• Common name : Paper Birch • Scientific name : Betulapapyrifera • Family : Betulaceae • Native land : Cold climates of Canada and Alaska, and some parts of the Northern US states Paper birch is a slender and graceful deciduous annual tree with white bark. The bark has a chalky covering that rubs off […]
• Common name : Little Tree Plant • Scientific name : Biophytumsensitivum • Family : Oxalidaceae • Native land : Nepal, India and in other South-East Asian countries It is a small, sensitive flowering annual herb which looks like a miniature palm. Its leaves are sensitive. It has unbranched stems up to 30 cm in
• Common name : Queen’s Tears • Scientific name : Billbergianutans • Family : Bromeliaceae • Native land : Brazil, Venezuela, French Guiana, Lesser Antilles and Cuba Billbergia is a perennial flowering ornamental houseplant. It grows on trees and on rocks or the ground in subtropical forests. It readily forms clumps of bronze-green leaf rosettes.
A young couple, Lisheng and Guang, lived in a Chinese village near the river. Lisheng spent all his time experimenting. He wanted to turn dust into gold. Soon, he wasted all his money. Guang was worried. One day, Lisheng and Guang went to meet Zhang San, Guang’s father. He said to Lisheng, “I know how
• Common name : Berries/Raspberries • Scientific name : Rubusoccidentalis • Family : Rosaceae • Native land : Eastern North America Berries are found on low bushes and ground creepers. They are perennial with woody stems. There are about 450-500 species of berries. Habitats include openings in deciduous woodlands, woodland borders, savannas, thickets, fencerows, etc.
• Common name : Shrimp Plant • Scientific name : Justiciabrandegeeana • Family : Acanthaceae • Native land : Mexico, peninsular Florida It is an evergreen perennial shrub. It is often grown in tropical and sub-tropical gardens. It grows only 2 to 3 feet tall but spreads up to 6 feet wide. Flower blooms almost
A caterpillar had lost her shoe. Her foot now hurt while walking. The caterpillar went to a spider’s house. “May I borrow your shoe?” The spider gave his shoe but it was too small. Sadly, the caterpillar went away. The caterpillar, now, went to the riverside and asked the frog for a shoe. She wore
• Common name : Tuberous Begonia • Scientific name : Begonia tuberhybrida • Family : Begoniaceae • Native land : Tropical South America and Southern Africa Tuberous begonia is a flowering perennial plant. The plants generally grow 12-18 inches tall. Tuberous begonias grow best in a location that has partial to full shade, but bright
Chalk is used, all over the world, by teachers and children to write with on blackboards. Chalk is a soft and porous sedimentary rock that is a form of limestone. It is composed of calcium carbonate, also known as a mineral, calcite. Originally, chalk was an ‘animal’. Many kinds of tiny plants and animals cover
• Common name : Wax Begonia • Scientific name : Begonia obliqua • Family : Begoniaceae • Native land : Mexico, Central and South America, Asia and South Africa It grows in moist sub-tropical and tropical climates. It is an annual terrestrial herb or under shrub plant. This plant grows mostly in shaded spots in
• Common name : Beetroot • Scientific name : Beeta vulgaris • Family : Amaranthaceae • Native land : Southern Europe Beets are herbaceous biennial or, rarely, perennial plants. The leaves are simple and the petals or the sepals are fused into a cup or tube. The roots are most commonly deep red-purple in colour.
Rubber is an elastic substance which can be stretched easily. There are two types of rubbers: natural rubber and synthetic rubber. Natural rubber is a sticky, elastic substance obtained from latex, a milky liquid. Latex is found in a few tropical plants (natural rubber), like shrubs, vines and trees of various kinds. Mostly, it is
• Common name : Oriental Beech • Scientific name : Fagusorientalis • Family : Fagaceae • Native land : Caucasus Mountains in Georgia, Azerbai-jan, and Armenia, Eastern Europe and Asia Minor It is an evergreen annual deciduous broad-leaved tree. It can grow up to 100 feet tall. It has a smooth pale grey bark and
• Common name : Ponytail Palm, Elephant-foot Tree • Scientific name : Beaucarnearecurvata • Family : Asparagaceae • Native land : Mexico and Central America. Beaucarnea is an evergreen flowering perennial. The plant resembles a palm. It is a slow-growing plant with a green rosette of recurved, pendulous leaves rising from its swollen trunk. It
Crystal is a type of hard substance that has special molecular arrangement. Crystals are highly transparent and have a geometrically regular shape. Some crystals are precious. For example, emerald and diamond while some commonly occur like ice crystals, salt, sugar crystals, etc. Crystal can be differentiated from glass by the fact that crystal contains lead