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Which bulb to buy? See what you get.
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October 1, 1987
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Which bulb to buy? See what you get
Shopping for bulbs seems like a simple task: you look at pretty pictures above nursery bins or in catalogs and select the kinds you want. But if you shop around, you may discover that bulbs--and the flowers they produce--aren't always of the same size or quality.
In the markets, bulbs are separated into different grades, much like eggs. The difference is that you usually know what grade you're getting when you buy an egg. With bulbs, nurseries and catalogs don't usually list the grades; even if they do, those grades ...
 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Where parched pilgrims rested.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...pilgrims to visit the pub was Giraldus Cambrensis in 1188. He came to pay homage...through him.' A story told by Giraldus to illustrate to the locals the...present day. Mr Foster said, 'Giraldus told a story when he stayed here...
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Circe's Cup: Cultural Transformations in Early Modern Ireland. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Irish University Review: a journal of Irish Studies
; ...as throwing a glance back to Giraldus Cambrensis's thirteenth-century works...Civil Cannibals' goes back to Cambrensis in order to throw light on the...of the savagery of the Irish. Cambrensis saw the twelfth-century Irish...
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Choose devotion over exercise
Newspaper article from: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
; ...his legs, before and after dinner." According to Giraldus Cambrensis, all this exercise failed to shrink the king's belly. In his "History of the Conquest of Ireland," Cambrensis expressed his own opinion that King Henry's calisthenics...
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The Social Background to Secular Medieval Latin Song.(Review)
Magazine article from: Notes
; ...discussion (pp. 12-13) of a famous passage by Giraldus Cambrensis, Gillingham rightly corrects the gratuitous alteration...to mention the Carmina Burana, one of whose poems Giraldus cites along with the Archpoet's confessio golie...
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Toward a history of the Irish landscape: an exhibition at Boston College.(Eire/Land)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Irish Literary Supplement
; ...the opening gems is a medieval manuscript, on loan from the British Library, of Giraldus Cambrensis' notoriously biased description of Ireland. While Cambrensis' text is an obvious historical starting point (his description is famous as the...
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The awesome noise of victory
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...The Conquest is a book by the 12th- century writer Giraldus Cambrensis, who spoke of the "quivering measures" of Irish...setting eight centuries later. Barry chose mostly Giraldus's devastating, gimlet-eyed lowdowns on his fellow...
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A NEW LOOK AT NORTHERN IRELAND.(Review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review
; ...16.99. 305 pages. ISBN 0-316-85346-1. There is a genre of travel books on Ireland that goes back to Giraldus Cambrensis's Topographia Hibernica in the twelfth century in which the travel writer absorbs as gospel every local tall...
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Un dyn dewr a'i frwydr am Eglwys rydd; Gerallt Gymro a'r rhyfel i ennill annibyniaeth i'r Eglwys yng Nghymru.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...steal) ei hannibyniaeth (independence). Mae'n bosib gweld hyn wrth edrych ar yrfa (career) un person, Giraldus Cambrensis. Gweithiodd e trwy ei fywyd i gael mwy o ryddid (freedom) iddi hi. Dywedodd e, ``Mae'r Saeson yn ymladd...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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CHURCH FINISHES SUMMER SERVICES; WELSH COMMUNITY CHURCH ON STATE, NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTERS.(Neighbors Madison)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; ...neighboring towns to experience the depth and quality of Welsh music, observed as early as the 12th century by historian Giraldus Cambrensis. He noted that the people of Wales, unlike people elsewhere at that time, sang in parts rather than in unison...
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 "Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Celebrating an historic St David's Day.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...will be sung and read in traditional style in Beaumaris Castle by Fiona Collins. The story of Gerald of Wales, Giraldus Cambrensis, will be the focus of events at Criccieth Castle. Lively and entertaining tales will be told by Gwdihw the Bard...
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