The Juvenile GardenerHarvey and Darton, 1824 - 129 pages |
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... showed any impatience if they were not ready to serve him the mo- ment he desired it , as too many little boys and girls are accustomed to do . Frank's mamma had desired him to cultivate a few wild flowers first ; for then he would be ...
... showed any impatience if they were not ready to serve him the mo- ment he desired it , as too many little boys and girls are accustomed to do . Frank's mamma had desired him to cultivate a few wild flowers first ; for then he would be ...
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... during the winter , that when those months had passed away , his improvement in all he had been taught was very great . And now the snow was fast disanness the green fields showed themselves once more , and Frank. THE JUVENILE GARDENER .
... during the winter , that when those months had passed away , his improvement in all he had been taught was very great . And now the snow was fast disanness the green fields showed themselves once more , and Frank. THE JUVENILE GARDENER .
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Lady. the green fields showed themselves once more , and Frank began to think of his garden , and to remind his papa of ... showed itself in the grass ; a few little lambs were frisking beside their mothers , and every thing seemed to. 62 ...
Lady. the green fields showed themselves once more , and Frank began to think of his garden , and to remind his papa of ... showed itself in the grass ; a few little lambs were frisking beside their mothers , and every thing seemed to. 62 ...
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... showed him how to prune the gooseberry and currant - bushes of their superfluous branches ; many of which he planted in a bed of earth , and in time these small cuttings became fine young trees for transplanting . William and his young ...
... showed him how to prune the gooseberry and currant - bushes of their superfluous branches ; many of which he planted in a bed of earth , and in time these small cuttings became fine young trees for transplanting . William and his young ...
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... showed them the inside of it ; for on each coloured leaf of the cup there appeared to be a drop of liquid , and the part which contains this liquid , botanists call the nectary . The nectar of plants is sweet , like honey , and is ...
... showed them the inside of it ; for on each coloured leaf of the cup there appeared to be a drop of liquid , and the part which contains this liquid , botanists call the nectary . The nectar of plants is sweet , like honey , and is ...
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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...