But, all the same, it is no mean rival to the quieter process of vegetable florescence.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
It was like a florescence of that dear belated creature whose mind had been awakened by his affection.
"Paris From the "Three Cities""
Emile Zola
The commercial reaction from the chaos of the holidays had become a carnival of recovery; shop windows grew brighter and gayer than ever, bursting into gaudy winter florescence; the main arteries of the town roared prosperity; cross streets were packed; Fifth Avenue, almost impassible in the morning, choked up after three o'clock; and all the afternoon through, and late into the night, mounted police of the traffic squad, adrift in the tide of carriages, stemmed the flashing currents pouring north and south from the white marble arch to the gilded bronze battle-horse and its rider on guard at the portals of the richest quarter of the wealthiest city in the world.
"The Fighting Chance"
Robert W. Chambers