twin-flower

I dreamed of Linnaea borealis, the little twin-flower, in connection with a woman who a few days before when told of the birth of twins to a friend, said, "That is the way to have them come."

The Journal of Abnormal Psychology 1916

The rocks had been stripped of the fine twin-flower creepers that once covered them; they had been robbed of the pretty silver moss and the attractive reindeer moss.

Further Adventures of Nils 1911

Long ago the twin-flower, violet, wild pansy, forget-me-not and yellow anemone had left their fairy haunts, and there remained only the curving fantastic fronds of the fern, -- the dragon-grass.

Days of the Discoverers L. Lamprey 1910

Tookhees, the timid little wood mouse, who was digging under the moss for twin-flower roots to feed his little ones, had heard the enemy coming, and dove headlong into his hole, just in time to escape the snap of Kagax's teeth.

Wilderness Ways William Joseph Long 1909

Odours of the woods floated on the air: the spicy fragrance of the firs; the breath of hidden banks of twin-flower.

The Blue Flower 1902

"And need we ever grow old?" asked my lady Greygown, as she sat that evening with the twin-flower on her breast, watching the stars come out along the edge of the cliffs, and tremble on the hurrying tide of the river.

Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness Henry Van Dyke 1892

Odours of the woods floated on the air: the spicy fragrance of the firs; the breath of hidden banks of twin-flower.

The Blue Flower Henry Van Dyke 1892

Can it be that the twin-flower of June, the delicate Linnaea borealis, is blooming again?

Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness Henry Van Dyke 1892

The delicious little twin-flower beloved of Linnaeus also comes in for a share of lost identity through confusion with the

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891

Enough that the twin-flower and the star-flower each obeys its own law, and in so doing contributes each its own part toward making this world the place of diversified beauty which it was foreordained to be.

The Foot-path Way Bradford Torrey 1877