be in flower
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It is my theory that present chestnut breeders are crossing inferior material, using any specimens that happen to be in flower at the right time as long as they represent the species to be crossed.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 by Northern Nut Growers Association
I went round and said good-bye to the lilacs, and told them to be in flower by the time I came back.
From Stories by English Authors: London (Selected by Scribners) by Beatrice Harraden
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 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
It had no right to be in flower now.
From Notwithstanding by Mary Cholmondeley
And when you come back, darling, you'll find your son, perhaps, and the hepaticas may be in flower, waiting for you.'
From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Elizabeth Ashe
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