Virginica

One Eastern species, Virginica, produces both the chewy Gulf oysters you wash down in New Orleans and the taut, vibrant Fishers Islands you tip into your mouth in New York City -- and, in fact, all the native oysters on the entire East Coast.

The American Oyster Paradise Richard Nalley 2010

Transplanted easterners with a classic Virginica pear shape and a relatively shallow shell, they are praised for their richness and mouthfeel, and were sweet, fleshy, and vibrant, even when shucked right on the beach in the midday heat.

The American Oyster Paradise Richard Nalley 2010

A friend of Linnaeus named J. F. Gronovius had already published Flora Virginica, presumably based on fieldwork in Virginia, and Linnaeus had launched his own career with Flora Lapponica, derived from his adventurous youthful trek across Lapland.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

A friend of Linnaeus named J. F. Gronovius had already published Flora Virginica, presumably based on fieldwork in Virginia, and Linnaeus had launched his own career with Flora Lapponica, derived from his adventurous youthful trek across Lapland.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

Virginica_, a plant of the same family commonly found in sterile soil from Virginia to Illinois and south, and blossoming much more frequently.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Various

Virginica produces immense leaves and pink flowers, and the plants are 4 to 5 ft. high.

Gardening for the Million Alfred Pink

There is an infinitude of other plants and flowers, for an enumeration and scientific description of which I must refer to the Flora Virginica of our great botanist, Dr. Clayton, published by Gronovius at Leyden, in 1762.

Notes on the State of Virginia 1853

There is an infinitude of other plants and flowers, for an enumeration and scientific description of which I must refer to the Flora Virginica of our great botanist Dr. Clayton, published by Gronovius at Leyden, in 1762.

Notes on the State of Virginia. 1826

PULMONARIA _Virginica_ calycibus abbreviatis, foliis lanceolatis obtusiusculis.

The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 5 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis 1772

Virginica_ grows naturally upon mountains in most parts of

The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 5 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis 1772