A Flora of Berwick-upon-Tweed: Phaenogamous plantsJ. Carfrae & Son; [etc., etc.,], 1829 |
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... moor , until it reaches the river Till , which forms the western boundary , until it joins the Tweed . To the north of this river the political bounds of Berwickshire are considered those of this Flora ; and the sea bounds the whole ...
... moor , until it reaches the river Till , which forms the western boundary , until it joins the Tweed . To the north of this river the political bounds of Berwickshire are considered those of this Flora ; and the sea bounds the whole ...
Página viii
... moors which occupy such a large space in the heart of the district . Beyond these the ground rapidly declines , to form the fertile and beautiful vale , through which the Till winds its sluggish course . No part rises to an elevation ...
... moors which occupy such a large space in the heart of the district . Beyond these the ground rapidly declines , to form the fertile and beautiful vale , through which the Till winds its sluggish course . No part rises to an elevation ...
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... moor , and marsh . 66 Proceeding still towards the east by Edincraw and Reston we arrive , after a mile or two , at the beautiful valley , extend ing , in a northerly direction , from Houndwood to Cockburns- path . The greater part of ...
... moor , and marsh . 66 Proceeding still towards the east by Edincraw and Reston we arrive , after a mile or two , at the beautiful valley , extend ing , in a northerly direction , from Houndwood to Cockburns- path . The greater part of ...
Página xvii
... moor of the same name , consisting still of grey- wacke , as far at least as can be determined from its loose rocks and general outline , for few or no fixed rocks make their ap- pearance . It is a wide and desolate region , but far ...
... moor of the same name , consisting still of grey- wacke , as far at least as can be determined from its loose rocks and general outline , for few or no fixed rocks make their ap- pearance . It is a wide and desolate region , but far ...
Página xix
... Moor of Lamberton , which commence less than half a mile from Burnmouth , and which we remark as the last tract of any consequence , in this direction , appertaining to the Transition series . The high ground now noticed rises almost ...
... Moor of Lamberton , which commence less than half a mile from Burnmouth , and which we remark as the last tract of any consequence , in this direction , appertaining to the Transition series . The high ground now noticed rises almost ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
acute Ancroft angular awned axillary Baird banks barren base beak beneath berries Berwickshire Bogs bracteas branched bristly Burnmouth calyx capsule catkins cells cloven clusters Coldingham common compressed corolla corymbose cultivated cylindrical dean downy drooping elliptical feet high fields florets FLOWER-calyx flower-stalks flowers large flowers small flowers white flowers yellow frequent fruit glaucous Goswick greywacke hairy hedges herb Holy Island imbricated inches high July June Lamberton lanceolate leaflets leafy leaves lanceolate leaves linear leaves ovate Legume lobed many-flowered Marsh Meadows and pastures Moist meadows MONOGYNIA Moor nearly nectary numerous oblong obovate obtuse panicle petals pinnate pinnatifid plant plentiful prickles purple Receptacle naked ribs road-sides rocks root creeping rough seeds segments serrated sessile sheaths Shoreswood shorter sides simple smooth solitary spikelets spikes spreading St Abb's Head stalks stamens stem erect stigmas stipulas style ternate Thomp toothed triangular Tweed umbels upper valves Waste grounds Whiteadder whorl Winch Woods Wooler Water
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Página 197 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Página 59 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it Love-in-idleness.
Página 184 - Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples, That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, But our cold maids do dead men's fingers call them...
Página 141 - One Spirit — his, Who wore the platted thorns with bleeding brows. Rules universal nature. Not a flower But shows some touch in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivalled pencil.
Página 186 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers : his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who with filial confidence inspired Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, My Father made them all.
Página 178 - Tis Flora's page: — In every place, In every season, fresh and fair, It opens with perennial grace, And blossoms everywhere. On waste and woodland, rock and plain, Its humble buds unheeded rise; The Rose has but a summer reign, — The Daisy never dies.
Página 59 - Fetch me that flower; the herb I show'd thee once: The juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid Will make or man or woman madly dote Upon the next live creature that it sees.
Página 158 - Wort to-night — The wonderful herb, whose leaf will decide If the coming year shall make me a bride.
Página 55 - Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be: In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours: I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
Página 59 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts ; But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.