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In America is a 1999 novel by Susan Sontag. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction . [ 1 ] It is based on the true story of Polish actress Helena Modjeska (called Maryna Zalewska in the book), her arrival in California in 1876, and her ascendancy to American stardom.
Viola rafinesquei (syn. Viola bicolor), commonly known as the American field pansy or wild pansy, is an annual plant in the violet family found throughout much of North America. [2] There has been some debate as to whether the plant is native there or if it was introduced from the Old World as a variety of Viola kitaibeliana , but it is now ...
Dianthus armeria is a species of open and periodically disturbed sites. It is normally an annual but can be biennial or a short-lived perennial. New leaf rosettes form at the base of old plants from buds located on their roots, demonstrating that this species is in fact a short-lived perennial and has a life-span of less than two and a half years. [6]
Generalizing about the common house garden in the colonial period in the United States is difficult, [3] as garden plantings and even design varied considerably depending on the time period, wealth, climate, colonial heritage (whether British, French, or Spanish), and the purpose to which the garden was to be put (vegetable, flower, herb, etc.).
Sydney Smith is a Canadian illustrator of children's books. He is the 2024 recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award for his "lasting contribution to children's literature". [ 1 ] He earlier won the 2015 Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration for Sidewalk Flowers , a wordless picture book which he illustrated ...
Buttercups usually flower in the spring, but flowers may be found throughout the summer, especially where the plants are growing as opportunistic colonizers, as in the case of garden weeds. The water crowfoots ( Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium ), which grow in still or running water, are sometimes treated in a separate genus Batrachium (from ...
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Hope for the Flowers is an allegorical novel by Trina Paulus. It was first published in 1972 and reflects the idealism of the counterculture of the period. Often categorized as a children's novel , it is a fable "partly about life, partly about revolution and lots about hope – for adults and others including caterpillars who can read".