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Fox says daphnes and edgeworthia have been in low supply for a couple of years, so it pays to inquire early.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2021

Her artistic taste had found yet further scope; for she had enhanced the beauty of her dress by the addition of white daphnes shrouded in green leaves.

From Love Works Wonders A Novel by Brame, Charlotte M.

If the temperature ranges from 35° to 70°, averaging about 55°, azaleas, daisies, carnations, candytuft, alyssum, dusty miller, chrysanthemums, cinerarias, camellias, daphnes, geraniums, petunias, violets, primroses, and verbenas make especially good growths.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William

Lulled by the warm glow diffused through the room, by the smell of the jonquils, lilies of the valley and daphnes, by the low even talk, I am slipping into slumber.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda

These lovely daphnes will give odor to my camellias, and you were a dear to bring them.

From An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May