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Understanding Plant Classification
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
It's reassuring to hear of a plant species not susceptible to disease. Might such an attractive species so attractive also in its processed form have any pests ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024

The Fenlands of England
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Online sources associate a land-level rise in some places, such as (unspecified which countries of) Scandinavia, relieved of glacial- and ice-sheet ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024

The Symbolism of the Woods in Fairy Tales
Thank you for the artist attributions!
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024

The ' Tatton Show 2024
The third paragraph to the second subheading, Memorable gardens, advises us that "Some of the gardens are small, in tribute to the working class gardeners who made the most of their paved back yards in the industrial slums of British cities, the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024

The ' Tatton Show 2024
Ì have not heard it.
frankbeswick, on 07/31/2024

The Haunting of Lighthouse Island
I don't know whether Thomas changed his stance.
frankbeswick, on 07/31/2024

The Fenlands of England
No. There was until a few years ago a patch of permanent snow in highland Scotland, but I believe that it melted.
frankbeswick, on 07/31/2024

Understanding Plant Classification
It is not susceptible to disease.
frankbeswick, on 07/31/2024

What now for the United Kingdom
No.prince's Andrew and William do notbsitbinntheblords.
frankbeswick, on 07/31/2024

What now for the United Kingdom
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English Wikipedia indicates, in its article on Life peer, that "With the exception of the Dukedom of Edinburgh awarded for life to Prince Edward in 2023, all ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/30/2024

Understanding Plant Classification
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That cricket bat willow grows in such a restricted area intrigues me. Is it basically disease- and pest-free?
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/30/2024

The Haunting of Lighthouse Island
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
English Wikipedia, in its article Thomas Stevenson (Jul 22, 1818-May 8, 1887), describes the latter as "initially" disappointed by son Robert Louis (Nov 13, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/30/2024

The Fenlands of England
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Online sources associate sea-level rise with warmer water temperatures that bring about water expansion beyond their original containment, whereby causing water ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/30/2024

The ' Tatton Show 2024
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So everybody already knows not only the date but also the location of the next Tatton show: Tatton Park in 2027.
(So Unitedstatesians still might say the 20th ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/30/2024

The Symbolism of the Woods in Fairy Tales
Thank you for apprising me of the Grimm Brothers' The fisherman and his wife fairy tale.
The English translation by D.L. Ashliman does not translate the phrase "Mandje! Mandje! Timpe Te!" from the fisherman invoking "Mandje! Mandje! Timpe Te! ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/30/2024