As the flower became more popular, it became a highly sought after status symbol for people.
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The flower farms are clinging on, but the violence could not have come at a worse time.
Keep the flower and cake discussions for after hours, and leave the planning binder to at home.
There are loads of things to do: visit the flower market, eat delicious foods and wander around Saigon.
The flower had been thought to be extinct but was found by chance growing in Yorkshire in the 1930s.
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AccuPay's bankruptcy filing lists several dozen local businesses as creditors, including the flower shop, veterinarians, dentists and construction firms.
At the same time, they contain petals around the flower which suggests they provide a landing platform for bees.
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Stripes on petal veins direct bumblebees to the flower's "central landing platform" and entrance to gather nectar and pollen.
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The manager also offered a big discount on roses from the flower shop.
Porter gives several (non-silicon) examples, including the wine-growing industry in northern California and the flower-growing business in the Netherlands.
The flower industry has also been a haven for peasants and farmers forced to flee guerrilla-controlled areas of the country.
Koeslag notes that the flower is a symbol of resilience because of its ability to survive tough conditions, including wild fires.
Officials from Welcome to Yorkshire are in discussion about the security arrangements for the flower show, which is celebrating its centenary year.
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"When people see the photos, they appreciate the shocking contrast between the flower and the homophonic abuse that was given, " he said.
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Burglars also know all about those supposedly clever hiding places at home--behind the bookshelf, in the socks drawer, in the flower pots.
The Romans celebrated Flora, the flower goddess around the first of May.
Like many orchids, the flower, dubbed Encyclia navarroi, is epiphytic, meaning it grows on other plants for support, but not for nutrients.
Finally, using the v-chisel, Alberto makes the "leaves" of the flower by gouging shallow semi-circles on either side of the flower pattern.
In the flower beds, coneflowers such as echinacea and rudbeckia turn into food as the blooms go to seed this time of year.
It's a busy Sunday at the butcher's stall at the (foreign spoken) or the flower market, in the San Louis district of Caracas.
Yet like Katyn, which eliminated the flower of the pre-war Polish elite, the plane crash also seems like a decapitation of Polish society.
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"Madeleine's Theme" resonates throughout the first half, including scenes in the flower shop and in Scottie's apartment following the rescue from San Francisco Bay.
The home gets its name from the flower-shaped roof which acts as a giant leaf that shields the enclosed spaces from the scorching sun.
From there, the flower market and Promenade are within walking distance.
With 32 rooms, an excellent restaurant and brand-new spa, the flower-strewn terraces, twisting stairways and verdant courtyards of this Mediterranean villa are strol- ling distance from the main drag.
The park, linked to the casino resort by two bridges, will include two greenhouses: the Flower Dome and Cloud Forest, totaling almost four football fields of space.
Though prized in perfumes for centuries, the flower is finally taking center stage this year with the release of iris fragrances that are light, fresh and sophisticated.
The French electronics company Parrot just unveiled the Flower Power, a new gizmo that monitors the moisture, sunlight, humidity, temperature and fertilizer conditions of your houseplants.
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The flower's showy purple and green petals are similar to a daffodil in appearance, spreading more than 2.5 inches, with up to 20 blooms on one plant.
But Fischer's stature grew as one of the "realos" able to give a tough profile to a party dominated by the flower-waving "fundis", or fundamentalist, rank and file.
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