Flora Domestica: Or, The Portable Flower-garden : with Directions for the Treatment of Plants in Pots and Illustrations Trom the Works of the Poets |
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... , took even an infantine pleasure in his little garden ; and we are informed by his son , that after sowing a variety of seeds , he would watch eagerly for the springing of the plants , would cherish the first xiv PREFACE .
... , took even an infantine pleasure in his little garden ; and we are informed by his son , that after sowing a variety of seeds , he would watch eagerly for the springing of the plants , would cherish the first xiv PREFACE .
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... seeds for the plants sown , and tended them with the greatest diligence , till his mistake was clear beyond doubt . I remember once when he had sown some capers , he went every day to look at them , and was delighted to see them thrive ...
... seeds for the plants sown , and tended them with the greatest diligence , till his mistake was clear beyond doubt . I remember once when he had sown some capers , he went every day to look at them , and was delighted to see them thrive ...
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... seed , Which only garden's culture need : Thy horehound tufts , I love them well , And ploughman's spikenard's spicy smell ; Thy thyme , strong - scented ' neath one's feet ; Thy marjoram beds , so doubly sweet ; And pennyroyals ...
... seed , Which only garden's culture need : Thy horehound tufts , I love them well , And ploughman's spikenard's spicy smell ; Thy thyme , strong - scented ' neath one's feet ; Thy marjoram beds , so doubly sweet ; And pennyroyals ...
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... seeds sown in spring will flower in October . If some of the seeds are sown in September they will blow early in June . As the flowers open sooner or later in proportion to their ex- posure to the sun , a little attention to their ...
... seeds sown in spring will flower in October . If some of the seeds are sown in September they will blow early in June . As the flowers open sooner or later in proportion to their ex- posure to the sun , a little attention to their ...
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... seed ; and should be observed daily after they are blown , that they may be taken in full beauty . The Amaranth is recommended , among other flowers , as a food for bees : " Il timo e l ' amaranto Dei trapiantare ancora , e quell ' altr ...
... seed ; and should be observed daily after they are blown , that they may be taken in full beauty . The Amaranth is recommended , among other flowers , as a food for bees : " Il timo e l ' amaranto Dei trapiantare ancora , e quell ' altr ...
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Page 378 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her, that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Page 193 - That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) 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 vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Page 127 - And purple all the ground with vernal flowers. Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears ; Bid Amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffadillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Page xlii - To me, fair friend, you never can be old, For as you were when first your eye I eyed, Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold Have from the forests shook three summers...
Page 196 - For which the shepherds at their festivals Carol her goodness loud in rustic lays, And throw sweet garland wreaths into her stream Of pansies, pinks, and gaudy daffodils.
Page 320 - Thus was this place, A happy rural seat of various view! Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm; Others whose fruit, burnished with golden rind, Hung amiable — Hesperian fables true, If true, here only — and of delicious taste.
Page 97 - Whether we will see or no ; Others, too, of lofty mien ; They have done as worldlings do, Taken praise that should be thine, Little, humble Celandine ! Prophet of delight and mirth...
Page 96 - Has a thought about her nest, Thou wilt come with half a call, Spreading out thy glossy breast Like a careless Prodigal ; Telling tales about the sun When we've little warmth or none. Poets, vain men in their mood, Travel with the multitude : Never heed them : I aver That they all are wanton wooers ; But the thrifty cottager, Who stirs little out of doors, Joys to spy thee near her home : Spring is coming ; thou art come...
Page 418 - Here are sweet peas, on tip-toe for a flight: With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings.
Page 43 - Ixion rests upon his wheel, And the pale spectres dance ; The Furies sink upon their iron beds, And snakes uncurl'd hang listening round their heads.