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Seven Words from the Cross
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seven
seven the number seven is often used symbolically, denoting completion or perfection, especially in echoes of biblical phraseology.Seven against Thebes in Greek legend, the name given to the expedition against Thebes led by Polynices, son of Oedipus, against his brother Eteocles. When both young... Read more |
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Seven Churches in Asia
Seven Churches in Asia addressed in the preface of the Book of Revelation . They are the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia (Lydia), and Laodicea (Phrygia). They are in W Asia Minor.... Read more |
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alyssum
alyssum , any species of the genus Alyssum of the family Cruciferae ( mustard family), annual and perennial herbs native to the Mediterranean area. A few species, notably the perennial golden tuft ( A. saxatile ), are cultivated as rock-garden or border ornamentals for their masses of yellow or... Read more |
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Revelation
Revelation or Apocalypse , the last book of the New Testament. It was written c.AD 95 on Patmos Island off the coast of Asia Minor by an exile named John, in the wake of local persecution by the Emperor Domitian (AD 81-96). Tradition has identified John with the disciple St. John , but many... Read more |
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Parmenas
Parmenas One of the Seven appointed to administer charity (Acts 6: 5); the name is Greek; he was perhaps a Hellenistic Jew.... Read more |
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Trial of the Seven Bishops
seven bishops, trial of the, 1688. Seven bishops, including Archbishop Sancroft, arrested for petitioning against the public reading of James II's second Declaration of Indulgence (1688), were tried for ‘seditious libel’. The cheering which broke out among James's soldiers on... Read more |
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Pomo
Pomo ETHNONYMS: Bidakamtata, Boya, Che'e Foka, Gallinomero, Habenapo, Kale, Kashaya, Konhomtata, Kuhlanapo, Shokowa, Yokaya Orientation Identification. "Pomo" and "Pomoan" refer to a family of seven California Indian languages and to their speakers. The seven are often differentiated... Read more |
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Sceva
Sceva An otherwise unknown and possibly self-styled Jewish high priest whose seven sons fell foul of Paul at Ephesus (Acts 19: 14) when they attempted unsuccessfully to imitate Paul's power of exorcism.... Read more |
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Paving the way for summer
...such as abutilon (flowering maple), alyssum, cleome, companula...stake at least six or seven feet long at the time...the process. Spring flowering shrubs and trees need...when they are through flowering to trigger vigorous... |
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SOW WHAT? THIS NEEDN'T BE THE GARDERNER'S WORST SEASON. INDEED, IT'S THE BEST...
...location in "full sun," which means at least seven hours a day of sunlight in the summer...shade include ageratum, torenia, sweet alyssum, pansy, monkey flower, lobelia, impatien, flowering tobacco, balsam, and browallia. If the... |
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Cuttings
...straggling growth. Clean candytuft and alyssum, by cutting out flowered stems. Shear back the foliage of early- flowering Iris unguicularis so that the sun can...plots they have gardened organically for seven years. There is a Worcesterberry hedge... |
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Wonderful weeds? Textural kings of the garden?
...combined in containers with flowering annuals or perennials...combined with warm-season flowering annuals and perennials...petunias, and sweet alyssum, are ideal for the...pink lobelia and sweet alyssum in front with pink...Sunset patio Photo: Seven annual grasses: 1 Durum... |
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You still have time for seeds to succeed.
...take six weeks to flower. Try alyssum, calendula (African marigolds...and Virginia stock. At seven weeks, there's godetia...love-in-a-mist). Still flowering in plenty of time for summer...varieties such as rosy-red alyssum, chocolate-coloured cornflowers... |
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GARDENER'S WEEK: JUNE 20, 2002
...marigolds, sweet alyssum, and cleome. Biennials...blooming, cut the flowering stalks down close to...to four weeks after flowering and leave the replanted...leaves can be removed seven weeks after flowering (which is why you... |
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Grow your own.
...live in a one-year flowering cycle, germinating, flowering, setting seed and...cornflowers, sweet peas, alyssum, calendulas, candytuft...to give their best flowering impact the next year...to dry out. After seven days or so, the seedlings... |
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Grow your own
...live in a one-year flowering cycle, germinating, flowering, setting seed and...cornflowers, sweet peas, alyssum, calendulas, candytuft...to give their best flowering impact the next year...to dry out. After seven days or so, the seedlings... |
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In August, divide flowers for continued enjoyment.
...with heights ranging from seven inches to six feet. Daylilies...grow two to three scapes (flowering stems) by next summer, providing...this time of the year, after flowering. While they are both true...violets, pansies, sweet alyssums (Lobulariamaritima) and sweet... |
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Decoding the language of gardening.(Home Garden)
...spring. Morning glories, alyssum and cleome are some annuals...that is sun-baked at least seven to eight hours. Part sun situations...in a fuller plant with more flowering stems. Mums are the perfect...their mature height and delay flowering by a couple of weeks. Perennials... |
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