The Ivy, a Monograph: Comprising the History, Uses, Characteristics, and Affinities of the Plant, and a Descriptive List of All the Garden Ivies in CultivationGroombridge & sons, 1872 - 115 páginas |
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... sufficiently interesting to justify the author in having bestowed so much time and thought upon the subject . It is proper , in these prefatory observations , to indicate to what extent the author is indebted to other than his own ...
... sufficiently interesting to justify the author in having bestowed so much time and thought upon the subject . It is proper , in these prefatory observations , to indicate to what extent the author is indebted to other than his own ...
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... conclude , that he is more concerned to do justice to his hobby than to derive profit from this undertaking . That the sale of this book should be sufficient even to reimburse the outlay incurred in its mechanical 哭 ...
... conclude , that he is more concerned to do justice to his hobby than to derive profit from this undertaking . That the sale of this book should be sufficient even to reimburse the outlay incurred in its mechanical 哭 ...
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... sufficient even to reimburse the outlay incurred in its mechanical production , is more than can be reasonably anticipated , but it is hoped that the endeavour will be appreciated by those who are equal to the perception of its spirit ...
... sufficient even to reimburse the outlay incurred in its mechanical production , is more than can be reasonably anticipated , but it is hoped that the endeavour will be appreciated by those who are equal to the perception of its spirit ...
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... sufficiently striking example has never come under our observation ; such as we have seen were small , and might have had unseen connections with the earth ; we have never met with a grand poll of ivy clustering at the summit of a ...
... sufficiently striking example has never come under our observation ; such as we have seen were small , and might have had unseen connections with the earth ; we have never met with a grand poll of ivy clustering at the summit of a ...
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... sufficient to account for the absence of ivy from them ; for , though the subdued light of the wood suits it well , the plant cannot thrive in the darkness it would have to grope through in making its way up the stem of a thrifty spruce ...
... sufficient to account for the absence of ivy from them ; for , though the subdued light of the wood suits it well , the plant cannot thrive in the darkness it would have to grope through in making its way up the stem of a thrifty spruce ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
ADAPTED FOR POT Araliacea Arborescens arborescent forms Argentea minor Aurea Bacchus Baccifera berries botanist bright bush canariensis Canary Islands carpels character climbing forms colchica Conway Coriacea cream colour Crenata cultivation dark green deep green Digitata distinct emblem Euripedes Figured five-lobed flowers forms of H FORMS OF HEDERA forms of helix fruiting form FRUITING OR ARBORESCENT garlands glossy grafts grey ground growing growth Hecuba Hedera canariensis Hedera colchica HEDERA GRANDIFOLIA Hedera helix Irish ivy IVIES ADAPTED Ivy green leaf leafage leaves little ivy Lobata major lobes Lucida Maculata margin Marginata grandis Marginata major mottled nursery o'er Osiris ovate Palmata peculiar plant plate pot culture pot-plant produces purple purplish rich roots round bush ruins shoots Snowdonia soil species specimens stellate hairs stems Stoke Newington surface Taurica thou three-lobed trained tree ivy syn tree-like umbels usually variegated ivy Viridis walls wild winter woods wreaths yellow yellowish young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 14 - There is a stern round tower of other days, ' Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland of eternity, where wave The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown ; — What was this tower of strength ? within its cave What treasure lay so lock'd, so hid ? — A woman's grave.
Página 39 - A rare old plant is the Ivy green. Whole ages have fled and their works decayed, And nations have scattered been ; But the stout old Ivy shall never fade, From its hale and hearty green. The brave old plant in its lonely days, Shall fatten upon the past : For the stateliest building man can raise, Is the Ivy's food at last.
Página 51 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Página 4 - To pleasure his dainty whim : And the mouldering dust that years have made, Is a merry meal for him. Creeping where no life is seen, A rare old plant is the Ivy green.
Página 31 - A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Página 14 - Whole ages have fled and their works decayed, And nations have scattered been ; But the stout old Ivy shall never fade, From its hale and hearty green. The brave old plant in its lonely days, Shall fatten upon the past : For the stateliest building man can raise, Is the Ivy's food at last. Creeping on, where time has been, A rare old plant is the Ivy green.
Página 40 - Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass ; Music that gentlier on the spirit lies Than tir'd eyelids upon tir'd eyes; Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies. Here are cool mosses deep, And thro...
Página 17 - Lotos and lilies : and a wind arose, And overhead the wandering ivy and vine, This way and that, in many a wild festoon Ran riot, garlanding the gnarled boughs With bunch and berry and flower thro
Página 12 - In danger hadde he at his owen gise The yonge girles of the diocise, And knew hir conseil, and was of hir rede. A gerlond hadde he sette upon his hede, As gret as it were for an alestake : A bokeler hadde he made him of a cake.
Página 16 - Unchang'd the mountain-storm can brave, — Thou that wilt climb the loftiest height, And deck the humblest grave. The breathing forms of Parian stone That rise round grandeur's marble halls, The vivid hues by painting thrown Rich o'er the glowing walls, Th...