Saturday, November 9, 2013

Hello Autumn: BBG2 & Parsifal!

Brooklyn Botanic Garden©2013 Am Ang Zhang 

Brooklyn Botanic Garden©2013 Am Ang Zhang

Brooklyn Botanic Garden©2013 Am Ang Zhang
Poncirus trifoliata 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden©2013 Am Ang Zhang 


Brooklyn Botanic Garden©2013 Am Ang Zhang 

Brooklyn Botanic Garden©2013 Am Ang Zhang  



Opera: Chicago

Part Christian mythology, fairy tale, ritual and philosophical testament, "Parsifal" draws on sources as diverse as Buddhist thought, a 13th century German epic by Wolfram von Eschenbach and the 19th century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer to recount the drama of an "innocent fool," Parsifal, who gains compassion in the act of resisting temptation and is thereby able to restore the brotherhood of the knights of the Holy Grail.

Book:
Forgotten Ally: China’s World War II, 1937-45 
The devastation that the Japanese invasion would wreak was indeed shocking. But as Rana Mitter shows in his illuminating and meticulously researched new book about the Sino-Japanese war, not only did Chinese history not end with the fall of Nanjing, but in many ways the war helped to create modern China. It was the anvil on which the new nation was forged.


Poncirus trifoliata is unquestionably an attractive plant, with refreshingly fragrant flowers and handsome autumn foliage, but that is by no means all. For one thing, it comes armed with some seriously offensive weapons in the form of long, sharp thorns, resulting in its regular appearance in the lists of rabbit-proof plants. This makes it eminently suitable for boundary planting or even as an informal hedge. As well as being an excellent intruder-repellent, it also provides the rootstock for many citrus cultivars, of which it is a close relative. 


Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Hello Summer: BBG 2.
Hello Summer: BBG 3.

Hello Summer: BBG4.


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