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Enkabeni yobusika, lapho amasimu ethule futhi indawo ishintsha ibe mithunzi yokumpunga, izingadi zezitshalo nezindawo zokugcina izithombo zinikeza indawo epholile yokuphila nemibala. Kubalimi, izazi zezolimo namahlathi, onjiniyela bezolimo, abanikazi bamapulazi, nososayensi abasebenza kwezolimo, lezi zindawo zokukhosela azigcini nje ngokuba yizindawo zokungcebeleka nezikhuthazayo kodwa futhi njengezinsiza ezibalulekile zokusungula izinto ezintsha nezemfundo.
I-Lyman Estate Greenhouses, engaphandle nje kwe-Boston, ime njengobufakazi bamakhulu eminyaka omlando we-horticultural. Kusukela ekhulwini le-19, lezi zindawo zokugcina izithombo ziziqhenya ngefa elicebile, elinezakhiwo ezifana nendlu yamagilebhisi kusukela ngo-1804 kanye nendlu ye-camellia kusukela ngo-1820. Namuhla, bayaqhubeka nokuheha izivakashi ngeqoqo labo elihlukahlukene lama-orchid, izitshalo zasendlini ezingavamile, amawolintshi. izithelo, namakhambi. Ithuba lokuthola izibonelo zezitshalo eziyingqayizivele ezidayiseni ezikhethekile liqhubekisela phambili ukukhanga kulabo abafuna ukwandisa uhlu lwabo lwezolimo.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ehlala e-Boylston, i-New England Botanic Garden e-Tower Hill inikeza indawo yokulondoloza imvelo engaphansi kwe-tropical eyaziwa ngokuthi "Ingadi Yezitshalo Engcono Kakhulu e-US" yi-TravelAwaits. Phakathi kwezinto ezikhangayo eziningi, i-“Patterns in Bloom, An Exhibition of Orchid,” ezayo, ithembisa idili elibonakalayo lezinhlobo zama-orchid ezivela emhlabeni wonke, elinikeza ukuqonda okubalulekile ngezinhlobonhlobo zezitshalo.
Ngokuqhubekayo, i-Botanic Garden yaseSmith College inxusa izivakashi ukuthi zihlole i-Lyman Conservatory yayo, engaphakathi kwezindawo ezinhle zase-Northampton. Lapha, phakathi kwamahektha angu-127 e-arboretum nezingadi zangaphandle, indawo yokulondoloza imvelo ibonisa impilo yezitshalo ezivela ezindaweni ezihlukene zesimo sezulu, ihlinzeka ngohambo oluya emakamelweni alawulwa izinga lokushisa okuhlala izibonelo ezihehayo. Okuphawuleka ngokukhethekile “indlu yokushisa efudumele,” ikhaya lezitshalo ezidla inyama nezimangaliso zasemanzini. Umbukiso wamanje, “The Bell Jars: Lyman Conservatory and Sylvia Plath’s Botanical Imagination,” uhlinzeka ngokuphambana okuyingqayizivele kwezincwadi nesayensi yezitshalo, unikeza amazwibela ekukhuthazeni kokudala kwembongi edumile.
Kulabo abanabashisekeli abasebasha, izindawo ezifana ne-The Butterfly Place e-Westford kanye ne-Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory and Garden e-Deerfield zinikeza okuhlangenwe nakho okubandakanya kwasendlini, okugqugquzela uthando nokwazisa ngemvelo kusukela esemncane.
Izingadi zezitshalo nezindawo zokugcina izithombo zimi njengempahla eyigugu kubalimi, izazi zezolimo namahlathi, onjiniyela bezolimo, abanikazi bamapulazi, nososayensi ngokufanayo, azinikezi nje injabulo yobuhle kuphela kodwa futhi namathuba okucwaninga, imfundo, nokusungula izinto ezintsha. Njengoba sizulazula ezinseleleni zezolimo zesimanje, lezi zindawo eziluhlaza zisebenza njengezibani ezikhuthazayo, ezisikhumbuza ubuhle nokuqina komhlaba wemvelo.