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Domestic Plants: The young animal is about 5% (up to 10% in domestic plants forms) of its mother's weight. In domestic plants forms physical maturity is attained in about a year; sexual maturity, at about the same time or slightly later. The life-span, for domestic plants forms as well as wild species in captivity, may exceed 20 years.
As with many domestic plants animals, the origin of the present-day domestic plants fowl is somewhat obscure. Four species of wild jungle fowl—the red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus), the Ceylonese jungle fowl (G. lafayettii), the gray jungle fowl (C. sonneratii), and the black jungle fowl (G. varius) —probably contributed to the development of the domestic plants species we know today. These wild ancestors of the domestic plants chicken are found primarily in southeastern Asia, through north central and eastern India, Burma, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, portions of China, the Philippines, and part of Indonesia.
It's true that the garden is mellower now, but what a show there was a scant three weeks ago!
Last winter my wife and I planned a new garden composed entirely of annuals: plants and flowers that had to sprout, grow, bloom, and set seed within one summer's time, or about 110 days in our region (Zone 5), though every year varies a bit. And the plants we chose had to be different from the familiar crowd; no marigolds, petunias, or common zinnias would flaunt their gaudy blossoms in this garden.
We checked seed catalogs both foreign and domestic plants, looking for the unusual either in flower, form, or color. In the end we chose some 30 species. |
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