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fatehbaz · 10 months

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Natural history as the basis for trade and commercial agriculture mediated the link between overseas expansion and the development of European scientific thought. By virtue of its strategic location in the moist tropics, Peninsular Malaysia made a significant contribution to natural history and, thus, to colonial science. [...] Botanical and zoological collections from insular Southeast Asia were of seminal importance, for example, to the pioneer studies of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. [...]

The search for economic produce was actively promoted by both the English and Dutch East India Companies [...]. Modern European plant science had its roots in [...] the creation of physick and, later, botanic gardens, established [...] in Pisa, Padua, Florence, [...] Leiden, Oxford, Cambridge, [...] and Edinburgh. Among other functions, these gardens served, as institutions for training physicians for service in the colonies. The lead role they played in discovering and inventorying plants [...] forged a crucial link between botanic gardens and the quest for products, territory and empire.

Garcia D’Orta (c. 1501/2-68), a Spanish physician who served several viceroys in Goa, established the botanic garden near Bombay [...]. His Aromatum Historia (1563) [...] has been described as ‘a landmark in the history of civilization’. [...]

Hendrik van Rheede’s ground-breaking 12-volume Hortus Malabaricus (1678-1703) [was] based on [...] Ayurvadic knowledge and the services of Ezhava collectors and tree climbers in the Malabar. [...]

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[T]he connection [Linnaeus] established between natural history and national wealth was widely influential. It struck a cord with Adam Smith (1723-90) and other political economists [...] who placed their faith in agricultural improvement [...]. These developments put a premium on naturalists and [...] Sir Comte de Buffon [...] and Joseph Banks [...] served as agricultural and medical consultants to sovereigns. [...] [T]he concept of environmental determinism informed Adam Smith’s philosophy of the superiority of Western nations, endowed with temperate climes, over the people of the tropics. [...] The person who brokered the link between desire for material wealth and the search for its location and procurement overseas was the indomitable and widely influential [Joseph] Banks, President of the Royal Society (1778-1820) and, from 1773, de facto director of the Royal Botanical Gardens. Also a member of the Privy Council Committee for trade – the organization most directly concerned with augmenting wealth and self-sufficiency -- he used his influence with the Royal Institution and the Board of Agriculture to forge a successful link between science and empire. [...]

Carolus Clusius who held the Chair of Botany in Leiden (1592-9) reputedly obtained ‘Malaysian’ specimens from Sir Francis Drake.

Again, following the death in 1695 of the VOC [Dutch East India Company] botanist, Paulus Hermann, his notes and manuscript [...] were acquired and used by William Sherard (Sherwood), founder of the Chair of Botany in Oxford.

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In 1778, the English East India Company (EIC) appointed J.G. Koenig, a pupil of Linnaeus, as ‘Professor of Botany and Natural History’ in Madras. [...]

His appointment, believed to have been initiated by Banks, firmly established colonial science within the purview of imperial economic policy. [...]

Koenig worked in the private gardens [...] in Melaka and conducted the earliest and largest botanical survey of the west coast of the Peninsula (1778-9). Bengkulen (Bangkulu), [...] where pepper cultivation was extensively researched, was declared a Presidency [...] with the express aim of developing its full economic potential. To help fulfill this objective, Philip and Charles Miller, sons of the well-respected gardener at the Chelsea Physick Garden, were engaged as botanists [...] Charles Miller was entrusted in ‘the greatest secrecy’ with the experimental planting of nutmeg and cloves, using seedlings that visiting Bugis traders were encouraged to smuggle from Maluku. [...] [T]he EIC envisaged expanding the range of Benkulen’s exports by the introduction of tea, ginger, turmeric and mulberries. [...] These efforts prefigured experiments in spice cultivation at the Calcutta Botanic Gardens [...].

Newbold took his knowledge of the tropical environment in the [Malayan] Straits Settlements to Madras, where he earned a reputation as a naturalist and an Orientalist [...]. His lecture to the Bengal Asiatic Society in 1846 [...] was hugely influential and put the Peninsula at the heart of the emerging discourse on tropical ecology. [...] [T]hose [tropical botanic gardens] established by the EIC in Penang (1794) and Singapore (1822) were integral to its commercial aims for extending the chain of ‘tropical Edens’. As centres for the [...] assemblage of exotic crops [...], botanic gardens were perceived as symbols of scientific progress and imperial might.

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All text above by: Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells. "Peninsular Malaysia in the context of natural history and colonial science." New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies Volume 11 Number 1. June 2009. [Bold emphasis and some paragraph breaks/contractions added by me.]

#abolition #ecology #imperial #colonial #indigenous #multispecies #landscape #temporality #intimacies of four continents #tidalectics #archipelagic thinking #victorian and edwardian popular culture #haunted

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noosphe-re · 2 years

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Early botanical illustrations of D. draco. a Clusius (1576). Plant with three sets of branches, about 35 to 40 years old. b Vandelli (1768). Plant with seven to eight sets of branches, about 80 to 90 years old (Krawczyszyn, Józef & Krawczyszyn, Teresa. (2014). Massive aerial roots affect growth and form of Dracaena draco. Trees. 28. 757-768. 10.1007/s00468-014-0987-0.)

#trees #nature #dracaena cinnabari #dragon blood tree #Socotra dragon tree #dendrology #scientific illustration #illustration #botany #botanical illustration

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de Gheyn’s Vanitas Still Life

Welcome to Long Live Bat Art, the podcast for art lovers who don’t see art as much as they want to. My name is Sydney and thank you for taking this slow tour through an art gallery with a casual art lover. Today, I’ll be talking about Vanitas Still Life by Jacques de Gheyn the second. I hope you enjoy.

Jacques de Gheyn the second is also known by the first name Jacob, but I’ll continue to call him Jacques because that’s what the placard at the museum called him.

Jacques de Gheyn the second was born in Antwerp in around 1565. His father, Jacques Gheyn the first, trained him. Jacques the first was a glass painter, engraver, miniaturist, and draftsman. The draftsman part means that he produced very technical drawings, almost like an architect does. I couldn’t find what Jacques the first drafted specifically, because most of the sources I found are on Jacques the second.

In 1585, after his father died, Jacques the second went to Haarlem in the Netherlands to study under Hendrick Goltzius- who was a painter and engraver- for five years. In the mid 1590s, Jacques the second moved to Leiden. His work was so extraordinary that his very first commission was for then-Prince of Orange, Maurice of Nassau, of the Siege of Geertruidenberg. The siege was actually more of a power move than an actual war, and the engraving was more or less propaganda to show Maurice as a capable general.

Unlike many of the artists we’ve covered this season, Jacques the Second never took a trip to Italy and didn’t seem very interested in that style besides an interest in Pisanello who was an Italian Renaissance painter. Jacques the Second was apparently a forerunner of Dutch Naturalism, which is an interest in the natural and scientific world. A few engravings of this aspect of his interest survive, including one that details constellations published in 1600. He also did an engraving of Tycho Brache, an astronomer, chemist, and astrologer. He also portrayed Carolus Clusius- who was a botanist- and the mathematician Ludolph van Ceulen. Karel van Mander, who Jacques the second later drew on his deathbed, detailed his work as a naturalist that also worked from imagination. Van Mander said that he quote ‘did much from nature and also from his own imagination, in order to discover all available sources of art’ unquote.

Around 1600, Jacques the second left engraving behind to focus on painting and etching. He moved to The Hague in 1605 and was often hired by Dutch royalty. He designed a garden for his old patron Prince Maurice that included the first grottoes implemented in the Netherlands. After Prince Maurice died, Jacques worked for the prince’s brother, Prince Frederick Henry, who you might recognize from episode eleven on Paulus Bor. He also registered with a painters guild while in The Hague called- you guessed it- the Painter’s Guild of St. Luke.

Jacques the second married Eva Stalpaert van der Wiele in 1595. They had a son bearing Jacques’ name in 1596, and Jacques the third became an engraver in his own right. Jacques the third was also a subject of a Rembrandt painting later.

Jacques the second was one of the first Dutch artists to paint the nude female figure, floral still lifes, and vanitas. I’m not sure if he was actually one of the earliest or just created the earliest surviving works. And a vanitas, one of which is the subject of today’s episode, is a term that means an artwork that depicts, using symbolism, the fleetingness of life. It also, apparently, is supposed to symbolize the futility of pleasure and certainty of death. The name comes from Latin and means vanity. A little dark, but the painting is still beautiful.

Jacques the second is said to have created over fifteen hundred drawings. He also did one hundred seventeen engravings purely for a military manual whose translated name is The Exercise of Arms and it helped soldiers learn techniques they used to win their independence from Spain. He painted only rarely, and I couldn’t find an estimated number for his original works.

Jacques the second created art in the transition between Mannerism and Naturalism in Dutch art. Mannerism is a High Renaissance art style, focused heavily on ideal beauty, proportion, and balance. Naturalism is just what is sounds like- a shift of focus to how things look in reality. It’s also called realism. His engravings especially showed the shift- one source I found called them quote “outstanding documents” unquote to show the change because of quote “their spontaneity and informality” unquote.

Jacques the second died on March 29, 1629 in the Hague. About twenty oil paintings but hundreds of his drawings survive.

On to the painting.

The painting’s focal point is a human skull in the center, directly facing the viewer of the painting. The top and bottom two frontal teeth are missing. The eye sockets of the skull are shadowed in a dark color, maybe a brown and not black. The skull is painted in neutral tones- shades of beige. The jaw is squared and you can see the slight shadows that the roots of the teeth still in the skull cast. There’s a small nick or discoloration on the right side of the space just below the nose and teeth. The protrusions where the cheek is are visible on the left side, but not the right. The right is in complete shadow. The light source is hard to pin down, but I think it’s coming from the viewer’s left and into the painting.

The skull is resting in an alcove made of brown wood, the right side of which is a more rosy wood and the left side more dull. The top of the alcove comes to an arch with a soft point. Also in the alcove, above the skull, is a large sphere that looks like a soap bubble. In the upper left of the bubble, a couple of inches from the top, is a reflection. The reflection shows a slightly distorted reflection of a space that could be a window with two vertical bars in it. Something shadowed is resting on the edge. It could be the top view of the skull. The bubble has another reflection on the bottom right, this one showing what looks like a simple wooden chandelier- almost a wheel- on the ceiling.

Behind the bubble, splitting it in half horizontally, is a squared ledge in the alcove. The ledge is decorative, it’s not nearly wide enough for anything to rest on. The ledge has two sections with a slim lower part that’s maybe a quarter of the size of the upper part. The lower part is more set into the alcove. The top arch of the alcove is sectioned into seven brick-like rectangles with the part framing the alcove slightly shorter than the top part. On either side of the arch are two figures carved into the wood. They’re both pointing in the general direction of the skull. Both figures are two bricks high and leaning to further frame the alcove.

The left carving has a garment billowing behind it that’s tight against the front. It’s pointing past the skull with its right hand and its left is higher up and also pointing, this one more subtly and towards the top of the bubble. The figure’s left foot is flat on the ledge and its right is on the wall. There’s a lighter section of wood in a circle behind the figure’s head, almost like a saint’s halo. It’s facing the center of the alcove and down.

The second carving has its right arm resting on the arch and that hand in a fist that it’s resting its cheek on. This figure is also facing towards the alcove and down. It has a long beard. Its garment is more static, not billowing.

On the top brick in the arch is a carving of Latin words- HVMANA on one line and VANA on the second. So it could read Humana Vana, which could mean human vanity, but I'm not entirely sure.

In front of the alcove on either side are two silver vases that look almost like chalices with a short stem, a rounded band just below the cup, and a body that looks a little like an egg standing on its narrow edge. The right one has what looks like a small curl of smoke coming from the shadowed opening. That one has a point of reflected light on its left side maybe an inch from the top. There’s no reflection.

The left vase has a tall tulip in it, the flower ending just above the skull. The flower is odd- it’s a fiery orange with almost-gold highlights. It’s almost like someone gently brushed it with gold powder on the edges and tips of the petals. Its stem is dark green and it has three long, wavy, gently cupped leaves on it. Two on the right and one on the left. Beneath the tulip and in front of it is a much smaller white flower with four petals and a yellow center. On either side of the white flower are either very dark flowers or leaves that almost blend into the wood. Beneath the vase is a single heart-shaped petal from the smaller flower, its point towards the left of the painting. The petal is on the left side of the stem. This vase has the same reflected light as the other one, only a little more to the right of the place where the reflection is on the first.

Beneath the vases, on the front of the shelf they’re resting on, are two large tarnished gold or light bronze coins or seals, maybe Greek or Roman in origin. They both have lettering around the outside in some language I can’t read. The left coin or seal features two crowned figures facing each other, one male and one female. The female figure is on the left. The female figure is also wearing a veil, obscuring her hair. Her crown has gentle points, connected to its neighbors halfway up. The male figure is slightly shorter than the female, but he has a more pointed crown, with more spread apart points. The right seal or coin has what looks like a squared string instrument, like a lyre, and a banner underneath with more writing. It could be the other side of the coin, if they are indeed coins. The lyre decoration can also be a shield with five slim vertical bands. The top is flat, as are the sides, and the bottom is pointed.

Also on the shelf with the vases are things more easily identifiable as coins. The coins are stacked at some parts and laid out at others. The four silver coins on the left of the shelf are an inch wide and stacked, two in each stack. They’re almost exactly lined up, but not quite. Both stacks’ top coin is slightly to the right, exposing the left edge of the coin underneath. The right stack has a silver coin of a similar size leaned up against the right side and a copper coin of the same size leaning on that one.

Further back on the shelf are two larger copper coins, an inch and a half or two inches wide. They’re stacked as well, this time with the top coin slightly skewed to the left side. There are four copper coins piled closer to the edge of the shelf in front of them, these ones the size of an American penny. The two on the bottom are touching sides, the left top coin has slid almost completely off to the left, and the top right coin is resting on the bottom coins, covering half of both. The final pile of coins is comprised mainly of the large silver coins- there are seven of those. The three top silver coins are laid out, almost as if they had been stacked at one point but had slid to the left. The leftmost coin is on top. Under those three are four more large silver coins, these in stacks two apiece like the first ones. The left stack is not quite as neat as the right one. It has been skewed to the left. The right stack is almost perfectly stacked, so much so that I had to really look to make sure there were two instead of one thicker one. The final four coins are copper- two large and two small. The top left copper coin is large and resting half on the near-perfect silver stack. It’s also resting on top of another large copper coin, but the top one is slightly to the left. The final two coins are smaller, but larger than the penny-sized ones. One is resting on top of the large coin and one is on the bottom of the pile. Both are jutting out to the right side, the bottom one more so than the top.

Now for my thoughts.

I didn’t know anything before I actually sat in front of the painting and started to write down its description. I don’t know one hundred percent of the story behind any painting, as I’m sure it’s clear by now. I rarely know which artist painted which work. But you don’t have to be a scholar to get into art. You can get into art for the simple fact that you think it’s beautiful.

I don’t even know why I was drawn to this painting. I mean, it has a skull so it’s awesome, but I’ve described another piece with a skull this season- episode seven's Youth With A Skull. Maybe it was the bubble, but I’m not entirely sure. And that’s fine; you don’t have to know why you like everything you do. You can just like it. You don’t have to write a dissertation defending it.

But I like the fact that I don’t entirely know why I like this. Sure, it’s as incredibly lifelike as the rest of the paintings I have covered and will cover this season, but I suspect that’s not all. If I try to dissect it entirely, I’m afraid I’ll overthink it. You can like, or even love, something and not know why. Enjoyment often finds you when you least expect it, and you should just welcome it when you notice it standing at the threshold. Invite enjoyment in.

What I can do is pinpoint a few aspects of the painting I really enjoy, and I'll share those with you. I love the tulip especially. It looks like its edges have been brushed with gold as I mentioned. It’s a beautiful detail in an otherwise rather depressing piece. The coins on the ledge, paired with the skull, remind me of the old tradition of leaving coins with a body to pay the ferryman to bring you via boat to the afterlife.

The carved figures at the top are really interesting, too. They frame the alcove without intruding, and they’re both looking at the scene. The carvings are almost reacting to the art, rather than being purely decorative. The museum’s website, when I looked at it later to get a full picture to check my work, said that their names were quote ‘Democritus and Heraclitus, the laughing and weeping philosophers of ancient Greece’ unquote. So that brought to mind the symbol most people associate with dramatic theater- the masks with the laughing and crying faces. The website also informed me that what I took to be a round wooden chandelier is actually a wheel of torture. I guess I look on the bright side a lot.

Speaking of the reflections in the surface of the bubble, I like them. They're distorted incredibly realistically. And the artistic choice to have a bubble present at all is odd enough- who puts a bubble in the same art piece as a skull? But it’s almost a fun choice. You all know how much I like fun choices in art.

I also like the shine of the metal, how the vases are almost identical but not quite. I also like the brightness of the coins on the shelf compared to the tarnished look of the coins or seals on the front of it. It brings a mix of new and old, fresh and antique. And the way the Roman letters are barely seen unless you look really closely is interesting. It’s almost a subtle nod to whoever has the presence of mind to look. It also gives the painting a classic feeling. Like it’s rooted firmly in history.

You may see different things to like in the painting, or you may not enjoy it at all. Art may not always be fun to make, view, or both- the quote about how art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed by Dr. César Cruz showcases that- but there’s always a feeling behind it. You may not feel the same emotion the artist felt when they made it, but that’s not the point. You always bring your own life experiences when you look at any piece of art, just like you do with everything else.

Here’s my challenge for you this time- try to list at least three things you like and don’t know why. It could be a TV show that no one else seems to have heard of, or a piece of clothing that you enjoy wearing even if it doesn’t match your outfit, or a tchotchke you got on a whim. Just three things. Don’t think too hard about it. And once you’ve found those three things, accept that you’ll probably never understand why you like them. Say- out loud if necessary- ‘I am allowed to like things for no reason, I don’t have to defend myself to anyone, and I will not apologize for it.’

Also, make me a promise- never apologize for love. Because when you start downplaying what you like, you’ll start to diminish who you are. Be you, loudly. Anyone who doesn’t like that doesn’t deserve you. And everyone should surround themselves with people who make them feel like they can be themselves. Because when you’re really yourself, you shine. Being happy isn’t futile, unlike what vanitas used to promote. Ignore the depressing fact that death is inevitable, and remember that any joy you can get when you’re alive is a gift.

If you liked this episode of Long Live Bat Art, please consider telling a friend and reviewing to help the podcast grow. A link to the transcript of this episode is available in the show notes below. And you can follow me on Twitter at Long Live Bat Art and tumblr at tumblr dot com forward slash Long Live Bat Art. That’s Long Live B-A-T Art. Thank you for listening to this episode, and I will see you in two weeks.

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blogflores0 · 8 months

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Qual a Melhor Época Para Ver as Tulipas Na Holanda?

Apesar das tulipas se terem tornado famosas na Holanda, as tulipas são originárias da Ásia Central. Elas foram descobertas nas altas montanhas do Cazaquistão pelos “caçadores de plantas” do império Otomano, onde actualmente fica a Turquia. No século XVI, tornou-se a flor favorita do sultão Solimão, o Magnífico, que presenteou o diplomata e escritor flamenco Ogier Ghiselin De Busbecq com um exemplar. De Busbecq, por sua vez, era amigo do professor flamengo Carolus Clusius, que era botânico e plantou a tulipa no Jardim Botânico de Leiden. E, por conseguinte, a tulipa chegou à Holanda, em 1593. Clusius, que não queria vender a planta, teve bulbos de tulipa roubados e, a partir daí, passou a ser comercializada. Algumas décadas mais tarde, em 1634, a flor causou a primeira bolha de especulação económica. Há quem diga que houve quem trocasse uma casa num famoso canal de Amesterdão por uma única tulipa! A especulação com a flor foi proibida em 1637. Seguiu inspirando artistas como a pintora holandesa Judith Leyster, e na II Guerra Mundial a flor volta a ser protagonista, desta vez salvando vidas. Entre os anos de 1944 e 1945, quando havia escassez de alimentos, os seus bulbos saciavam a fome dos holandeses por possuir altos teores de amido. As tulipas são utilizadas até hoje em receitas e podem substituir as cebolas. Estas e outras histórias estão descritas e comprovadas com imagens no Museu da Tulipa de Amesterdão. https://youtu.be/4bJ7d6cZvMU

A Tulipa é uma flor que se adapta muito bem ao clima frio

Ela cresce a partir de um bulbo que produz flores únicas durante o ano, normalmente logo no início da primavera. Actualmente existem tulipas de diversas cores, que são o resultado de cruzamentos entre diferentes linhagens de tulipas. A melhor época para visitar a Holanda é, claro, na Primavera. Isso quer dizer entre meados de Março a meados de Maio. Nestes meses a maioria da Holanda é transformada num mar de flores coloridas e imponentes – é fantástico! Os açafrões começam a florescer no começo de Março, seguidos por jacintos e narcisos. Depois é a vez da protagonista: as tulipas começam a florescer no meio de Abril e continuam a abrir até meados de Maio. Se for para escolher a altura perfeita, meio de Abril é o momento certo para viajar para a Holanda e fazer a visita aos campos de Tulipas ou ao parque Keukenhof. Todos os anos são plantados neste jardim mais de sete milhões de bolbos, que pertencem a um total de 800 variedades de tulipas! Todos os anos o jardim tem um tema e durante os cerca de dois meses em que está aberto passam por lá um milhão e meio de visitantes. Mais do que um parque de tulipas, o Keukenhof é um enorme jardim botânico.

Ver as Tulipas Na Holanda Uma das maneiras mais populares e que agrada aos turistas para visualizar os campos desta linda flor é fazer a Rota dos Bulbos, ou a Bollenstreek Route. O Bollenstreek é a região que fica entre Leiden, Haia e Haarlem, com as cidades de Lisse, Hillegom, Katwijk, Noordwijk, Noordwijkerhout e Teylingen, e lá é onde a indústria de produção de tulipas está à todo vapor. Com 30 quilómetros de campos de tulipas, os turistas ficam sem fôlego com tanta cor e beleza aos seus olhos. Para fazer o caminho, uma boa ideia é alugar uma bicicleta. Os turistas elegem esse passeio, pois é mais interessante que ele tenha a liberdade de ir e vir à velocidade desejada e para onde quiser, sentindo os cheiros, a brisa e a imponência dos campos floridos. Certamente alugar uma bicicleta é a maneira perfeita de explorar os campos de tulipas ao seu próprio ritmo. Read the full article

#holanda #novidades #Tulipas

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witchybooksarl · 1 year

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The allium flower, also called The Giant Onion, means good fortune and prosperity, but also unity, patience, humility, and grace.

Allium flowers symbolize unity

The symbolism of unity comes from the fact that the flowers are clustered into a single spherical bloom and develop from a single bulb. Onion is one of the better known member in the genus of allium flowers. The word “onion” comes from the Latin word “onio”, meaning “unity” or “one”.

Ancient Egyptian inscriptions and drawings indicate that allium plants were prominently used in their culture. The Ancient Egyptians were fascinated by the spherical shape of the allium flower and saw in it a symbol of the universe. In their rituals, they also appreciated the layers and the concentric rings of a sliced onion plant (Allium cepa), in which they see a symbol of eternal life.

Allium flowers symbolize wealth and prosperity

Allium flowers (especially the common onion or Allium cepa) has been often ascribed the power to bring money, wealth and prosperity. It is believed that dreaming of Allium sativum (common garlic) announces good fortune. The Bolognese used to buy allium bulbs at the festival of St. John, believing that this would protect them from falling into poverty.

Allium flowers symbolize patience

Another allium flower meaning is patience— it is derived from the fact that these flowers bloom slowly.

Allium flowers symbolize health, protection and exorcism

In Sanskrit, the sacred language of Ancient India, the word for garlic allium means “slayer of monsters”. In many countries, allium is believed to ward off bad luck, evil forces (including witches, ware-wolves, vampires, and the Devil), sickness, and disease. In Germany, allium is known as ‘the ordinary man’s armor’. The 16th century botanist Clusius wrote that the German miners used allium as a powerful ally. They believed that it defended them from the assaults of impure spirits, which often roamed in and around mines...

Two members of the allium genus—garlic and onion—have been used in traditional medicine for their antibacterial and antiviral properties. Alliums have also been used to treat asthma, anemia and various skin conditions. There is archeological evidence that the peoples of Ancient Peru often used allium plants in their folk medicine.

The early American settlers often hung strings of Allium cepa over their doors as a protection against infections. At the birth of a child, Greek midwives made the whole room smelled of allium, as they believed in the protective powers of the plant.

Allium flowers symbolize the mystical power of divination

There is a superstition that an allium flower bulb can be used as a type of an oracle. After a question is asked to which the person seeks an answer, one bulb is put aside for every possible outcome. The bulb which sprouts first provides the answer to the question.

Allium flowers symbolize immortality

A myth from the Hindu tradition tells the story of Sachi, God Indra’s wife, who tried to taste the nectar of immortality. The nectar was too strong for her and she spit it out. Where the nectar fell on the ground, the allium flower blossomed.

In Poland, the flower-stalk of Allium Porrum (leek) used to be planted in the hands of the statues of Jesus the Savior. The allium flower meaning was the reed that was given to the Savior at the time of the Crucifixion.

Allium flowers as a symbol of unrequited love

According to an Arthurian legend, the Land of Astolet was the place of Elaine’s castle. This lady died of a broken heart because her love for Sir Lancelot remained unrequited. Due to this legend, one variety of allium flowers—Allium oschaninii or eschalot—symbolizes unrequited love.

What do the various colors of the allium flower mean?

Violet Allium Flower

The violet or lavender color of an allium flower is a symbol of elegance, grace, spirituality, mysticism and wisdom.

Purple Allium Flower

Purple has traditionally been associated with royalty and high status. Purple allium flowers are an expression of admiration, respect, and honoring the tradition.

Yellow Allium Flower

The yellow or golden color allium flowers symbolize life energy, joy, happiness, cheer, and friendliness.

White Allium Flower

White allium flowers are usually seen as representing purity, innocence and virtue.

Blue Allium Flower

Like the spacious blue sky or the blue vastness of the ocean, blue allium flowers symbolize open-heartedness, honesty, and tranquility.

Red/Burgundy Allium Flower

The red/burgundy allium flowers generally symbolize romance and passionate love. The red color is also seen as a color of excitement and courage.

Pink Allium Flower

Pink is the color of femininity and tender, romantic life. Pink allium flowers symbolize such gentle love and affection.

Orange Allium Flower

The orange allium flowers symbolize passion and excitement.

Interesting facts and characteristics of the allium flower

Due to the strong odor, the Allium flower are safe from pests, including rabbits and pesky deer.

Allium flowers contain organosulfoxides which are safe for humans but toxic to pets, including cats and dogs.

In some eastern cultures and religions (especially in Jainism and Hinduism), the use of allium is either restricted or completely forbidden.

In the Middle Ages, some allium bulbs (especially those of Allium cepa or common onion) were considered very valuable, and people used them to pay their rent with.

The early American Dutch settlers planted Allium schoenoprasum (chives) in the fields in which their cattle grazed, so that the milk would be naturally flavored with the taste of this plant.

Some matadors used to wear a clove of Allium sativum (garlic) on a string around the neck prior to and during a bullfight. Also, some sailors carried this plan on board as they believed it had the power to protect them against shipwreck.

All alliums have the property of lowering the blood pressure.

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regioonlineofficial · 1 year

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In Hoorn vond een kluisjescontrole plaats op 3 scholen, want een veilige school is een belangrijke voorwaarde om je te kunnen ontplooien en je schooltijd als een prettige tijd te ervaren. De Westfriese gemeenten, scholengemeenschappen en de politie werken al een aantal jaren samen om de veiligheid te waarborgen. Eens in de zoveel tijd controleren zij onaangekondigd de kluisjes op wapens, drugs, illegaal vuurwerk en meer dat niet thuishoort op een school. Op het Oscar Romero, d'Ampte en de Praktijkschool werden donderdag 15 februari de kluisjes van de leerlingen gecontroleerd. Convenant Veilige School Westfriesland In oktober 2019 hebben de zeven Westfriese gemeenten, de politie en het Atlas College, Clusius College, St. Trigoon, Martinuscollege, St. Ronduit, RSG Enkhuizen en het Tabor College de handtekening gezet onder het (herziene) convenant Veilige Scholen. We leveren samen de inspanning voor een optimaal veiligheids- en zorgbeleid op de scholen. Dat betekent dat we samen aan de lat staan om vroege schoolverlaters te voorkomen, de verbinding te leggen tussen onderwijs, jeugdhulp en veiligheid, maar ook om te handhaven op wapens- en drugsgebruik onder scholieren. Controle van de kluisjes Wapens, drugs, illegaal vuurwerk en nog veel meer zaken horen niet thuis op een school. Dat we de controles doen zonder ze vooraf bekend te maken, heeft te maken met het vergroten van het bewustzijn over de pakkans. Halt is aanwezig om als het nodig is in actie te komen. De scholen doen periodieke controle en gisteren waren dat het Oscar Romero, d'Ampte en de Praktijkschool. Het team Veiligheid van de gemeente Hoorn, de politie, boa's en Halt ondersteunden de scholen. Wat is er aangetroffen Twee honden zijn ingezet om drugs en vuurwerk op te sporen en er werden steekproefsgewijs kluisjes geopend. In het totaal van de drie scholen is in een kluisje een paar gram wiet gevonden en in drie andere kluisjes preparatiemiddelen om wiet te bereiden en in te bewaren. Nazorg De controles door de scholen in samenwerking met de boa's en de politie hebben veel impact, ook omdat er met honden wordt gewerkt. Daarom zijn we na de controles met de leerlingen in gesprek gegaan en is opvang en ondersteuning van schoolmaatschappelijk werk en de jeugd- en gezinswerker mogelijk.

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de-meerpeen · 2 years

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16 Evert Vorderman

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Dit keer in de Hete Aardappel: Slootdorper Evert Vorderman. Dierenarts, docent bij het Clusius College (sinds 01-08-2022 Vonk) en vrijwilliger. Vorderman is geen alledaagse naam in de polder. Mag ik vragen waar je roots liggen? Jazeker. Mijn roots liggen in Gelderland. De Vordermannen woonden in Terwolde, tegenover Deventer gelegen aan de IJssel. Je bent voor deze rubriek genomineerd door Sam…

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opgpereglin-blog · 2 years

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Njega kluzije– Kako uzgajati clusiu roseu Clusia rosea je divna biljka s lišćem, porijeklom s Kariba i Srednje Amerike. Njegovo čvrsto, tamnozeleno lišće i jednostavni zahtjevi za njegom čine ovu biljku koja će uspjeti u većini domova. Ovaj članak će pokriti sve što trebate zna... #Sobnebiljke

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helosicowo · 2 years

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gfloutdoors · 2 years

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Clusia Rosea Care: Everything You Need to Know

The Clusia Rosea, also known as the autograph tree, is a beautiful evergreen. It gets its name from the celebrated French botanist Carolus Clusius, a professor of botany at the University of Leyden. It is popular for its ability to thrive in any type of soil and its resistance to pests and diseases. Because it is an evergreen, it does not shed its leaves, making it an ideal plant for hedges and…

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curtainfabricy · 2 years

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Tulips grow best in temperate climates

Tulips grow best in temperate climates, such as Holland's. Semper Augustus was indeed very rare; it had red and white vertical stripes which can only be produced by a virus on a healthy tulip crop.When we hear “Holland”, the first images that comes to mind are windmills, cheese, their national costume or klederdracht, and of course – tulips! Holland tulips have become popular all over the world due to their distinctive bulbous shape and shocking varieties of color. However, the market coll apsed eventually, leaving the flowers worthless. Thousands of Dutch were left financially ruined in the wake of the crash, including noblemen and dignitaries.

Tulip sactually came from the Ottoman Empire and only arrived in Europe in the late 1500's, introduced by a botanist Carolus Clusius to the Leiden University in the Netherlands. The Philippineweather is not exactly suitable for tulips, but some growers make useof greenhouses to cultivate the flowers. The flowers sold for such exorbitant prices that they were even used as currency for trade. For a flower, this is indeed a very interesting history. Not long afterwards, the flowers became such a hit in the Netherlands that one bulb, the most famous one called Semper Augustus, sold for as much as 6,000 florins (the average annual income at that time was only 150 florins). It's not Holland tulips, but if you want to get tulips herein the Philippines (and other flowers as well, such as roses), the reare many flower shops that you can look into.

Moreover, red tulips have become the symbol of passion and eroticism of young love.Holland is a region located in the western part of the Netherlands.While tulips are closely identified with Holland, the flowers did not originate from that province. This way, the problem with the high temperature and sometimes extreme weather conditions can bere solved. White tulips, on the other hand, stand for pure love while yellow ones symbolize a concern for the beloved. They are commonly grown in gardens, used as China Polyester Corduroy potted plants orfresh cut flowers sold in shops. In the Philippines though,they can be grown annually in natural conditions. Around the time of its sale – early 17th century – the Netherlands was undergoing what historians call the “Tulip Mania” (incidentally, the phrase “tulip mania” have become a metaphor to a large economic bubble). The perfect weather for them is cool springs and early summers

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enkhuizenactueel · 4 years

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Clusius College mbo Voeding wint de Impactprijs Groen Onderwijs 2019

HOORN - Met het project ‘Newcomers in the Kitchen’ heeft het Clusius College mbo Voeding op 13 februari 2020 de Impactprijs Groen Onderwijs gewonnen. Het project is gekozen uit 47 inzendingen van leerlingen en studenten uit het groen onderwijs in heel Nederland. De prijs t.w.v. 2500 euro werd uitgereikt in Den Bosch (HAS Hogeschool) door niemand minder dan astronaut André Kuipers. ‘Newcomers in the Kitchen’ is een project waarin studenten van de mbo-opleiding Voeding op een culinaire en speelse manier werken aan de integratie van nieuwkomers in ons land. Met de gedachte dat je door samen te koken, elkaar ook beter leert kennen gingen de Clusius-studenten met het project van start. Koken verbindt Bij het project hebben zij een heel programma opgezet om een Cooking Event te organiseren voor newcomers (jongeren die recent in Nederland zijn komen wonen). De studenten moesten alles zelf doen; inkoop regelen, recepten zoeken, testen en vertalen en in een receptenboek uitbrengen, een film maken van het evenement, workshops organiseren etc. Zij hebben er veel van geleerd; samenwerken, plannen, nadenken over de doelgroep en hoe die te benaderen en budgetteren. Tekst loopt door onder de foto

Foto aangeleverd Cooking event De uitvoering van de dag was een groot succes. Leerlingen van de Clusius vmbo-Taalklas uit Heerhugowaard (afkomstig uit Eritrea, Syrië, Afghanistan, Soedan en Iran) waren de gasten en namen deel aan de workshops, het koken met elkaar en aan het gezamenlijke diner. De mbo Voeding studenten kijken terug op een project waarbij gebleken is dat jonge migranten open staan voor Nederlandse eetgewoontes en spelletjes. “Het zijn ook gewoon giebelende meisjes die jongens uit de klas leuk vinden”. Kruimelloos en druppelloos De jury vond dit een goed voorbeeld van het creëren van relevant onderwijs in de groene sector en het bevorderen van de integratie van newcomers in Nederland. André Kuipers benadrukte nog dat Voedingstechnologen voor ruimtevaarders erg belangrijk zijn om het voedsel zo te bewerken dat het kruimelloos en druppelloos in de ruimte kan worden genuttigd. Impactprijs Groen Onderwijs De Impactprijs groen onderwijs is een initiatief van Groenpact, een platform waarbij bedrijfsleven, onderwijs en overheid de handen ineen slaan om het groene kennis- en innovatiesysteem in Nederland verder te versterken. Onderwijsprojecten die op een of ander manier impact hebben op een vraagstuk uit de praktijk met betrekking tot voedsel, klimaat, en/ of leefbaarheid kunnen meedingen naar de Impactprijs Groen Onderwijs. De prijs kent vier categorieën: vmbo-groen, mbo-groen, hoger groen onderwijs en universitair groen onderwijs. Alle projecten zijn beoordeeld door een professionele jury. Read the full article

#2019 #clusius #college #groen #hoorn #impactprijs #mbo #onderwijs #voeding #west-friesland #westfriesland

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columbinellc · 7 years

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Tulip clusiana is named for the beloved botanist Carolus Clusius, a 16th century Flemish doctor who introduced the tulip to the Netherlands. The Hortus Botanicus in Leiden holds a special place in my heart. #clusius #tulipclusiana #tulipa #flower #easter #spring #horticulture #gardening #finelandscapegardening #gardendesign

#clusius #gardening #gardendesign #easter #finelandscapegardening #tulipclusiana #tulipa #horticulture #spring #flower

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blogflores0 · 1 year

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Qual a Melhor Época Para Ver as Tulipas Na Holanda?

A Tulipa é uma flor que se adapta muito bem ao clima frio

#holanda #novidades #Tulipas

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