A Tour Round My GardenG. Routledge & Company, 1855 - 332 sider |
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Side viii
... plants and other ob- jects of natural history have been designated by their English titles ; but , as many of them are not British , their French names have necessarily been retained . In order to make the present volume more worthy of ...
... plants and other ob- jects of natural history have been designated by their English titles ; but , as many of them are not British , their French names have necessarily been retained . In order to make the present volume more worthy of ...
Side ix
... The Poppy LETTER IX . Awakening of Creation - The Lupin - Night - The Sleep of Creation- The Glowworm - The Death's - head Moth - Respiration of Plants . 23 23 36 36 41 48 59 LETTER X. What is Happiness ? - Recollections and Regrets.
... The Poppy LETTER IX . Awakening of Creation - The Lupin - Night - The Sleep of Creation- The Glowworm - The Death's - head Moth - Respiration of Plants . 23 23 36 36 41 48 59 LETTER X. What is Happiness ? - Recollections and Regrets.
Side xi
... - The discomfited Florists 246 LETTER XLIII . A Modern Deity - A Philosophical and Theological History of Hemp and Flax , with their various Fortunes from their Birth to their Apotheosis 252 LETTER XLIV . The Tendrils of Plants - The ...
... - The discomfited Florists 246 LETTER XLIII . A Modern Deity - A Philosophical and Theological History of Hemp and Flax , with their various Fortunes from their Birth to their Apotheosis 252 LETTER XLIV . The Tendrils of Plants - The ...
Side xii
... Plants 290 LETTER LI . The Tulip under incognito LETTER LII . Each Plant has its own Type , but Men try to form themselves on one 294 single Type . 299 LETTER LIII . Man the Monarch of Creation - The Violet and its Proprietors 305 ...
... Plants 290 LETTER LI . The Tulip under incognito LETTER LII . Each Plant has its own Type , but Men try to form themselves on one 294 single Type . 299 LETTER LIII . Man the Monarch of Creation - The Violet and its Proprietors 305 ...
Side 13
... plant breathes , in a language more noble than poetry , and more sweet than music , things of which no human tongue can give an idea . The sand of the roads is gold and precious stones ; the air is filled with songs , compared to which ...
... plant breathes , in a language more noble than poetry , and more sweet than music , things of which no human tongue can give an idea . The sand of the roads is gold and precious stones ; the air is filled with songs , compared to which ...
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admiration amateurs Anacreon anemones ant-lion ANTHROPOPHAGI ants aphides appears Arnold auriculas beautiful become bees believe birds bloom blossoms blue branches brilliant butterfly called caterpillar charming cloth colour conceal corolla covered dead dear Dulaurier Durut earth Edmond eggs everything exhaled eyes feet female ficus ficus elastica flies flowers foliage garden give grass green grey ground groundsel hair happy head heart heavens honeysuckle hyacinths insects larvæ leaves LETTER Levasseur live look magnificent male moss moth never odour Ollbruck peony perceived perfume petals Phanor pink plants poor poplars pretty purple Réault reeds Rémond rich rivulet roots rose rose-coloured rose-tree savants seeds shade singular sort stalk stamens sweet tell things travelling trees tuft tulips umbels uncle velvet violet Virgil wall whilst white poplar wings wish worm yellow
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