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Popsicle
Popsicle Background The sound of an ice cream truck is a delight to the ears of children and adults alike on a hot summer day. That truck carries delicious concoctions that the industry calls collectively "frozen novelties." And it is guaranteed to carry a variety of frozen... Read more |
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Exmouth
Exmouth , town (1991 pop. 28,037), Devon, SW England, at the mouth of the Exe River. It is a port and a popular summer resort. In 1347, Exmouth provided 10 ships for the siege of Calais .... Read more |
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Elder Care
Elder Care BUSINESS PLAN SUMMER GARDENS RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY FOR THE AMBULATORY ELDERLY 472 Gull Flight Ave. Freemont Hills, CA 56789 February 14, 1993 Summer Gardens is a living facility providing food preparation, laundry, housekeeping, and... Read more |
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Montague Summers
Summers, Montague (1880-1948) Author who wrote about occult history and folklore. Alphonsus Joseph-Mary Augustus Montague Summers was born on April 10, 1880, near Bristol, England. He attended a private academy that prepared him to enter Clifton College. In 1899 he entered Trinity College, Oxford,... Read more |
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Montebello
Montebello , village (1991 pop. 1,022), SW Que., Canada, on the Ottawa River NE of Ottawa. It is a summer resort in a lumbering and farming area. The political leader Louis Joseph Papineau made his home there after 1854.... Read more |
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Santander
Santander city (1990 pop. 194,221), capital of Cantabria prov., N Spain, in Cantabria, on the Bay of Biscay. It is a seaport, fishing center, and a popular resort. On the nearby peninsula of Magdalena is a former royal summer palace. An ancient port, Santander became, after the discovery of... Read more |
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curlew
curlew , common name for large shore birds of both hemispheres, generally brown and buff in color and with decurved bills. There are eight species, belonging to the genus Numenius. The long-billed curlew, N. americanus, its bill almost one third the body length (about 2 ft/61 cm), is now rare in... Read more |
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varve
varve in geology, pair of thin sedimentary layers formed annually by seasonal climatic changes. Usually found in glacial lake deposits, varves consist of a coarse-grained, light-colored summer deposit and a finer-grained, dark-colored winter deposit formed when fine sediment settles out from the... Read more |
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solstice
solstice [Lat.,=sun stands still], in astronomy, either of the two points on the ecliptic that lie midway between the equinoxes (separated from them by an angular distance of 90°). At the solstices the sun's apparent position on the celestial sphere reaches its greatest distance above or... Read more |
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Tom Thomson
Tom Thomson 1877-1917, Canadian painter of typically Canadian outdoor scenes, b. Ontario. Thomson was self-taught. Most of the year he served as a guide at Algonquin Provincial Park in order to support himself as a painter. His love of the outdoors was reflected in bold, vibrantly colored... Read more |
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Dahlias provide late summer color in fall
...astonishing array of colors. As I shelled...he said. Dahlias have not always...By 1830, the dahlia had become the...providing late summer color. Blooming until...chrysanthemum. Dahlias come in all shapes, sizes, and ... |
 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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'DAHLING' DAHLIAS\ THESE SUMMER BULBS PROVIDE SPLASHES OF COLOR IN MANY...
...a wonderful array of summer-blooming bulbs that...the most popular is the dahlia. They can add real drama...then be placed outside after threat of frost. The...covering the plant. The dahlia presents dramatically...in force until frost. ... |
 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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The garden in winter Saving dahlias for spring
...VERSION(PHOTO - Color) Dahlias can...and overwintered after waiting approximately two weeks after the first killing...other annuals, dahlias are worth saving...unsuccessful in storing dahlia tubers over the...wait two weeks ... |
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Dahlias for the 21st century; still spectacular but more versatile than ever...
...stars of late-summer flower shows...versatile. Today's dahlias--hybrids of...shapes, and colors. Plants range...come in single colors or are blotched...striped with second colors. Petal edges...with a second color, or tufted ... |
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Dallying in Dahlias: a recherche garden relic returns. (garden goddess).
...their Frida Kahlo colors, dahlias were first encountered...Aztecs called dahlias cocohxihuitl...orchestra of bold dahlias in one short...receive firm dahlia tubers that resemble...moment that comes after spring's ... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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SPRINGTIME DAHLIA PLANTING PAYS OFF IN THE WEEKS BEFORE FROST
...show in late summer and fall...many forms and color combinations...cactus. Some dahlias have a single...Most taller dahlias need staking...since all dahlia tubers look...early June after dividing...stem. Each ... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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DAHLIAS HAVE AN INTERESTING HISTORY - AND PROLIFIC BLOOMS.(HOME)
...much, she had a summer garden filled...the price of dahlias soon fell. The...survived the dahlia debacle, only...years later. After this shaky start...real fortune in dahlias was in its wealth...providing bloom after bloom ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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DECORATING FOR EASTER? TRY THE DAHLIA.(Real Estate)
...colorful displays of dahlia tubers, and...nearly every color in the rainbow...white and bi-colors. Not to mention...planters and provide nice vase-length...Use the taller dahlias as sentinels...Then there's color. The ADS ... |
 "Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)")
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Add new plants for splash of late-summer color
...splash of late-summer colorByline...for fall color, now is the...actually want the color, the nurseries...come in great colors and distinctive...look good well after the first light...snapdragons and dahlias will still ... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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DAHLIA DISPLAY CAN DAZZLE IF YOU PLAN BEFORE PLANTING
...dinner plate and colors that will stop...tracks as the dahlia does. If you have not had dahlias in your garden...additional dahlias for my garden...been growing dahlias for 50 years...to visit her dahlia gardens, ... |
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