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Assignment One
Articles for Assignment One

J.k. Rowling  

Rose  

Cats  

My Research

I chose these three topics because J.K.Rowling is one of my favorite author's. I love the Harry Potter series. I have read them many times. The roses are one of my favorite flower's. They are just so beautiful and they have many different meanings to the different colors of roses. Well, cats are my favorite animal. I prefer them over dogs. I have two cats at home.

I found the other enyclopedia articles by going to the different websites and seeing if they had my topic on that website. My inital thoughts on the differences between Wikipedia and the other Encyclopedia websites is that when I was reading J.K. Rowling on Wikipedia was it seemed to center on her home life. Where she grew up, how she started writing the Harry Potter series, who she married. On the Encyclopedia it talked a bit on how she started Harry Potter and her home life. It mostly focused on the Harry Potter books and films. What she had to say about them and on how rich she got from them. There was a couple of interviews from her on the Enyclopedia.

Assignment Two The wikipedia article on roses talks about the inside of the rose, the meaning,what you can use them for and, the diiferent speices of roses. The thorns on the rose help it hang on to things while the rose grows. You can use the rose for things like ornamental plants. They are one of the most popular cut flower for things like weddings. They can be used to make perfumes. Roses caan be used for food and drink like jam, marmalde, and rose petals can be brewed for tea. Roses can also be used for medicine.They can be used for stomach problems and are a really good source of vitamine c. There are different speices of roses that can be found in different countries and are different colours and have different meanings.

The Britannica article on roses tells us about where roses came from,the different colours, what they are, and some of the disease's that can be found on the rose. The rose came orignally came from Asia. The main different colours that are mostly used are white, red, yellow, orange, and pink. Roses are a shurb that grow in greenhouses or climb walls with their pricks or thorns. The most common disease that can be found on the roses is rust.You can also find black fungus on them.

The Wikipedia and the Britannica are the same by when they talk about the different colours of the roses. An example of this is that wikipedia says " white,yellow,pink,red and different shades of pink" are the different colours of roses. The Britannica article says that " These are commonly white,pink,red, and orange".

The two articles talk about different things with very few things in common.The wikipedia website talks about the different uses that roses are used for. An example, is that it talks about that roses are good for medical uses. The rose is a good source of vitamin c and can help stomach problems and are being investigated for controlling canacer growth. The Britannica article talks about what the rose is and that there are several classes of garden roses. Ex;" The best known and popular class of rose is the hybrid tea roses, which account for the majority of roses grown in greenhouses and gardens and are sold in florist shops.".

I find that both of the articles are good ones. The wikipedia article tells more about the uses and a lot of different things, while the Britannica article focus's on where the rose comes from and the different types of roses for gsrdening. The wikipedia article, I find is more informative on the general things like that the rose is used for medical things, it can be used for oranmental plants, cut flowers for weddings or other romantic dates and things, the rose has oil that is used in perfume, rose hips are used in jam, jelly, and marmalade,and the rose petals or buds are used to brew tea for vitamin c, They are used in art. Roses are apparently, a favored subject in art. They appear in many portraits,illistrations, and even on stamps.

The Britannica article gives lots of information on where roses come from. An example is "Roses are native primarily to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most rose species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers being native to North America and a few to Europe and northwest Africa.". It also talks about the few different types of roses that are used for gardens, sold to florist's, or planted in greenhouses. The only thing at the top of wikipedia is to see Rose (disambiguation).

Resouces

Alcott, Louisa May, and C. M. Narrator: Herbert. Rose In Bloom. n.p.: Blackstone Audiobooks, 2007. Audiobook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 6 Nov. 2012.

Sandburg, Carl. Deep-Red Roses. n.p.: University of Virginia Library, 1996. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 6 Nov. 2012

Paterson, Katherine, and Lorna Narrator: Raver. Bread And Roses, Too. n.p.: Listening Library, 2007. Audiobook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 6 Nov. 2012.

Botanica's Roses: The Encyclopedia of Roses by David Austin,Peter Beales ... Botanica's Roses: The Encyclopedia of Roses. David Austin,Peter Beales

American Rose Society Encyclopedia of Roses by Charles Quest-Ritson

Austin, David.Shrub roses and climbing roses: with hybrid tea and floribunda roses

Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix:Random House Book of... Series,Pan garden plant series: Roses

Norman Taylor, Gordon P. Dewolf:Taylor's guide to roses

George W Shewchuk, University of Alberta. Faculty of Extension: Rose Gardening on the Prairies

Carrie Brown. Rose's Garden: A Novel

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