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Word: delphiniums (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...largest producer and distributor" of vegetable and flower seeds, introduced a sweet pea called the Cuthbertson, notable for long stems and resistance to summer heat. Manhattan's Max Schling Seedsmen, Inc., the Tiffany of seed houses (it once got as much as $10 for a packet of delphinium seeds), offered a "Tyrian pink and yellow" dahlia at $15 for a single tuber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: Step Right Up, Folks | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

Last week, the debate concluded, the Marquess of Hartington repaired to the Chelsea Registry Office, accompanied by his best man, the Duke of Rutland. Both wore Guards' uniforms and snug Sam Brownes. Fifteen minutes later Kathleen Kennedy arrived in delphinium pink suede crepe, a short mink jacket and a little hat of pink & blue ostrich feathers. Lieut. Joseph Kennedy Jr., U.S.N.R., came to give his sister away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Cavendishes & the Kennedys | 5/15/1944 | See Source »

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