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Moment of high drama in the world of plants comes whenplant doctor Brian Murphy, right, diagnoses the ills of the ficus Benjamina, the pride of Don Lerner, left, Murphy is checking the light readin inthe area in which the plant is kept
Moment of high drama in the world of plants comes whenplant doctor Brian Murphy, right, diagnoses the ills of the ficus Benjamina, the pride of Don Lerner, left, Murphy is checking the light readin inthe area in which the plant is kept

Moment of high drama in the world of plants comes whenplant doctor Brian Murphy, right, diagnoses the ills of the ficus Benjamina, the pride of Don Lerner, left, Murphy is checking the light readin inthe area in which the plant is kept

Date10/24/1975
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A plant doctor who makes house calls is 25-year-old Brian Murphy, who sometimes takes a terminally wilting patient back to his apartment for round-the-clock care among the 60 plants already in residence
A plant doctor who makes house calls is 25-year-old Brian Murphy, who sometimes takes a terminally wilting patient back to his apartment for round-the-clock care among the 60 plants already in residence
5/29/1974
Brian Murphy will water your plants but won't talk to them
Brian Murphy will water your plants but won't talk to them
7/10/1979
Summer's over: Star garden columnist Fred Dale brings amaryllis and Variegated Ficus Benjamina indoors
Summer's over: Star garden columnist Fred Dale brings amaryllis and Variegated Ficus Benjamina indoors
9/8/1988
Rabbi Albert Pappenheim. Diagnoses rare diseases
Rabbi Albert Pappenheim. Diagnoses rare diseases
6/13/1963
Research boss: Dr. Charles MacInnes, who is responsible for the $1.4 million spent annually on rabies research in Ontario, is seen in his laboratory at Maple. The province spends approximately $15 million a year for vaccines, treatments, research, diagnoses and rabies quarantines.
Research boss: Dr. Charles MacInnes, who is responsible for the $1.4 million spent annually on rabies research in Ontario, is seen in his laboratory at Maple. The province spends approximately $15 million a year for vaccines, treatments, research, diagnoses and rabies quarantines.
7/13/1986
Checking plants in one of Humber College's greenhouses, Russ Geddes says right now, there are more jobs than graduates of the college's two-year retail floracultural program he runs - the only one of its kind in Canada. Geddes, who has two sons, says he c
Checking plants in one of Humber College's greenhouses, Russ Geddes says right now, there are more jobs than graduates of the college's two-year retail floracultural program he runs - the only one of its kind in Canada. Geddes, who has two sons, says he c
5/15/1978
New Industry comes, Above is the plant of the Don Valley Paper Co
New Industry comes, Above is the plant of the Don Valley Paper Co
4/29/1929
Gary Perpich, is a plant shop owner-cum-doctor to the plants he has sold
Gary Perpich, is a plant shop owner-cum-doctor to the plants he has sold
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Murphy, Gary - On Saturday, April 23, 1983, at Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Gary Brian Murphy, aged 6 1/2 months. Dear son of Catherine and Br(...)
Murphy, Gary - On Saturday, April 23, 1983, at Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Gary Brian Murphy, aged 6 1/2 months. Dear son of Catherine and Br(...)
4/27/1982
Ranks Swollen by sympathetic workers from 28 Windsor area plants, 8,000 pickets marched in front of the two main gates of the Ford plant today. An are(...)
Ranks Swollen by sympathetic workers from 28 Windsor area plants, 8,000 pickets marched in front of the two main gates of the Ford plant today. An are(...)
11/5/1945
Murphy freed on bail, James Murphy, charged with the murder of his first wife following a corner's inquest into her death, leaves Don Jail yesterday w(...)
Murphy freed on bail, James Murphy, charged with the murder of his first wife following a corner's inquest into her death, leaves Don Jail yesterday w(...)
2/29/1972
Centre of Drama: Mari Anne Haggander sings the role of Lisa to tenor Yuri Marusin's Herman inthe Candian Opera Company's production of The Queen Of Spades
Centre of Drama: Mari Anne Haggander sings the role of Lisa to tenor Yuri Marusin's Herman inthe Candian Opera Company's production of The Queen Of Spades
10/7/1988