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Identification and study of a few spring flowers, as trillium, bloodroot, hepatica, spring-beauty.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education
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These are all common flowers, and easily observed; and the catalogue might be increased by rare ones, as the white corydalis, the smaller yellow violet, (_V. rotundifolia_,) and the claytonia or spring-beauty.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various
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The spring-beauty, the painted trillium, the fringed polygala, the showy lady's-slipper, are all more striking to look upon, but they do not quite touch the heart; they lack the soul that perfume suggests.
The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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Red clover was opening in the valley below, and wild strawberries just ripening; on the summit the yellow birch was just hanging out its catkins, and the claytonia, or spring-beauty, was in bloom.
In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879
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Theirs is a life of unbroken spring-beauty and grandeur are their dwelling place, — and, 'mid the awe-inspiring sublimity of nature's works, is their home.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE 1841
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"pusley," and the spring-beauty (_Claytonia_) (Fig. 98, _A_) are the commonest examples.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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