Plants of the world on postage stamps

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Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #240 on: June 30, 2017, 05:30:52 AM »
Anemone coronaria
A stamp issued by Holland in 1996 in a series named either Tourism or Holidays, featuring the Windmills at Zaanse Schans Open Air Museum.

The photo was taken one March when we went to a small Pine wood to find some kindling for the, last of the season's, wood fire.

As you can imagine, Anemone coronaria is mentioned many times in
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN, I have chosen
 CYCLAMEN GRAECUM:
ONE OF SPAROZA’S AUTUMN GLORIES by Alisdair Aird
 for you to read in issue number 63, January 2011

See the MGS website for photographs of this article
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No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #241 on: July 01, 2017, 08:35:56 AM »
Didymaotus  lapidiformis, Stone Plant , Beeskloutjie

Yet another stamp issued by South Africa in 1988 depicting succulents

You can read all about it here
http://pza.sanbi.org/didymaotus-lapidiformis

Lithops are mentioned as growing in a very sheltered position [a covered out door room] in Cyprus.
Read
THE ANNNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2009,
LIMASSOL, CYPRUS by James Cable
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 59, January 2010

See the MGS website for photographs illustrating this article
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #242 on: July 02, 2017, 08:39:32 AM »
MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA , MUSETEL 
R..P. ROMINA
Matricaria chamomilla, the white daisy where our Chamomile tea comes from

A stamp issued by Romania in 1959 in a series named FLORA

The photo is of an Olive grove near Ancient Corinth, one spring, when the ground was covered with Chamomile flowers.

There are plenty of references to Chamomile daisies in
 THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN
I have chosen the article by Julia Catton in issue number 69, July 2012.
APPRECIATING THE SPACES AND TIMES BETWEEN
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No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
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Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #243 on: July 02, 2017, 08:47:51 AM »
Olive grove near Ancient Corinth
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #244 on: July 03, 2017, 01:46:45 PM »
P.R ROMINA
DAPHNE BLAGAYANA
A  stamp issued by Romania in 1957 in a series named MOUNTAIN FLOWERS.

Daphne blagayana
This plant was discovered in 1837 in north eastern Slovenia

Now I see that this plant grows on Mount Olympus
You can see photos of it here
http://www.greekflora.gr/el/flowers/1558/Daphne-blagayana

Daphne blagayana is in a list of plants seen during the EPIRUS – MGS TRIP MAY 2015. The article was written by John Joynes and appears in
 THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 82, October 2015

For photographs of this visit to Epirus, see MGS website, MGS Excursions

 
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No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
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Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #245 on: July 04, 2017, 05:09:16 AM »
Aix sponsa,   Wood Duck

 A stamp issued by the USA postal service in 1991

You can read all you want to know about this duck here
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Aix_sponsa/

I tried to find an article in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN about a garden in the USA which mentions ducks, plenty of deer but no ducks
However, wild ducks and cavity nesting birds are mentioned in the article by Danijela Kovacevic THE MAKSIMIR PARK - A WALK THROUGH TIME.
TMG issue number 68, April 2012

See the MGS website for photographs of the Maksimir Park.
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No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
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Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #246 on: July 05, 2017, 06:06:46 AM »
Nasturtium officinale, Watercress

This stamp was issued in 2000 by The Royal Mail in a series named
 Life and Earth.

Project SUZY is in Middlesbrough, you can read about it on the small extract from the presentation pack,
By the way I didn't find anywhere a reference saying that this is actually Water Cress it just looks like it to me.

I didn't expect to find a reference to Water Cress in TMG but it is mentioned twice, both times in a Mediterranean garden blessed with a running stream.
Go to THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 33, July 2003
THE GARDEN OF NINFA
UNDER THREAT by Pia Pera

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #247 on: July 06, 2017, 06:21:54 AM »
Leafcutter ants
A stamp issued by the Royal Mail in April 2000 in a series named Life and Earth. The ants were on view in London Zoo in a project in connection with celebrating the Millennium.

You can read about the project on the small cutting from the presentation pack.

No one seems to have written about ants in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN
But articles mentioning insects abound so I am pointing you to
 A VISIT TO THE MONTPELLIER HERBARIUM by Jean Vache in
TMG number 77, July 2014.where he describes how the emergency measures had to be taken to stop an invasion of insects
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #248 on: July 07, 2017, 05:42:18 AM »
Taxus baccata, Yew

Royal Mail Millennium Stamps
Tree and Leaf
August 2000
The extract from the presentation pack explains all about the Millennium project to plant Yew trees all over the United Kingdom.

The photos of Yew bushes were taken in Vienna near two very large museums. We only managed to see one of the museums leaving the other for a return visit.

To read about
“The yew hedges by the Blue Pool clipped into the shape of the crest of the Chigi family”
go to THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN issue number 40, April 2005 in the article THE PETO GARDEN AT IFORD MANOR  by Leonard Pearcey
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #249 on: July 08, 2017, 05:13:44 AM »
Vanheerdea  divergens
The sixth stamp in the series SUCCULENTS  issued by South Africa in 1988

Information about this plant can be found here.
http://llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Aizoaceae/18229/Vanheerdea_divergens

As you would expect there are not many references to this kind of succulent in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN so instead I am going to point you to articles written about gardens and plants is South Africa
Today I have chosen
SPRING FLOWERS IN THE NIEUWOUDTVILLE  by Anda Wayland issue number 77 July, 2014
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #250 on: July 09, 2017, 10:20:07 AM »
Millennium Eden Project,
Royal Mail Millennium Stamps, August 2000
This stamp depicting a sunflower is the second in the series

The official site of the Eden Project in its list of
 ‘Top ten things to see in the Mediterranean Biome’
notes
“ Bacchanalian sculptures revelling in the vineyard”

A photo of the Eden Project in 2005.
One of the photos is of the above mentioned scene
The last photo was taken  in the Rainforest Biome

I was thrilled to find an article all about theEden Project in
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN issue number 43 January, 2006
MEDITERRANEAN HORTICULTURE – IN A BUBBLE by Shirley Walker
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #251 on: July 10, 2017, 05:28:45 AM »
SEEDS
The third stamp in the Royal Mail Millennium Stamps series August 2000
The extract from the presentation pack explains a little about The Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst Place, Ardingly,UK.

The photo is of the Kinetic Seed Sculpture by David Watkinson at Hyde Hall Gardens,U.K.

At the back of TMG number 22, October2000, page 66 there is a short piece about The Millennium Seed Bank.

There are many articles in TMG about collecting seed. I have chosen
 STURT’S DESERT PEA: A MOST CAPRICIOUS PLANT by Greg Kirby in TMG issue number74, October 2013

THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY has its own seed exchange for members
You can read about it here.
http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/seedlist.html
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No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #252 on: July 11, 2017, 05:21:30 AM »
Forest Scotland

Millennium Forest for Scotland
This stamp was issued in August 2000 in the series Royal Mail Millennium Stamps, Tree and Leaf

The extract from the presentation pack explains the project.

The photo is of a scanned postcard showing Kenmore, Loch Tay, Perth and Kinross. The photo by Neil Jinkerson.

If you want to read more about the forests of Scotland and the one shown on the PC go to
http://scotland.forestry.gov.uk/forest-parks/tay-forest-park

THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN issued number 51, January 2008 contains several articles about fire damage in the Mediterranean area and how the gardens  and wild are regenerated . I have chosen
FOREST FIRES IN GREECE:
PREVENTON AND AFTERMATH
By Jennifer Gay as there is a paragraph entitled Planting new trees.

See the MGS website for photographs of the post-fire regeneration of plants in Greece.
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No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #253 on: July 12, 2017, 07:20:23 AM »
Rosa,'Diamond Jubilee'
New Zealand issued a series of stamps named GARDEN ROSES in 1975.
I only have this one.
The photo was taken, one year in Kiato, of an un named yellow rose flowering at the end of November..
I rather think my friend was holding an umbrella over it so that I could take the photo.

There are plenty of references to roses in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN, even one to Rosa ’Diamond Jubilee’ in issue number 42 October, 2005

ROSES FOR THE MIDI, FRANCE by Members of the Languedoc Branch
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Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Reply #254 on: July 12, 2017, 03:25:55 PM »
Rosa, Diamond Jubilee
Did I not post the photos?
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