[今日の記事] Chinese Parasol Tree [Firmiana simplex] The Chinese Parasol Tree has truly enormous club-shaped leaves which make it perfect for use as a shade tree. The deciduous Chinese Parasol tree can quickly grow several feet per year to provide a thick blanket of shade anywhere in very little time. Songbirds and other wildlife often seek shelter under the parasol's leaves when danger or rain is approaching. The leaves of the Chinese Parasol are huge and provide shelter from rain for wildlife animals. Also known as the Umbrella Tree, the Chinese Parasol Tree blocks a large percentage of rain and sunlight alike from reaching the forest floor. The noble foliage of the Chinese Parasol (Chinese Umbrella) Shade Tree produces leaves one foot by one foot and are shaped like maple leaves that turn bright yellow in the Fall. In The Orient, the Chinese Parasol (Chinese Umbrella) Shade Tree is used widely as a street tree.
[今日の記事] Ancient Lotuses Large Flowers Bloom Viewing Peak at Byodo-in Temple
Ancient lotuses called "Byodo-in Hasu," which were grown from seeds approximately 200 years old, have opened their large white petals in the garden of Byodo-in Temple in Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture, delighting the eyes of tourists.
The Byodo-in Hasu seeds were found in 1999 when an archeological excavation was conducted in the temple garden, and the Uji City Botanical Gardens helped to cultivate the lotus. The first Byodo-in Hasu bloomed in 2001. The flowers feature white petals with slightly pink tips.
Due to the higher temperatures from spring to summer this year, the flowers started to bloom 5 days earlier than usual. Moreover, there are a greater number of blooms overall, so six to seven flowers per pot will open in turn.
In addition to the nine pots of Byodo-in Hasu, 53 pots holding about 20 different types of lotus are on display in the temple grounds. Families and tourists visited the temple early in the morning to savor the flavor of summer.
The flowers will be at their best until around the beginning of August. The Kannon-do Hall, a Japanese Important Cultural Property, and the Rakan-do Hall, an Uji City Cultural Property, both of which were not open for viewing during the rainy season, have also opened to the public since July 19.
(Althaea officinalis), perennial herbaceous plant of the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae), native to eastern Europe and northern Africa. It has also become established in North America. The plant is usually found in marshy areas, chiefly near the sea. It has strongly veined heart-shaped or oval leaves. The pinkish flowers, borne on stalks about 1.8 metres (6 feet) tall, are about 5 cm (2 inches) in diameter. The root was formerly used to make marshmallows, a confection.
①A light, spongy, very sweet confection made of corn syrup, gelatin, sugar, and starch and dusted with powdered sugar. ②A confection of sweetened paste, formerly made from the root of the marshmallow plant. ③often marsh mallow Botany. A perennial plant (Althaea officinalis) native to Europe and naturalized in marshes of eastern North America, having showy pink flowers and a mucilaginous root occasionally used as a demulcent and in confectionery.
[今日の記事] berry simple, fleshy fruit that usually has many seeds, such as the banana, tomato, and cranberry. The middle and inner layers of the fruit wall often are not distinct from each other. Any small, fleshy fruit is popularly called a berry, especially if it is edible. Raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries are not true berries but aggregate fruits—fruits that consist of a number of smaller fruits. The date is a one-seeded berry whose stone is hard nutritive tissue. The leathery-rinded berry of citrus fruits is called a hesperidium, and the elongated, tough-skinned berrylike fruits of the watermelon, cucumber, and gourds are referred to as pepos. [出典]B.C.E.
[英英辞典から] berry： ①Botany. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary and having the whole wall fleshy, such as the grape or tomato. ②A small, juicy, fleshy fruit, such as a blackberry or raspberry, regardless of its botanical structure. ③Any of various seeds or kernels, as of dried wheat. ④The small, dark egg of certain crustaceans or fishes.
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dogwood ミズキ類ハナミズキは英語ではdogwoodといいますが、dogwoodはミズキ類の総称でもあります。ミズキやヤマボウシなどのミズキ科ミズキ属の木本の総称はcornelです。cornelを英英辞典でひくとAny of various plants of the genus Cornus, which includes the bunchberry and dogwoods.と説明しています。bunchberryは、ゴゼンタチバナで、北米や北東アジア産のミズキ科の小形の草木状低木で、赤い...樹木リリオデンドロン2009-06-13T07:06:10+09:00ミズキ類の総称でもあります。 ミズキやヤマボウシなどのミズキ科ミズキ属の木本の総称は cornelです。 cornelを英英辞典でひくと Any of various plants of the genus Cornus, which includes the bunchberry and dogwoods. と説明しています。
英英辞典では Creeping perennial herbaceous plant (Cornus canadensis), also called dwarf cornel, of the dogwood family. The small and inconspicuous yellowish flowers, grouped in heads surrounded by four large and showy white (rarely pink) petal-like bracts, give rise to clusters of red fruits. Bunchberry is found in acid soils, bogs, and upland slopes in Asia and from Greenland to Alaska, and south as far as Maryland, New Mexico, and California. とあります。
dogwood ミズキ類 学名：Cornus
[今日の記事] Shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants of the genus Cornus, in the dogwood family (Cornaceae), found in temperate and warm temperate zones and on tropical mountains. The family is noted for its woody ornamental species native to both coasts of North America and to eastern Asia and Europe. Some members, such as the flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), are chiefly ornamental; the European cornelian cherry (C. mas), also an ornamental, has edible fruit; others yield wood for furniture. In the flowering dogwoods, flowers are small; the conspicuously expanded structures are coloured bracts that surround the cluster of true flowers.
[出典]B.C.E
[単語チェック！] herbaceous：草本の the genus Cornus：ミズキ属 the dogwood family (Cornaceae)：ミズキ科 flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)：ハナミズキ バージニア州ノースカロライナ州の州花 the European cornelian cherry (C. mas)：セイヨウサンシュユ ユーラシア原産の落葉性低木 深紅のすっぱい液果はゼリーや ジャムなどにする yield：算出する conspicuously：目だって bract：苞葉
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クチナシ gardeniaクチナシ gardenia学名：Gardenia jasminoides [今日の記事]gardeniaAny of the approximately 200 species of ornamental shrubs and trees in the genus Gardenia, in the madder family, native to tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia. Gardenias have ...樹木リリオデンドロン2009-06-12T22:52:50+09:00クチナシ gardenia 学名：Gardenia jasminoides
[今日の記事] gardenia Any of the approximately 200 species of ornamental shrubs and trees in the genus Gardenia, in the madder family, native to tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia. Gardenias have white or yellow tubular flowers, evergreen leaves, and large, berrylike fruits containing a sticky, orange pulp. Cape jasmine (G. jasminoides), native to China, is the fragrant species sold by florists.
[出典]britannica
[単語チェック！] approximately:おおよそ the madder family:アカネ科 madder：A southwest Asian perennial plant (Rubia tinctorum) having small yellow flowers, whorled leaves, and a red root. The root of this plant, formerly an important source of the dye alizarin. A red dye obtained from the roots of this plant. sticky:ねばねばする Cape jasmine (G. jasminoides):クチナシ、ヤエクチナシ
[今日の記事] The Baobab,which can live for over 1,000 years,is a focus for myth:it is said that a devil uprooted the tree and replanted it upside down ;spirits are linked with its night-opening flowers (the tree is pollinated by bats).The Baobab has edible leaves,seeds,and pulp,and the inner bark is used to make rope.The massive trunk stores water, which can be tapped for drinking.
[英英辞典から] Baobab n. Any of several trees of the genus Adansonia of Africa, Madagascar, and Australia, especially the tropical African species A. digitata having a broad swollen trunk that stores water, palmately compound leaves, and edible gourdlike hanging fruits.
この半夏とは何か、季節の名で、夏至から１１日目のことです。 ７月２日ごろにあたります。このころから梅雨が明け、田に カラスビシャク（半夏）が生えるのを目安に田植えの終期と されてきました。 the eleventh day after the summer solstice;the final day for seed sowing.
Common Name: Houttuynia Genus: Houttuynia Species: cordata Cultivar: 'Chameleon' Skill Level: Beginner Exposure: Full sun, Partial shade Hardiness: Hardy Soil type: Clay/heavy, Moist, Boggy Height: 20cm Spread: 100cm Time to divide plants: March to May
'Chameleon' has striking leaves, which first appear above ground in late spring or early summer, then rapidly create a dense ground cover of red, cream and green foliage. If the colouring seems garish, grow in shade, when the red fades to leave a pretty gold-edged foliage plant. The flowers are simple, white with prominent centres. Plants spread vigorously on moist ground by underground stems, so they are best planted where they can meander among other moisture-loving plants in a bog garden, a permanently moist border, or beside a pond.
[出典]ＢＢＣ
[単語チェック！] striking leaves：目立つ葉 a dense ground cover：密集したグランドカバー garish：派手な fade：消える prominent：突起した vigorously：旺盛に bog garden：灌漑して湿った生育条件を好む植物を植えた庭
[今日の記事] Found only in the mountains of western China, the dove tree’s flowers are surrounded by large, whimsical leaves called involucres that lose their photosynthetic capability as they turn from green to white. National Geographic sponsored Zhiduan Chen to study the endangered tree in China. He shared the legend of how it was named: During the Han dynasty, the beautiful Zhaojun Wang married the king of a distant northern tribe. Missing her family, Zhaojun sent a letter home attached to a dove, which flew nonstop for a thousand miles, finally landing and dying on a dove tree branch outside her family’s home. The tree was renamed to honor the dedicated messenger. (Davidia involucrata)
[出典]National Geographic
[単語チェック！] whimsical leaves：奇妙な葉 involucre：苞 photosynthetic capability：光合成能力 National Geographic：ナショナルジオグラフィック 地理の知識の普及を目的とした米国の月刊誌 Zhiduan Chen：中国の植物学者 endangered tree：絶滅の危機に瀕した木 legend：言い伝え、伝説 the Han dynasty：漢王朝 the beautiful Zhaojun Wang：王昭君 おうしょうくん 中国、漢の元帝の後宮の美女 後宮は徳川幕府で言えば大奥のこと 元帝の命により匈奴（古代モンゴリアに活躍した遊牧騎馬民族）に嫁した。匈奴との和親政策の犠牲になり、その地で死んだ。その哀話を題材とした作品は多い。 distant northern tribe：遠く離れた北の部族 dying：死にかけている dedicated：身をささげた Davidia involucrata：
[英英辞典から] dove-tree a slender decidous Chinese tree with flowers that bear large white bracts said to resemble doves' wings,grown as an ornamental
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シバザクラ今日の植物はシバザクラ（芝桜）です。モスフロックスと英語をそのまま使うこともあります。北米原産ハナシノブ科の多年草コケに似た厚いマット状になる。針のような細長い葉をつけ、紅、淡紅、ピンク、濃紅、淡青紫、白の花を咲かせます。moss phloxmoss pink シバザクラ（芝桜）モスフロックス学名：Phlox subulata [今日の記事]This native of North America is one of the most strikingflow...草花リリオデンドロン2009-05-10T10:17:57+09:00モスフロックスと英語をそのまま使うこともあります。 北米原産ハナシノブ科の多年草 コケに似た厚いマット状になる。針のような細長い葉をつけ、 紅、淡紅、ピンク、濃紅、淡青紫、白の花を咲かせます。
moss phlox moss pink シバザクラ（芝桜）モスフロックス
学名：Phlox subulata
[今日の記事] This native of North America is one of the most striking flowering plants of spring, forming a dense evergreen carpet entirely covered in blooms. Moss pink is a flowering ground cover that will grow in almost any soil. Description of moss pink: Moss pink is a ground-hugging plant up to 6 inches in height with evergreen, needlelike leaves on creeping woody stems. The star-shaped flowers are 3/4 inch across and come in shades of white, pink, deep pink, red, purple, or blue. They appear from midspring to early summer, depending on the local climate. Ease of care: Easy. Growing moss pink: Grow in full sun to partial shade in a well-drained, even sandy, soil. Do not over-fertilize. After blooming has ceased, prune harshly (to 1 to 2 inches) to stimulate new growth. Propagating moss pink: By division, layering, or cuttings. Uses for moss pink: It's the perfect ground cover plant for the rock garden; it is spectacular in bloom and makes an attractive green carpet otherwise. [出典]howstuffworks.com
RHS Announces: ‘Kids Go Free’ - 6th February 2009 It’s good news for families! The Royal Horticultural Society has announced that from 2009 under 16 year olds will be admitted, free of charge, to all of its gardens and to the RHS shows at Cardiff, Hampton Court and Tatton Park. In 2008, the Society started to welcome children free of charge to its gardens across the country and, in August, families flocked to RHS Show Tatton Park when this event opened free of charge to under 16 year olds for the first time. The show saw youngsters revel in activities ranging from face-painting to a ‘Quirky Container Competition’. This year, kids will go free at the vast majority of RHS sites and they’ll feel even more welcome with everything from a wheelbarrow competition at Cardiff, a scarecrow competition at Hampton Court and further fun to be announced at Tatton Park. What’s more, RHS gardens at: Harlow Carr in North Yorkshire; Hyde Hall in Essex; Rosemoor in Devon and Wisley in Surrey will offer a variety of both educational and fun events for kids throughout the year – see www.rhs.org.uk for details. Stephen Bennett, RHS Shows Director said: “The number of children attending last year’s RHS Show Tatton Park almost tripled compared to the previous year as a direct result of the free entry initiative. This year the Society has decided to offer free entry for under 16 year olds across as many RHS sites as possible. Children are at the heart of the Royal Horticultural Society’s mission and we’re providing both educational and fun initiatives to engage them in gardening and outdoor activities. We just ask that they bring their parents!”. Other RHS initiatives for children include the ‘Campaign for School Gardening’ which aims to encourage and support schools to develop and fully use a school garden.
[今日の記事] If you visit on a weekend, next stop would be the Jien-guo Holiday Flower Market. "So many lovely things can be seen: bonsai, lotus plants, organic vegetables, miniature gardens," Chen says.
Nearby is the Jien-guo Weekend Jade Exhibition, the largest jade market in Asia. "You can buy jade here at different prices and levels of quality," Chen says. "Choose one for yourself to bring you good luck or as a gift. They make nice decorations for the home, too."
[出典]smh.com
[単語チェック！] the Jien-guo Holiday Flower Market:建國假日花市. 週末土日のみ営業の切花や園芸の一大マーケットです。
the Jien-guo Weekend Jade Exhibition:建國假日玉市 jade:ジェード 翡翠
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malt 麦芽スーパーの酒コーナーで、麦酒にするか発泡酒にするか悩みませんか。うまさで選ぶなら麦酒ですが、値段なら発泡酒ですね。麦酒と発泡酒を英語でいうと麦酒 beer発泡酒 a low-malt beer , a beer-like drink with a low grain contentとなります。発泡酒は low-malt つまりmalt 麦芽が少ない beer というわけです。日本では、酒税法でビールは使用原料のうち麦芽が２／３以上使われていることが条件となります。この条件にあ...野菜・果物リリオデンドロン2009-01-17T09:22:26+09:00 麦酒と発泡酒を英語でいうと
麦酒 beer 発泡酒 a low-malt beer , a beer-like drink with a low grain content
[今日の記事] A grain (typically barley) that is sprouted, kiln-dried and ground into a mellow, slightly sweet-flavored powder. This powdered malt has many uses including making vinegar, brewing beer, distilling liquor and as a nutritious additive to many foods. Malted-milk powder and malt vinegar are two of the most popular malt products available today. See also malt syrup.
[英英辞典から] malt １．Grain, usually barley, that has been allowed to sprout, used chiefly in brewing and distilling. ２．An alcoholic beverage, such as beer or ale, brewed from malt. ３．See malted milk
Italy's fields and forests have a wide variety of edible mushrooms. But before heading out to pick them it is essential to have a mushrooming licence. Find out how to get the licence and what mushrooms you can expect to find in the Lazio provinces. Rain and sunshine are the perfect combination for the growth of mushrooms, which means that summer and autumn each year are mushroom seasons in Italy.
Mushrooms are picked in many different areas and play an important part in Italian cuisine. They are eaten in many different ways: together with meat, game or poultry; used as a filling in ravioli; as part of a pasta or risotto dish; in soups or to make thick spreading creams.
When preserved in olive oil, mushrooms are also served as a starter, together with other antipasti. They may also be dehydrated - this is mostly the case for ceps (funghi porcini) - sold in little sachets and then rehydrated before use. And the white truffle (tartufo bianco) from Alba in the Piedmont region; a truffle is essentially a fungus that grows underground while a mushroom is an above ground fungus.
Mushrooming Licences Mushroom picking is treated as a hobby by many people and in order to regulate this, a law was established on a national level, which is then adapted locally in each region.
A license (tesserino) is required to pick mushrooms everywhere in Italy. In some areas, this license will be delivered once the person has attended a basic course and passed a test; in other regions the license is given without conditions.
The license can be bought from the Mountain Community (comunità montane), the Consortium of Management of Parks (consorzio di gestione dei parchi), the Province (provincia) or the City (il comune).
Each region or province has its own regulations, and also decides on a calendar (days when it is authorised to pick mushrooms and days during which mushroom picking is prohibited), as well as the quantity of mushrooms allowed per person (usually two or three kilograms per day per person). In some areas, there might be additional specific restrictions applying to certain species of mushrooms.
Licenses in the Lazio Region In the Lazio region, the license (tesserino regionale di autorizzazione alla raccolta) is issued to people over the age of 14 who have attended a course. The course is open to residents (it is held in Italian only).
Following a law of 29 April 2006, people over the age of 65 are now exempt from paying for a license.
The request for the license is downloadable; the form should be filled in and posted: Click here (PDF) A tax stamp to be enclosed with the form Post to: Alla Provincia di Roma Servizio Caccia e Pesca Via Nomentana n.54 00161 Rome Licences must be renewed annually (there is a fee) and payment can be made directly into the account:
Account number: c.c.p. 37716792 Name: Amministrazione Provinciale Roma (mention: rinnovo annuale permesso di raccolta funghi) Mushroom picking In the Lazio region and the province of Rieti, mushrooms may be picked four days per week: Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Mushrooms most commonly found are: ceps (funghi porcini), cultivated mushrooms (i prataoili), mushrooms called "ovules" because of their shape (ovuli), mushrooms called pancakes because of their shape (galletti), pinaroli and mazze di Camburo. These are found everywhere in the surrounding woods and mountains.
To see pictures of these: Click here Regional contacts Provincia di Roma, Ufficio Caccia, Pesca e Funghi (Province of Rome, Office of Hunting, Fishing and Mushrooms) At: Via Nomentana 54, 00161 Rome Tel: 06 67668740 Fax: 06 67668738 Safety guidelines Each year about 40,000 people suffer from mushroom poisoning in Italy.
There are about 300 different types of non-edible mushrooms in Europe. Eating them can cause problems such as digestive discomfort (nausea, diarrhoea) for a limited period of time or more serious ailments such as convulsions, tachycardia or kidney infection.
In order to avoid these problems, the sanitation authorities (Unione Nazionale del Personale Ispettivo Sanitario d’Italia) offer the following advice:
never pick mushrooms in a polluted environment, close to a highway or a rubbish dump do not pick up mushrooms just for the sake of it put mushrooms in a wicker basket if unsure about the safety of a mushroom, do not mix it in the same basket with ones that are certainly safe get advice from a health professional; the staff of a local health department (ASL Agenzia Sanitaria Locale) will be in a position to provide free advice on the mushrooms collected In case of poisoning, call or go to the Emergency Service (Pronto Soccorso). If possible, take some of the mushrooms or the remains of the dish eaten. Never try to self-cure, do not take any drugs, do not attempt to vomit.
Further Information Micologi Associati (in Italian)
edible fungi キノコ
[今日の記事] Any of a number of plants that lack chlorophyll and that feed on organic matter. Common fungi include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms. Some are beneficial, but others are the cause of plant diseases and many are poisonous to humans.