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"The Arnold Clark Garage on Vinicombe Street is an exceptionally early, little altered and rare surviving example of a public parking garage. Formerly known as the Botanic Gardens Garage, and dating from 1906, it is likely to be the earliest surviving example in Britain. Purpose-built public parking garages that predate the 1920s are extremely rare both nationally and internationally and this example has the additional interest of being 2-3 storeys high, making it one of the first multi-storey car parks to have been built in Europe."
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For more information on the campaign to save the Botanic Gardens Garage, see their website at www.botanicgardensgarage.org/
Common Blue butterfly rests on grasses in the meadows at the National Botanic Garden of Wales,Llanarthne Carmarthenshire,Wales.
ReykjavÃk Botanic Garden is a botanical garden located in the district of Laugardalur in ReykjavÃk that was established on August 18, 1961 on the 175th anniversary of the city
The old botanical garden in front of the Museum with a collection of plants and animals in Bergen.
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Platanus × acerifolia / London Plane Tree
The London plane tree is a very well known, common street tree, particularly in London, where it was massively planted in the 19th century, possibly because it appears to thrive in urban conditions and is resistant to pollution, and heavy pruning.
It has long been considered to be a hybrid between the American sycamore and the oriental plane first recorded in 1663. It's recognisable for its attractive, mottled patchwork, flaking bark and large palmate leaves. The fruit is produced in spring and hangs in burr-like clusters. They persist well into the winter and the following year, and look particularly interesting when the tree has lost its leaves, and the branches have a clear blue winter sky above.
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Platanus × acerifolia / London Plane Tree
Platanus × acerifolia, Platanus × hispanica, or hybrid plane, is a tree in the genus Platanus. It is often known by the synonym London plane,[2] or London planetree. It is usually thought to be a hybrid of Platanus orientalis (oriental plane) and Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore). Some authorities think that it may be a cultivar of P. orientalis.[citation needed]
Description
The London plane is a large deciduous tree growing 20–30 m (65–100 ft), exceptionally over 40 m (130 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 3 m (10 ft) or more in circumference. The bark is usually pale grey-green, smooth and exfoliating, or buff-brown and not exfoliating. The leaves are thick and stiff-textured, broad, palmately lobed, superficially maple-like, the leaf blade 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long and 12–25 cm (5–10 in) broad, with a petiole 3–10 cm (1–4 in) long. The young leaves in spring are coated with minute, fine, stiff hairs at first, but these wear off and by late summer the leaves are hairless or nearly so. The flowers are borne in one to three (most often two) dense spherical inflorescences on a pendulous stem, with male and female flowers on separate stems. The fruit matures in about 6 months, to 2–3 centimetres (0.8–1.2 in) diameter, and comprises a dense spherical cluster of achenes with numerous stiff hairs which aid wind dispersal; the cluster breaks up slowly over the winter to release the numerous 2–3 mm (0.08–0.12 in) seeds. The London Plane is one of the most efficient trees in removing small particulate pollutants in urban areas.[3]
It shares many visual similarities with Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore), from which it is derived; however, the two species are relatively easy to distinguish, considering the London plane is almost exclusively planted in urban habitats, while P. occidentalis is most commonly found growing in lowlands and alluvial soils along streams.[4]
Origin
The species was formed by hybridization in the 17th century after P. orientalis and P. occidentalis had been planted in proximity to one another. It is often said that the hybridization took place in Spain, but it could also have happened in Vauxhall Gardens in London where John Tradescant the Younger discovered the tree in the mid-17th century.[5][6] The leaf and flower characteristics are intermediate between the two parent species, the leaf being more deeply lobed than P. occidentalis but less so than P. orientalis, and the seed balls typically two per stem (one in P. occidentalis, 3–6 in P. orientalis). The hybrid is fertile, and seedlings are occasionally found near mature trees.
Controlled reciprocal pollinations between P. occidentalis and P. orientalis resulted in good yields of germinable seed and true hybrid seedlings. Crosses of both species, as females, with P. racemosa and P. wrightii produced extremely low yields of germinable seed, but true hybrids were obtained from all interspecific combinations. Apomixis (asexual reproduction from non-fertilized seeds) appeared common in P. orientalis.[7]
In 1968 and 1970, Frank S. Santamour Jr. recreated the P. orientalis by P. occidentalis cross using a P. orientalis of Turkish origin with American sycamores (P. occidentalis). The offspring were evaluated following several years of exposure to anthracnose infection. Two selections, 'Columbia' and 'Liberty', were released in August, 1984.[7][8]
Taxonomy
Platanus × acerifolia was first formally described in the botanical literature by the Scottish botanist William Aiton in his 1789 work Hortus Kewensis as a variety of P. orientalis.[9] Aiton described this variety with a two-word Latin diagnosis, "foliis transversis", and called it the Spanish plane tree.[10] In 1805, Carl Ludwig Willdenow chose to elevate Aiton's variety to species rank, publishing the new species P. acerifolia in the fourth edition of Species Plantarum.[11][12] The species name was then modified to include the multiplication symbol to indicate its suspected hybrid parentage. The other name commonly used for this taxon, Platanus × hispanica auct. non Mill. ex Münchh., is a nomen dubium based on an uncertain description.[13][14]
Cultivation
The London plane is one of 50 Great British Trees that the Tree Council selected in 2002 in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee.[15] The list specifically mentions Britain's first London plane being in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire.
The London plane is very tolerant of atmospheric pollution and root compaction, and for this reason it is a popular urban roadside tree. It was planted extensively in Victorian times to weather the pollution of London. It is now extensively cultivated in most temperate latitudes as an ornamental and parkland tree, and is a commonly planted tree in cities throughout the temperate regions of the world, in London and many other cities.[5] It has a greater degree of winter cold tolerance than P. orientalis, and is less susceptible to anthracnose disease than P. occidentalis. Under the synonym Platanus × hispanica, the tree has gained the Royal Horticultural Society of Great Britain's Award of Garden Merit.[16][17]
The tree is fairly wind-resistant. However, it has a number of problems in urban use, most notably the short, stiff hairs shed by the young leaves and the dispersing seeds; these are an irritant if breathed in, and can exacerbate breathing difficulties for people with asthma. The large leaves can create a disposal problem in cities, as they are tough and sometimes can take more than one year to break down if they remain whole.
London planes are often pruned by a technique called pollarding. A pollarded tree has a drastically different appearance than an unpruned tree, being much shorter with stunted, club-like branches. Although pollarding requires frequent maintenance (the trees must usually be repruned every year), it creates a distinctive shape that is often sought after in plazas, main streets, and other urban areas.
The Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna is a botanical garden in Vienna, Austria. It covers 8 hectares and is immediately adjacent to the Belvedere gardens.
The gardens date back to 1754 when Empress Maria Theresa founded the Hortus Botanicus Vindobonensis. The gardens currently contain more than 9,000 species of plants, including well-documented woody tropical plants, particularly of such families as Annonaceae, Rubiaceae, Gesneriaceae, Bromeliaceae or Orchidaceae.
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today, my husband and i went to the botanic garden together with Natsuko.She got this Kimono ago few Months from Hubby, and i was happy that we had such a great weather this Day.
This is a xeric gardener's dream. I was surprised to see so much cold-hardy cacti and succulents. I enjoyed seeing all the grasses, also. Chihuly is always amazing. I have seen the works at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix and I know they have been on display at Meijer Gardens, too.
A large Kausga-style lantern which was imported from Japan in 1914. You can see the Chinese zodiac animals around the upper and lower portions of the lantern.
Designed by Takeo Shiota (1881-1943) in the early 1900's, the Hill-and-Pond Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is three acres of Japan hidden in New York City. The variety of plants, large pond, pavilion, lanterns, small shrine, and large torii fit wonderfully into the overall design.
The Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna is a botanical garden in Vienna, Austria. It covers 8 hectares and is immediately adjacent to the Belvedere gardens.
The gardens date back to 1754 when Empress Maria Theresa founded the Hortus Botanicus Vindobonensis. The gardens currently contain more than 9,000 species of plants, including well-documented woody tropical plants, particularly of such families as Annonaceae, Rubiaceae, Gesneriaceae, Bromeliaceae or Orchidaceae.
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27 September 2007 - From 23 September to 7 October, the Spring Festival is being held at Wellington's Botanical Gardens. Includes a great display of tulips and other spring flowers.