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My visit to BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN



Founded in 1910,Brooklyn Botanic Garden have over 10,000 plants from around the world and each year it receive 700,000 visitors. Today, i am one of the visitors. When i first came in America, Brooklyn museum was the first one i visited, but i never knew the botanic garden was near the museum.The day i visited the garden, there were some exhibition of plants, specifically the wicked plants. i had a chance to see and read about some of them. The botanic garden is a breath taking place. It seems to be a welcoming place. People always think plants are just plants, but the surprising side of it is that it is a mysterious world, like human beings', good and bad. Some plants seem obviously scary with their sharp spines that irritate the skin or some are as it said blood thirsty; plants like "Crafty Carnivores" (the Venus flytrap). The Jatrophas species also give skin irritation and they are potentially fatal to human or animals if eaten. There is also a plant that produces fruits called //Taro// from places like Oceania, West Africa, and Caribbean. this plant's skin can be deadly as well. i even ate several times when i was back in my country; it tastes like yam, but sweeter; a person just need to know how to cook it to avoid the harm. Some plants and flowers are founded in the begining of 19 century(1800s); flowers like "//Chestnut Rose in 1814, Hybryd Tea// China in 1839, and boursault in 1874" and more. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden have names of famous people's garden like Shakespeare Garden. It has also has beatiful flowers and plants, like the "//Monkshood//" (Aconitum Species), it causes death by suffocation, when it slows a person's respiration, the stomach burns, and heartbeat.eventhough it is a beautiful purple flower.

= The monksood flower. =

Lindens



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