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• It's said that for bees the flower is the fountain of life, and for flowers bees are the messengers of love. —  Dennis vanEngelsdorp: a plea for bees
• The asters, or composites, are interesting because each of the things we think of as a flower is actually a whole bunch of flowers! —  A Passion for Nature
• The Faeries from the woods brought an anemone flower, set in dead forest leaf, and the spokesman explained that the flower was the anticipation of summer, and that it was fitting it should have such a back-ground. —  Seven Little People and their Friends
• But the heart, to sing well from the Bible, must be imbued with religious feelings, as a flower is alternately with dew and sunshine. —  Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
• But I believe as soon as the flower is advanced the new bulbs may be seen on dissection, nor does the annual increase of the size of the root of cyclamen and of aletris capensis militate against this annual renewal of them, since the leaf- bulbs or off-sets, as described above, are increased in size as they are annually renewed. —  The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation

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