The magic elder

Article Abstract:

Issues are presented concerning the many species of elderberry tree which grow in Canada. The culinary use of elderberries and the techniques which should be used for their successful cultivation are discussed.

Trees, Trees (Plants)

---

Starring Joe-Pye Weed

Article Abstract:

An overview is presented of the common Canadian plant Joe-Pye, which has been a familiar sight of rocky landscape for many years. The name is derived from the aboriginal legend of Joe-Pye, who used the plant for the treatment of typhus fever and the dissolution of urinary and kidney stones.

Health aspects, Plants, Plants (Organisms), Botany

---

The promiscuous plant: Amelanchier is so successful at hybridizing that estimates of the actual number of species vary from nine to 25

Article Abstract:

The plant genus Amelanchier is an introduced plant species in Canada, whose ubiquity in the region is attributed to its successful hybridizing. The plant is prized by many gardeners for its delicate blooms.

Gardening

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: The importance of source-dependent bioavilability in determining the transfer of ingested radionuclides to ruminant-derived food products
• Abstracts: Aqueous geochemical and surface science investigation of the effect of phosphate on pyrite oxidation. Reduction of haloacetic acids by Fe(super0): implications for treatment and fate
• Abstracts: Understanding technology foresight: the relevance of its S&T policy context. Technology foresight - more than fashion?
• Abstracts: Public foresight exercises at an intermediate level: the French national programs and the experience of Bordeaux
• Abstracts: The recruitment of researchers and the organization of scientific activity in industry. Are industries destined toward 'productivity paradox'?: An empirical case of Korea

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.