So try to choose relatively low-scent flowers, such as crocuses, daffodils, daisies, certain roses, and tulips. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: Less-allergenic flowers?] Reference
Sonora looked back at the crocuses, then followed. From Wordnik.com. [The Debt Collector]
Hooray for crocuses and abandoned solitary mittens. From Wordnik.com. [March 21, 2007] Reference
Primroses and crocuses are blooming in North London. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919] Reference
It was early spring, and the snowdrops and crocuses were out. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
Snowdrops and crocuses planted through the lawn are beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
Remember crocuses are of practically no use for cut-flower purposes. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
At first, when he didn't pop out with the crocuses, I wasn't concerned. From Wordnik.com. [Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Veteran Bookseller, the Sequel] Reference
The crocuses are croaking (ph) and, you know, the sun, beautiful tents (ph). From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 7, 2008] Reference
MYERS: Yes, could you imagine what the crocuses look like and the paperwhites?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2007] Reference
Snowdrops and crocuses will gladly usher in a continuous round of bloom for you. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
Daffodils were springing up in the garden, crocuses were out, and the blue scylla. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
Few Spring flowers are more welcome or appear so very early in the year as crocuses. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
The grass was beginning to grow green, and the snowdrops and crocuses were in blossom by the front door. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy in Her Blue Frock] Reference
Periwinkles opened their orbs to wink; crocuses parted their white lips to utter scandalous imprecations. From Wordnik.com. [Centaur Aisle]
And to think that every week dozens and dozens of new Poppingtons are springing up like crocuses about me!. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920] Reference
Then, in the spring, old Melite had collapsed while gathering crocuses and white lilies for the midday ritual. From Wordnik.com. [Shield of Thunder]
Around the arbor extend flower plats carefully tended and fragrant with violets, crocuses, and early primroses. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
And I want to lie in the grass beside the summerhouse with you when spring comes, among the crocuses and snowdrops. From Wordnik.com. [Dancing with Clara]
WILLIS (voice-over): And when spring comes around there's something else to look forward to, daffodils and crocuses. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2006] Reference
LAUREN BURIED HER SISTER, Molly, on a bright North Carolina morning with the first crocuses peeking above the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Memory of Fire]
Jimmy passed rows of great stone mansions, and went through parks, where crocuses and hyacinths were just peeping out. From Wordnik.com. [Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
Just yesterday in one of the rare patches of grass that we actually have here, I saw crocuses pushing up through the dirt. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2007] Reference
Mr. Luttrell, with his cane, takes the heads off two unoffending crocuses that, most unwisely, have started up within his reach. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
Then the snowdrops and crocuses were out, and the sky grew black, and she sat on the nursery floor and looked up at it in solemn wonder. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
These by the end of January have become abundant, and are quickly followed in February by crocuses, primroses, and pretty blue hepaticas. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
What picture does man make for himself of the force of gravitation, nay of the force which drives the crocuses out of the soil in spring?. From Wordnik.com. [Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles] Reference
We're seeing a lot of first -- that's the -- those are the chutes that Bernanke talks about coming out, are sort of crocuses of the spring. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2009] Reference
The coloured crocuses peeped in from the window boxes outside, whilst the sparrows chirped and hopped about and hoped that the Writer had something pleasant to say about them. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
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