Lexicographical Neighbors of Osmundas
Literary usage of Osmundas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1892)
"See the osmundas, Regalis, Interrupta and ... The sterile fronds of these two
osmundas so closely resemble each other that it is very difficult to tell one ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"However, some of the stronger-growing species, as the osmundas, because of their
height and strong deep roots will do well in a cultivated border. ..."
3. Ferns in Their Homes and Ours by John Robinson (1878)
"But with the osmundas the case is different. Our hatchet, or even an axe, ...
While we may dig up the roots on the outside of a tuft of osmundas, ..."
4. Ferns in Their Homes and Ours by John Robinson (1878)
"But with the osmundas the case is different. Our hatchet, or even an axe, ...
While we may dig up the roots on the outside of a tuft of osmundas, ..."
5. Alpine Flowers for English Gardens by William Robinson (1870)
"He formed a very large fernery in an old chalk pit, and with much success ; but,
notwithstanding all the care taken of the osmundas and allied ferns, ..."
6. The fern paradise: a plea for the culture of ferns by Francis George Heath (1878)
"... over the banks—their tall fronds spreading outwards and moving responsively
to the breeze, which is briskly blowing—are osmundas in rich profusion ! ..."
7. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1890)
"From their mossy couches on springy hummocks in swampy meadows the noble osmundas
will shortly rise and cast aside the downy coverings which have enveloped ..."
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