VI: Jasmine
Just some photos of the flower on a sick day.
Carina Magyar
V: Tench
On society's reaction of revulsion to difference.
IV: Bedstraw
What was the point of the Great Bed of Ware?
III: Honeysuckle
The symbiotic relationship of hummingbird and honeysuckle.
II: Chamomile
How chamomile tea makes some people drowsy.
I: Cornflower
The flower that symbolized patriotic tragedy.
X: Pitchfork
Where did the devil's pitchfork come from?
IX: Linden
The tree that haunted Nabokov.
VIII: Poppy
What we do and don't know about the Minoans.
VII: Elderberry
The many impressive uses of the elder shrub.
VI: Carnation
How Oscar Wilde's carnation almost went extinct.
V: Quail
The Pima parable of the coyote and the quail.