Árvore (Tree),
2004
Tree branches and screws
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“Grafting is the
art of connecting two pieces of living plant tissue together in such
a manner that they will unite and subsequently grow and develop as one
composite plant.”
“The Renaissance period (1350 – 1600 A.D.) saw a renewed interest in grafting pratices. Large number of new plants from foreign countries were imported into European gardens and maintained by grafting.”
Plant Propagation : Principles and practices – Hudson T. Hartmann, et al – Prentice Hall
“The Renaissance period (1350 – 1600 A.D.) saw a renewed interest in grafting pratices. Large number of new plants from foreign countries were imported into European gardens and maintained by grafting.”
Plant Propagation : Principles and practices – Hudson T. Hartmann, et al – Prentice Hall
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“Small-leaved elm
Ulmus minor
After practically driven
to extinction by the disease that affected it – a fungus that
blocks the water-conducting tissue within the tree – this type
of elm seems to be recovering in the region of Trás-os-Montes.
This tree can reach a height of 30 meters, has glossy elliptic serrate
leaves of 4 to 12 cm, and its fruits are composed by a flat nucleus
surrounded by membranous wings. The wood of this elm is quite decorative:
its sapwood is pale yellow and the duramen varies from light gray to
chocolate; the wood is heavy, hard and elastic, and is used for furniture,
tool handles and sports equipment. The leaves are often used as cattle
forrage, especially for pigs.”
Ulmeiro ou negrilho,
Carlos Pinheiro, www.bragancanet.pt/patrimonio
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Floreira / Viveiro (Nursery),
2004
Transport pallets, plants
that sprouted improperly in several locations of the Jardim-Museu Agrícola
Tropical (Belém/Lisbon) and were replanted in the Museum’s
nursery.
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“If gardens underwent
a profound metamorphosis during the second half of the 18th century,
it is probably largely due to the efforts of explorers and botanist
travelers that, often jeopardizing their own lives, brought back to
Europe an unprecedented number of flowers, trees and bushes. In addition
to these men’s efforts, many of them adventurers rather than botanists,
was the exceptional work of the scientists of the Enlightenment that
studied, classified, and acclimatized the new plants coming from the
four corners of the world, clearing Botany of a mishmash of ancient
beliefs and raising its status to that of a science. The enthusiasm
by the public for these exotic plants which was stimulated by the fashion
for irregular gardens and the scientific curiosity sharpened by the
revival of the colonial expansion are two of the major reasons of this
evolution.”
Les temps des jardins
– Florence Collette et Denise Péricard – Méa
Seine-et-Marne, côté
jardin – 1992
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Plants kindly lent by Dr. Cândida
Liberato, Jardim-Museu Agrícola Tropical
Transport pallets kindly supplied by
FeirExpo
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Cestos (Baskets), 2004
Wicker baskets to hold and transport
exotic plants, created based on the original basket of Thouin,
first gardener of the Jardin des Plantes (Paris), for the
expedition of Lapérouse (1785-1788).
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“A scientific expedition was lead by
Lapérouse (1785–1788) (…) for the collection
and the study of plants. The expedition included a botanist ,
Joseph de Boissieu de Lamartinière, who was accompanied
by an aide-jardinier who was responsible for the tools. The
tool inventory was as follows: spades, shovels and picks,
different sized pruning knives, watering-cans, two hand saws ,
a six feet long cane with a shell casing on the top where a
small sycamore can be attached and which can be used to cut the
branches of trees or its fruits and a small ax to take the
plants from the soil with their roots. Also included were:
boxes made of white iron to store the seeds, three long boxes
for propagation, a magnifying glass with two lenses, two
thermometers, four booklets to take notes of his observations,
a portable writing-desk containing two penknives, twelve
pencils and a stiletto to dissect the seeds, one hundred and
twenty quires of 24 sheets of strong paper for the future
herbarium and eighty quires of 24 sheets of large white paper
to hold the dry plants. Two painters and a draughtsman, in
charge of executing the botanical drawings, illustrations and
landscapes, joined these two men.
The expedition also benefited from the
technical improvements concerning the conditioning and
transportation of live plants. André Thouin, gardener in
chief of the King’s Garden, replaced the primitive boxes
covered with thick tarred canvas proposed to the ship captains
by Duhamel du Monceau in 1752 with an idea he conceived himself
which was distinctly more advanced. The rudimentary structures
were replaced by baskets and portable greenhouses, ‘which
were constructed using triangular structures on which glazed
frames and shutters could be adjusted with iron hinges,
allowing the free circulation of air. This allowed the capacity
for increasing the temperature, if needed, and the sheltering
of the plants in cold weather’.
Leaving Brest on the 1st of August 1785,
the expedition ended tragically: it disappeared. The shipwreck,
only discovered in 1826, was located not far from
Australia.”
Les temps des jardins
– Florence Collette et Denise Péricard – Méa
Seine-et-Marne, côté
jardin – 1992.
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Porta de Estufa (Greenhouse
door), 2004
Framework timber, screws, glue, clear
plastic sheath
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