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Port of Charm: Santa Catalina Island remains a refuge for tourists, year-round residents and even wildlife
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Santa Catalina Island off the coast of California has romanced sea
travelers for eons. With its sandy amethyst and shell-laden beaches,
hidden-cove waters, towering peaks and ironwood tree-filled valleys,
there is something inimitably magical here.
William Wrigley Jr. thought so, too. The chewing gum magnate
purchased the island sight unseen in 1919 and built the town of
Avalon about the same time his Miracle Mile landmark, the Wrigley
Building, was constructed.
He and wife Ada transformed the sleepy island -- building hotels,
establishing foundries and factories including the Catalina ...
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Poppies taking center stage
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; ...size. Iceland poppies produces flowers...the Shirley poppy bears single or...the fall. Other poppies include the perennial Alpine poppy (P. alpinum...Of course, poppies are infamous as...drugs. Plant poppy seeds as early...
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POPPIES
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...herbaceous oriental poppy. But the family...the coveted blue poppies, (Meconopsis...How can one keep poppies flowering in a wild...The red, cornfield poppy, Papaver rhoeas...and throw in some poppy, yellow rattle and...each autumn. Which poppies grow well in shaded...
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Poppies are an old garden favorite
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
; ...garden favorite. Some poppies are annuals, some...perennials. There are many poppy species. A few of...although considered a poppy, is not a member of...Papaver family. Oriental poppies are the most common type of poppy used in gardens. Blooming...
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POPPY IS OUR PATRIOTIC PERENNIAL FLOWER
Newspaper article from: Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
; ...and sidewalks offering poppies for the next two days. A poppy purchase is a patriotic...Everyone gains from Poppy Days. Even the people who buy poppies can share in this patriotic exercise. Watch for poppy sales people this weekend...
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Poppy stakes its claim as `most beautiful flower'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...I adore every single poppy I've ever seen. I...red-orange Oriental poppies, flowers that Henry...it. The queen of the poppies is the large Oriental poppy that blooms at the end...need not. Oriental poppies come in shades of pink...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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POPPY'S STORY: A FACE OF ADDICTION.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...several months of interviews with Samuel "Poppy" Baez, a 59-year-old chronic alcoholic...www.timesunion.com/specialreports/poppy/. Cheap alcohol burns up lives in the...South End, a stop of last resort. This is Poppy's place and these are Poppy's people...
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Poppies
Transcript from: NPR Weekend All Things Considered
; ...narcotic by waging war on poppies. In a remote area of...Pakistan, this year's poppy-growing season has...somebody tells me to grow poppy, I will not do it...people will never grow poppies. BENNETT JONES: Pakistan...its battles against the poppy, it will be many years...
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Poppies still putting California in a golden state
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune
; ...quarter of an acre of poppies in front of her home in Redding. The poppy patch began about...She enjoys the poppies and so do many others...The California poppy is a widely established...Among them are poppies with very tiny flowers...of the California poppy are very, very ...
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A poppy primer.
Magazine article from: Country Living
; ...Himalayan blue poppy (Meconopsis grandis...Seeds for California poppies (Eschscholzia californica...that while Oriental poppy plants are plentiful...nurseries, most annual poppies are not; these may...Surrey, England. In Poppies: The Poppy Family in the Wild...
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Poppies Cast Their Spell
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...dividing plants, that the poppy resents root disturbance.) I also admire other poppies. The wood poppy is perfect for shady...series known as Shirley poppies are the domesticated...Flanders, blood-red poppy of the battlefields of...
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