but
also central in terms of networking power in its given area of the
world.

Does anyone know what the major Botanical Gardens in the world are?
By major, I mean not only large (in terms of diversity of species) but
also central in terms of networking power in its given area of the
world.

There's a plant growing beneath a sugar maple on Main Street in
Concord, Massachusetts, and I haven't been able to figure out what it
is.
Here are some blurry cell phone photos.

I love sour cherries, which would explain why I have over 20 trees. I
usually eat them as I pick
them and today I ate about 1/2 gallon.  On some of the trees they
ripen almost simultaneously

Can anyone help id this vine
http://tatteredcloak.blogspot.com/2008/06/vine-identification.html from
my brother-in-law's backyard in south-central Illinois, please? He is
highly sensitive to a lot of flora species and is concerned as this

Growing in Manhattan:
http://etc.Gnarlodious.com/Images/Pictures/P5040532.jpg
-- Gnarlie

I came across this whitebeam sapling yesterday, but on second thoughts
I'm not sure what it is. Any ideas?
http://florulaurbana.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-whitebeam-is-this.html

So clover calls it stolon and brome grass calls it rhizomes and
strawberries call it runners.
Why not just call them all one name of rhizomes.
Now I plan to experiment on the strawberry rhizomes as to how to

About two apple boxes full of potatoes serves me through an entire
year for eating and
for next years seeding.
Years before I would seed only the tiny small ones of the size of my

Can anyone identify this plant for me or tell me, where/how I can find
it out by myself?
http://www.t47.rwth-aachen.de/corni/p1.jpg
http://www.t47.rwth-aachen.de/corni/p2.jpg

does anybody know how transpiration works in a plant under 100% of
relative humidity?