Philosophy
What's that...its a very special tree that has never been seen in the wild since 1803. The tree was named by two brothers, American botanists John Bartram [March 23rd, 1699] and William. All Franklinias today are descended from those propagated and distributed by the Bartrams, who are credited with saving it from extinction. The tree acknowledges their friend and colleague Ben Franklin and where it was found, the Altamaha River in Georgia.
Franklinia [Wikipedia]
- Manuel Lima - The Power Of Networks
The art and science of formal classification owes its origin to the great philosopher Aristotle, who conceived of a conceptual tree whose trunk and branches denote different divisions of ontology, hierarchies of being, logical and natural relations, etc....
- Rush - On The Origin Of Specious, Religion Family Tree
One of the most useful tools Darwin bequeathed to us is the phylogenetic tree of life. Part of the reason this is a great tool is that it can help us visualize virtually any genealogical relationship in which some version of the mechanism of natural selection...
- Osage Orange [maclura Pomifera]--delightful Tree
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS The Osage Orange is a most interesting tree providing a worthless fruit in the fall often called "hedge apples" but the timber from the tree has worthy properties and earned a place in part of the history of the North...
- Andrew Ellicott Douglass...astronomer And Dendrochronologist
Andrew Ellicott Douglass July 5th, 1867 to March 20th, 1962 Minnesota State University · Mankato, Minnesota... Andrew Douglass was an American astronomer who's major accomplishment was perfecting the dendrochronology. When he was 27 and working...
- Rare Woods
International Year of Biodiversity This item retails at $200,000 and made from six different types of rare woods. And it took five months to build. Just one example of a thirst for rare and exotic woods many being plundered from forests throughout the...
Philosophy
"Franklinia alatamaha" tree
International Year of Biodiversity
What's that...its a very special tree that has never been seen in the wild since 1803. The tree was named by two brothers, American botanists John Bartram [March 23rd, 1699] and William. All Franklinias today are descended from those propagated and distributed by the Bartrams, who are credited with saving it from extinction. The tree acknowledges their friend and colleague Ben Franklin and where it was found, the Altamaha River in Georgia.
Franklinia [Wikipedia]
- Manuel Lima - The Power Of Networks
The art and science of formal classification owes its origin to the great philosopher Aristotle, who conceived of a conceptual tree whose trunk and branches denote different divisions of ontology, hierarchies of being, logical and natural relations, etc....
- Rush - On The Origin Of Specious, Religion Family Tree
One of the most useful tools Darwin bequeathed to us is the phylogenetic tree of life. Part of the reason this is a great tool is that it can help us visualize virtually any genealogical relationship in which some version of the mechanism of natural selection...
- Osage Orange [maclura Pomifera]--delightful Tree
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS The Osage Orange is a most interesting tree providing a worthless fruit in the fall often called "hedge apples" but the timber from the tree has worthy properties and earned a place in part of the history of the North...
- Andrew Ellicott Douglass...astronomer And Dendrochronologist
Andrew Ellicott Douglass July 5th, 1867 to March 20th, 1962 Minnesota State University · Mankato, Minnesota... Andrew Douglass was an American astronomer who's major accomplishment was perfecting the dendrochronology. When he was 27 and working...
- Rare Woods
International Year of Biodiversity This item retails at $200,000 and made from six different types of rare woods. And it took five months to build. Just one example of a thirst for rare and exotic woods many being plundered from forests throughout the...