It has always been my practice to leave at least one old gobbler in each locality to assist the hens in reproduction.
— from The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting by Charles L. Jordan

The dried leaves of C. lanceolata or orientalis , grown in Egypt, Syria, and Arabia, the true Mecca senna, are considered the best.
— from The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds

A climbing wiry vine, the "supple Jack" of the colonists; leaves three to five inches long, linear, ovate; often grows in entangled masses, abundant in all the forests; largest specimens found in the swampy forests of the Whanganui.
— from The King Country; or, Explorations in New Zealand A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel Through Maoriland. by J. H. (James Henry) Kerry-Nicholls

I like all our wild Lilies, especially the yellow Nodding Lily of our fields; and the Lemon Lily of our gardens is ever a delight; but the stately Lilies which are such general favorites, Madonna Lilies, Japan Lilies, the Gold-banded Lilies, are not especially dear to me.
— from Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle