The Juvenile GardenerHarvey and Darton, 1824 - 129 pages |
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... EARLY TASTE FOR THE Pleasures of a Garden , AND THE STUDY OF BOTANY . " What tho ' I trace each herb and flower , That drinks the morning dew ; Did I not own Jehovah's power , How vain were all I knew . " LONDON : PRINTED FOR HARVEY AND ...
... EARLY TASTE FOR THE Pleasures of a Garden , AND THE STUDY OF BOTANY . " What tho ' I trace each herb and flower , That drinks the morning dew ; Did I not own Jehovah's power , How vain were all I knew . " LONDON : PRINTED FOR HARVEY AND ...
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... early in March the new garden was ready for seeds and plants . " But before you be- gin , Frank , " said his papa , " I give you notice , that I expect you will be industri- ous , and attend to William's directions , and keep your ...
... early in March the new garden was ready for seeds and plants . " But before you be- gin , Frank , " said his papa , " I give you notice , that I expect you will be industri- ous , and attend to William's directions , and keep your ...
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... earth round the stalks of his potatoes and cabbage - plants , and his labours were at length rewarded by seeing a dish of his early cabbages placed on the dinner - table , of which the young. 14 THE JUVENILE GARDENER .
... earth round the stalks of his potatoes and cabbage - plants , and his labours were at length rewarded by seeing a dish of his early cabbages placed on the dinner - table , of which the young. 14 THE JUVENILE GARDENER .
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... early spring , the birds began to build their nests , and here and there a daisy showed itself in the grass ; a few little lambs were frisking beside their mothers , and every thing seemed to. 62 THE JUVENILE GARDENER .
... early spring , the birds began to build their nests , and here and there a daisy showed itself in the grass ; a few little lambs were frisking beside their mothers , and every thing seemed to. 62 THE JUVENILE GARDENER .
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... early vege- tables ; and when he had finished his own work , he begged his papa to allow him to assist William occasionally , that he might become acquainted with the names of the trees , shrubs and ro C and as Mr. Vernon wished to ...
... early vege- tables ; and when he had finished his own work , he begged his papa to allow him to assist William occasionally , that he might become acquainted with the names of the trees , shrubs and ro C and as Mr. Vernon wished to ...
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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...