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unusual facts about lavender



1976 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

The origin of the name "Lavender List" derived from the claim made by former press secretary and journalist Joe Haines that the head of Wilson's political office, Lady Falkender, had written the original draft on lavender-coloured notepaper.

Abraham Lavender

Born in New Zion, South Carolina, Lavender's formal education started at Salem Elementary School in that town, and he graduated from East Clarendon High School in Turbeville, South Carolina.

Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta

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Algerian Air Force

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Alix Dobkin

She gained some unexpected fame in the 1980s when comedians such as David Letterman and Howard Stern tracked down her landmark Lavender Jane Loves Women album, and began playing phrases from the song "View From Gay Head" on the air.

Australian painted lady

However, it also feeds on several introduced species, including Capeweed (Arctotheca calendula), Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium), and Lavender (Lavendula officinalis).

Bombus lucorum

The bumblebee visits many flowers, including many garden plants, as lavender, Hebe, Rhododendron, deadnettles, thistles, and vetches.

Buddleja davidii 'Carroll Deep Lavender'

Buddleja davidii 'Carroll Deep Lavender' is a selection made by the Carroll Gardens Inc., (ceased trading 2009) Westminster, Maryland, USA.

Buddleja davidii 'Lavender Beauty'

Buddleja davidii 'Lavender Beauty' is a cultivar raised by the Viette Nursery, Fishersville, Virginia, USA.

Bulgarian Navy

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Chott Melrhir

The shallow waters of the lake contain scarce vegetation composed of 72 species of plants which have adapted to salty water, such as Parish's glasswort (Arthrocnemum subterminale), Sea Lavender (Limonium), rushes (Juncus), glasswort (Salicornia), Sarcocornia, bulrush (Scirpus) and seepweeds (Suaeda).

Common Places

They decide to buy a small lavender farm in Córdoba from a widowed man, Zacarías, and with the aid of their lawyer friend Carlos (Arturo Puig), attempt to start out their new business.

Das Lila Lied

The Lavender Song (Das Lila Lied) is a cabaret song written in 1920 with lyrics by Kurt Schwabach and music by Mischa Spoliansky in Germany and is considered one of the first gay anthems.

David Lavender

David Sievert Lavender (February 4, 1910 – April 26, 2003) was an American historian and writer of the Western United States.

Lavender attended Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania, and later studied the law and liberal arts at Princeton University.

Florence Klotz

She became friendly with actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of this last venture, for which Klotz was nominated for an Academy Award — Taylor asked Klotz to design the lavender dress she wore for her wedding to Senator John Warner in 1976.

Freemans

A year later, newly named Freemans of London moved to larger premises at 215 Lavender Hill, Wandsworth.

Gas chromatography

In practical courses at colleges, students sometimes get acquainted to the GC by studying the contents of Lavender oil or measuring the ethylene that is secreted by Nicotiana benthamiana plants after artificially injuring their leaves.

Indonesian Navy

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Jimmy Lavender

Author Vincent Starrett, who penned The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, created a series of short stories featuring a gentlemanly, cultured detective named "Jimmie Lavender".

Julius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr von Minutoli

A lavender-type growing on the Canary Islands was named "Lavandula minutolii" in May 1860 by the botanist Carl Bolle in Julius's honour.

Katherine Lines

Lines was also the general editor of the Bodley Head Monographs and edited Lavender's Blue (1954), a selection of classic nursery rhymes illustrated by Harold Jones.

Kuwait Air Force

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Lavender lizardfish

The lavender lizardfish, Synodus similis, is a lizardfish of the family Synodontidae, found in the western Pacific including Japan, north eastern Australia, Lord Howe Island, and northern New Zealand, at depths down to 75 m.

Limonium

Limonium carolinianum (Carolina Sea-lavender; eastern North America, Newfoundland to Bermuda, Florida and Tamaulipas; syn. L. angustatum, L. nashii)

Mark Lavender

In total, Lavender played 53 first-class matches, scoring 3102 runs at an average of 34.08 with a highest score of 173* achieved against New South Wales .

Marsh rosemary

Limonium, a genus of 120 flower species also referred to as sea lavender or statice

Miss Shangay Lily

Another moment was his hosting the Spanish premiere of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, riding in an exact replica of the film's lavender bus to pick up the movie's director Stephan Elliott, then riding across the city, performing on its amazed streets, and hosting its first ever drag party.

Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army

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Namibian Air Force

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Nancy Durham

In 2003 she and her husband the Oxford Philosopher of Science, W.H Newton-Smith, planted a field of lavender on their farm in mid Wales, the first to do so in Wales on a field scale.

Parma violet

The d'Udine Parma violet features large, bluish-lavender flowers and a strong perfume.

Silvan Elves

In the 1977 animated adaption of The Hobbit, The Wood Elves are depicted as having fair hair and pale lavender skin, with clothing predominantly brown and olive coloured garb.

Terence Keyes

They had three sons, Roger (who became a well-known BBC journalist), Patrick and Michael, and two daughters, Rosemary and Lavender.

Tiong Bahru MRT Station

To commemorate Total Defence Day in 2000, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the first ever Shelter Open House at this station on February 15 and February 16, together with Somerset and Lavender.

Trewent Point

The limestone cliffs also support crevice communities such as thrift (Armeria maritima), sea plantain (Plantago maritima), rock sea-spurrey (Spergularia rupicola), sea-lavender (Limonium binervosum) and golden-samphire (Inula crithmoides).

Ugenia Lavender

Ugenia Lavender is the title character in a series of children's novels written by Geri Halliwell, who achieved fame as a member of the Spice Girls and as a solo singer-songwriter before deciding to pursue a career as an author.

United Arab Emirates Air Force

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Valensole UFO incident

The Valensole UFO incident took place on July 1, 1965, in a lavender field next to Valensole in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France.

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

The purple and lavender color scheme was suggested by Frank Lloyd Wright's widow, Olgivanna Lloyd Wright.

Yugoslav Air Force

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