tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post1258358107264536153..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: TulipsRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-16149157076900853972009-04-22T02:14:00.000-07:002009-04-22T02:14:00.000-07:00Here's kind of an interesting update on the (p...Here's <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416105353.htm" rel="nofollow">kind of an interesting update</a> on the (possible) dating of the arrival of tulips in Europe.<br><br>The description of the flower is rather mysterious:<br><br>"Its flower is yellow inside and pink outside, shaped like a cube. Another beautiful and aromatic flower is found in its interior."Julie Heywardhttp://unrealnature.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-59281574558983437932009-04-22T22:17:00.000-07:002009-04-22T22:17:00.000-07:00Mice on a beam again. I don't know about the a...<a href="http://segalbooks.blogspot.com/2009/03/droste-effect.html" rel="nofollow">Mice on a beam</a> again. I don't know about the ancestral tulip, but the internal colouring and stamens of some modern ones do <a href="http://i.pbase.com/o6/54/763254/1/76802822.BCIhitzV.stamen.jpg" rel="nofollow">resemble another flower</a>.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.com