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"Where did you get the odd name 'eschscholtzia' for this lovely flower?"
The Lure of San Francisco A Romance Amid Old Landmarks Mabel Thayer Gray
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But consider the unhappy fate of leuchera, forsythia, darwinia and eschscholtzia, all of them beautiful flowers, all of them blighted and handicapped by their names.
Try Anything Twice 1938
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Others, such as the eschscholtzia, the coreopsis, and the Erýsimum Perowskiànum, will often last two or three years, especially if they happen to be late in flowering the first season.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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He droops like a stale eschscholtzia, only, unlike that flower he hasn't sense enough to shut up for the night! "
The Pride of Palomar 1918
rolig commented on the word eschscholtzia
Also spelled eschscholzia – so much simpler.
September 27, 2009