Familiar Flowers of Field and GardenD. Appleton, 1895 - 308 pages |
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anemone anthers appearance aster Baneberry beautiful berries beside the road Black Alder blooms in early blossoms blue botanical calendula called Campton cardinal flower charming chrysanthemum closely clusters color common coreopsis corolla crimson crimson-pink cultivated dainty dandelion decorative delicate early summer edge England favorite feet high flow flower grows flower stem FRANK VINCENT garden flower gentian Geranium golden yellow golden-rod Gray says green ground grows wild inches high Jersey Joe-Pye Weed July June lance-shaped late summer leaf leaves lilac lily little flower little plant look magenta marigold Maximilian's Sunflower meadows moist nasturtium pale pasture Paul de Longpré petals pink plenty poppy purple rays relative resemblance riety scarlet seed seen shady slender Solomon's seal species specimens spring stalk stamens steeple bush sweet tall tints tiny tion Trillium variety vine violet weed white flowers White Mountains wild carrot wild flowers woods yellow flowers
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Page 103 - DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride uphold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they An Eldorado in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May match in wealth, thou art more dear to me Than all the prouder summer-blooms may be. Gold such as thine ne'er drew the Spanish prow Through the primeval hush of Indian seas...
Page 52 - BLESSINGS on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan ! With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry whistled tunes ; With thy red lip, redder still Kissed by strawberries on the hill ; With the sunshine on thy face, Through thy torn brim's jaunty grace : From my heart I give thee joy — I was once a barefoot boy ! Prince thou art — the grown-up man Only is republican.
Page 133 - Calla palustris with its convolute point, like the cultivated, at the south end of Gowing's swamp. Having found this in one place, I now find it in another. Many an object is not seen, though it falls within the range of our visual ray, because it does not come within the range of our intellectual ray. So in the largest sense we find only the world we look for.
Page 149 - But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tarn maun ride — That hour o...