Flowers and Flower Buds
- Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus, C. scolymus)
- Broccoli (Brassica oleracea)
- Caper (Capparis spinosa)
- Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea)
- Courgette flowers (Cucurbita spp.)
- Squash blossoms (Cucurbita spp.)
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“Then amongst flowers and springs,
Making delightful sport,
Sat lovers without conflict, without flame;”
—Torquato Tasso (1544–1595)
“O suns and skies and clouds of June,
And flowers of June together,
Ye cannot rival for one hour
October’s bright blue weather.”
—Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885)
“Until I was twenty-five, I had no development at all. From my twenty-fifth year I date my life. Three weeks have scarcely passed, at any time between then and now, that I have not unfolded within myself. But I feel that I am now come to the inmost leaf of the bulb, and that shortly the flower must fall to the mould.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
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Desires and dreams and powers
And everything but sleep.”
—A.C. (Algernon Charles)