a. The Short Collection – Greeting Cards – Printed Card Series. - The Rose. p05.The Rose. The rose has captured humankind’s imagination for thousands of years, and has taken a place of honour in gardens around the world. Roses were first cultivated in the gardens of China, but their use was soon worldwide. The Roman and Greek cultures both placed religious, medical and mythical significance on what the poet Sappho called “the Queen of Flowers”.
b. The Short Collection – Greeting Cards – Printed Card Series. - Australian Wild Gum Blossom. p07Australian Wild Gum Blossom. “Gum Tree” is the most common name for the 500 kinds of Australian Eucalyptus. They vary from forest giants to low straggling shrubs. First mentioned by Sir Joseph Banks in 1770, when he wrote of a tree having gum exudations, similar to an exotic plant he knew. The term “Gum Tree” is now usually reserved to those eucalyptus with smooth bark.
c. The Short Collection – Greeting Cards – Printed Card Series. - Australian Wild Flannel Flower. p10.Australian Wild Flannel Flower - A favorite wildflower of New South Wales and Queensland the flannel flower is perfect for a rockery. When mass planted, the lovely, soft, silvery-grey foliage and the whitish, woolly, felt-like flowers in spring and summer add a marvelous contrast to any landscape. These plants are often considered challenging to cultivate.
d. The Short Collection – Greeting Cards – Printed Card Series. - Australian Wild Gum Blossom. p10a.Australian Wild Gum Blossom - “Gum Tree” is the most common name for the 500 kinds of Australian Eucalyptus. There are many common names and these usually arise from a common feature such as: type of timber, nature of bark, leaf aroma and habit of growth. The flowers have no petals, as they are formed into a cap which covers the stamens and falls off to allow the fluffy stamens to protrude.
e. The Short Collection – Greeting Cards – Printed Card Series. - Frangipani. p11.Frangipani - The frangipani grows widely around the warmer parts of Australia. It has beautiful flowers with a stunning perfume. This decorative tree, with its fragrant scented five petal flowers, conjures up the feel of the tropics, warm summer days and exotic island escapes. The frangipani originated in southern Mexico, central America and the Caribbean.
f. The Short Collection – Greeting Cards – Printed Card Series. - Australian Rainbow Lorikeets. p26Australian Rainbow Lorikeets - A noisy, conspicuous bird, usually in flocks, frequenting flowering trees, shrubs and domestic gardens. With a shrill screech and sharp chattering while feeding it lives wherever blossoms are available and primarily in the coastal lowlands of northern and eastern Australia, the Kimberleys to Cape York Peninsula, Tasmania and Eyre Peninsula. They are generally observed in pairs or in flocks.
g. The Short Collection – Greeting Cards – Printed Card Series. - Sydney Opera House Night - Multi Coloured. Pa10.Sydney Opera House Night - Multi Coloured. During the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games celebrations the Sydney Opera House was featured in a coloured lights display. The coloured lights gave the Opera House a mystical glow as the "sails" changed from blues to reds and gold, continuing to give a surreal effect as the Opera House appears to float on Sydney Harbour.
i. The Short Collection – Greeting Cards – Printed Card Series. - Sydney Opera House. P83.Sydney Opera House. A blue/gold sunset outlining the Opera House. Arguably the most recognized symbol of modern architecture, the Sydney Opera House is now officially an international treasure after the United Nations Scientific and Cultural body, UNESCO, agreed to place it on the World Heritage list.
k. The Short Collection – Greeting Cards – Printed Card Series. - Sydney and the Tall Ship Bounty. P89.Sydney and the Tall Ship Bounty - Sydney sunset with the replica Tall Ship Bounty and the harbour. The original Bounty in 1787 was a small three masted vessel. The whole area between decks was removed and converted into a greenhouse to house the 1,000 breadfruit plants to be transported from Tahiti to the West Indies. The hull was sheathed in copper to guard against marine worm.
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