The Juvenile GardenerHarvey and Darton, 1824 - 129 pages |
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Lady. for the sake of their perfume . Having stopped to admire the stately form of the crown imperial , with its large yellow flower , which resembles a cups turned downwards , Frank and his sister were much surprised , when their mamma ...
Lady. for the sake of their perfume . Having stopped to admire the stately form of the crown imperial , with its large yellow flower , which resembles a cups turned downwards , Frank and his sister were much surprised , when their mamma ...
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... admiration . " Mamma , " said Agnes , " I have found out a bed of flowers both beautiful and sweet : you may smell them at this dis- tance . " " Those fragrant flowers are ! called hyacinths , " said Mrs. Vernon : " they are also ...
... admiration . " Mamma , " said Agnes , " I have found out a bed of flowers both beautiful and sweet : you may smell them at this dis- tance . " " Those fragrant flowers are ! called hyacinths , " said Mrs. Vernon : " they are also ...
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... admire most , the beau- ty of the flower or its delicious sweetness . They are chiefly pink , blue , or white , and sometimes yellow ; but the latter are scarce . I will have some roots put into glasses in the autumn , and you shall see ...
... admire most , the beau- ty of the flower or its delicious sweetness . They are chiefly pink , blue , or white , and sometimes yellow ; but the latter are scarce . I will have some roots put into glasses in the autumn , and you shall see ...
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... admired in our gardens ; but you know there is no floweri too simple to find a place in mine : for instance , that cluster of primroses and cowslips . I need not tell you , Frank , that those are polyanthuses . You have some in your own ...
... admired in our gardens ; but you know there is no floweri too simple to find a place in mine : for instance , that cluster of primroses and cowslips . I need not tell you , Frank , that those are polyanthuses . You have some in your own ...
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... admires . When you begin to learn botany , you shall make a hortus siccus , or collection of dried plants , which will be a great amusement to you ; and you cannot have a better assistant to apply to , than Mr. Curtis's London Flora ...
... admires . When you begin to learn botany , you shall make a hortus siccus , or collection of dried plants , which will be a great amusement to you ; and you cannot have a better assistant to apply to , than Mr. Curtis's London Flora ...
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aconite admire amongst amusement appeared apricot aunt auricula autumn Azalea basket beans beautiful berries birds bloom blossoms botany branches bunches called colour covered currants deadly nightshade delicate delight dried early earth elegant esteemed fish flower-garden flower-roots flower-seeds flowers fragrant Frank and Agnes fruit gathered glass grass green grew ground grow hyacinths kind larkspurs leaf leaves little boys Maclaren mamma medlars mignionette names natives nectarine never nosegay papa and mamma pears peas perfume pink plants pleased pleasure potatoes pots pretty produce promised purple radishes rhododendrons roots rose-trees samphire Seaview seeds seen shells showed showy shrub sister snowdrop soon stalks sugar summer sweet sweet-scented taste tell thing took trees tulips variety vegetable Vernon told walk weather weeds West Indies white flowers wild rose William winter yellow flowers young gardener
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Page 78 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire, — dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : the murmuring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high.
Page 52 - Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 1 - Then she sang Handel's song — " What though I trace each herb and flower That decks the morning dew? Did I not own Jehovah's power, How vain were all I knew...
Page 122 - The berries and fruit are somewhat of an oval shape, about the size of a cherry, and of a dark-red color when ripe. Each of these contains two cells, and each cell a single seed, which is the coffee as we see it before it undergoes the process of roasting. — Coffee is an article of but recent introduction.
Page 66 - ... Richmond, at the battle of Bofworth Field ; and to exemplify the atrocity of Richard, I have introduced his Falfe Accufation of Haftings on the one fide, and the Death of the two Young Princes in the Tower on the other. " To contraft with thefe preceding tragical fubjects, I have in the centre reprefented the Marriage of Henry the Seventh, with the Daughter of Edward the Fourth, the Union of the White and Red Rofes ; and on one hand, as an image of peace and happinefs, I have introduced young...