The Juvenile GardenerHarvey and Darton, 1824 - 129 pages |
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... fine enough to allow little boys to work out of doors , our young gardener began his new employment . 66 Mr. Vernon had bought a spade for Frank , a rake , and a hoe ; and early in March the new garden was ready for seeds and plants ...
... fine enough to allow little boys to work out of doors , our young gardener began his new employment . 66 Mr. Vernon had bought a spade for Frank , a rake , and a hoe ; and early in March the new garden was ready for seeds and plants ...
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... fine fruits , and all kinds of things that grow . " " Then , " said Wil- liam , " let me explain to you why you cannot have all you wish this year . As for tulips , it is now too late to plant them , and if we planted rose - trees ...
... fine fruits , and all kinds of things that grow . " " Then , " said Wil- liam , " let me explain to you why you cannot have all you wish this year . As for tulips , it is now too late to plant them , and if we planted rose - trees ...
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... were invited to dine with their papa and mamma ; and a fine salad was set on the table , composed of lettuces , radishes , and cresses , from Frank's Vernon said they were the finest she had eaten of. 12 THE JUVENILE GARDENER .
... were invited to dine with their papa and mamma ; and a fine salad was set on the table , composed of lettuces , radishes , and cresses , from Frank's Vernon said they were the finest she had eaten of. 12 THE JUVENILE GARDENER .
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... fine weather , to plant and sow , he collected his tools together , and regu- larly worked an hour or two every day . William gave him some strawberry - plants , with which he formed a border round his garden , to save room . He found ...
... fine weather , to plant and sow , he collected his tools together , and regu- larly worked an hour or two every day . William gave him some strawberry - plants , with which he formed a border round his garden , to save room . He found ...
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... fine young trees for transplanting . William and his young assistant now gave their attention to the flower - garden , and proceeded to die all the earth round the flowering - shrubs , and prepared the beds in. THE JUVENILE GARDENER . 27.
... fine young trees for transplanting . William and his young assistant now gave their attention to the flower - garden , and proceeded to die all the earth round the flowering - shrubs , and prepared the beds in. THE JUVENILE GARDENER . 27.
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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...