She retired at age 72 in 1996 as a public health pediatrician and traveled extensively to more than 50 countries. On those journeys, Marjorie Brown would notice the occasional artist sketching a beautiful scene, and she'd think, ``Wouldn't that be fun?''
Name: Tropical snowball, dombeya Botanical name: Dombeya burgessiae `Seminole' Description: An African shrub that produces clusters of showy, dark pink flowers from fall through spring. The Seminole hybrid was created at the USDA Subtropical Horticulture Research Station in Miami. Leaves are somewhat heart-shaped, and old flowers turn brown and stay on the flower stalks.
Name: Pentas Botanical name: Pentas lanceolata Description: A perennial herb/shrub that bears umbels of tub...
Name: Bird's-nest anthurium Marie. Botanical name: Anthurium X `Marie'. Description: Hybridized by Miamian ...
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Name: Tropical snowball, dombeya Botanical name: Dombeya burgessiae `Seminole' Description: An African shru...
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