My Garden Wild: And what I Grew ThereChatto & Windus, 1881 - 291 páginas |
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... woods which hemmed in the hollow all round . In the centre , a depression in the ground caught and retained the little stream which , at first , had attracted my attention , but retained it only until the water , rising on the opposite ...
... woods which hemmed in the hollow all round . In the centre , a depression in the ground caught and retained the little stream which , at first , had attracted my attention , but retained it only until the water , rising on the opposite ...
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... Wood Violets . Anemones raised their blush- ing cups from amongst the low - lying sprays of the bushes which grew in the hollow of the dell ; and min- gled with their beautiful leaves and flowers , making sweet confusion and filling the ...
... Wood Violets . Anemones raised their blush- ing cups from amongst the low - lying sprays of the bushes which grew in the hollow of the dell ; and min- gled with their beautiful leaves and flowers , making sweet confusion and filling the ...
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... Wood Violets , Daisies , and But- tercups which thronged them . I could see no more Anemones , but in their places , and based on slender flower - stalks that carried them above the bushy clumps of the grassy hollow , were the pretty ...
... Wood Violets , Daisies , and But- tercups which thronged them . I could see no more Anemones , but in their places , and based on slender flower - stalks that carried them above the bushy clumps of the grassy hollow , were the pretty ...
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... woods , grew stately fronds of the beautiful Bracken . But higher even than these were the flowering spikes of Foxgloves , the hue of whose blossoms richly empurpled the surrounding greenery , and lent an especial beauty and dignity to ...
... woods , grew stately fronds of the beautiful Bracken . But higher even than these were the flowering spikes of Foxgloves , the hue of whose blossoms richly empurpled the surrounding greenery , and lent an especial beauty and dignity to ...
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... woods all around with delicious harmony , ceased almost suddenly , and the sultry air got still - not even a twig or blade of grass showing sign of motion . An odour of new - mown hay rose from the ground near my feet ; the only ...
... woods all around with delicious harmony , ceased almost suddenly , and the sultry air got still - not even a twig or blade of grass showing sign of motion . An odour of new - mown hay rose from the ground near my feet ; the only ...
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abundant amongst banks beautiful BESANT and JAMES blossoms botanical districts branches BRET HARTE Buckler Fern Buttercups calyx CHARLES GIBBON charming cloth extra clumps colour Common corolla Crowfoot Crown 8vo delightful districts except 46 Edition feet Fern-The flowers foot forest fronds garden wild gilt Grass green lane greensward grew ground growing growth habitats hairy Hard Fern hardy Heath hedge hedge-banks height hundred and twelve inches indented JAMES PAYN JAMES RICE JUSTIN MCCARTHY lance-shaped Lastrea leaf leaf-mould leaflets leafy leaves little plant lobes Maidenhair Spleenwort Marsh Meadow moist natural numerous Illustrations oftentimes opposite pairs OUIDA panicle petals pinnæ pinnules placed Polypody Post 8vo pretty purple racemes rachis Ranunculus Recorded in districts rhizomas rock rockery rootlets roots shady shrub shrubbery side soil sometimes species specimens spikelets Spleenwort stems Sweet Tormentil trees tricts twelve botanical districts Violet Vols WALTER BESANT whilst WILKIE COLLINS woodland woods yellow
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