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"Thunder!" said Jonathan; "don't you care more about the pink lady-slipper than about your blooming little sweet alyssum?"

From The Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge

Driving along through the great forest which stood an almost solid green wall on either hand, we called “O father, stop! stop; here is the lady-slipper place.”

From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Denny, Emily Inez

"I saw a lady-slipper bud almost out to-day," he said.

From The Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge

A little later, the crimson lady-slipper loves to spring up in pine clearings, around the base of the wood-piles which the cutters have stacked in the winter to season.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various

Finding the wild pink lady-slipper is a real joy.”

From Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites by Myers, Anna Balmer