11.   Bloom is not the only beauty in an Atlanta spring, of course.

12.   Blooms are best if the bulb is slightly pot-bound.

13.   Blooms are purple.

14.   Blooms may be lilac, purple or white, depending on the variety.

15.   Blooms may be single or double.

16.   Besides, any bloom in winter is better than none, and I have never failed to come away with ideas and inspiration.

17.   Bloom was a journalist before his political stint and is now associate professor of journalism at the University of Iowa.

18.   Bloom was right to see a connection between a sunny temperament and rootlessness.

19.   A recent whisper in publishing circles was that the bloom is off the rose for celebrity-bylined books.

20.   Algal blooms are just one of the many disastrous side effects of runaway nitrogen.