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  • Originally created for Stuttgart Ballet in 1978, The Ladies of the Camellias is a sumptuous and elegant classical ballet based on the novel of the same name by

    BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2010

  • The propagating pit above described is used for the propagation of all kinds of plants grown by florists, such as Camellias, Dahlias, Roses,

    Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings 1867

  • Referring specifically to his recently rehearsed roles as an impassioned, romantic Armand in "The Lady of the Camellias" and the quick-witted barber Basil in "Don Quixote," Mr. Stearns says he identifies most readily with the former.

    The Classical Cavalier Robert Greskovic 2011

  • In her youth Chanel was obsessed with Alexandre Dumas's novel "The Lady of the Camellias."

    The Enduring Coco Chanel Laura Jacobs 2011

  • Works stolen by Jacques include: • A copy of Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius, published in 1610, worth £180,000 • Johannes Kepler's Astronomia Nova published in 1609, worth £75,000• Two copies of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica published in 1687, worth £135,000• 13 volumes of the 19th-century botanical study Nouvelle Iconographies des Camellias by Ambroise ­Verschaffelt, worth £40,000.

    'Tome raider' jailed again for stealing valuable books 2010

  • Camellias, daffodils, snow drops and violets in my yard are up, along with crocus, and bluebell buds.

    Elizabeth Grossman: Supper on a Sunday of Hands in the Dirt 2010

  • Camellias, daffodils, snow drops and violets in my yard are up, along with crocus, and bluebell buds.

    Supper on a Sunday of Hands in the Dirt 2010

  • Even girls from noble families visited the Houses of the Camellias for training; the Ardasi regarded it as a normal and necessary aspect of refined femininity, and looked down on those who did not cultivate their appreciation of the senses.

    THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010

  • Nasseri, still in his early 30s, is what you might call a new-school pianist: one who is putting together a career out of all manner of unconventional engagements (his Strathmore appearance is bracketed by eight performances playing Chopin onstage during American Ballet Theater's revival of John Neumeier's "Lady of the Camellias"), unusual repertory, and a lot of his own elbow grease.

    Piano weekend 2010

  • Over the course of nearly three years, from June 2004 to March 2007, 13 rare volumes of the Nouvelle Iconographie des Camellias by Ambroise Verschaffelt disappeared from the library, which holds books, journals and art on gardening, garden history, plants and design dating back to 1514.

    'Tome raider' jailed again for stealing valuable books 2010

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