Canterbury bell
Britishnoun
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The King was waiting on the steps of the back-yard, watching a dozen gardeners trying to rear the Canterbury bell with patent foods.
From More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme by Ada M. Marzials
"I don't mind that so much as their silly songs, after we've fed 'em, all about 'work among the merry, merry blossoms," said Sacharissa from the deeps of a stale Canterbury bell.
From Actions and Reactions by Rudyard Kipling
Bromehead, W., doubling of the Canterbury bell by selection, ii.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Charles Darwin
C. Medium, Canterbury bell, with large blue, purple and white flowers, is a favourite and handsome biennial, of which there are numerous varieties.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Of such are adlumia, Canterbury bell, lunaria, ipomopsis, Œnothera Lamarckiana; and foxglove, valerian, and some other perennials would better be treated as biennials.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
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