My City By The Bay

Photo courtesy of www.gumps.com

This newly created fragrance designed by San Francisco resident Lucy Wilson is the top selling fragrance at Gump’s in San Francisco.  The designer wanted to capture the alluring scents emanating from the salt sea air of the San Francisco bay combined with the redwoods in Marin County and the freshness of a spring rain to create the scent of San Francisco which she named Majestic.  It has recently won a top award which is equal to the Oscar of fragrances.  You can read more at the ABC7 News website.

The Lowland Tropics gallery at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco boasts a wide range of tropical trees and plants shipped here via boat from South and Central America and beyond.  The above photo shows what is called the warding box and is basically a mini greenhouse that was used to ship various plant species to protect them on the long ocean voyage.  San Francisco was carved into the frame of the wooden box to alert the shippers as to the destination.

This artifact was the most unusual I have seen in a very long time.  This is actually a two sided coconut which has been preserved and held in a glass case for display purposes.  Within the gallery there are two different display cases which hold various artifacts collected in the rainforests and jungles of South and Central America.

There are literally thousands of butterfly species living in the tropical regions of South America, Southeast Asia and Puerto Rico,  just to name a few.  This display case also hosts a few of the butterfly and insect species.  The Nymphalidae, Lycaeaidae and the Hesperdidae are just a few native to these regions.

For more information visit The Conservatory of Flowers website.