Essays Tagged: "Shrub"

Coca-Cola and its Evolution

on May 8, 1886. He mixed a combination of lime,cinnamon, coca leaves, and the seeds of a Brazilian shrub to make the fabulous beverage(Things go betterwith Coke 14). Coca-Cola debuted in Atlanta's la ...

(8 pages) 428 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Field Study Report

the field study report the class was broken down into four groups, parking lot, grass, forest, and shrub areas. In this study students were asked to take 20 minutes out of every lab period and make a ... or of plant growth according to the charts and temperature readings. The temperature reading of the shrub area was recorded at 53.5 for two meters and 48.6 for ground level. This suggests that the soi ...

(5 pages) 53 0 0.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Cocaine: Background and Effects (both physically and mentally)

COCAINECocaine is found in the leaves of the Erythroxylon coca plant, a large shrub indigenous to South America. The compound is extracted from the leaves and is then processed i ...

(4 pages) 113 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

The History of Coffee

exiled Arab Sheik who saved himself from starvation by making a soup from the berries of the coffee shrub.However,the most common story is that of Kaldi,the shepherd,who was tending to his animals on ... . After investigating this,he realised that they had been eating the cherry-red berries of a nearby shrub. As a result of this,they remained awake jumping and leaping around the whole night,even the o ...

(12 pages) 145 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The symbols used in the "Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

."The rosebush is one of the more common and easily spotted among the many symbols. A rosebush is a shrub that produces roses; one of nature's many elegant flowers, grows next to a prison door. The pr ...

(1 pages) 16 0 0.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Seasons in botanicals

witch hazel. Witch hazels provide unusual interest at times of the year when other garden flowers, shrubs, and trees are dormant.Witch hazels belong to the family Hamamelidacae and are related to oth ... liar to devoted gardeners. Fothergilla, Paerotia, Corylopsis, and many others less well known woody shrubs and trees, including the American sweetgum, all belong to the witch hazel family. Members of ...

(1 pages) 33 0 4.1 Mar/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

Rainforest diversity and destruction.

l rainforests are divided into at least five layers: the overstory, the canopy, the understory, the shrub layer, and the forest floor.4.-Rainforests must lie in the "tropics" to grow and usually have ...

(2 pages) 31 0 3.4 May/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Forestry

"One Last Chance" Short story

as if in conversation, like an animal full of lust for blood and pain. I darted quickly to a small shrub near the road, shivering, rubbing my hands over my freezing arms, my body protected by nothing ... , looking...for me. But I was hidden, but I knew if I stayed here they would eventually come by the shrub and. I lowered myself closer to the dirt, til I could almost taste the grainy black substance. ...

(4 pages) 22 0 4.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Until the End of Time: Passionate Shepherd to his love vs. The Nymphs reply.

the shepherd speaks to his love, he has a unique choice of words. Words used like myrtle meaning a shrub, kirtle representing a dress, and posies indicating a bouquet. The nymph uses repetition of di ...

(3 pages) 37 0 3.7 Jan/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Explain how the Lantana motif is used as a metaphor and a prop in the film Lantana.

Lantana is a tropical shrub with small colourful blooms that hide dense and thorny undergrowth. It grows profusely around ... ersect in a weaving, knotted mesh that is represented by the image promoting the drama, the lantana shrub. Further, the image of the lantana represents the profound complexity of love and relationship ... s weak, but in others more intimate, is reinforced by the lantana bush. The tangled branches of the shrub act as a metaphor for the intertwined relationships under scrutiny and underscore the variable ...

(3 pages) 23 0 0.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

5:30 am

before me. My headlamp illuminates my tree in the near distance. I begin to softly spray scents on shrub and tree tips as I get closer to my tree. As I assemble the cold, heavy and bulky tree stand e ... a blaze of fire as though the trees are immersed in flames. The landscape is covered with overgrown shrubs resting on rolling hills. Rows of trees line the adjacent cornfield where a stream flows to t ...

(6 pages) 13 0 4.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing