Charity bulb planting for 'rag doll' disease; Picture special.GREEN-FINGERED youngsters at Kirkburton Middle School enjoyed planting daffodil bulbs as part of a charity campaign. Members of the school's gardening group and eco club took part in the national planting event in aid of the Myasthenia Gravis myasthenia gravis (mīəsthē`nēə grä`vĭs), chronic disorder of the muscles characterized by weakness and a tendency to tire easily. Association. The charity provides care, education and research into the muscle weakness condition, MG, known as the 'rag doll Illness'. Through its plant a bulb bulb, thickened, fleshy plant bud, usually formed under the surface of the soil, which carries the plant over from one blooming season to another. It may have many fleshy layers (as in the onion and hyacinth) or thin dry scales (as in some lilies)—both of which campaign the charity supplies schools with bulbs. Children obtain financial sponsorship for the bulbs and the money is donated to the charity. Children at Kirkburton Middle School planted 150 bulbs in the grass bank at the front of the entrance to the school which will brighten up the area when they are in bloom next spring. The children also organised a bun BUN blood urea nitrogen; see urea nitrogen. BUN abbr. blood urea nitrogen Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) stall and raffle to raise funds for the charity. CAPTION(S): BRIGHTER FUTURE: Karen Seed (left) and Heather Josey, heads of the eco and gardening clubs at Kirkburton Middle School, prepare bulbs (PC201008Akirkburton) |
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