The Juvenile GardenerHarvey and Darton, 1824 - 129 pages |
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Page 57
... become little single roses , very like the eglantine or wild brier rose in the hedges ; and its fruit is like the hip , whose fine red colour decorates the tree in autumn . This tall , straggling shrub , with its red flowers , is the ...
... become little single roses , very like the eglantine or wild brier rose in the hedges ; and its fruit is like the hip , whose fine red colour decorates the tree in autumn . This tall , straggling shrub , with its red flowers , is the ...
Page 63
... become their prey , notwith- standing the many nets and mats placed to defend it . bOne day , Mr. Vernon informed the children , that he intended they should accompany their mamma and himself on a visit into Hampshire , to see their ...
... become their prey , notwith- standing the many nets and mats placed to defend it . bOne day , Mr. Vernon informed the children , that he intended they should accompany their mamma and himself on a visit into Hampshire , to see their ...
Page 66
... becomes paler , till it is nearly white at the outward part . Now to some roses of a more diminutive kind . Here is the rose de Meaux : what beauti- ful little flowers it has ! we may wonder how the branches support such clusters of ...
... becomes paler , till it is nearly white at the outward part . Now to some roses of a more diminutive kind . Here is the rose de Meaux : what beauti- ful little flowers it has ! we may wonder how the branches support such clusters of ...
Page 80
... becomes damp , so does the plant also . This plant , with thick , fleshy , brown leaves , is the bladder fucus . On the coast of Scotland it is gathered and made into kelp . Immense quantities are exported , as it is used by soap ...
... becomes damp , so does the plant also . This plant , with thick , fleshy , brown leaves , is the bladder fucus . On the coast of Scotland it is gathered and made into kelp . Immense quantities are exported , as it is used by soap ...
Page 118
... , " are chiefly brought from the south of Europe : they are the produce of the vine , and you know , before they are dried , are called Cranes Thou ove they become very ripe : they are then gathered , 118 THE JUVENILE GARDENER .
... , " are chiefly brought from the south of Europe : they are the produce of the vine , and you know , before they are dried , are called Cranes Thou ove they become very ripe : they are then gathered , 118 THE JUVENILE GARDENER .
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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...