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  botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Broom - Herb Profile and Information
In the Broom the stigma lies in the midst of the five anthers of the longer stamens, and when a bee visits the flower those of the shorter explode and disperse their pollen on the bee pressing upon the closed edges of the keel petal.
The Broom is the badge of the Forbes.
Broom tops are used in the form of decoction and infusion, often with squill and ammonium and potassium acetate, as a feeble diuretic, generally in dropsical complaints of cardiac origin.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/b/broom-70.html   (2813 words)

  
 Broom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brooms could be attached to a handle, either short for a whisk broom, or long for a broom used to sweep the floor or fireplace.
The fibres used in modern brooms are from "broom corn," actually a variety of sorghum, and are unusually well suited to brooms.
Brooms are sometimes put to punitive use, such as a caning or a birching.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Broom   (644 words)

  
 Scottish Broom
The Scottish broom is moving quickly in territories of the forest of Oregon and the western Washingtons, in where it is interfering more and more with the reestablecimiento of the plants of seed plot of the harvested earth conifer.
Because it is a threat to the species of the native plant and indirectly to the animals that they feed in the moved plants, the Scottish broom is a bad injurious grass of class B in Washington and Oregon.
The Scottish broom is a perennial imperecedero shrub in the family of the vegetable(Fabaceae).
broom.netfirms.com /broom-scotch.htm   (1578 words)

  
 WITCHES' BROOM
Management of cacao in the presence of witches' broom requires knowledge of the local situation relative to disease epidemiology, periods of favorable climate for disease initiation, availability and abundance of pathogen inoculum and susceptible host tissues, sources of inoculum, and the number of vegetative flushes.
Phytosanitation (removal from the tree of witches' broom diseased plant parts and prevention of basidiocarp development from the removed items), chemical controls, disease escape, and host resistance to witches' broom may be management choices.
Andebrhan,T. Witches' broom disease of Theobroma cacao in Brazil.
www.oardc.ohio-state.edu /cocoa/witchbrm.htm   (2670 words)

  
 California Forest Stewardship Program: Broom II
Scotch broom is native to the British Isles and central and southern Europe.
French and Spanish broom are native to the Mediterranean region and Canary Islands.
On mature Scotch, Portuguese, and Spanish broom, the stems are responsible for almost all of the plant¹s photosynthetic capacity.
ceres.ca.gov /foreststeward/html/broom2.html   (1483 words)

  
 Noxious Weed IVM Guide - Broom
Broom is a shrubby perennial characterized by short spiky leaves, yellow flowers, woody stems, and brownish-fl pea-like pods that contain several seeds.
Broom is established along the inland valleys of the Pacific Northwest, from British Columbia to central California.
Broom has many characteristics of a species adapted to disturbances: it has rapid growth, flower production at a young age (as young as 2 years old), a long life-span (up to 7 years), a long-lasting seedbank, and individuals can resprout from the base.
www.efn.org /~ipmpa/Noxbroom.html   (4316 words)

  
 MedlinePlus Herbs and Supplements: Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius Linn.) herb and flower, Sparteine
There is a scientific basis of this use, due to the presence in scotch broom of small amounts of the alkaloid sparteine, which was studied and used through the 1970s as an oxytocic drug (to induce labor).
The principal alkaloid in scotch broom, sparteine, is present in various parts of the plant in concentrations ranging from 0.01-0.22 percent.
Although small amounts of scotch broom may be safe in otherwise healthy individuals, and use in foods as a flavoring or coloring agent is generally considered safe, the German Commission E recommends medical supervision when using this herb.
www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-scotchbroom.html   (2365 words)

  
 Broom Lore
In China, the broom goddess is Sao Ch’ing Niang or Sao Ch’ing Niang-Niang.
Two brooms crossed and hung on a wall or nailed to a door guard the house, as does a broom placed on the ground before the main door.
At first, the brush end of a broom (or faggot) was pointed downwards so the witch could "sweep her tracks from the sky." This is the stereotypical image we still see on the verge of the 21st century.
www.geocities.com /onesmallangel/broom.html   (1365 words)

  
 Butcher's Broom Information on Healthline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Butcher's broom is the root of the plant Ruscus aculeatus.
Although butcher's broom will not cure these conditions, it is used to relieve symptoms such as leg cramps, pain, heaviness in the legs, swelling of the legs and feet, and it can strengthen vein walls.
Although there are compounds in butcher's broom that constrict blood vessels and reduce inflammation, it isn't clear whether these compounds are effective in ointments and suppositories applied externally to hemorrhoids.
www.healthline.com /galecontent/butcher's-broom   (790 words)

  
 HPL: Broomsticks
Released in the summer of 1993 [Y13], the Firebolt is currently the fastest racing broom in the world.
Brooms are stored in a broomshed near the Quidditch pitch.
Filch uses non-magical brooms for cleaning, of course, and there are broom closets here and there in the castle.
www.hp-lexicon.org /wizworld/brooms.html   (664 words)

  
 What is Scotch Broom?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Scotch broom is widespread in the Pacific Northwest.
Scotch broom is a threat to the integrity of the Bald Hills prairie ecosystem.
Since broom will have produced many, long-lived seeds, well before it reaches its ultimate size, people may be unaware of its potential as a weed in cultivation.
www.nps.gov /redw/scotchbr.htm   (656 words)

  
 From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies: Jacob Broom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Broom was born in 1752 at Wilmington, DE., the eldest son of a flsmith who prospered in farming.
Broom sat in the state legislature in the years 1784-86 and 1788, during which time he was chosen as a delegate to the Annapolis Convention, but he did not attend.
After the convention, Broom returned to Wilmington, where in 1795 he erected a home near the Brandywine River on the outskirts of the city.
odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/B/broom/broom.htm   (361 words)

  
 Broom
The broom is native to Great Britain and grows in abundance along the heaths, moors, and in open spaces.
A decoction of broom is useful for gout, sciatica, painful joints, malaria, and fever.
History---As a heraldic device, the Broom was adopted at a very early period as the badge of Brittany.
www.blueroebuck.com /broom.htm   (2471 words)

  
 Sandia National Labs: News: Sandia BROOM tool can help restore facilities following release of biological warfare agents
BROOM is intended to help officials of airports, transportation centers, and high-traffic public buildings during planning for a possible reoccupation and return to service and assist cleanup personnel in restoration operations.
A major piece of the BROOM tool is a hand-held electronic device that assists HazMat crews in collecting and managing the many thousands of samples that are collected to characterize contamination in a facility and to verify that the facility is clean following decontamination.
Sandia researcher Mark Tucker says the main objective of the BROOM project is to develop methods to minimize the economic impact of a release of biological agent by conducting restoration operations more rapidly than can be done now.
sandia.gov /news-center/news-releases/2005/def-nonprolif-sec/broom.html   (962 words)

  
 Broom (shrub) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Like most brooms, it has apparently leafless stems that in spring and summer are covered in profuse golden-yellow flowers.
Species of broom popular in horticulture are the Purple Broom (Chamaecytisus purpureus; purple flowers), Atlas (or Moroccan) Broom (Argyrocytisus battandieri, syn.
The Plantagenet kings originally used the broom ("planta genista") as an emblem, and took their name from it.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Broom_(shrub)   (608 words)

  
 Butcher’s Broom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Butcher’s broom is a spiny, small-leafed evergreen bush native to the Mediterranean region and northwest Europe.
Butcher’s broom is so named because the mature branches were bundled and used as brooms by butchers.
Encapsulated butcher’s broom extracts, in the amount of 1,000 mg three times per day, can be used for chronic venous insufficiency.
www.kroger.com /hn/Herb/Butchers_Broom.htm   (656 words)

  
 broombusters
Notice the dry broom on the hillside beside Carl, the youngest broombuster at the Coombs Cut on July 24.
I have cut some broom branches and piled them on top of each other in the most heavily infested area, so that only one area is infested with seeds.
The introduction of Scotch broom on Vancouver Island is described as "in 1850, by Captain Walter Grant, from some seeds he had picked up in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) from the British consul." (Pojar, Plants of Coastal British Columbia, 1994.) Three plants germinated at Sooke and now colonize southern Vancouver Island.
www.broombusters.org   (962 words)

  
 Butchers broom - Herbs & Supplements - Drug Library - DrugDigest
Butcher’s broom grows as a small shrub with flat, stiff, evergreen leaves that have sharp barbs on the ends.
For use in medicine, the roots and rhizomes of butcher’s broom are collected in the fall of the year and dried.
Several of the saponins in butcher's broom are collectively called "ruscogenin" and some oral commercial butcher's broom preparations are standardized to contain set amounts of ruscogenin -- generally between 5 mg and 15 mg.
www.drugdigest.org /DD/DVH/HerbsTake/0,3927,4087|Butchers+broom,00.html   (789 words)

  
 Curse of Broom
Broom patches are visible today on Beacon Hill and in many other areas of the Park.
Warren warned broom was a serious fire hazard: “Repeated bush fires in the broom have ruined the oak trees on the northeast slope of the hill.” Broom burns longer and at a higher temperature than native vegetation and this damages trees.
He said, “Fifteen or so years ago the broom occupied an area about ten times greater in Beacon Hill Park than it does now.” In 1952, he noted “wild meadowland flowers” were able to bloom again where broom cover had been removed.
www.islandnet.com /beaconhillpark/articles/103_curse_of_broom.htm   (540 words)

  
 Rinaku Broomstick's Broomriding School - Legal Situation and Organisations
Broomriders who sell unsafe broom equipment professionally are punished with exclusion from all broommrider's associations as well as confiscation of all brooms and broom equipment in possession of the lawbreaker.
The breaking of this rule is punished with exclusion from all broommrider's associations as well as confiscation of all brooms and broom equipment in possession of the lawbreaker.
The broom's maintenance in the air: serious and well-tested aerodynamic and streamline as well as durable keeping upright spells are required for every new broom model.
www.broom-dance.com /Texts/org.htm   (1507 words)

  
 BROOM MSS.
The Broom mss., 1940-1957, consist primarily of the correspondence of John Joseph Willard, "Bill," Broom, 1917-2000, and his parents, Ida J. Broom and John J.W. Broom, Sr., during Bill Broom's World War II military service.
Letters from Broom in early 1945 are from various cities in Ohio where he was on tour with "Here's Your Infantry," a show that demonstrated military maneuvers.
Broom's correspondence and materials during his undergraduate years at Indiana University are located in the Indiana University Archives.
www.indiana.edu /~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/broom.html   (455 words)

  
 Broome Accommodation Broome
Accommodation Broome style used to be a bit rough in the 70's pioneer town I lived in but now the Broome resorts and Broome backpackers accommodation are world class Australian accommodation properties.
Broome has a great sub tropical climate and Broome's Cable beach is one of the best beaches in the world.
Broome can be reached via highway 1 or by plane from Perth, Darwin, Port Hedland or Bali.
www.broomeaccommodation.info   (281 words)

  
 botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Broom, Butcher's - Herb Profile and Information
---Habitat---Butcher's Broom, a low, shrubby, evergreen plant, which occurs not infrequently in woods and waste and bushy places, especially in the south of England, is sometimes called Knee Holly, though it is in no way allied to the true Holly, being a member of the Lily tribe.
The young shoots of Butcher's Broom have often been eaten like those of the Asparagus, a plant to which it is closely allied.
---Cultivation---Butcher's Broom is very hardy, thriving in almost any soil or situation, and is often planted in shrubberies or edges of woods, on account of its remaining green after the deciduous trees have shed their leaves.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/b/brobut71.html   (932 words)

  
 Broom - David L. Hoffmann B.Sc. (Hons), M.N.I.M.H. - HealthWorld Online
Indications: Broom is a valuable remedy where there is a weak heartand low blood pressure.
Since it is also a diuretic and produces peripheral constriction of the blood vessels while increasing the efficiency of each stroke of the heart, it can be used where water retention occurs due to heart weakness.
Broom is used in cases of over-profuse menstruation.
www.healthy.net /library/books/hoffman/materiamedica/broom.htm   (299 words)

  
 Information about Spanish broom - Spartium junceum
Detrimental: Spanish broom is a close relative of Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius), a serious weed problem in western Washington.
Spanish broom is considered a potential fire hazard in California, when mature plants form dense, woody undergrowth in hard to reach, hilly areas.
Distribution of Spanish broom is not well known, partially because of the resemblance to Scotch broom.
www.nwcb.wa.gov /weed_info/Spartium_junceum.html   (711 words)

  
 broom — FactMonster.com
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www.factmonster.com /ce6/sci/A0809105.html   (134 words)

  
 At the Movies - Specialty Brooms for Movies and Production Companies - Broomshop.com
Olney, whose Grants Pass workshop is in the confines of his dining room, has been making brooms of all sorts but especially historically correct American brooms for a dozen years.
They found that palmettos were used as brooms in Florida and points south but the set designers didn't like that idea.
In this case, the broom is dolled up in lace and finery.
www.broomshop.com /movies   (903 words)

  
 Broom joey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The blossoms were broom joey numerous along the surreysussex border, and dinner is readily noticeable.
Broom juice, in the form of decoction of the blood pressure and has.
Broom joey the powdered seeds have similar to that the amount in the community and central europe.
broom.taylorturf.com /broom-joey.html   (326 words)

  
 French Broom, Non-native Plants of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
French broom (Genista monspessulana) is a shrub native to the Mediterranean.
French broom is highly aggressive; its seeds are hardy, and are known to germinate vigorously long after the parent plants have been removed.
There are no known populations of French broom in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks outside of the Ash Mountain area.
www.nps.gov /seki/snrm/nnp/html/badgemu.htm   (353 words)

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