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Yes, indeed it is a beautiful cluster; it is the marsh-marigold, and looks like a gigantic buttercup; it is sometimes in flower as early as March, and continues to blossom for three months or more.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children W. Houghton
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"_And the wild marsh-marigold shines like fire in swamps and hollows gray_."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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Our primrose is not the English primrose, any more than it was our robin who tucked up the babes in the wood; our cowslip is not the English cowslip, it is the English marsh-marigold, -- Tennyson's "wild marsh-marigold shines like fire in swamps and hollows gray."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various
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[438-10] The common marsh-marigold was called _peony_ in some localities.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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Upon the neighboring rocks the columbine and harebell held high revel, but he did not notice them so much as a new sight that flashed upon his eye; for the pool where the two streamlets joined was like a nest which the marsh-marigold had taken for its home.
King Midas: a Romance Upton Sinclair 1923
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Before her lay the boggy place where she came in all warm seasons of the year for one thing or another: the wild marsh-marigold, -- good for greens, -- thoroughwort, and the root of the sweet-flag.
Country Neighbors Alice Brown 1902
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Some cultivated anemones and crowfoots (_Ranunculus_) are of this character, and even the marsh-marigold (_Caltha palustris_) has a petalomanous variety.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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The root is sometimes mistaken for that of edible plants and the young leaves for those of the marsh-marigold, which are edible when cooked.
On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Lina Beard 1888
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The centre of the eyot is yellow with patches of marsh-marigold in the hot spring days.
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And the wild marsh-marigold shines like fire in swamps and hollows gray;
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation Various 1878
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