|
VIOLETS
|
HARDY BLOOMS KEEP GARDENERS IN COLOR
Need a cure for the wintertime garden blues? Take a gesneriad or
two and you probably won't need to call the doctor in the morning.
Gesneriads aren't found on drugstore shelves but in garden centers
under the name of African violet, and a couple of African violets,
blooming profusely on a window sill, can ease a gardener's cravings
for garden blooms.
The most common of the more than 2,500 species of plants in the
gesneriaceae family, the African violet it isn't really a violet at
all. It is a native of Africa and its botanical name is Saintpaulias.
Some ...
|
A classic comeback INTERVIEW HE PRESENTED A SNAZZY BREAKFAST SHOW - ON RADIO 3 - AND PAID THE PRICE. BUT PETROC TRELAWNY WAS SIMPLY TOO GOOD TO LOSE, SAYS DAMIAN THOMPSON
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...or movie stars; I wanted to be a Radio 3 announcer.) He hands over his script, and I roll the words 'Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky' around my mouth with the relish of a Russian spy in a Bond movie. 'Not bad,' he says, 'but don...
|
|
BEIJING
Newspaper article from: China Daily
; ...Tel: 6521-1425 Russian comedy: The two-act ironic comedy "Even Homer Sometimes Nods" written by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky, will be staged in the capital performed by Russian dramatists. The play unfolds as it tries to find the...
|
|
Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Bird, painter, 1772; John George Lambton, first Earl of Durham, Governor-General of Canada, 1792; Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky, playwright, 1823; Edmond Audran, composer, 1840; James Louis Garvin, newspaper editor, 1868; Bobby...
|
Find more facts and information related to the
article "VIOLETS"
