London pride

British  

noun

1. a saxifragaceous plant, a hybrid between Saxifraga spathularis and S. umbrosa, having a basal rosette of leaves and pinkish-white flowers

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Example Sentences

They would show the stuff of London pride.

From Now It Can Be Told by Gibbs, Philip

Here, too, we gathered sweet blue violets, yellow buttercups, Ladies' traces and London pride, with all the beautiful variety of simple meadow flowers, and entwined them into pretty wreaths, or fragrant boquets.

From Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Hanna, Abigail Stanley

But the mail is rattling along, to the music of the guard's horn and the quadrupedant sound of the horses, heedless alike of local verjuice and of London pride.

From Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

And so the rhyme, London pride amongst the rock-work, the ornamental water, a rustic bridge, shining laurel leaves, mahogany-coloured liver, warmth, light, and sweet airs all became mingled in one gracious memory.

From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Grand, Sarah

Nothing grew in the rockery except London pride and snails.

From The Phoenix and the Carpet by Nesbit, E. (Edith)