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... been almost exclusively attended to and selected for their beautiful colour, size, perfect outline, and manner of growth. In these particulars hardly one long-cultivated flower can be named which has not varied greatly. What does a florist care for the shape and structure of the organs of fructification, unless, indeed, they add to the beauty of the flower? When this is the case, flowers become modified in important points; stamens and pistils ...

— The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication - Volume I • Charles Darwin

... off the main thoroughfare and were now brought to a standstill in the courtyard leading to the Savoy. Suddenly Crawshay gripped his companion by the arm and directed his attention to a man who was buying some roses in the florist's shop. ...

— The Box with Broken Seals • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... was the servant of a famous florist, and had often seen people pay forty or fifty dollars for such bouquets. He thought the joke was carried too far. However, the count insisted. The roses were piled up in the bottom of the carriage; and, when he had done, he received a handsome ...

— The Clique of Gold • Emile Gaboriau

... to the florist, and came back with a long pasteboard box tucked under his arm. It was filled with a glowing ...

— Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 • Various

... not unlike hemp, but the stalk is cleaner and semi-transparent. The flower also is so gaudy, that a field in blossom looks like a bed of florist's flowers, and its aromatic fragrance does not aid to dispel such delusion. It flourishes most upon land which is light and fertile. The fragrance of the oil is perceptibly weaker when obtained from seed produced on wet, tenacious soils. ...

— The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom • P. L. Simmonds

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