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Monarda fistulosa, the wild bergamot or bee balm, [3] is a wildflower in the mint family Lamiaceae, widespread and abundant as a native plant in much of North America. [4] This plant, with showy summer-blooming pink to lavender flowers, is often used as a honey plant , medicinal plant , and garden ornamental . [ 5 ]
Monarda clinopodia, commonly known as white bergamot, basil bee balm or white bee balm, is a perennial wildflower in the mint family, Lamiaceae. This species is native to North America, ranging north from New York, west to Missouri, and south to Georgia and Alabama. [1] M. clinopodia has also been introduced into Vermont and Massachusetts. [2]
When making the cubes, the granulated sugar is slightly (2–3%) moistened, placed into a mold and heated so that the moisture can escape. The firmness, density, and speed of dissolution of the cube are controlled via the crystal size of the granulated sugar, amount of water/steam added, molding pressure, and speed of drying. [3]
Rad is credited with the invention of sugar cubes. [1] The idea to produce sugar in cube form came from his wife, who cut herself while paring down the standard large, commercial sugar loaf into smaller parts for use in the home. Rad had become involved with management of a sugar factory in 1840 in the South Bohemian town of Dačice (present ...
About the sculpture, Duchamp said: "It is a Readymade in which the sugar is changed to marble. It is sort of a mythological effect." [2]An explanation for the piece given by Duchamp involves the coldness of the marble cubes, the "heat-giving" properties of the sugar cubes, the thermometer evaluating temperature, and the sneezing that can result from cold.
Monarda bradburiana is a herbaceous perennial plant, growing to a height of 1 to 2 ft (30 to 60 cm). The stems are scantily branched, square and usually hairless, although new growth sometimes has a few hairs along the angles.
Recorded in real time, Oil and Sugar #2 is displayed as a video showing, on repeat, the destruction of a block of sugar cubes drenched in oil. [6] The piece is said by the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art to imbue “beauty through collapse… through means both direct and resonant.” [7] Through the medium of video, Kader Attia multiplies and eternalizes a direct and singular moment of ...
Its common name is bastard balm. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Melittis. [2] The genus name is derived from the Greek melitta, which is in turn from melissa ("a bee"). [3] Subspecies [1] Melittis melissophyllum subsp. albida (Guss.) P.W.Ball - eastern Mediterranean from Sardinia to Turkey