be in flower

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You'll see, Charles, the Louis d'ors will be in flower in a week's time; but it's all vinegar, it's covered with beetles."--"Oh,

From An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) by Reuter, Fritz

It is not the season for them to be in flower yet; but when it is, I think we must take a walk there—with our luncheon in a basket—a little picnic in fact.

From Wives and Daughters by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

It chanced to be in flower at the time, and this enabled the botanist to determine its character.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne

That active city-dweller, the Greenie, is found in almost every large eucalypt that happens to be in flower.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert

"Dear me," said the Rath, "what may that be in flower there?"

From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul