Monthly Archives: February 2009

Honey Locust and Tree of Heaven

The field maple is widespread in western, central and eastern Europe but requires a milder climate than both preceding species and does not extend northward as far as Scandinavia. Even in central Europe it is found only in warmer regions, at elevations up to about 500 metres.Read More

How Tree Pollination Works

The quantity of seeds in a good year is enormous. One hectare of forest planted with five to fifteen thousand young seedlings will yield up to three million seeds for a pine stand, five million for spruce, three to five million for beech and up to a hundred million for birch.Read More

Medlar

There are no true varieties of the loganberry as such. As, however, it is very subject to virus diseases and there are some very poor stocks about, it is important to buy virus-free plants from reliable nurserymen.Read More

Trees and Man

Even though the process of civilization has made man independent of nature and raised him to a higher level, yet he is continually aware of the fundamental influence of nature on generations of mankind.Read More

Structure of the Leaves

Let us now take a look at the structure of the tree trunk. In the centre, there is a narrow column of pith and around it a continuous shaft of wood, called the xylem. This is made up of concentric circles known as the annual rings. Then comes the thin layer of phloem and, on the outside, the bark, which in older trees may be split and furrowed.Read More

Bird Cherry and Tulip Tree

The bird cherry is distributed throughout most of Europe, extending northward as far as central Sweden and eastward to the Yenisei River. It grows mainly in moist situations alongside lakes and ponds and on alluvial deposits; alongside streams, it may be found at elevations over 1000 metres. The bird cherry is a small tree 5 to 15 metres high, with a broad crown and pendent branches.Read More

Information on Tree Growth

The principal raw material yielded by trees is wood, which can he used in many ways and for many purposes and which, along with coal – the product of trees of earlier geological periods – made possible the smelting of ores and the development of all branches of industry.Read More

Aspen and White Poplar

The aspen is a forest tree, occurring widely throughout the whole of Europe, and extending beyond the Arctic Circle in the north. In central Europe it grows in lowland and on mountains up to and above 1000 metres; it is most plentiful, however, in hill country, coppice forests and forests which are clear-felled.Read More

Why You Need Search Engine Optimization

An internet business E-commerce is very cut throat. You have to arm yourself with the proper know-how and the tools to make your site a cut above the rest. Every day, more and more sites are fighting to optimize their rankings in websites and if you lose your guard, you may just get trampled on and be left in the abyss filled with so many failed e-commerce sites.Read More

Use your Traffic to Make Money

Establishing your own internet business is not like what it used to be. There are thousands of competitors that are all too willing to get a bigger share of the pie. Every method you can find to augment your sales would be very beneficial.Read More