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Old barney costume5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() The headgear and footwear are cleaned using Freshway Sanitizer for it’s ability to kill any viruses in seconds. We also have another Barney with head cover mascot for rent too!Īll our costumes are washed and cleaned before handling over to next customer. According to the episode “Happy Birthday, Barney!” Barney is two hundred million years old or two dinosaur years old.Īll our costumes are washed and cleaned before handling over to next customer. 1997 Vintage Childs 'Barney' Plush Covered Costume (37) 27.00 Barney Rubble costume for toddlers, kids and adults (883) 17. Joyner played the T-rex between 19, and recently spoke with TechInsider about his time as the purple dinosaurĪ: Barney is currently voiced by David Joyner. Seuss 79.99 Adult Krumm Inflatable Costume - Aaahh Real Monsters 59.98 79.99 25 Off Adult Stimpy Inflatable Costume - The Ren and Stimpy Show 59.98 79. Kids Dinosaur Inflatable Ride-Along Costume. ![]() You’ll also find loads of homemade costume ideas and DIY Halloween costume inspiration. Kids Light Up Alien UFO Inflatable Costume. Take a look at this unique Halloween costume idea submitted to our annual Halloween Costume Contest. Adult Porky Pig Inflatable Costume - Looney Tunes. This Barney is perfect for very young children’s birthday parties with jungle theme and at family events with lots of young kids.Ī: Meet David Joyner, the man who wore the Barney costume for a decade on the TV series and for live performances. David Joyner, the man who played Barney the Dinosaur for 10 years, has a lot of stories to tell about what life was like in the big purple dinosaur suit. Costume Themes Inflatable Costumes Inflatable Costumes Inflatable Costumes 38 Results Sort By Adult Inflatable Horton Hears a Who Costume - Dr. Adult Oogie Boogie Inflatable Costume - The Nightmare Before Christmas. Barney is a dinosaur from our imaginationīarney: The main character is a purple and green Tyrannosaurus in stuffed animal likeness, who comes to life through a child’s imagination.
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Texworks update packages on the fly5/21/2023 ![]() Does the same happen with PDF files of other origins? Mathematica's PDF output can be problematic (I use it daily). Your graph.pdf seems to have been prepared with Mathematica. Does test.pdf look fine in other PDF viewers (such as Adobe Reader)? So what you seem to imply is something wrong with the built-in poppler libraries in the MikTeX version of TeXworks. I strongly suspect that this is the cause of the irregular crashes I have encountered in 0.3r567build2 and written about before.Īfter compilation, test.pdf looks fine here on the Mac with r367: namely, preview window looks exactly the same - save for the bounding box - as the original graph.pdf. What happens is that the graphics display misses elements after a recompilation. There is a graphics problem in the TeXworks version 0.3r514 delivered with MixTeX 2.8. I strongly suspect that this is the cause of the irregular crashes I haveĮncountered in 0.3r567build2 and written about before. What happens is that the graphics display misses elements after a Please refer to the documentation for your LateX installation on how to install additional packages.There is a graphics problem in the TeXworks version 0.3r514 delivered with The following LaTeX packages may need to be installed if they're not already included in your installation. This docker image has a TeXLive 2018 installation with all the packages needed for PDG reviews. If you have a Docker installation, rather than installing LaTeX directly on your system, you can use image juergberinger/pdglatex. On OpenSuSE use YaST to install texlive and any additional required packages. On Ubuntu, go to the software center and search for texlive. This will install all available texlive packages. It will probably be easiest to use "dnf install texlive*" if you have plenty of disk space. ![]() You will find that "dnf install texlive" will only install the basic packages, and you will not have everything you need. On Fedora Linux the TeXLive distribution is broken up into many packages. How you obtain it depends on what distribution of Linux you use. The standard LaTeX distribution on Linux is TeXLive. ![]() This should properly compile the review, with all references and labels. To compile a PDG review, open the tex file in texworks, then execute these commands Type "$basename.1" on the line that appears. To use TeXWorks with the PDG LaTeX environment you will need to make one small configuration change.ġ) Start TeXWorks and choose "Edit"->"Preferences"ģ) To the right of the box that says "Processing Tools", push the "+" button.Ĥ) Name the new tool "PDG-BibTeX" and specify the program "miktex-bibtex.exe"ĥ) Next to the box that says "Arguments", push the "+" button. MikTeX comes with a GUI editing/processing programs called TeXWorks. IMPORTANT: Before processing LaTeX reviews with MiKTeX, add directory containing 'pdg.cls' as new 'root' directory in MiKTeX settings ( figure 1) and refresh program's database of files ( figure 2) or restart MiKTeX. Use MiKTeX ( ) to process LaTeX on Windows. For instructions on configuring TeXWorks for the PDG LaTeX environment, see the notes below in the Windows section. You may use TeXWorks instead if you prefer. In TeXShop you should use the typesetting command 'pdflatexmk' We recommend either MiKTeX ( ) or Texlive ( ) with MacOS. Recommended LaTeX tools and configuration for different platforms MacOS Recommended LaTeX tools and configuration for different platforms.
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Goodbye volcano high controversy5/21/2023 ![]() The game surprised players with its high quality, with many users joking that it outperformed the unreleased Goodbye Volcano High. In June of 2021, 4chan anons created Snoot, a visual novel parody of Goodbye Volcano High. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the pro LGBTQIA+ messages in the game, it’s been the subject of a fair bit of controversy. The article was later updated and Kotaku issued an apology for the article. Goodbye Volcano High is a gorgeous 2D narrative adventure in which players take on the role of a young dinosaur who has just learned that the world is about to come to an end. User outlined the controversy in 2019 when the article was posted. ![]() User compared it to furry art, gaining over 130 retweets and 900 likes (shown below, right).Īfter the game was announced, Twitter users pointed out that its lead writer, Kate Gray, once published an article about sex in porn games in Kotaku that featured uncensored graphic images from a Harry Potter porn parody (shown below). User wrote, "never thought i would live to see the day that sony is putting furries on the main stage lmao," gaining over 190 retweets and 1,200 likes (shown below, left). On Twitter, users joked about the game by comparing it to furries. The game's protagonist, Fang, is non-binary. Her work in print and radio has been featured by San Franciscos KQED. PC Gamer wrote the game was reminiscent of Night In The Woods. Paula Rogers is a writer, editor, and illustrator with over 15 years of experience. It was announced with a trailer on June 11th, 2020 as part of a stream announcing the PlayStation 5 (shown below). Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of an era. The game was developed by Montreal development studio KO-OP and is set to release in 2021 on PlayStation and Steam.
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Scapple novels5/21/2023 It wasn’t until I mapped the outline this way that I really saw the shape of the overall story for the first time. If you look closely, you can see our main character in the center, one image for each of the three main plot threads, and lots of little bubbles: pink for characters, tan for plot points, and representative quotes in green. Here’s a story map I created for one of our collaborations, MIDDLE SCHOOL: JUST MY ROTTEN LUCK. Almost always, I’ll adapt that outline into a visual spread with Scapple, to help me get to know-and to literally envision-the story as I move toward the drafting process. When I work with James Patterson, I start with a written outline from him. I love it, and use it in more ways than any other software on my computer. Speaking of Scrivener, the same company has a lesser-known product, Scapple, which is basically an electronic bulletin board. The applications here are, of course, whatever you want them to be. ![]() Then shrink the whole file down to 25% or whatever size will give you a snapshot of the whole thing.ĭepending on where you’ve focused your highlighting, you can see right away (for example) if one of your characters has disappeared from the story for too long or if you’re under-utilizing a given setting or if your action-to-narration ratio is off. Use the highlighter function to visually score whatever you’d like. If you don’t have the room to spread out, another (electronic) approach is the shrunken manuscript technique. One way of doing that is to print and spread out my pages, then mark them up with different highlighters to indicate whatever I might want to track in the story: scene length, characters, internal monologue, etc. Sometimes, when I’m in the middle of a story, or just after I’ve finished a first draft, I like to stop and take stock of what I have. Although, to play devil’s advocate, I also like the tactile approach of a real bulletin board, and am always happy for a reason to get my eyes off the computer screen for a while.Īnother aspect to outlining-and this wasn’t intuitive to me at first-is that it can be useful at several different phases of the writing process. It’s easier than working with real cards and thumbtacks, and it integrates well with the manuscript in Scrivener. ![]() I have become a true fan of Scrivener (software for novelists), and one of my favorite features is their corkboard function. It’s also possible to tackle this method electronically. Like the story itself, outlines can always be works in progress. Ideas that I haven’t yet placed into the story are on the right, and the already-woven parts of the narrative are on the left. The story takes place in two different locations, indicated with yellow or blue, with pink cards for interstitials and other material. I use one card per chapter, scene, or story beat, and also color-code to indicate POV, story thread, setting, or whatever else suits my purposes. So it makes sense that I’d think about my outlines visually, as well.įor starters, I’m a fan of the old school note-cards-and-corkboard method. Whenever I’m starting work on a scene, one of the questions I’ll ask myself is where the camera might go in the story’s moviequivalent (and yes, I just made up that word). I’m also someone who thinks visually, story-wise. I like to get an overview of my story before I jump into the writing. I’ve always been more of a plotter than a plunger. ![]() One of those techniques, which I’ve found quite helpful in my own work, has been visual outlining. This isn’t a one-size-fits-all topic, and I’m hoping to share as many tools, tips, and techniques as possible. I’ve been taking stock of my writer’s toolbox.
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Easy pass trail wa5/20/2023 ![]() Trails with backpacking opportunities are listed below. If you’re a backpacker, backpacking in larch country can make for an incredible photography opportunity catching the larches at sunrise and sunset. Early morning and late afternoon light can often make the larches look even more incredible! If you’re looking to get beautiful larch photos, look for a sunny day when the larches show up dramatically against the blue sky. In addition to telling you if the larches are at or near their peak, you can also determine how crowded a specific trail is and you can learn other important information such as if there is snow on the trail, which is common during larch season, especially at higher elevations. To filter the results, you can put in the name of a specific hike or you can go to “advanced options” and enter larch into the search line. Other hikers will often note how close the larches are to their peak. The best way to determine the conditions for larch hikes in Washington is to utilize the Washington Trails Association trip reports. Heavy wind or snow can bring an early end to larch season, while sunnier and drier weather can sometimes extend the season till late in October. The highest elevation larches turn before the lower elevation ones. The peak of larches varies a bit from year to year, and it varies with elevation. Larch season is late September through mid October in Washington State. When is the best time for Larch hikes in Washington? They are also abundant throughout other parts of the Pacific Northwest and Mountain west, including British Columbia, Alberta, Idaho and Montana. In Washington State, larches are generally found on the east slopes of the Cascade Crest north of Snoqualmie Pass and above 3000 feet of elevation, going up to around 7000 feet of elevation. I’ll be honest, I can’t easily tell them apart! Usually I just tell them apart by the elevation they’re at (subalpine larches are at higher elevations) Where are Larches in Washington? There are a couple different species of larches that are native to Washington State, the Subalpine Larch and the Western Larch. Most conifers are evergreen trees so this is one of the things that makes the larch tree so amazing. Eventually, the needles fall off before winter, like other deciduous trees. The chlorophyll in the needles is drawn back into the tree which leaves the yellow color. The larch tree grows new needles that are bright green in spring, and then in the fall they turn color just like many other trees that lose their leaves. Larches have needles instead of leaves, but they work the same way. Deciduous means that the tree grows new leaves each year in the spring and then sheds them in the fall. Larches are an unusual tree as they are a deciduous conifer. What are Larches? Golden Larches and Evergreen trees often mix together in the fall When is the best time for Larch hikes in Washington?.This article is all about where the larches are in general, when is the best time to see them, what to pack for your larch hike, avoiding crowds and my favorite larch hikes in Washington. Once I knew about them, I was hooked! Once you start larch hiking, it will fast become an annual tradition. This is the time of year for larch hikes in Washington State!Ī born and raised Washingtonian, I didn’t know about larches until college, when one of my good friends shared his love of them with me. ![]() For a few short weeks a year, as the summer comes to an end and fall rapidly approaches, a glorious lime green then bright gold then orange tree covers the high eastern slopes of the Cascade mountains.
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Wunderground road trip planner5/20/2023 ![]() Decide your start point, endpoint, and trip duration.This is especially important if you’re planning a cross-country road trip that involves long-distance driving. Try to plan your road trip itinerary such that the total distance is spread out as evenly as possible across each of your “driving days”. You may choose to spend multiple days in some of the locations on your itinerary. For each day include the start point, end point, driving distance, and places you will visit. Plan one day at a time on your planning document. You can easily save and edit your route and then use Google Maps for navigation when the trip begins! Personally, I like to plan a road trip on Google Maps. There are numerous apps for planning a road trip, which we’ve detailed in a separate article. Total driving 30 hours – 10-14-day road trip.Total driving 20 hours – 6-7-day road trip. ![]() Total driving 10 hours – 3-4-day road trip. ![]() Try to think about how far you would be required to drive on your “driving days”.īelow is a reasonable recommendation for total driving time, depending on how many days you have for your trip: ![]() Make sure the distance between these two places is manageable given the total driving distance and any locations en route where you plan to spend additional time. Plan Your Routeįirst, it’s crucial to decide your start and end point. You can also see some famous routes in this collection of the best road trip books. On Instagram, you can search hashtags for road trips including your country of interest such as #USAroadtrip, #Franceroadtrip, etc. Instagram, Pinterest, and Youtube are fantastic places to discover exciting route suggestions or car camping ideas. You can start by exploring some of our road trip itineraries and then look to social media platforms for more inspiration. Get Inspiredĭeciding where to go on your road trip can be one of the most exciting parts of the planning process. You can use this document to outline your day-by-day itinerary, create a road trip budget, and plan lots of fun things to do on a road trip. When you’re ready to start making bookings you could consider checking out my road trip resources page which lists all my favorite travel companies.Ĭlick the below link to access the Google SheetĪfter Opening The Sheet You Must Click File > Make A Copy To Use The Sheet So, buckle up, and let’s embark on the road trip of a lifetime! Get inspired by our road trip itineraries and ensure you don’t forget any road trip essentials with our packing list. This guide has all of the road trip planning tips you need to make your trip memorable and stress-free. Drawing from over a decade of experience taking road trips around the world, this site is a treasure trove of road trip tips and insights, including everything from road trip food ideas to finding the cheapest rental car. This guide provides a step-by-step breakdown of planning your road trip and also includes links to in-depth supporting content and downloadable resources that cover every aspect of your adventure. Don’t forget to bookmark this page or save it on Pinterest so you can refer back to it later. At least, that was my goal when beginning this project. Warning! This may be the most comprehensive article about how to plan a road trip on the entire internet.
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Winows media player skins5/20/2023 Windows Media Player lets the user choose from a variety of standard skins, each one providing an additional visual experience that enhances listening and viewing pleasure. 6 - Writing the XML - Skin Informations This guide can be used as a walkthrough from start to finish or as a reference for a specific feature.Īll over the tutorial, I use a skin example that you can download (with all the files that you need) here: Since this tutorial is huge, I've splitted it in different chapters and pages, each on a specific feature. This tutorial is a complete guide to make your own Windows Media Player skin with advanced features. Mainly thanks to its plethora of features, the application manages to feel up to date in so many important respects but, we are sorry to say that, there is really no getting away from the fact that the app's interface is simply not up to par with modern standards.After the Ultimate Slicing Guide by Faken, here's the Windows Media Player Skinning one by NGPixel. Gom Player, looks from the past, features for the futureĪs a conclusion, we can safely say that GOM Player is still one of the most powerful and accessible media players out there as it manages to tick all the right boxes regarding functionality and advanced features. As an added bonus, you can even play or stream 360 YouTube videos. Last but not least, you will be happy to hear that the utility also comes with support for some of some of the most popular VR and 360 video formats to date. Just install the GOM Remote app on your phone from the appropriate store and you instantly gain the ability to select, play and stop videos, as well as adjust the volume and the screen's brightness, among many others. Enjoy modern features like VR and 360 videos, as well as mobile remote control supportĪs mentioned at the start of the review, GOM Player allows you to use your iPhone or Android-based phone as a remote control. The ability to capture screenshots, repeat custom segments of any media file, control the playback speed and add video effects are just some other features that solidify GOM Player's status as one of the most feature-packed media players. Thanks to a slick, built-in search tool, it makes it possible for you to locate and add subtitles to your videos, by linking with the service that currently houses one of the largest subtitle databases. This is probably the best time to point out that the popular media player has yet one more ace up its sleeve. Better yet, it allows you to locate and install the necessary codecs, in case you really need to play unconventional video formats. We could point out its plethora of supported audio or video formats but that is not necessary since, changes are, GOM Player can handle almost everything you throw at it. ![]() Feature-packed media player that allows you to search, find and add subtitles and codes with just a few clicks This said, almost all of its features can be accessed either by right-clicking the main window or by clicking the GOMPLAYER button located on the left side of the upper menu bar. This, of course, means that you will have to firstly get used to GOM Player's comprehensive menu system. You may also notice that there aren't a great deal of on-screen controls available. Speaking of its UI, you should know that the utility comes with a small set of themes, easily changeable from the Skin Tab, from the General menu, within the Preferences section of the application. Not the most modern UI out there, but it clearly gets the job done Subsequent to a streamlined installation process, you are greeted by a clean and very functional yet somewhat outdated user interface that is clearly geared towards accessibility more than anything else. ![]() Although GOM Player is still listed as Ad-Supported on Softpedia (click on the orange badge to see why), we are glad to say that its installer does not bundle any of the previously mentioned annoying adware components like it used to. Streamlined installation processĪs most of you probably know, in the past, GOM Player's installer used to offer and install third-party software, as well as change the search engine of your web browsers. A fantastic ability to play just about any media format out there and a user-friendly graphical user interface are just some of the most important features that helped GOM Player become one of the most mass-appealed media utilities out there.Įven though its strong point is still its excellent support for a wide array of media formats, the development team behind GOM Player are clearly looking towards the future with the addition of capabilities like support for VR and 360 videos, smart engines for searching and adding new subtitles and codecs, and even the possibility to use your smartphone as a remote controller for your videos.
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Planner 5d login5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() The case will be one to closely watch, particularly as the United Kingdom government announced its intent to reconsider a problematic proposal that would have created a broad exception for use of copyrighted works for any AI training. ![]() lawsuit, could have a significant impact on the unauthorized use of copyrighted material for AI systems in the United Kingdom. While the full details of Getty Images’ UK lawsuit have yet to be made public, the case, similar to its U.S. lawsuit, Getty Images claims that Stability AI infringed upon Getty Images’ copyrighted images and works by using them to train Stability’s AI. Getty Images Lawsuit Against Stability AI – United KingdomĮarlier in January 2023, Getty Images announced a lawsuit against Stability AI in the High Court of Justice in London. The lawsuit also touches on another interesting feature of copyrighted works through which AI developers draw incredible value-metadata cleaning and tagging, which streamlines AI training, but is a value that copyright owners would be less incentivized to provide if AI developers are allowed to use their works without permission. The outcome of this case could also have significant impact on whether creators and copyright owners’ ability and right to license under the Copyright Act will continue to be undermined in the AI context, jeopardizing the livelihoods and crafts of millions of human creators. While Stability has not yet filed a response to the complaint, it will almost surely adopt the position of other AI systems such as OpenAI, which claims that training AI on copyright protected materials qualifies as a transformative purpose that weighs heavily in favor of fair use. With regards to the copyright management information claims, Getty Images argues that the output generated by Stable Diffusion often contains a modified version of Getty Images’ watermark, “underscoring the clear link between the copyrighted images that Stability AI copied without permission and the output its model delivers.” The complaint goes on to allege that Stability AI knowingly falsified, removed, or altered Getty Images’ watermarks and metadata with the intent to induce, enable, facilitate, or conceal infringement of Getty Images’ copyrights.Īs one of the first infringement lawsuits brought against a developer of a generative AI tool for unauthorized use of copyrighted materials for training purposes, the case has the potential to influence future development of AI systems by addressing principal copyright issues like fair use. Getty Images claims that Stability AI copied photographs from its website and used over 12 million images and associated metadata to train Stable Diffusion, despite express terms of use on Getty’s website expressly prohibiting such uses. In early February, Getty Images filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against Stability AI, alleging that the developer of the popular Stable Diffusion AI image generator infringed Getty’s copyrighted photographs, removed or altered copyright management information (CMI), provided false copyright management information, and infringed its trademarks. Getty Images Lawsuit Against Stability AI – United States These AI copyright cases could potentially clarify the intersection of AI and copyright law, at least on the input side of this innovative new technology. While these new technologies offer exciting creative opportunities, copyright owners are beginning to challenge AI developers in the courts over the permissionless use of their copyrighted works for the training of these AI tools. Whether you’re remodeling, renovating, or designing your dream home, Planner 5D has you covered! Create detailed 2D & 3D floor plans, browse a 3000+ item catalog, and create photo-realistic images of your projects.The Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Material as Training DataĪs the world of technology continues to evolve, one of its most intriguing phenomena, artificial intelligence (AI), has taken center stage.
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Wandering willows flower seed5/20/2023 ![]() Delcomyn and Ellis describe selecting and planting seeds, recount the management of a prescribed fire, and capture the prairie’s seasonal parades of colorful flowers in concert with an ever-growing variety of animals, from the minute eastern tailed-blue butterfly to the imperious red-winged blackbird and the reclusive coyote. The first book to celebrate a smaller, more private restoration, A Backyard Prairie offers a vivid portrait of what makes a prairie. It has been said, “Anyone can love the mountains, but it takes a soul to love the prairie.” This book shows us how. In A Backyard Prairie, they document their journey and reveal the incredible potential of a backyard to travel back to a time before the wild prairie was put into plow rows. Ellis scored, seeded, monitored, reseeded, and burned these acres into prairie. Over the next seventeen years, Delcomyn, with help from his friend James L. In 2003 Fred Delcomyn imagined his backyard of two and a half acres, farmed for corn and soybeans for generations, restored to tallgrass prairie. Library of Congress QK938.P7D453 2021 | Dewey Decimal 577.44Īll the makings of natural wonder in your backyard Expand DescriptionĪ Backyard Prairie: The Hidden Beauty of Tallgrass and Wildflowers He spent a mind-boggling $100,000 per year on advertising (mostly to women, his target demographic) he courted newspaper editors for free publicity his educational guides presaged today’s content marketing he recruited social influencers to popularize neighborhood gardening clubs and he developed a visually rich communication and branding strategy to build customer loyalty and inflect their purchasing needs with purchasing desire. Vick was genuinely passionate about floriculture, but he also pioneered what we now describe as integrated marketing. He sold the love of flowers along with the flower seeds. Vick’s business, selling flower seeds through the mail, wasn’t unique, but it was wildly successful because he understood better than his rivals how to engage customers’ emotions. “There is much that is hard and productive of sorrow in this sin-plagued world of ours and, had we no flowers, I believe existence would be hard to be borne.” So states a customer’s 1881 letter-one of thousands James Vick regularly received. Library of Congress SB443.3.M535 2020 | Dewey Decimal 338.1759Ī nineteenth-century entrepreneur’s bold, innovative marketing helped transform flower gardens into one of America’s favorite hobbies. Expand DescriptionĪll about Flowers: James Vick's Nineteenth-Century Seed Company This beautifully illustrated book will please flower enthusiasts, gardeners, and history buffs alike. Taylor has tapped into an enormous trove of stories about extraordinary people with vision and skill who added to our enjoyment piece by piece, starting about 150 years ago. In this companion volume she uncovers information about another eight familiar flowers: poinsettias, chrysanthemums, gladioli, pansies, carnations, water lilies, clematis, and penstemons. In Visions of Loveliness: Great Flower Breeders of the Past, Judith Taylor wrote engagingly about the vivid history and characters behind eighteen types of popular flowers. The personalities of the breeders, from an Indiana farmer to Admiral Lord Gambier’s gardener, were as various and compelling as the beauty they conjured from skilled hybridization. Every blossom we take for granted now is the product of painstaking and imaginative planning, breeding, horticultural ingenuity, and sometimes chance. At one time these fanciful blooms were the rare trophies of the rich and influential-even the carnation, today thought of as one of the humblest cut flowers. ![]() ![]() Walk into any nursery, florist, or supermarket, and you’ll encounter displays of dozens of gorgeous flowers, from chrysanthemums to orchids. |