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Meanings of sweet william in English

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Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers.

Usage of sweet william in English
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March brings forth the lovely hepatica, and wild phlox or sweet william soon follows.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
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Mr. Hand paused between the beds of sweet williams and canterbury bells.
The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mor...
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But I like old sweet William in spite of his gay tendency.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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Avery reached into his assault vest and removed his Sweet William cigar.
Contact Harvest
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You stroll out to pluck a Sweet William in the park-andlo!
The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million
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His supporters called him Sweet William; his enemies the Bottomless Pit.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1
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I got no urge to go back up, ole Sweet William.
Carrie
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The two former may indifferently hold daisies, marjoram, sweet williams, and that sort.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 / Letters 1821-184...
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He puffed on his favorite, a Sweet William cigar, and blew smoke rings.
Ghosts of Onyx
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Sweet William belongs to the same genus as the Pink.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots / 16t...
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In Scottish balladry, Sweet William becomes a green-red rose and Barbara Allen a briar.
Vampire forensics: uncovering the origins of an enduring legend
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There was the fern-design, spangled with Sweet William, for instance.
The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
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In the Scottish ballad of "Fair Margaret and Sweet William," it is related-
The Folk-lore of Plants
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But the Sweet William is not amenable to any treatment which reduces the natural period of growth.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots / 16t...
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There were flowers everywhere in big bowls-red rambler roses, primula, sweet williams, Shasta daisies, and scarlet poppies.
Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
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Modern delphiniums, if treated like biannuals, and good old Sweet William have given me next to no trouble.
The new yorker