Sights in spring (summer, autumn, winter).1844 |
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... interesting indeed are the means provided for the nourishment of plants . Observe , for instance , the strawberry . No sooner is its root established , either from seed or a planted offset , STRAWBERRY PLANTS . or even from a runner ...
... interesting indeed are the means provided for the nourishment of plants . Observe , for instance , the strawberry . No sooner is its root established , either from seed or a planted offset , STRAWBERRY PLANTS . or even from a runner ...
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... interesting and valuable science . To divide plants into genera , by fixing on some characteristic mark of distinction , and to collect these genera into groups or orders , according to their points of mutual resemblance , are the chief ...
... interesting and valuable science . To divide plants into genera , by fixing on some characteristic mark of distinction , and to collect these genera into groups or orders , according to their points of mutual resemblance , are the chief ...
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... interesting process may here be noticed ; it is that of grafting - a practice of great antiquity . For this purpose the person about to graft takes a scion , or branch , of the tree which he wishes to propagate , and having cut off the ...
... interesting process may here be noticed ; it is that of grafting - a practice of great antiquity . For this purpose the person about to graft takes a scion , or branch , of the tree which he wishes to propagate , and having cut off the ...
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... interesting and pious observations suggested by it , in Paterson's Manse Garden : - " It cannot be unworthy of remark , that a phenomenon so striking as that of the mountain ash , bearing , instead of its own little sour and unwholesome ...
... interesting and pious observations suggested by it , in Paterson's Manse Garden : - " It cannot be unworthy of remark , that a phenomenon so striking as that of the mountain ash , bearing , instead of its own little sour and unwholesome ...
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... interesting pursuits and rewards like Botany , the science of plants . This , therefore , should the young be encouraged to study . The surface of a country consists of moun- tains , hills , and valleys , or of plains . It is ...
... interesting pursuits and rewards like Botany , the science of plants . This , therefore , should the young be encouraged to study . The surface of a country consists of moun- tains , hills , and valleys , or of plains . It is ...
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Términos y frases comunes
abound anthers appear aquatic beauty birds blossoms botanist BOTANY bright bush called caterpillar catkin chalk chesnut Cicada circles of branches colour common corn creature currant decay double flowers drooping earth eggs favourable fields florists fruit garden gooseberry graceful grafted grain grass ground grow growth harvest heat hive Imbrowned insects instance lake leaf leafy less lily limestone mountain mountain ash nature nearly nest nuthatch observed odour osier pass peaches peat petals pistil plants plums poet polarizes the rays poplar produced QUEEN BEE remarkable rich ripening rise roots rose ROSE-LEAF-CUTTER BEE scion Scotland season seed send off runners shade shoots shore snowy white soil South Downs species spot stamens stem STRAWBERRY stream suckers summer surface swarm sweet thee thistle toil trees trunk varieties various vegetable weeping birch wheat WHITE POPLAR wild wild cherry wood yellow young
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Página 155 - In letting fall the curtain of repose On bird and beast, the other charged for man With sweet oblivion of the cares of day...
Página 171 - Some glossy-leaved, and shining in the sun, The maple, and the beech of oily nuts Prolific, and the lime at dewy eve Diffusing odours : nor unnoted pass The sycamore, capricious in attire, Now green, now tawny, and, ere autumn yet Have changed the woods, in scarlet honours bright...
Página 186 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Página 138 - Rural confusion ! On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the flood, and, often bending, sip The circling surface.
Página 128 - While the glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. Meantime their joyous task goes on apace...
Página 187 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Página 99 - It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Página 187 - For man also knoweth not his time : as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Página 129 - Holds by the twisted horns the indignant ram. Behold where bound, and of its robe bereft, By needy man, that all-depending lord, How meek, how patient, the mild creature lies ! What softness in its melancholy face, What dumb complaining innocence appears!
Página 97 - New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven.