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Created by Mr Yen, paper cutter.
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my sis~in~law took me here and we had some great finds.
unfortunately, i do not know what many of them are... {oh my!}
I will just be uploading these amazing finds, and maybe some of you will be WAY more knowledgeable than me and help me figure them out!
it was such a fun & creative outing! and was all eye`candy for phottogin'...
While working on a project recently, I stumbled across a rather compelling set of images. I stuggled with out best to process them and the closest I can come to what I want was to render these in a duotone style based on a tin type color scheme.
Botanic Gardens, Rockhampton, Queensland. Thought this would be an interesting place for a HDR. Had a few attempts at processing the image, i think this one ended up the best.
Little did I expect to the see the purple and orange livery of 172 339 of West Midlands Railway while waiting for my train at Birmingham Moor Street Station!
It was after I popped to the city centre on the way back from Longbridge via Birmingham New Street, to see the Bullring Bull in it's orange West Midlands Railway outfit.
This time, I managed to also get the sides of the train as it advertised places such as Birmingham Botanical Gardens and the Black Country Living Museum (neither are really close to a railway line - although University or Five Ways are close to the BBG).
The train was heading to Stourbridge Junction, before later heading down to Dorridge.
Kebun Raya Bogor, Indonesia
(Bogor Botanical Gardens, Indonesia).
The picture is the newest grave with the headstone epitaph of Dr. André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans (A.J.G.H. Kostermans; A.J.G.H. designates, Ahmad Jahja Go Hartono, a combination of names of his close friends and students after he embraced Islam), a prolific Dutch botanist who became an Indonesian citizen. He died on 10 July 1994 at the age of 88 years old; and was honored and laid to rest in the Gardens among the trees which he loved in his lifetime devotion. The genus Kostermansia, and over 50 species were named in his honor. The abbreviation, Kosterm. is used in botanical literature referring to his name. He also fostered not less than 98 adopted children. Five of them have become university professors and 38 have achieved doctorate degrees in various fields of science.
"According to the storyboard, there are 42 graves in the quaint little graveyard of which only 38 having the identities of the dead persons. Most of them were the relatives of the Dutch colonial governor generals at the time. Two young biologists, Heinrich Kuhl and J.C. Van Hasselt were buried in a single grave. Both died shortly after their short trip to Java."
Old Dutch graveyard. The old cemetery was here long before the Gardens was established by Reinwardt in 1817. The oldest grave at the location is that of Cornelius Potmans, a Dutch chemist administrator who died in 1784.
The area that is now Bogor Botanical Gardens was part of the samida (man made forest) that was established at least around the era when Sri Baduga Maharaja (Prabu Siliwangi, 1474-1513) rules the Sunda Kingdom, as written in the Batutulis inscription. This forest was created to protect seeds of rare woods. Another similar samida was established near the current border between Bogor and Cianjur, called Ciung Wanara Forest. This forest was neglected after the Sunda Kingdom was defeated by the Banten Sultanate. The 85 hectares gardens officially opened in 1817 as 's Lands Plantentuin ('National Botanical Garden'), the idea of which was introduced by German-born Dutch biologist and botanist Professor Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt. They were used to research and develop plants and seeds from other parts of Indonesia for cultivation during the 19th century. This is a tradition that continues today and contributes to the garden's reputation as a center of botanical research.
Ref. and suggested reading:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogor_Botanical_Gardens
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Elias_Teijsmann
www.nationaalherbarium.nl/fmcollectors/K/KostermansAJGH.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Joseph_Guillaume_Henri_K...
id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Joseph_Guillaume_Henri_K...
proseanet.org/prosea/_newsletters/newsletter_13_oktober19...
" Since 1859, orchids have been closely associated with the Singapore Botanic Gardens. The products of the Gardens' orchid breeding programme, which began in 1928, deserve a place where they can be displayed in their full splendour. The very design of these orchids is, one could say, 'hand-crafted' by the Gardens' horticultural staff, dedicated to bringing out the finest in any hybrid cross.
Over 1000 species and 2,000 hybrids are now found in the Gardens' collection, and every year, more vibrant and enduring hybrids are added on. So that all may admire and enjoy their diversity, richness and beauty, the National Orchid Garden now offers a permanent showcase, the largest display of tropical orchids in the world. "
January 1 2008
10.19
The National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin were founded by the Royal Dublin Society in 1795. The Gardens are 19.5 hectares. Visitors can see an arboretum, rock garden, large pond, herbaceous borders and an annual display of plants including Victorian carpet bedding.
Glasshouses include the curvlinear built between 1843 and 1869, large palm house, new alpine house and ferns, tropical water plants and succulents.
Specimens include a , weeping Atlantic cedar, Chusan palms and native strawberry trees.
National collections of tassel-bush (Garrya) and shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa) are among the 20,000 species..
Opening Times:
Admission: Free. Guided tours by prior arrangement. Scheduled tours as posted. £1.50 per person - tour lasts 1 hour.
Directions: 3.5km north from centre of Dublin, off Botanic Road