The Juvenile GardenerHarvey and Darton, 1824 - 129 pages |
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Page 5
... give you notice , that I expect you will be industri- ous , and attend to William's directions , and keep your ground free from weeds , and put away all your tools in their pro- per places , when you have done working . " Frank promised ...
... give you notice , that I expect you will be industri- ous , and attend to William's directions , and keep your ground free from weeds , and put away all your tools in their pro- per places , when you have done working . " Frank promised ...
Page 8
... give Frank some seeds of annual flowers , when it was time to sow them . Frank asked the meaning of the term annual flowers , and was told , that they are flowers which grow from seed sown the same year , and when they have done flower ...
... give Frank some seeds of annual flowers , when it was time to sow them . Frank asked the meaning of the term annual flowers , and was told , that they are flowers which grow from seed sown the same year , and when they have done flower ...
Page 13
... give her some ground for a flower - garden to herself . The peas had now grown so high , that they required some support . Frank got some slender willow branches , and stuck them in a row on each side of the peas. THE JUVENILE GARDENER .
... give her some ground for a flower - garden to herself . The peas had now grown so high , that they required some support . Frank got some slender willow branches , and stuck them in a row on each side of the peas. THE JUVENILE GARDENER .
Page 24
... give him some information relative to the va- rious plants in her flower - garden . sid betoolio od One part of the kitchen garden was set apart for the hot - beds , and William sowed the seeds of cucumbers and melons in small pots ...
... give him some information relative to the va- rious plants in her flower - garden . sid betoolio od One part of the kitchen garden was set apart for the hot - beds , and William sowed the seeds of cucumbers and melons in small pots ...
Page 39
... cultivation ; and so fond are the Dutch of these flowers , that they will give the most enormous prices for the roots of those they consider the finest 40 They make these flower - roots a part of. THE JUVENILE GARDENER . 39.
... cultivation ; and so fond are the Dutch of these flowers , that they will give the most enormous prices for the roots of those they consider the finest 40 They make these flower - roots a part of. THE JUVENILE GARDENER . 39.
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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...