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... pale rusty fern ; tree - stem and branch and twig show tender colour- harmonies of grey bark and silver - grey lichen , only varied by the warm feathery masses of birch spray . Now the splendid richness of the common holly is more than ...
... pale rusty fern ; tree - stem and branch and twig show tender colour- harmonies of grey bark and silver - grey lichen , only varied by the warm feathery masses of birch spray . Now the splendid richness of the common holly is more than ...
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... of old nuts , in tenderest early leaf , the pale Daffodils , the mighty chained mastiffs with bloodshot eyes and murderous fangs , the brawny , wholesome forewoman , and the trim old gentleman in black . It was 12 WOOD AND GARDEN.
... of old nuts , in tenderest early leaf , the pale Daffodils , the mighty chained mastiffs with bloodshot eyes and murderous fangs , the brawny , wholesome forewoman , and the trim old gentleman in black . It was 12 WOOD AND GARDEN.
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... pale - green growths of a silvery quality . Standing before it , and trying to put the colour into words , one repeats , again and again , pale - green silver- palest silvery green ! Where the lichen is old and dead it is greyer ; every ...
... pale - green growths of a silvery quality . Standing before it , and trying to put the colour into words , one repeats , again and again , pale - green silver- palest silvery green ! Where the lichen is old and dead it is greyer ; every ...
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... pale yellow light . Where the rough path enters the birch copse is a cheerfully twinkling throng of the Dwarf Daffodil ( N. nanus ) , looking quite at its best on its carpet of moss and fine grass and dead leaves . The light wind gives ...
... pale yellow light . Where the rough path enters the birch copse is a cheerfully twinkling throng of the Dwarf Daffodil ( N. nanus ) , looking quite at its best on its carpet of moss and fine grass and dead leaves . The light wind gives ...
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... pale - blue St. Helena ; whether it is the effect of its delicate colouring , or whether it has really a better scent than other varieties of the common Violet , I cannot say , but it always seems to have a more refined fragrance ...
... pale - blue St. Helena ; whether it is the effect of its delicate colouring , or whether it has really a better scent than other varieties of the common Violet , I cannot say , but it always seems to have a more refined fragrance ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working ... Gertrude Jekyll Visualização integral - 1914 |
Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working ... Gertrude Jekyll Visualização integral - 1901 |
Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working ... Gertrude Jekyll Visualização de excertos - 1983 |
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