Not sure if this from Trend Micro is relevant or not - but just in case! Phil L Phishing Scam Targets Yahoo! Photos In the past week, much attention has been...
... I think those are proper leaves, grown only on juvenile shoots. I think the adult spines have other spines growing out of them, which makes them stems. ...
Hi Richard, My understanding was the leaves are trefoil and each leaflet becomes a spine. You can see the stages of the transformation in seedlings. But the...
... becomes a ... Hi - Had a good look at a mature gorse shoot earlier. I think you're right -- the leaves are spines, and the shoots are spines too. In your...
Take a look at http://www.native-tree-shop.com/News.aspx?aid=2 - do any of the tree scientific names look a bit odd, or is it just a quirk of my computer? Phil...
Umm... Looks like someone, at some stage, converted an html list of the scientific names to paragraphs by doing a find-replace of "li" for "p" - catching the...
Hi All, Apologies for cross-posting, but thought you might be interested in saving trees. If you sign up to BT's paper-free billing, you will save on paper and...
In my job as a copy-editor I have been working on a manuscript on drugs derived from plants. In a section on the 1920s, it mentions "clover, Melitotus...
... Mellot? ... Vicky - (Stray typos in your message: you've put Melitotus not Melilotus, and Mellot not Melilot.) I found several web pages giving the English...
Vicki, In the 7th edition of Bentham and Hooker Handbook of the British Flora (1924) Melilotus altissima Thuill. was given as Melilotus officinalis Willd.,...
On 10 Dec I was surprised to find Vicia cracca still nicely in flower. Is this date so surprising? Doug [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... I was told as a wee lad that trees were all feminine in Latin, regardless of declension, and this seems to work in the botanical names I know. Don't know...
The name Melilotus goes back to ancient Greek where its grammatical gender was masculine, as was that of Lotus. It seems possible to me that the feminine...
At a talk last evening on various aspects of the lily family, Allium ursinum was one subject. The speaker was aware that the specific epithet is a reference...
Hi Phil Locally referred to as Bears garlic on account of its strong tates. Also believe some connection with old anglo saxon name for it. Places named after...
Rodney, The current official (as per BSBI) source for English names is Dony et al’s English Names of Wild Flowers. This would be where Stace got it from. ...
Phil, H. Gilbert-Carter in his 'Glossary of the British Flora' writes that the combination Allium ursinum occurs in Pliny. As for the English name, Geoffrey...
Brian Many thanks for the references. Perhaps Pliny, or someone earlier, knew that bears are fond of Ramsons; maybe that's why they do what they are reputed...
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... flower. Is this date so surprising? I have no Vicia cracca left, but plenty of Vicia sepium. I also photographed Ranunculus ficaria in bud this week: ...
Trees of the British Isles Study of the trees and their associated flora and fauna, identification, uses and abuses, woodland, forests, conservation, toponymy,...
Hello, Tree Mallow Lavatera arborea The Observer published a small article on Sunday 18 December 2005 saying that the Tree Mallow (species not identified) was...
One of Britain's best-known seabirds, the puffin, is being wiped out by invading fast-growing alien plant species because of global warming. Scientists have...
The tree mallow has 'not been confined to a few outcrops in UK' for a very long time, but if it is spreading northwards in western Scotland that just might be...
Hello, I seem to have lost the link for the web page of the British Plant Gall Society. Does anybody have it please? Cheers Andy Horton glaucus@... ...
Hi All, I'm currently rebuilding the Wildlife & Countryside Services website and was hoping that some of you might be willing to give me some feedback on the...
Take a look at this article...... Regards, Martin. Martin Bailey, Ecologist Wildlife & Countryside Services Llanfair Talhaiarn, Abergele, LL22 8TG Tel/fax:...
International Group of Exchange of Medical and Biological Articles 2 The International Group of Exchange of Medical and Biological Articles, version 2,...
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