First recorded in 1590–1600; after Guelders
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The American guelder rose, whose fruit so strongly resembles the cranberry, is also common.
From Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 by Franklin, John
The American guelder rose whose fruit so strongly resembles the cranberry is also common.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
A solitary shrub of mugwort grows at some distance, but in the same district, and in one hedgerow the wild guelder rose flourishes.
From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard
On the bank stood purple torches of dame's violet, and the dog-rose climbing upon the guelder rose was pictured with it in the water.
From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison
The guelder rose bears juicy, red, elliptical berries, 1⁄3 in. long, which ripen in September, and contain each a single compressed seed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
Two squirrels one day ran along the palings and up into a guelder-rose tree in the garden.
From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard
Above the foxgloves, Above the guelder-roses, Above the greenhouse glitter, Till the shafts of cooler air Meet it, Deflect it, Reject it, Then down, Down, Past the greenhouse, Past the guelder-rose bush, Past the foxgloves.
From Men, Women and Ghosts by Lowell, Amy
Then, too, dried mushrooms, strawberries, mulberries, pears and wild apples, the berries of the guelder-rose and hawthorn furnish the peasant so many small harvests which yield him a modest and certain profit.
From Iermola by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy
Through the glass door and the arching berceau, I commanded the deep vista of the allée défendue: thither rushed Sylvie, glistening through its gloom like a white guelder-rose.
From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte
Little guelder-rose, with pinkish azure bloom, And merry little company, where my dear one doth drink; My darling will not drink, until for me he sends.
From A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
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