Every bit of fern was treasured; every leaf, every pale blossom possessed feeling, consciousness of care, interesting habits, and spoke a familiar language to him.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
It might seem as if the Poet, whose scientific allusions are always so striking and correct, had overlooked, when he wrote this Poem, that the yew bore blossom and seed, like other trees: but it was not so.
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty
The Yew tree does really blossom, and form fruit and seed like other trees, though we may not notice it.
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty