fox-glove

The little path, that led to the building, was overgrown with grass and the flowers which St. Aubert had scattered carelessly along the border were almost choked with weeds — the tall thistle — the fox-glove, and the nettle.

The Mysteries of Udolpho 2004

From this example, and from others which it would be easy to add, it can be inferred that _nuances_ and refined sentiments escape the comprehension of such heroes; they waste no time in describing things of beauty; they care not if earth brings forth flowers, or if women have cheeks "purple as the fox-glove."

A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

There are birds and flowers; women are described with loving admiration; their cheeks are purple "as the fox-glove," their locks wave in the light.

A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

There wave the cotton-rush, the tall fox-glove, and the taller golden mullein.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827 Various

-- Take of tincture of fox-glove, ten drops at each time twice a day, and increase one drop at each time as long as the stomach will bear it, or it causes a nauseous feeling.

Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs

They question Cathba the chief druid, who answers: "That which has clamoured within thee is a fair-haired daughter, with fair locks, a majestic glance, blue eyes, and cheeks purple as the fox-glove"; and he foretells the woes she will cause among men.

A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

The blue-bell and fox-glove were growing on every hand, and the heath throve in luxuriance, but, flowerless, seemed to miss the golden blossoms of the furze.

A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition William A. Ross

Through the roofless aisles the verdure flows, the meadow-sweet and fox-glove bloom.

The Grave of Rury 1922

And the endless change of color, from the tawny fox-glove on the lighter land, the pale yellow of a lion's skin in the slanting autumn sun, to the quavering, shimmering glories of the

The Prairie Wife Arthur Stringer 1912

A few days after, Angelica Maria saw a little head peeping out of a withered fox-glove.

The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales William Patten 1902