Balfour
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Balfour surname of the Conservative statesman Arthur James
Balfour (1848–1930).
Balfour Declaration a declaration in favour of a Jewish national home in Palestine, issued in 1917 by Balfour as Foreign Secretary.
Mr Balfour's poodle the House of Lords; from the title of a book (1954) by Roy Jenkins, and ultimately in allusion to a speech by Lloyd George of 1907, in which he described the House of Lords as the ‘poodle’ of Balfour as Prime Minister.
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Perennials are pretty perfect.(Life)
Newspaper article from: The Saturday Star (South Africa); 12/8/2007; 700+ words
; ...appreciate the value of perennials when building...planning a successful perennial border is to mix...at the back. Perennials in the foreground...middle level of the perennial border is for the not-so-tall perennials. If you're...
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PERENNIAL WHEAT RESEARCH LOOKS AT OPTIONS FOR PRODUCERS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/27/2006; 700+ words
; ...replications of 20 lines of perennial wheat in September, plus seven non-perennial varieties already in commercial...this project is if all the perennials are highly susceptible...the greenhouse with the perennial lines being inoculated...
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Perennials' ease may have been exaggerated.(LIVING)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 6/19/2008; 700+ words
; ...overwintering perennials. Some perennials prefer sandy, dry...sunlight that benefits one perennial can burn up another...selecting annuals or perennials to install in your...chores demanded by perennial growth habits. Even more than annuals, perennials require deadheading...
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Persistent Perennials; Forming a Permanent Relationship With Your Flowerbed
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/14/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...in the garden is a perennial. Shrubs and trees...are known as woody perennials, while plants that...called herbaceous perennials- shortened to perennials in everyday parlance...practical terms, a perennial is a plant that lives...
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Perennial favorites. (perennial flowers)(includes related articles on gardening questions and cost control)
Magazine article from: Saturday Evening Post; 7/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...fall. Some perennials are adaptable...can start a perennial bed any time...bed with other perennials. The ideal perennial bed appears...note the mature perennial's height and...Planting Plant perennials in groups of...
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Perennials color the fall
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...garden. Fall flowering perennials are not limited to...Puhek-Sandberg, the perennial buyer for Hawks Nursery in Wauwatosa. While perennials can take up to three...fall border. "Many perennials give a nice burst of...recommends cutting down perennial grasses only in late...
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PLANT PERENNIALS FOR A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN BEAUTY
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 6/10/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Some plants are perennial in habit but are...generally considered perennials such as cacti and...on selection of perennials. Perennial flowers sometimes...designing your perennial bed. Choosing perennials requires more thought...
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PERENNIAL WINNERS IF SUMMER SEEMS TOO FAR AWAY, TRY SPRING-BLOOMING PERENNIALS FOR EARLY COLOR EACH YEAR.(HOME)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 3/30/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...spring. Some plants are perennials, or hardy, for this...climes. A ``tender perennial'' may or may not...Virginia Beach, most perennials are stocked after March...blooms. Graphics A PERENNIAL PRIMER (For complete...books about growing perennials are: ``Perennials...
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Perennial beauty. (gardening)
Magazine article from: Saturday Evening Post; 5/1/1987; ; 700+ words
; PERENNIAL BEAUTY Gardening with perennials has becomeincreasingly...garden with perennials. The raw material...ofthe art called perennial gardening are...function in your perennial garden...to plantmost perennials in the cooler...
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Combining perennials makes a great garden
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 6/8/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...poring over perennial books and...number of perennials is staggering...difficulty with perennials. Start with...definition. A perennial plant lives...plants that are perennial in other areas...as tender perennials, and we grow...
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perennial
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Cumming and R. E. Lee, Contemporary Perennials (1960); J. U. Crockett, Perennials (1972); A. M. Armitage, Herbaceous Perennial Plants (1989); R. R. Clausen and N. H. Ekstrom, Perennials for American Gardens (1989); P...
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perennial stream
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
perennial stream A stream that normally flows throughout the year, albeit with low dry-weather flows in occasional drought years.
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Perennial philosophy
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Perennial philosophy: see PHILOSOPHIA PERENNIS .
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onion, perennial
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
onion, perennial See onion, Welsh .
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Hay Fever
Book article from: U*X*L Complete Health Resource
...two types of hay fever: seasonal and perennial. Seasonal hay fever occurs in the spring...pollens in the air is at its highest. Perennial hay fever occurs all year. It is usually...worst after being outdoors. Symptoms of perennial hay fever are worst after spending time...
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