Shakespeare's Wild Flowers: Fairy Lore, Gardens, Herbs, Gatherers of Simples and Bee Lore |
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... an art in which every girl “ of noble race was trained : Gower . . and with her needle composes Nature's own shapes ... branch or berry That even her art sisters the natural roses : Her inkle , silk , twin with the rubied cherry .
... an art in which every girl “ of noble race was trained : Gower . . and with her needle composes Nature's own shapes ... branch or berry That even her art sisters the natural roses : Her inkle , silk , twin with the rubied cherry .
Page 123
The fairest flowers o ' the season Are our carnations , and streak'd gillyvors , Which some call nature's bastards : of that kind Our rustic garden's barren , and I care not To get slips of them . ” Polixenes .
The fairest flowers o ' the season Are our carnations , and streak'd gillyvors , Which some call nature's bastards : of that kind Our rustic garden's barren , and I care not To get slips of them . ” Polixenes .
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Hemlock ( Conium maculatum ) from time immemorial a plant of evil repute on account of its poisonous nature , was believed by country folk to be collected after night - fall by witches and used by them in their concoctions .
Hemlock ( Conium maculatum ) from time immemorial a plant of evil repute on account of its poisonous nature , was believed by country folk to be collected after night - fall by witches and used by them in their concoctions .
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| Title | Shakespeare's Wild Flowers: Fairy Lore, Gardens, Herbs, Gatherers of Simples and Bee Lore |
| Author | Eleanour Sinclair Rohde |
| Publisher | Medici society, Limited, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 235 pages |
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