Lecture 38 Tropical Landscape Ornamentals

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Lecture 38Tropical Landscape Ornamentals
Climate and plant adaptation determines
suitability of ornamentals Trees Many large trees
in the tropics Many flowering trees Wide use of
palms Use of ferns and cycads Many ornamental
bamboo species
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Turf Temperate lawn grasses are not
adaptable Many tropical grasses are coarse
resemble crabgrass. Flowering shrubs and vines A
wide variety of shrubby plants and vines Many of
our indoor plants are landscape plants in the
tropics
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Tree Representations, Assyria
Symbolic palm
Primitive drawing
Date palm
Source Gothein 1966.
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Oasis, Sinai
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Dates, Sinai peninsula
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Oasis at El Tor, Sinai peninsular.
Source J. Janick, photo.
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Oasis in Sinai
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Ancient Egyptian Garden Scenes
Harvesting pomegranates in formal planting
interspersed with ornamental columns next to a
T-shaped pool.
Source Hyams, 1971.
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Ancient Egyptian Garden Scenes
Four workers transporting trees.
Tree with earth raised around the roots.
Source Wright, 1934.
Source Wilkinson, The Ancient Egyptians.
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Ancient Egyptian Garden Scenes
Randomly-placed trees within a square enclosure
surrounding square pool. Carving from the
tomb of Akhnaton (18th dynasty).
Source Thacker, 1979.
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Garden Plan for a Wealthy Egyptian Estate
Note two types of palms single trunk date
palm, bifurcated trunk doum palm.
Source Berrall, 1966.
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Formal Egyptian garden (Thebes ca. 1450 BCE)
The lotus pool, on which statue of the vizier
Rekhmire is being towed by boat, faces a
pavilion or summerhouse. Around the pool grow
doum palms, date palms, acacias, and other trees
and shrubs.
Singer et al., 1954.
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A late 19th century impression (1883) of a birds
eye view of a high officials garden.
Source J. S. Berrall, The Garden An Illustrated
History.
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Ancient Egyptian Garden Scenes (Thebes, ca. 1300
BCE)
Garden planted with fig, olive trees and
flowering plants containing a pavilion with steps
leading down to the water, being irrigated by a
row of shadufs.
Source Singer et al., 1954.
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Plants as Symbols
Papyrus and lotus symbols of upper and lower Egypt
Hunting scene showing lotus and papyrus.
Offering of lotus and papyrus to Isis.
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Present day garden at Neve Firan, Sinai showing
irrigation channels.
Source J. Janick photo.
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon. A 19th century
conception.
Source Berrall (1966).
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Date, Sinai
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Desert Inn, Beersheba, Israel
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Federal station at Mayaguez, Royal Palm, Puerto
Rico
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Travelers Palm, Ecuador
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Bambouseraie de Prafrance, Anduze, France
Reconstructed house on stilts
Allée dentrée
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Palms, Belize
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Bamboo
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Elephant pod, Hawaii
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Elephant pod
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Bogor Botanical gardens, Java, Indonesia
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Trinidad Botanical gardens
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Vista at Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Miami,
Florida
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Cannonball Tree
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Norfolk Pine Plantation
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Chinese Banyan, Ficus retuse
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Cycad cone, Hawaii
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Ipe in Bloom
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Flamboyant Vicosa
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Ylang-ylang, Costa Rica
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Bougainvillea, Hawaii
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Bougainvillea, Hawaii
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Croton, Puerto Rico
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Interiorscape
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Puerto Rico, Philodendron
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Inner Garden, American Consulate Brasilia
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Double Poinsettia
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Poinsettia
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Parking garage, Brazil