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...“Plants transpire, opening their leaf pores to allow in carbon dioxide, and in the process losing moisture which raises, rather than reduces humidity,” he explains....
...Blackened foliage, drooping and rapid leaf drop can all follow....
...Inspiration for the shapes and forms of the structures were “ . . . taken from the forest . . . instinctively, flower and leaf shapes”....
...Jane Casey’s A Stranger in the Family (Hemlock, £16.99) is a multi-stranded novel, but has real storytelling rigour — something Casey aficionados expect....
...Some visitors were more than slightly condescending about the gold leaf, ornate ceilings and full-length oil paintings of the pair clad in Scottish dress....
...In which Jane Austen novel does the heroine marry Edmund Bertram? The annual tournament commonly known as the Palermo Open is held in Argentina in which sport?...
...Fans of Douglas Adams may recall the tale of the civilisation that decided to adopt the leaf as legal tender....
...When I made a show garden with Ann-Marie Powell back in 2010 we had two people on leaf-polishing duty who would have passed out if they’d seen the state of some of Massey’s leaves....
...Except, perhaps, that leaf-green jacket, I venture — surely those didn’t exist in the Old West. “Yes, even that existed!” Almodóvar shoots back with a triumphant smile....
...Abigail Perez Edinburgh, UK...
...Jo Ellison is editor of HTSI Jane Fraser CEO, Citigroup | Committed visionary BY LAURA NOONAN Jane Fraser didn’t just break through Wall Street’s glass ceiling when she became chief executive of one...
...As the first female Lord President of the Council, she carried the sword of state in a custom teal dress by Safiyaa and matching headpiece by Jane Taylor....
...Banks invented credit derivatives, but their ETF businesses have lost out to players like Jane Street. This is also true in markets where underlying structures have changed....
...Republicans, however, were on course to win the House despite a strong performance from the Democrats on the east coast where their candidates were seen as vulnerable, with victories for Abigail Spanberger...
...When London maker Jane Atfield turned discarded plastic sheets into lean-lined furniture 30 years ago, upcycling was a novelty....
...Girl Aby Abigail Dean, HarperCollins £8.99/Penguin Publishing Group $27 Family horrors pervade Girl A....
...The Survivorsby Jane Harper, Little, Brown £14.99/Flatiron Books $14.99 From the author of the all-conquering The Dry....
...I enjoyed a variety of small plates, including cockles with Thai basil, lemongrass and fermented haricot beans, and grated coconut, shallot, ginger and peanuts wrapped in a wild betel leaf....
...In other words, it is sometimes virtuous not to bother to clear leaf litter and other dead plant material. Likewise, fallen branches can be left for insect and mammal shelters....
...When you eat a truly fresh leaf of watercress, it activates something called the trigeminal nerve....
...Having trained under esteemed British tea sommelier Jane Pettigrew, Filgueiras is schooled in the classic art of blending, but his approach is unconventional....
...Milan, in many ways, is turning a new leaf. Follow @FTProperty on Twitter or @ft_houseandhome on Instagram to find out about our latest stories first...
...Right there in pride of place was a thriving Agave americana “Variegata” with its serrated banana-yellow leaf margins and savagely spiked tips....
...Dring will leaf through the catalogue with the witness, taking notes as they pick out features that click and discussing how they might need to be altered to improve the resemblance....
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