ORH 1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Luther Burbank, Russet Potato, Biltmore Estate

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Environmental Horticulture
• Course: ORH 1030
• Professor: David G Clark

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For the project, go to a place that serves plants, take pictures and take 10 of them, show a card of your name on it! Say what the plant is and the origin. We would be dead in about three weeks if we had no plants at all. If we had no animals, these plants would last forever! He shows cotton, silk worms, and hymph, i think it is spelled. Plants are important for shelter, fuel, medicine, climate control. 80% of drugs have base chemistry in plants. Shading a house is better and cheaper on the electric bill. You burn about 300 calories in an hour! Gardening is what most people do whether it is one or more plants, #1 past time. You meet people, learn biology, and add beauty! Us students prefer to study animals rather than plants. A tendency to under emphasize plants in teaching biology. Inability to see or notice plants in one"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t.