forsythian.
/fɔːˈsʌɪθɪə/, /fəˈsʌɪθɪə/, U.S. /fərˈsɪθiə/, /fɔrˈsɪθiə/ Any plant of the genus of spring-flowering shrubs so named, native to Albania and eastern Asia and belonging to the family Oleaceæ; cultivated for their bright yellow, bell-shaped flowers.
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forsythia1806
golden bell1851
1806 J. L. E. W. Shecut Flora Carolinæensis I. xiv. 569 Forsythia, a genera of the Polyandria Monogynia class of plants... The seeds are numerous and chaffy. There is but one species. F: Scandens (Decumaria Forsythia of Mich.) Climbing Forsythia, a native of South-Carolina.
1846 Jrnl. Hort. Soc. 1 227 The species obtained by Mr. Fortune is very distinct from the original Forsythia.
1851 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 77 4587 The original Forsythia, established on a Chinese plant cultivated in Japan..appears to have been introduced into Holland in 1833.
1893 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 3) ii. 417/1 Forsythia (Golden Bell).
1905 Daily Chron. 2 Aug. 3/1 Daffodils in the grass under drooping Forsythia.
1927 E. H. M. Cox Evol. Garden xiii. 250 The Forsythias with bright yellow flowers.
1931 Morning Post 25 Feb. 6/3 R—'s forsythias and cherries towered up 12 feet.
1965 S. C. Emberton Shrub Gardening ix. 52 The gardens along the line bubble over with sugar-pink almond blossom and irrepressible yellow forsythias.
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