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Other examples are the mountain fringe (_Adlumia_), a climbing species, and several species of _Corydalis_, differing mainly from
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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Any one familiar with the Bleeding-heart _ (Dicentra eximia) _ of old-fashioned gardens, found growing wild in the Alleghanies, and with the exquisite White Mountain Fringe _ (Adlumia fungosa) _ often brought from the woods to be planted over shady trellises, or with the
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891
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For two or three years past I had been trying to raise the climbing fumitory – Adlumia cirrhosa – from seed; and after many failures, last year one plant grew but did not flower.
Gardening by Myself 1872
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Very many thanks for seed of Adlumia cirrhosa, which I will carefully observe.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Charles Darwin 1845
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I have some hopes of getting Adlumia, for I used to grow the plant, and seedlings have often come up, and we are now potting all minute reddish-coloured weeds.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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In short, these flowers have the exact structure of Dielytra and Adlumia.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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We believe that the Adlumia which came up year by year in flower boxes in the Down verandah grew from seed supplied by Asa Gray.)
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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