CHAMPAGNE ROSE BOUQUET

Wildflowers

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 1-NOV-1994

As you listen to Wildflowers, Tom Petty's first new album in three years and his first ever for Warner Bros., you may be struck by a certain quality, new for Petty but nonetheless familiar. The predominance of the twangy rhythm guitar; the high-pitched, nasal singing; the irresistibly catchy pop hooks; and the melancholy lyrics straining for a spiritual significance just beyond their grasp--all these elements make Petty sound as if he were a Beatle imitating Bob Dylan. Then you may realize that Wildflowers resembles nothing so much as a George Harrison solo album. That's not such a bad thing; Harrison (Petty's old bandmate in the Traveling Wilburys) has a knack for giving moody spiritualism a pop tunefulness. It's just that Harrison on his own is a second-tier rock & roll figure whose best work is long behind him, and that's pretty much the case with Petty as well. Only with appropriately reduced expectations can one enjoy Wildflowers for what it is. --Geoffrey Himes

About 100[1] perennial species make up the genus Solidago, most being found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches and waste areas in North America. There are a handful of species from each of Mexico, South America, and Eurasia.[1] Some American species have also been introduced into Europe some 250 years ago.
Many species are difficult to distinguish. Probably due to their bright, golden yellow flower heads blooming in late summer, the goldenrod is often unfairly blamed for causing hay fever in humans. The pollen causing these allergy problems is mainly produced by Ragweed (Ambrosia sp.), blooming at the same time as the goldenrod, but is wind-pollinated. Goldenrod pollen is too heavy and sticky to be blown far from the flowers, and is thus mainly pollinated by insects.[citation needed] Frequent handling of goldenrod and other flowers, however, can cause allergic reactions, leading some florists to change occupation.[2]
Goldenrods are easily recognized by their golden inflorescence with hundreds of small capitula, but some are spike-like and other have auxiliary racemes.
They have slender stems, usually hairless but S. canadensis shows hairs on the upper stem. They can grow to a length between 60 cm and 1.5 m.
Their alternate leaves are linear to lanceolate. Their margins are usually finely to sharply serrated.
Propagation is by wind-disseminated seed or by underground rhizomes. They form patches that are actually vegetative clones of a single plant.....
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The flowers your son picks for you - ripped off at the bloom, held in sweaty palms for a time then presented.

You take them, those flowers, slightly crushed with little chance of lasting long. You find a dish he approves of:

“The grey one? or the yellow one? OK. The grey one.”

You fill the dish with water. Float the flowers in it as they have no stems to stand on. This tattered gift, so much nicer than hot-housed and cellophane-wrapped florist flowers.

You say thanks, and you mean it. You kiss a flushed cheek.

Wherever even the smallest green thing grows, there you’ll find wildflowers, be they huge, showy tropical blossoms or pretty, tiny bloomers. North America alone is home to thousands of species?and the National Wildlife Federation Field Guide celebrates that wide diversity in grand fashion. From Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceaei, this beautiful, portable volume provides the common and scientific names for each flower family; information on the flowering season; leaf, stalk, and blossom descriptions, with measurements; and color range maps of more than 700 species for both native and introduced types. There’s no better guide to take along while camping, hiking, or enjoying a nature walk.

- More than 2,200 species of
- More than 2,200 species of wildflowers in a single, portable volume
- 4,019 stunning color photographs by leading nature photographers
- Wildflowers arranged by genus and include genus descriptions and range maps
- Captions highlight important field marks
- Information on season and habitat for each species
- Fruit illustrations included for several plant families
- Range map shows U.S. distribution
- Separate section on species introduced into North America
- Quick-identification key arranged by color and shape
- Detailed, illustrated visual glossary of flower parts and leaf types
- Essays on wildflower habitats and conservation
- Waterproof cover for use in the field