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Examples
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I forgot all about Flowering quince and Iberis when I was photographing my blooms.
Bloom Day/Foliage Day Combo-February 2010 « Fairegarden 2010
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Candytuft, Iberis sempervirens is a good groundcover for the bright orange colors.
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Once you get that Iberis going, it can be divided like crazy, although I have killed some by doing that dividing at the wrong time, like now.
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Besides the ordinary constituents of herbs, it is found to contain six per cent. of soft resin, together with a sulphuretted volatile oil, which is identical with that of Mustard, as obtained likewise from the bitter Candytuft, _Iberis amara_.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Another snowy white flower is the perennial candytuft, Iberis.
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` ` Ay, Hector, '' said the uncle, ` ` and if my collection were yours, you would make it fly to the gunsmith, the horse-market, the dog-breaker, --- _Coemptos undique nobiles libros --- mutare loricis Iberis. _ ''
The Antiquary 1845
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“Ay, Hector,” said the uncle, “and if my collection were yours, you would make it fly to the gunsmith, the horse-market, the dog-breaker, — Coemptos undique nobiles libros — mutare loricis Iberis.”
The Antiquary 1584
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Ob fimiiitudinem cum ex adverfo fitis Iberis, lingua moribufque, forte eve - nit, quod ultimis Imperii Romani temporibus, Mau - ritania* Tingitana Hifpaniae accenfebatur, ut eNotitia utriufque Imperii videre licet.
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I started some Iberis this year, only 5 or so germinated, but they’re doing well.
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_Coemptos undique nobiles libros -- mutare loricis Iberis. _ "
The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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