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The national plant is the shamrock (Trifolium dubium or Trifolium repens). Fuchsia magellanica 'Riccartonii' (hummingbird fuchsia, hardy fuchsia; in Irish deora Dé, "tears of God") [23] has sometimes been described as the national flower, despite not being a native plant. [24] [25] The Easter lily is an important symbol of commemorance to ...
Nymphaea nouchali is the national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The national flower of Sri Lanka is Nil mānel (නිල් මානෙල්), the blue-star water-lily (Nymphaea stellata). [33] [34] Although nil means "blue" in Sinhala, the Sinhalese name of this plant is often rendered as "water-lily" in English.
Sylhet independent college 56 metres (184 ft) 13 2014 College: 23 Noorjahan tower Sobhanighat 56 metres (184 ft) 13 2014 Residential: 24 Hotel Garden Inn [12] Bishwa road 52 metres (171 ft) 13 2012 Hotel: 25 Garden city tower Bishwa road 56 metres (184 ft) 13 2012 Mixed use: 26 Shikder tower 56 metres (184 ft) 13 2018 Residential: 27 Crystal ...
The composer John Ireland (1879–1962) set the words to an original melody in his song cycle Songs Sacred and Profane, written in 1929–31. [10] [11] There is also a vocal setting by the poet and composer Ivor Gurney, which was published in 1938. [12] Benjamin Britten published a setting of the poem in 1943, using the tune Hughes collected. [13]
The Sam McGredy family represents four generations of rose hybridizers from Northern Ireland. The first Samuel McGredy (1828 –1903), established the family nursery in Portadown , County Armagh . Originally, the head gardener at a large estate, in 1888, McGredy moved his family to Portadown, leased 10 acres with a greenhouse and established a ...
The Royal National Rose Society was established in 1876 and the gardens were opened over 50 years ago by Mary, Princess Royal who was a Patron of the society at the time. The Society's stated aim was to create a "living dictionary" of roses. The gardens contain 2,500 different rose cultivars among 15,000 rose bushes.
Belvedere House and Gardens is a country house located approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) from Mullingar, County Westmeath in Ireland on the north-east shore of Lough Ennell. [1] It was built in 1740 as a hunting lodge for Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere by architect Richard Cassels , one of Ireland's foremost Palladian architects.
Ladies View is a scenic viewpoint on the Ring of Kerry tourist route about 19 kilometres (12 miles) from Killarney along the N71 road to Kenmare, in the Killarney National Park in Ireland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Irish Times ranked Ladies View as one of the most photographed places in Ireland, [ 3 ] while the Daily Edge ranked the views amongst Ireland ...