"Clintonia" Quotes from Famous Books
... light coral clusters of the dwarf cornel set in whorls of pointed leaves; and the deep blue bells of the Clintonia borealis (which the White Mountain people call the bear-berry, and I hope the name will stick, for it smacks of the woods, and it is a shame to leave so free and wild a plant under the burden of a Latin name); and the gray, crimson-veined ... — Little Rivers - A Book Of Essays In Profitable Idleness • Henry van Dyke |