Talks about Plants, Or, Early Lessons in Botany |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 18
Page 25
... fairy tale , and I put some beans cook gave to me in a flower- pot full of earth , and kept watering them ; but they were so long coming to the light that I dug them up to see , and there were the beans split open , and some long ...
... fairy tale , and I put some beans cook gave to me in a flower- pot full of earth , and kept watering them ; but they were so long coming to the light that I dug them up to see , and there were the beans split open , and some long ...
Page 46
... fairy once lost her dear little baby by death , and was very unhappy and sorrowful , till some other kind attendant fairies came to her , ahd said , ' Be comforted , O Malvina ! We have seen thy dear baby boy floating on a clear white ...
... fairy once lost her dear little baby by death , and was very unhappy and sorrowful , till some other kind attendant fairies came to her , ahd said , ' Be comforted , O Malvina ! We have seen thy dear baby boy floating on a clear white ...
Page 47
... fairy fields . ' So the poor mother took comfort ; and ever since then the daisy has been the flower of childhood and happiness . HENRY . And so it is , Granny ; for all little children love to pick daisies and fill their baskets with ...
... fairy fields . ' So the poor mother took comfort ; and ever since then the daisy has been the flower of childhood and happiness . HENRY . And so it is , Granny ; for all little children love to pick daisies and fill their baskets with ...
Page 91
... fairies live ? GRANNY . - I think the fairies live in all the flowers , Alice ; and I don't fancy , as some people do , that we drive them away by trying to find out what their houses are like , and by admiring the skill with which they ...
... fairies live ? GRANNY . - I think the fairies live in all the flowers , Alice ; and I don't fancy , as some people do , that we drive them away by trying to find out what their houses are like , and by admiring the skill with which they ...
Page 107
... fairy bells to the gentle wind . It is , I believe , the true shamrock of Ireland ; see , its leaves are three - parted or trefoil , like all the clovers , and it is in blossom just at the time of St. Patrick's feast ; therefore I ...
... fairy bells to the gentle wind . It is , I believe , the true shamrock of Ireland ; see , its leaves are three - parted or trefoil , like all the clovers , and it is in blossom just at the time of St. Patrick's feast ; therefore I ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adventures Alice animals Author BARBARA HUTTON beautiful belongs berries blue Book botanists botany bright British buttercup called Calluna calyx catkins cells Cheaper Edition cloth elegant coloured corolla covered Crown 8vo curious daisy delicate fairies family of plants fancy Fcap fern flowers foxglove fronds fruit fungus G. A. HENTY garden gilt edges girl gorse Granny GRANNY.-Yes green GRIFFITH AND FARRAN grow hairs HARRISON WEIR Harry heath HENRY holly Illustrated by HARRISON Illustrated by JOHN insects LADY leaf leaves little flowers live look lovely mistletoe nice petals pistil poppies Post 8vo pretty price 6d primrose PUBLISHED BY GRIFFITH recollect roots rose round Royal 16mo samphire SEA HOLLY Second Edition seeds Shillings and Sixpence snowdrop sort stalk stamens stem Stories sundew Tale talk tell things Thousand tiny told tree violet W. H. G. KINGSTON whilst wild willow wood young
Popular passages
Page 12 - Glimpses of Nature, AND OBJECTS OF INTEREST DESCRIBED DURING A VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. By Mrs. LOUDON.
Page 186 - I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound. And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Page 24 - EXAMINER'S ASSISTANT. Specially adapted, by a novel arrangement of the subject, for Examination Purposes, but also suited for general use in Schools.
Page 7 - Extraordinary Nursery Rhymes ; New, yet Old. Translated from the Original Jingle into Comic Verse by One who was once a Child. 60 Illustrations. Small 4to. Favourite Picture Book (The) and Nursery Companion. Compiled anew by UNCLE CHARLIE. With 450 Illustrations by ABSOLON, ANELAY, BENNETT, BROWNE (PHIZ), SIR JOHN GILBERT, T.
Page 7 - REBELLION. By SAMUEL MOSSMAN. Modern British Plutarch (The), or LIVES OF MEN DISTINGUISHED IN THE RECENT HISTORY OF...
Page 26 - THE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD. 6. Life Underground; OR, DICK THE COLLIERY BOY. 7. Life on the Coast ; OR, THE LITTLE FISHER GIRL. 8. Adventures of Two Orphans in London. 9. Early Days on Board a Man-of-War. 10. Walter, the Foundling : A TALE OF OLDEN TIMES. 11. The Tenants of Sunnyside Farm. 12. Holmwood: OR, THE NEW ZEALAND SETTLER.
Page 8 - Modern British Plutarch (The), or LIVES OF MEN DISTINGUISHED IN THE RECENT HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY FOR THEIR TALENTS, VIRTUES, AND ACHIEVEMENTS. By WC TAYLOR, LL.D.
Page 18 - Scenes of Animal Life and Character, FROM NATURE AND RECOLLECTION. In Twenty Plates. By JB 4to, fancy boards.
Page 18 - The Young Vocalist : a Collection of Twelve Songs, each with an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte, selected from Mozart, Weber, Mendelssohn, Spohr, etc. By Mrs.
Page 4 - A splendid specimen of decorative art, and well suited for a bridal gift." The Birth-Day Souvenir. A Book of Thoughts on Life and Immortality.