Flora's DictionaryFielding Lucas, Jun., 1832 - 202 páginas |
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... America , what is there that can vie , in picturesque beauty , with the Persian youth , gracefully presenting a rose to his mistress ? What language can convey a compliment so delicate and exquisite ? and if a communication of a still ...
... America , what is there that can vie , in picturesque beauty , with the Persian youth , gracefully presenting a rose to his mistress ? What language can convey a compliment so delicate and exquisite ? and if a communication of a still ...
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... America and the East Indies . The botanic names of the two species found in Cayenne , S. A. are Havea caoutchouc and Jatropha elastica . The fluid is collected from the tree by incision ; the colour is , at first , a yellowish white ...
... America and the East Indies . The botanic names of the two species found in Cayenne , S. A. are Havea caoutchouc and Jatropha elastica . The fluid is collected from the tree by incision ; the colour is , at first , a yellowish white ...
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... America , particularly of the mountains of Virginia and Carolina . It is a very ornamental shrub , with copious , large , pink - coloured papilionaceous blossoms , enhanced , like the Moss Rose , by the bristly covering of the stalks ...
... America , particularly of the mountains of Virginia and Carolina . It is a very ornamental shrub , with copious , large , pink - coloured papilionaceous blossoms , enhanced , like the Moss Rose , by the bristly covering of the stalks ...
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... America . The A. Tricolor , native of the East Indies , is admir- ed on account of the variegated colours of its leaves , re- sembling , as Gerard tells us , the splendid and beautiful feathers of a parrot , with its stripes of red ...
... America . The A. Tricolor , native of the East Indies , is admir- ed on account of the variegated colours of its leaves , re- sembling , as Gerard tells us , the splendid and beautiful feathers of a parrot , with its stripes of red ...
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... America , according to the Encyclopedia . AMARYLLIS . Amaryllis , derived either from the name of a shepherd- ess , mentioned by Theocritus and Virgil , or from the Greek angga , or auxqvyn , splendour - from μever , to shine , glitter ...
... America , according to the Encyclopedia . AMARYLLIS . Amaryllis , derived either from the name of a shepherd- ess , mentioned by Theocritus and Virgil , or from the Greek angga , or auxqvyn , splendour - from μever , to shine , glitter ...
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