Wild flowers of the year [by A. Pratt].Religious Tract Society, 1799 - 284 páginas |
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... remarkable instance of goodness and skill . Sharon Turner states that " a common scarlet bean yielded a hundred pods , with five full formed beans in each ; making in such stalks , from three to five hundred from the single bean sown ...
... remarkable instance of goodness and skill . Sharon Turner states that " a common scarlet bean yielded a hundred pods , with five full formed beans in each ; making in such stalks , from three to five hundred from the single bean sown ...
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... remarkable power of softening water , if it is poured , while boiling , on the plant ; and this fluid forms a pleasant wash for the skin , irritated by the winter wind . The groundsel is one of the largest tribes of flowers which is ...
... remarkable power of softening water , if it is poured , while boiling , on the plant ; and this fluid forms a pleasant wash for the skin , irritated by the winter wind . The groundsel is one of the largest tribes of flowers which is ...
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... remarkable for its musk - like scent , which , however , is little per- ceptible during the day , though strong when the plant is wet with the pearls of morn and evening dew . The woods , so beautiful in the coming month , begin to show ...
... remarkable for its musk - like scent , which , however , is little per- ceptible during the day , though strong when the plant is wet with the pearls of morn and evening dew . The woods , so beautiful in the coming month , begin to show ...
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... remarkable as having sprung up immediately after the great fire of London , in 1666 , and quickly covered the ground where the city had stood . So profuse was this flower , in a few weeks after the fire , that it was supposed by the ...
... remarkable as having sprung up immediately after the great fire of London , in 1666 , and quickly covered the ground where the city had stood . So profuse was this flower , in a few weeks after the fire , that it was supposed by the ...
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... remarkable for its medicinal virtues , and is much esteemed as a salad , in the Vosges , where it is termed Cresson de roche . Several species of saxifrage grow on rocks or stones ; one very common kind is often found on old walls ...
... remarkable for its medicinal virtues , and is much esteemed as a salad , in the Vosges , where it is termed Cresson de roche . Several species of saxifrage grow on rocks or stones ; one very common kind is often found on old walls ...
Términos y frases comunes
abundant acrid autumn beautiful berries birds bloom blossoms blue botanist branches bright bush chalky charlock clusters colour coltsfoot corn corn-fields covered cranesbill cultivated dog rose earth eaten England field flavour flowers grow foliage fragrant France fruits garden gathered grape hyacinth grass green leaves heath hedges herb herb Paris insects juice juniper Kent kinds knotgrass known land leaf lilac Linnæus mallow meadow medicine mezereon moist month moss mullein mustard native nettle odour orange colour orchis pale pastures plant poisonous poppy pretty profusion purple purplish quantity reed plants resembles root rose salad says scarcely scent Scotland season seeds shrub soil species speedwell spots spring stem stonecrop stream succory summer Sweden sweet sweet flag thick thistle tree trefoil tribe vegetation violet viper's bugloss weed white flowers wild flower wind winter wood-sorrel woods writers yellow flowers yellow rattle young shoots
Pasajes populares
Página 133 - To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man; To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; And to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Página 100 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Página 28 - Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; And caused the dayspring to know his place; That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, That the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Página 158 - Thus death reigns in all the portions of our time. The autumn with its fruits provides disorders for us, and the winter's cold turns them into sharp diseases, and the spring brings flowers to strew our hearse, and the summer gives green turf and brambles to bind upon our graves.
Página 191 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Página 137 - Thou shalt not eat of it : cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread...
Página 114 - ... and care defy. Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye: There thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; There poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf. The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling round the sickly blade; With mingled tints the rocky coasts abound. And a sad splendour vainly shines...
Página 10 - Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Página 93 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field: 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomcth a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Página 53 - Then youthful box, which now hath grace Your houses to renew, Grown old, surrender must his place Unto the crisped yew. When yew is out, then birch comes in, And many flowers beside, Both of a fresh and fragrant kin, To honour Whitsuntide.