The Herb of the FieldMacmillan, 1887 - 311 páginas |
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... corolla , 1 also all in one , consisting of a 1 Corolla , another name for the petals or coloured part of the flower . single petal , which might be compared to a funnel MAY FLOWERS-Primroses and Violets.
... corolla , 1 also all in one , consisting of a 1 Corolla , another name for the petals or coloured part of the flower . single petal , which might be compared to a funnel MAY FLOWERS-Primroses and Violets.
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... corolla . How wonderful it is that it should be so perfectly regular , without being stiff or formal . The end of the throat serves as a nectary ; there is a sweet drop of juice at the bottom , as the little tiny black flies that creep ...
... corolla . How wonderful it is that it should be so perfectly regular , without being stiff or formal . The end of the throat serves as a nectary ; there is a sweet drop of juice at the bottom , as the little tiny black flies that creep ...
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... palace , or a more sweetly perfumed one . The corolla is like soft yellow velvet , and in each division there is a beautiful red spot , as if to set off the rest . The stamens and pistil scarcely vary from those of the IV 21 MAY FLOWERS.
... palace , or a more sweetly perfumed one . The corolla is like soft yellow velvet , and in each division there is a beautiful red spot , as if to set off the rest . The stamens and pistil scarcely vary from those of the IV 21 MAY FLOWERS.
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... corolla should be quite regular , and that there should not be what they call a pin - eye ; that is , that the pin - like head of the pistil should not appear above the throat . Other people may be quite contented with the bright yellow ...
... corolla should be quite regular , and that there should not be what they call a pin - eye ; that is , that the pin - like head of the pistil should not appear above the throat . Other people may be quite contented with the bright yellow ...
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... corolla . Each germ afterwards becomes a single seed enclosed in dark purple fleshy pulp , and all sit together on the receptacle which rises up in the middle of them , like a finger under a thimble or a head in a cap . The raspberry is ...
... corolla . Each germ afterwards becomes a single seed enclosed in dark purple fleshy pulp , and all sit together on the receptacle which rises up in the middle of them , like a finger under a thimble or a head in a cap . The raspberry is ...
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Términos y frases comunes
anthers apple autumn bearing beautiful bells bend berries blue blue-bell bogs bracts branches bright brought brown buds bulrush Butterwort called calyx catkins CHAPTER cleft clusters colour corolla cotton cowslip creeping crimson curious cymes daresay dark deep deep purple delicate England English Figwort five petals five stamens fleshy fleur-de-lys four fruit gardens gathered germ grass grown grows wild Guelder rose handsome hanging hard head hedge herbs John's-wort juice kind leaf lilac lily look lovely nectaries never nightshade nosegay orange orchis pale perhaps petals pink pistil plant pollen potatoes pretty purple root rose round scarlet seed seed-vessel sepals shape sheath side silicle slender soft sometimes sort spikes spread spring spurge stalk stamens stem stigma sweet swelling tall teazel thick thing tree TRIBE tuft twisted viper's bugloss white blossoms white flowers whole wood yellow yellow rattle
Pasajes populares
Página 49 - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Página 171 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, And all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field : The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: . Because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: Surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: But the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Página 170 - A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous...
Página 45 - Hie away, hie away, Over bank and over brae, Where the copsewood is the greenest, Where the fountains glisten sheenest, Where the lady-fern grows strongest, Where the morning dew lies longest, Where the black-cock sweetest sips it, Where the fairy latest trips it. Hie to haunts right seldom seen, Lovely, lonesome, cool, and green, Over bank and over brae, Hie away, hie away. 'Do the verses he sings...
Página 22 - Two from our birthday ever beards have worn, On other two none ever have appeared, While the fifth brother wears but half a beard.
Página 169 - We have ploughed, we have sowed, We have reaped, we have mowed We have brought home every load, Hip, hip, hip, Harvest home ! and thus, sir, the whole assembly shout
Página 155 - Indeed it has hardly been known in this country for more than a hundred years, and is still considered as one of the rarest of fruits.
Página 137 - A mushroom their table, and on it was laid A water-dock leaf, which a table-cloth made ; The viands were various, to each of their taste, And the Bee brought his honey to crown the repast. There, close on his haunches, so solemn and wise...
Página 85 - Peak of Teneriffe, which I should guess to be one of the most beautiful places in the world. The best oranges for eating that we get come from St. Michael's, a little island of the Azores, but there are many others imported from Spain and Portugal. The red-juiced blood oranges grow in Malta, and the delicious, fragrant little Mandarin orange is chiefly grown at Tangier. To all these places they were first brought in the fourteenth or fifteenth centuries from China, their original birthplace.