Article: Kew Archivist, Hew Prendergast, explains the use of the bottle gourd throughout history. (The Uses Of Plants).(Brief Article)

Article: BOTTLE GOURD DOMESTICATED EARLY IN THE NEW WORLD
The Boston Globe;  December 26, 2005 ;     394 words ...If the dog is man's best friend, then the bottle gourd, perhaps, is second best. A new scientific analysis ... Africa, carried by ocean currents. BOTTOM LINE: The bottle gourd came to the Americas with the first settlers, at least ...

Article: Help our feathered friends with bottle gourd ...
New Haven Register;  May 29, 2009 ;     666 words ... ... thousands of years ago. For those who might want to try making their own bottle gourd birdhouses, here are a few tips: A--Once you have planted and tended your bottle gourd vine, you will need to dry the gourds. They can be left on the vine ...

Article: Bottle gourd birdhouses: high school.(Brief ...
School Arts;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Significant Problem When creating art with hard-shelled gourds, an artist can use two-dimensional techniques while working three-dimensionally to produce unique designs. Making one-of-a-kind birdhouses added a practical purpose that appealed to the students. Essential Concepts 1. Increasing

Cucurbita longa flore albo, protuberante ventre = Calebasse = Cucuzza a ...
NYPL Digital Gallery;  January 1, 1934 ;     267 words ...

Article: Kew botanist, Hew Prendergast, explains lacquer's ...
Geographical;  December 1, 2001 ;     457 words ...Most lacquer derives from the varnish tree Rhus verniciflua, which is in the same family as the cashew and mango. When the tree's bark is cut, often in a herring-bone pattern, black, highly toxic lacquer oozes out. Japan is where its application has been perfected. The above tray, 21.5cm-long and

Article: Studies in the area of molecular breeding reported from Kyungpook ...
Life Science Weekly;  October 20, 2009 ;     700 words ..."Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria Standl.) has ... adverse effects on the scion, the bottle gourd was genetically engineered using a ... test-grafted onto the transgenic bottle gourd to determine its effect on the scions ...

Article: Showcase of Chinese folk arts
New Straits Times;  January 4, 2005 ;     429 words ... ... art of knotting, paper-cutting, bottle gourd- carving, snuff bottle- painting ... history of over 2,000 years. As for the bottle gourd, it has always been a valuable item ... medicine. People also like to keep the bottle gourd partly because, in Mandarin, it is ...