A remarkable adaptation is the edible asparagus, while in the Macaronesian Islands several species, ( Asparagus umbellatus, Asparagus scoparius, etc.

In the Macaronesian Islands, several species ( such as Asparagus umbellatus and Asparagus scoparius ) grow in moist laurel forest habitat, and preserve the original form of a leafy vine.

* Asparagus officinalis – Plants for a Future database entry

* Asparagus Production Management and Marketing – commercial growing ( OSU bulletin )

* Asparagus falcatus – Large Forest Sicklethorn of southern Africa )

* Asparagus fallax – Esparraguera de monteverde.

* Asparagus nesiotes – Esparraguera majorera.

* Asparagus pastorianus – Esparraguera espinablanca.

* Asparagus scandens – Krulkransie of the Western Cape, South Africa

* Asparagus scoparius – Esparragón raboburro.

Thus although most species in the order are herbaceous, some no more than 15 cm high, there are a number of climbers ( e. g. some species of Asparagus ), as well as several genera forming trees ( e. g. Agave, Cordyline, Yucca, Dracaena ), some of which can exceed 10 m in height.

Most species of Asparagales are herbaceous perennials, although some are climbers ( e. g. species of Asparagus, family Asparagaceae ) and some are tree-like.

File: Edouard Manet Bunch of Asparagus. jpg | Bunch of Asparagus, 1880, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany

Asparagus, especially white asparagus known in English as spargel ( the German name for asparagus ), is a common side dish or may be prepared as a main dish.

plant species in the genus Asparagus.

Asparagus is a herbaceous, perennial plant growing to tall, with stout stems with much-branched feathery foliage.

Plants native to the western coasts of Europe ( from northern Spain north to Ireland, Great Britain, and northwest Germany ) are treated as Asparagus officinalis subsp.

It is treated as a distinct species, Asparagus prostratus Dumort, by some authors.

Emperor Augustus reserved the Asparagus Fleet for hauling the vegetable, and coined the expression " faster than cooking asparagus " for quick action.

This cat is called " Gus ," short for Asparagus.

During Spring: Artichoke, Asparagus, Beanshoots, Beetroot, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Cucumber, Leek, Lettuce, Mushrooms, Peas, Rhubarb, and Spinach.

* Winged Bean ( aka Goa Bean or Asparagus Pea ), mature seeds, raw: 7. 20 % of the protein is lysine.

Oceana County is famous as the " Asparagus Capital of the World " for its high production of asparagus.

The annual Asparagus festival includes a parade and crowning of the Asparagus Queen.

Most European reed beds are composed mainly of the large wetland grass common reed ( Phragmites australis ), but also include many other tall monocotyledons adapted to growing in wet conditions – other grasses such as reed sweet-grass ( Glyceria maxima ), Canary reed-grass ( Phalaris arundinacea ) and small-reed ( Calamagrostis species ), large sedges ( species of Carex, Scirpus, Schoenoplectus, Cladium and related genera ), yellow flag iris ( Iris pseudacorus ), reed-mace (" bulrush " – Typha species ), water-plantains ( Alisma species ), and flowering rush ( Butomus umbellatus ).

Agapanthus umbellatus ) is a native of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

Other marshland plants found here include Purple Loosestrife, Yellow Flag ( Iris pseudacorus ), Hard Rush ( Juncus inflexus ), Soft Rush ( J. effusus ), Flowering Rush ( Butomus umbellatus ), Devil ’ s-bit Scabious ( Succisa pratensis ), three species of Horsetail Equisetum spp.

A. umbellatus ; African Lily or African Tulip )

The Exminster Marshes, a series of fields drained by dykes and ditches, carry several plants rare in Devon including Parsley Water Dropwort ( Oenanthe lachenalii ), flowering rush Butomus umbellatus, Frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae.

Abraham Lincoln ( February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 ) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

Lincoln successfully led his country through its greatest constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union while ending slavery, and promoting economic and financial modernization.

In the 1835 – 1836 legislative session, he voted to expand suffrage to white males, whether landowners or not.

The Whigs had been irreparably split by the Kansas – Nebraska Act.

In 1857 – 58, Douglas broke with President James Buchanan, leading to a fight for control of the Democratic Party.

The 1858 senate campaign featured the seven Lincoln – Douglas debates of 1858, the most famous political debates in American history.

On May 9 – 10, 1860, the Illinois Republican State Convention was held in Decatur.

Aristotle (, Aristotélēs ) ( 384 BC – 322 BC ) was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.

However implausible this is, it is certainly the case that Aristotle's rigid separation of action from production, and his justification of the subservience of slaves and others to the virtue – or arete – of a few justified the ideal of aristocracy.

Reference to them is made according to the organization of Immanuel Bekker's Royal Prussian Academy edition ( Aristotelis Opera edidit Academia Regia Borussica, Berlin, 1831 – 1870 ), which in turn is based on ancient classifications of these works.

Aristotle's Conception of Matter, Journal of Philosophy 70: 679 – 696.

London: Duckworth 14 – 34.

* P. Remacle's collection – Greek with French translation

Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other personalities of the filmmaking industry of the time for their works during the 1927 – 1928 period.

* Compare Altruism ( ethics ) – perception of altruism as self-sacrifice.

This religion preaches the view of Ahimsa – to live and let live, thereby not harming sentient beings, i. e. uncompromising reverence for all life.

93, pp. 2686 – 2689, April 1996.

Allan Dwan ( April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981 ) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer and screenwriter.

E. B. Tylor ( 2 October 1832 – 2 January 1917 ) and James George Frazer ( 1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941 ) are generally considered the antecedents to modern social anthropology in Britain.