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Erica carnea ‘Westwood Yellow’ , iris and daylilies, among others
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Iar ştiind că autorul a avut în gând carnea unui om crucificat, caracterul şocant al mesajului Evangheliei devine şi mai clar.
Noi Am Privit Slava Lui (Ioan 1.1-18) James F. McGrath 2009
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It would go well with _Erica carnea_ to form a double line, either to a shrubbery or permanent beds of dwarf flowering trees.
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_Erica carnea_ comes to us from Germany, but it has so long been grown in this country that it would appear to have become naturalised in some parts.
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Found very few plants; noticed a flower of a Ternstroemiacea nearly allied to the genus Camellia, cor.rotat. lacin. reflexis, albis fauce carnea.stam. 00, epipet.anther. erectis - apice dehiscent, and of a large Hibiscus; the Caelogyne of the Koond was also found.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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So for instance the pink variety of the Sweet William (_Silene Armeria rosea_), the _Clarkia pulchella carnea_ and the pale variety of the corn-cockle, called usually _Agrostemma Githago nicaeensis_ or even simply _A. nicaeensis_.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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[58] The _Erythrina_ (_indica_, Lam.; _carnea_, Bl.); see Blanco's
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Chrysis (see also Parnopes carnea, Stilbum calens).
The Mason-Bees Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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But in what, if you please, does Parnopes carnea resemble the Bembex into whose home she penetrates in her presence?
The Mason-Bees Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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One of them, half emerald and half pale-pink, Parnopes carnea by name, boldly enters the burrow of Bembex rostrata at the very moment when the mother is at home, bringing a fresh piece to her larva, whom she feeds from day to day.
The Mason-Bees Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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