The Herb of the FieldMacmillan, 1887 - 311 páginas |
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... dark mould , and , gradually opening , shows its pure white drop of a bud , hanging on a tiny stem , and at last opening into the delicate bell , of " vernal green , and virgin white . " Well then , take a snowdrop , and if you can find ...
... dark mould , and , gradually opening , shows its pure white drop of a bud , hanging on a tiny stem , and at last opening into the delicate bell , of " vernal green , and virgin white . " Well then , take a snowdrop , and if you can find ...
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... dark - green parasol , is one of them ; but she is not less quiet and retiring than her woodland sister , for she , too , hangs down her head , and hides under her leaves at night ; and , somehow , she always prospers more in a cottage ...
... dark - green parasol , is one of them ; but she is not less quiet and retiring than her woodland sister , for she , too , hangs down her head , and hides under her leaves at night ; and , somehow , she always prospers more in a cottage ...
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... dark spots on the 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 ...
... dark spots on the 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 ...
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... dark streaks near the centre , and now and then a purplish stain on its two upper petals , and in the north it grows ... darker cluster of purple dashes , spreading out on either side . The lowest petal is likewise cream - colour , but ...
... dark streaks near the centre , and now and then a purplish stain on its two upper petals , and in the north it grows ... darker cluster of purple dashes , spreading out on either side . The lowest petal is likewise cream - colour , but ...
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... dark velvety damask - these are the oldest and the best loved , though there are multitudes of new choice ones grown in costly gardens . The Provence rose was first grown by King René , Count of Provence , and father of our queen ...
... dark velvety damask - these are the oldest and the best loved , though there are multitudes of new choice ones grown in costly gardens . The Provence rose was first grown by King René , Count of Provence , and father of our queen ...
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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
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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.