The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, Volume 12Luthur Tucker, 1857 - Country life |
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... roses and Nor- way spruces opened . They were from a first class European house , and the packing would have been pronounced by experienced hands very superior , yet there was not one rose alive , while not a spruce out of thousands was ...
... roses and Nor- way spruces opened . They were from a first class European house , and the packing would have been pronounced by experienced hands very superior , yet there was not one rose alive , while not a spruce out of thousands was ...
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... roses cannot be imported successfully . Heat , air , light and moisture are necessary for the growth of plants ; but in packing we aim only to preserve their existence . Light is only necessary while the plant is growing . Whenever ...
... roses cannot be imported successfully . Heat , air , light and moisture are necessary for the growth of plants ; but in packing we aim only to preserve their existence . Light is only necessary while the plant is growing . Whenever ...
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... roses and other flowers are particularly attractive . The arbors , overgrown with Aristolochia sipho , the Dutchman's pipe , exceed anything of the kind we have ever seen . These were designed by Mr. Otton , a wood carver and ...
... roses and other flowers are particularly attractive . The arbors , overgrown with Aristolochia sipho , the Dutchman's pipe , exceed anything of the kind we have ever seen . These were designed by Mr. Otton , a wood carver and ...
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... rose - colored flowers , trailing ( for it is not much of a bush ) over a peat border among Rhododendrons , and uncommonly handsome it is . In our judgment , it is , beyond all comparison , the best autumnal shrub after the rose ...
... rose - colored flowers , trailing ( for it is not much of a bush ) over a peat border among Rhododendrons , and uncommonly handsome it is . In our judgment , it is , beyond all comparison , the best autumnal shrub after the rose ...
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... rose above freezing , were few as well as brief . The quantity of snow , if it had lain level , would have measured ... roses and all flow- ering plants and shrubs that were covered with snow . Above this snow - line , however , all but ...
... rose above freezing , were few as well as brief . The quantity of snow , if it had lain level , would have measured ... roses and all flow- ering plants and shrubs that were covered with snow . Above this snow - line , however , all but ...
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Page 466 - kirtle sheen ; The hall was dressed with holly green ; Forth to the woods did merry men go, To gather in the mistletoe. Then open wide the baron's hall To vassal, tenant, serf, and all.' " The Holly, like some other evergreens, has long been used at Christmas for ornamenting churches and
Page 241 - estate, a large conservatory, hothouse, rich as a West Indian garden, things of consequence ; visit them with pleasure, and muse upon them with ten times more. I am pleased with a frame of four lights, doubtful whether the few pines it contains will ever be worth a farthing ; amuse myself with a greenhouse which Lord
Page 306 - consoled That here and there some sprigs of mournful mint, Of nightshade or valerian, grace the wall He cultivates. These serve him with a hint That nature lives ; that sight-refreshing green Is still the livery she delights to wear.
Page 466 - On Christinas eve the bells were rung ; On Christmas eve the mass was sung ; That only night in all the year Saw the stoled priest the chalice near. The damsel donned
Page 537 - Of dreams that wave before the half shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flashing round a summer sky. Castle of Indolence.
Page 306 - A breath of unadulterate air, The glimpse of a green pasture, how they cheer The citizen, and brace his languid frame 1 E'en in the stifling bosom of the town, A garden, in which nothing thrives, has
Page 297 - It is a goodly sight to see What Heaven hath done for this delicious land 1 What fruits of fragrance blush on every tree ! What goodly prospects o'er the hills expand
Page 92 - pon the ticklish balance of suspense, That ye may garnish your profuse regales With summer fruits brought forth by wintry suns. Ten thousand dangers lie in wait to thwart The process. Heat, and cold, and wind,
Page 241 - I delight in baubles, and know them to be such ; for, viewed without a reference to their Author, what is the earth ? what are the planets ? what is the sun itself but a bauble ! Better for a man never to have seen them, or to see them with the eyes of a brute (stupid, and unconscious of what he beholds), than not
Page 241 - The Maker of all these wonders is my friend.' The eyes of many have never been opened to see that they are trifles ; mine have been, and will be till they are closed forever. They think a