April28_2008

Botanical Glossary - Home - References Cited

Photos - Views of the main entrance and bell tower (center) on the northern face of St. Margarets Free Church of England originally built in 1922 for the Reformed Episcopal congregation located at 3198 East Georgia Street.

Photos - Frames left and center: Parked outside of Hastings Community center at 3096 East Hastings street are two Caterpillar CB 434D rollers which have been used on some road repair in the neighborhood. The CB-434D Asphalt Compactor offers compaction performance, application versatility and operator comfort to maximize productivity while providing exceptional product quality. It has a Caterpillar 3054C Diesel Engine with four cylinders and a reliable two-amplitude vibratory system. The Operator’s Station is Ergonomically designed for maximum operator productivity while offering excellent visibility and comfort - and automatic speed control which allows consistent speeds to be maintained throughout a job.

Frame right: Prunus Spp (Ornamental Cherry) in full blossom outside Hastings Community Center.

Photos - L-R - Pieris Japonica (Andromeda) with cascading, urn shaped blossoms also outside Hastings Community Center. Andromeda Pieris are compact ornamental shrubs with profuse panicles or racemes of small waxy, urn shaped, usually white drooping flowers which blossom late winter or early spring. Leaves are leathery green and lance shaped - introduced from Eurasia is another colorful plant with blossoms at this time of year.

This small ornamental cherry deciduous tree is a relative of their popular stone fruit cousins and are grown mainly for their showy 5-petaled early spring flowers which can be found solitary or in small clusters along branches.

Hanging out on the Andromeda blossoms is a Metasyrphus Americanus (American Hover Fly) these yellow and black hover flies are usually found in meadows and fields on flowers and foliage. The adult hover fly drinks nectar, while the larvae feeds on aphids and larvae of scale insects. This is considered a beneficial insect because it eliminates insects that attack other plants.

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