Literary notes about fuchsia (AI summary)
The word fuchsia is employed in literature with a remarkable versatility that spans both literal and metaphorical realms. It often serves as a botanical emblem of beauty and vivid color, conjuring images of flourishing hedges and picturesque gardens—where a “well grown fuchsia in full bloom” exemplifies nature’s grace ([1]) and hedges are described as being “clipped” or “running up the windows” with fuchsia blossoms ([2], [3]). At times, fuchsia functions almost as a character, lending a personal or symbolic layer to a narrative; for instance, a character named Fuchsia expresses a measured reply ([4]), or a place is designated as Fuchsia Cottage, imbuing it with a distinct identity ([5]). This dual capacity—both as a botanical reference and as a metaphor for personality or place—highlights the rich, multifaceted use of fuchsia in literary texts.
- Fuchsia There is perhaps no plant which more perfectly combines gracefulness and beauty of color than a well grown fuchsia in full bloom.
— from Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse by F. F. (Frederick Frye) Rockwell - The cottages are much the same as when last he saw them, now nearly fifty years ago, "with jessamine and fuchsia running up the windows."
— from In the West Country by Francis A. (Francis Arnold) Knight - They went in to the flat garden with its high hedges of fuchsia planted for shelter.
— from The Scratch Pack by Dorothea Conyers - Fuchsia's reply was a slow, deliberate nod.
— from The Road to MandalayA Tale of Burma by B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker - So, about four o'clock on the day of Mr. Badger's visit, Christobel announced she was going for a walk, and "made tracks" for Fuchsia Cottage.
— from Pam and the Countess by E. E. (Edith Elise) Cowper
