06_Wild_in_the_city_urban_botany_p_16-18.pdf

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title	Wild in the City: Urban Botany
creator	Griffin, Diane
subject	Island Magazine
subject	Prince Edward Island Museum
description	What creatures are these, perfuming the night air with their subtle scents, surviving only by stealth and subterfuge? They are resilient and street-smart and tenacious. They are the plants of the city. We mean here the true city plants —not the pampered and manicured inhabitants of lawn and flowerbed — but the forgotten denizens of back-yards and alleys. They raise their dirty faces from ash heaps and cracks in the pavement. Not for them the cozy ambiance of clipped hedges and spotless gravel walks; their homes are littered with Lysol cans and broken wine bottles. They are not watered with considerate hoses, but by roof-drips and rainfall and wandering drunks. Their soil is not conditioned and balanced. Their insect pests are not attacked with all the miracles of modern chemistry. And yet, they survive, with Promethean indifference to humans and their ways.
publisher	Prince Edward Island Museum
date	1988
type	Document
format	application/pdf
identifier	vre:islemag-batch2-304
source	23
language	en_US
rights	Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.

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title	Wild in the City: Urban Botany
creator	Griffin, Diane
subject	Island Magazine
subject	Prince Edward Island Museum
description	What creatures are these, perfuming the night air with their subtle scents, surviving only by stealth and subterfuge? They are resilient and street-smart and tenacious. They are the plants of the city. We mean here the true city plants —not the pampered and manicured inhabitants of lawn and flowerbed — but the forgotten denizens of back-yards and alleys. They raise their dirty faces from ash heaps and cracks in the pavement. Not for them the cozy ambiance of clipped hedges and spotless gravel walks; their homes are littered with Lysol cans and broken wine bottles. They are not watered with considerate hoses, but by roof-drips and rainfall and wandering drunks. Their soil is not conditioned and balanced. Their insect pests are not attacked with all the miracles of modern chemistry. And yet, they survive, with Promethean indifference to humans and their ways.
publisher	Prince Edward Island Museum
date	1988
type	Document
format	application/pdf
identifier	vre:islemag-batch2-304
source	23
language	en_US
rights	Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.