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Sarcococca confusa, the sweet box, is a species of flowering plant in the family Buxaceae, probably native to western China. [1] It is an evergreen shrub growing to 2 m (7 ft) tall by 1 m (3 ft) broad, with glossy green ovate leaves and honey-scented [ 2 ] white flowers in winter, followed by glossy black spherical fruits, 5 mm in diameter.
As of January 2025, the genus Sarcococca contains 15 accepted species. [3] [4] The genus is predominantly native to Asia, with more than half of Sarcococca species native to China, [5] however one species (Sarcococca conzattii) is native to southern Mexico and Guatemala. [6] [7] The plants bear fragrant white flowers, often in winter.
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French Connection. French Connection (also branded as FCUK or fcuk) is an English-based global retailer and wholesaler of fashion clothing, accessories and homeware. Founded in the early 1970s by Stephen Marks who also serves as chairman and chief executive, it is based in London and its parent French Connection Group PLC was formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The Bowmont sheep [15] is an extremely rare breed that was bred in the 1980s to create a new high quality fibre, by crossing a Saxon Merino with a Shetland. This project was undertaken by the Macaulay Institute in order to create a breed of sheep intended as a UK rival to the fine wool of the merino sheep in New Zealand and Australia.
As a result, he became one of the first western high fashion buyers to develop localised Chinese relationships, and returned to the UK to sell the new high quality but cheaper garments to UK retailers. [1] International Clothing Designs (ICD) was established to exploit the new opportunity, and Caring moved his family permanently to Hong Kong in ...
Bella Cabakoff was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and moved to Columbus, Ohio as a toddler. [4] At 21, she became the youngest buyer for the Lazarus department store chain. In 1951, after spending over 20 years with Lazarus, she and her husband Harry Wexner opened a women's clothing store named Leslie's (after their son) on State Street.