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Height, 1-1/2 ft. Vaccineum Vitis-Idæa (_Red Whortleberry_).
Gardening for the Million Alfred Pink
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And maybe on a Friday Moses Whortleberry, a leading light of the D.S. and
Terribly Intimate Portraits Noel Coward 1936
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He snapped out the torch and, complete master of the situation, started on the return journey to "Whortleberry Villa."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916 Various 1898
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A few minutes later, having invaded the privacy of "Whortleberry Villa," he was relentlessly prodding a bundle of waterproofs.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916 Various 1898
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` ` Yes, '' he said presently, ` ` I was the first to put stick or stone on Whortleberry Common yonder.
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-- Whortleberry-juice applied to the bite, and a decoction taken internally, is a certain cure.
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Britain four species of Vaccinium: the Whortleberry or Bilberry (_V. myrtillus_), the Large Bilberry (_V. uliginosum_), the Crowberry (_V. vitis idæa_), and the Cranberry (_V. oxycoccos_).
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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Island we made out by its shape, unquestionably; Whortleberry we hazarded on the strength of its bushes; "Hen and Chicks," by a biggish island brooding half a dozen little ones; Flea Island, from a certain snappishness of aspect; Half-Way Island, by our distance from dinner;
Gala-days Gail Hamilton 1864
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Indians have given the name of Whortleberry Plain to the lands on the south shore.
Lost in the Backwoods Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850
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It is the plant known by the name of Bilberry or Whortleberry, (Vaccinium Myrtilus or
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 365, April 11, 1829 Various
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