grow on

• “Does not the finest Lacryma Christi grow on the once devastated slopes of Vesuvius?”

  Mrs Shelley

• “There the same passions influence the conduct of the child, which will prompt it in riper years, and the natural buddings of the heart spring forth, and grow on to maturity with the mind and the person.”

  The Memories of Fifty Years

• “The flowers grow on the top of the stem or branches, are tatular, or cylindrical, of a dirty white, reddish, brown, or pale blue color, and never appear to be fully opened or expanded.”

  The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.

• “Soothsayers didnt grow on trees, and already they were wading deep into the recruiting pool.”

  Simon & Schuster: Kiss of a Demon King

• “The blossoms grow on a long terminal spike, which is merely a continuation of the main stem -- they are of a yellow color; and produce a small bristly brier, which in the fall of the year sticks to clothes that comes in contact with it.”

  The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.

• “Barley he would continue to try to grow on the farm at Sydney Cove.”

  Simon & Schuster: Morgan’s Run

• “Explanation for Surprise's talents, twin sisters who make anything grow on trees, or switch Xanth and Mundane trees — Courtney Loose.”

  Stork Naked

• “The whole just-fun, no-strings idea is starting to grow on me.”

  Simon & Schuster: The 310: Boy Trouble

• “Even plants that usually grow on dry land—in soil—can be grown with their roots in a mineral-nutrient solution or in an inert medium, such as perlite, gravel, or something called mineral wool—fibers made from minerals or metal oxides.”

  Simon & Schuster: MY EMPIRE OF DIRT

• “It remains for us to develop a newer, better form of sex-relation and of economic relation therewith, and so grasp the fruits of all previous civilizations and grow on to the beautiful results of higher ones.”

  The Hour and the Woman

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