| 单词 | thistle |
| 例句 | As it passed behind a patch of thistles and disappeared from view, Hazel and Fiver returned to the others. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Add which had not been carefully mowed, the string became wound round thistles or tufts of gram, thus checking the hawk and doing damage to its training. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And it was sheer bad luck mat he sat down on the pile of thistles. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He ignored the thistles as the bear sank its teeth into his thigh, lifting him like a rag doll. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The raft was tossed as a dried thistle goes rolling over a field in autumn days. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Most peculiar of all, the bound knight’s shield carried the three thistles and the chevron, with a red canton. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked Sahil if he knew what musk thistle looked like so we could keep an eye out for Skid, but he just laughed and said no, he did not. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z One day there was particular trouble with a thistle, and he had miscalculated the amount of food which ought to have been given the day before. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, holding the heavy bird in one foot, she beat her wings and skimmed over the thistles. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Silver thistles, blue lupins and a few poppies bloomed among the sagebrushes. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm left staring at the red rock and the thistles. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I wasn’t so graceful, though; I fell off my bike at the bottom and ended up sprawled in the dirt as Chris crouched down behind a group of thistles. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “I was getting ready to let five of them west acres go to weeds, you know, they’re so choresome to keep the thistle out of.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Clumps of thistle and slight ground hummocks would be his only cover. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The largest chunk, which the donors call “the field,” is a rectangle of overgrown weeds and thistles held in by wire-mesh fences. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “This island is covered with Devil’s Club. Don’t grab it or hundreds of tiny thistles will infect your hands and make them swell up like sausages.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Rain fell in the barnyard and ran in crooked courses down into the lane where thistles and pigweed grew. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The problem was the books were written by white people who did not think about drought or winter blizzards or dry thistles, which the cattle had to live with. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The literature of veterinary medicine abounds in similar examples: swine eating sprayed cockleburs with consequent severe illness, lambs eating sprayed thistles, bees poisoned by pasturing on mustard sprayed after it came into bloom. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I worked my way around a patch of thistles. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The purple blooms of thistles became black behind the people’s houses, and migrant birds moved through. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She displayed a prickly bouquet of thistle blossoms. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In his loincloth and war paint, his hair matted with burrs and feathers, he really did look like a wild creature, small and fierce among the towering goldenrod and thistles. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The mist swirled round Fiver as he crept through thistles and nettles. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His arms are cut up and bleeding, pinpricked with thistles and thorns. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z With the receiver wedged against her shoulder, the cord stretched across the kitchen, she cooked, cleaned, and strained tinctures of goldenseal and blessed thistle, while having the same conversation over and over. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “This kid’s green as a thistle,” the new guy says. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As he reached the clump of thistles where he had spoken to Kehaar that morning, a long roll of thunder sounded from across the valley beyond. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was making his way up the slope through thistles and knee-high grass. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Now the great ships turned as lightly as moon thistles. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z We might fail to notice the handful of Carolina nightshades or thistles among the other plants. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z His beard was like a forest of ice-covered trees in midwinter, his eyebrows like a field of thistles, his breath as rank and foul as a midden in a bog. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The Donkey collected great piles of thistles and threw them in, but Uncle Andrew didn’t seem to care about them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Skid’s into botany and there’s an elusive variety of musk thistle that he’s desperate to track down. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He went cautiously out into the field, squatted down against a clump of thistles and began to smell the wind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If he could talk, I bet he’d ask for thistle—and more warm days like this. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Taking the thistle flowers, she dropped to her knees and bent low before the birdbath. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z With each desperate grab, hundreds of tiny thistles pierced his fingers. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The pumice rock minefield was dotted with stubborn weeds armed with sharp thistles, which poked up through the cheap layer of thin black plastic under the brick- colored lava bits. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I cut down the path to the terrace below, where the ball is caught in the prickly thistle of a blackberry bush. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The remaining Fox Brothers men, no longer on anyone’s payroll, sit and watch, smoking and spitting wads of tobacco juice into tall patches of Queen Anne’s lace and thistles. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As I howled, feeling pain shoot through my limbs as the thistles of the brush encountered stubborn callouses, there was a loud knock at the door. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, the presidency was a thankless job, “a most unpleasant seat, full of thorns, briars, thistles, murmuring, fault-finding, calumny, obloquy.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Once he ran straight into a thick-stemmed thistle, knocking himself sideways and rolling over and over. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he came out of a nearby clump of mugwort and flowering thistle and joined Hazel under the thorn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And the way they talk: “One mustn’t expect figs from thistles!” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The airport was unrecognizable from my last visit, completely overgrown with gorse and ivy and huge prehistoric-looking thistles. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, I know I was being facetious about that whole musk thistle thing, but hiking with them does sound fun. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Here may it wave, our boast, our pride And join in love together The thistle, shamrock, rose entwine The Maple Leaf forever. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he picked thistles or wildflowers from the green and wore them in the lapel of his jacket. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I come from fields once tall with wheat, from pastures deep in fern and thistle; I come from vales of meadowsweet, and I love to whistle.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Then the two girls went back to their weed pulling, leaving the thistles before the altar of Nefertiti. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Professor finally was free to return to his peephole the children had gone home, leaving the storage yard almost free from weeds, and a thistle blossom offering before the birdbath. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The headlights disclosed a lane of Chinese elms; bundles of wind-blown thistle scurried across it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A streak of blood came off, from where a thistle had scratched him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He muttered something about Hazel being too embleer clever by half, cuffed Hawkbit off a sow thistle he was nibbling and led his five rabbits over the bank into the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile our farm dances: the heavy conifer trees sway slowly, while the sagebrush and thistles quiver, bowing before every puff and pocket of air. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Here may it wave, our boast, our pride And join in love together The thistle, shamrock, rose entwine The Maple Leaf forever. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The front lawn was a field of knee-high weeds and thistles the size of small trees. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The common was peaceful and sunny; butterflies perched on thistle flowers and grasshoppers serenaded each other with their ceaseless cadences. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Burnham High has a school plaid, a school crest with a thistle and a couple of those Scottish knives they stick in their socks, and a Gaelic motto. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z June burst into bloom—daisies, larkspur, meadowsweet and thyme, foxglove and thimbleberry, purple thistle flowers, and yellow whorls of blooming fennel. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They would breed these cattle, special cattle, not the weak, soft Herefords that grew thin and died from eating thistle and burned-off cactus during the drought. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Mole smelled the dead pheasant and lifted his head above the thistles. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “She comes from fields once tall with wheat, from pastures deep in fern and thistle; she comes from vales of meadowsweet, and she loves to whistle.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The big knight lifted the prisoner’s shield, which was hanging behind him, and showed or, a chevron gules, between three thistles vert. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A soaking bumblebee crawled over a thistle bloom, vibrated its wings for a few seconds and then flew away down the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The men of the chevron and thistle, turning to him, saw the old King in the last minute of his glory. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a smell, a fire very different from ours, pungent, painful as thistles to the nose. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I would hear them every morning when I passed the railroad car and paused over the chickweed and bull thistle growing where Tyler had buried the rifle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We stood in a field overgrown with thistles and pokeweed, wild daisies and Queen Anne’s lace, swarming with bees and butterflies. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z She watched a caterpillar inching along the foot of an immature thistle. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Clustered together in a three-by-five-inch space was a clamorous array of rampant lions, griffins, serpents, and dragons, each populating a landscape bristling with thistles and heather. A Portrait of My Ego as a Big Black Dog 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z With dishes such as lamb's tongue with thistle and nettles; or foie gras with green strawberries, cucumber, basil and smoked cod roe, Gauthier offers "a photograph of the territory." French Chefs' Distant Retreats 2011-08-18T14:20:00Z Pitcher’s thistle grows here too, and piping plovers ply the sandy beaches. The U.S. Issue: Endangered Species: A Coast-to-Coast Guide to Endangered Species 2011-05-13T20:22:51Z “Horses and cattle will eat nothing but grass if given a choice, but goats will eat noxious leaves and thistles,” she said. Goats with big appetites are front-line workers in fire prevention 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z It was an organic meld of England’s Tudor’s rose, Scotland’s thistle, Ireland’s shamrock and the daffodil of Wales — an echo of the decoration on Queen Elizabeth’s coronation gown in 1953. An Appraisal: An Oh-So-British Affair Projects a Fresh, Antique Charm 2011-04-29T18:30:40Z The thistles of Scotland are composites, as are the edelweiss of Alpine lands. Sunflowers: The garden’s late-summer stars 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The designs included the thistle and shamrock, the flowers of Scotland and Ireland, and the English rose. Princess Eugenie weds in Peter Pilotto dress and queen's tiara 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z It is not a vast area but then neither is the UK's total of upland meadow; England has an estimated 1000 hectares and Scotland, the land of heather and thistle, only around 100. Heritage Lottery money helps Cumbria's threatened hay meadows 2012-12-13T15:00:00Z After a dip at a pebbly cove, I meander into the dry interior, high above the Mediterranean, skirting thistles, prehistoric-looking shrubs and dozing goats. Italian sun and a cerulean sea? That’s amore, and it’s all on the Egadis The green theme continued in Paris, where Christian Dior unveiled looks marked by vines, thorns and thistles, while Stella McCartney’s used recycled polyester, organic cotton and sustainable raffia in her fluid and floral creations. Prints great and small dominate colorful spring catwalks 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z By chance, I discover her own secret garden, a poetic flowerscape of tole buttercups, cornflowers, sweet peas, a datura and a thistle that is arranged on a small bare wall in her home. | Carmen Almon, The Naturalist 2013-08-21T19:11:13Z But rather than the delicate roses Dior was known for in the 1940s in 1950s, dresses and suits were adorned with creeping vines, thistles and thorns. Dior's transient garden sets the mood for Paris Fashion Week 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z He’s now a fierce believer in Japanese yams, wild greens and milk thistle. My Dinner With Longevity Expert Dan Buettner (No Kale Required) 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z And away they all flew like the down of a thistle. 6 poems to read on Christmas Day 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z Weeks later, tumbleweeds rolled down the slopes, blown by fiercer winds, and our front door and windows were blocked by brown explosions of thistle. How getting caught with two cans of Olympia turned teenage Susan Straight into a writer 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Modern cheesemakers in countries other than France often use other sources of rennet, such as microbial rennet derived from fungi or vegetal rennet from thistles, to coagulate their cheeses. 7 common French cheese myths, busted 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Its little red thistle flowers are borne on meandering stems all summer long. After the harsh winter, a spring undertaking You cannot gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, and there is no royal road to any kind of success or happiness. Review: ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People,’ by Dale Carnegie 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z And the west border, which ranges from deep purple to pale blue, offers a sampling that includes forget-me-nots, sweet peas, globe thistle, and hosta. Public Gardens Turn on the Charm 2011-06-17T01:45:45Z The furniture is carved with crowns, thistles, cupids and the occasional winged dragon. A Collection of Dutch Artifacts 50 Years in the Making 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Without any fanfare, we started the iconic trail marked with its hallmark symbol resembling the thistle, Scotland’s national flower, walking seven miles along the relatively flat path toward the Bridge of Orchy. We walked half of Scotland’s West Highland Way to fulfill an old hiking dream 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Sir Norman Hartnell's original design for the dress had silver embroidered roses, thistles, leeks and shamrocks. Queen's coronation takes centre stage in Buckingham Palace's summer show 2013-07-25T23:01:00Z Everywhere else there were trays upon trays of glam rock treasure: mirrored glasses with crystals in every conceivable shape and color; brooches shaped like thistles, pineapples, starfish and overflowing bouquets. Elton John’s Farewell Tour Wardrobe, Explained 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Technically a thistle, an artichoke looks like a pine cone, prickly, jagged, and ready to ward off predators. Your handy guide to every spring vegetable 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z There's the thistle, the national flower of Scotland; clovers, a symbol of Northern Ireland; yellow daffodils, the national flower of Wales; and the Tudor Rose, the national flower of England. God Save the King: Here are 6 things we learned from King Charles’ coronation invitation 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Many of the arrangements, which include peppermint geraniums, lemon leaves, thistle and coxcomb, were donated by the florist StoneKelly. Stage Is Set. Ready for Your Part? 2011-03-18T19:00:51Z The result is a capsized garden with roses, thistles, delphiniums, and 11 other floral species—all imported from the Netherlands—hovering delicately overhead. Artist Rebecca Louise Law Brings Flowers to Times Square 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Inside the workroom are boxes and boxes of supplies, some antique, labeled “thistles” and “French summer large roses”; there are bolts of colored fabric and straw and fur pelts on hangers. | Upper East Side: At Suzanne Couture Millinery, Fabulous Headwear for the Social Calendar 2012-05-26T17:21:25Z A series called Mountain Romance featured floral numbers, crystal thistle wings and an outfit, worn by Lily Donaldson, set with more than 2,500 stones. Victoria’s Secret Takes Paris 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z “If you want to get back to really original British cooking, it’s thistle and cabbage.” It’s Not Always Excellent to Be Jamie Oliver 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Once a year, walk through and spot-treat pernicious weeds such as thistle and the inevitable young woody invaders. Meadows-in-a-can are a myth. Real ones take a lot of planning and patience. 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z They were never built, and today the place is a patch of milkweed and thistle, but the commission is still considering designating the property to honor Day, a poetic gesture. Big Risks as Landmarks Preservation Commission Moves to Prune Proposed Gems 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z The artichoke, basically an enormous thistle, a fat fist of green shark teeth protecting a few scant ounces of delicate vegetable heart, seems designed to defend itself against our gustatory interests. Want hooch with your booch? Make a kombucha cocktail. 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Even Mr. Lagerfeld’s version of a wool blanket to warm an audience, sitting in the open wooden arcade, was a meld of soft colors, with the flourish of double C’s embroidered over a Scottish thistle. Chanel's Scottish Touch Warms Up the Scottish Highlands 2012-12-10T15:00:58Z One example was: "He who serves thistles shall reap prickles." Ken Loach wins Berlin's Golden Bear 2014-02-14T13:57:24Z Lyrically, there are fewer thistles and minarets and palanquins — and, musically, less digressive excess — than once made up the Decemberists’ trademark style. New Releases From the Decemberists, Hanni El Khatib and Duane Eubanks 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z But over the years, “invasive plants encroach, privet and wisteria, thistle and honeysuckle. The backyard steadily shrinks.” Jamie Quatro’s First Novel Centers on Religious and Sexual Passion 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z You got the sense that the dress, with its lacework and embroideries of roses, thistle, daffodils and shamrocks, was conceived with an appreciation for how it would appear in television close-ups. Fashion Review: Bride?s Dress Is a Flawless Success 2011-04-30T05:30:44Z This is a deeply colored beauty, thanks to the alicante bouschet, with hints of blackberries, wild sage, thistle, game and pepper. Sip this charming $13 elderberry wine with a fruity dessert 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z XX, "To Phaon", is interesting in its imagery, particularly that of the snowdrop entwined with the thistle. Poem of the week: Sappho and Phaon by Mary Robinson 2010-04-12T09:52:00Z I wore an ivory embroidered Tadashi Shoji gown and clutched a bouquet of coral ranunculus and periwinkle thistle. The Wedding That Wasn’t Sad 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Later on the boat, he plucked marsh thistles, and happily described how he spices his cooking with them. Fauna, Flora and Freighters in the Danube Delta 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The designs included the thistle and shamrock, the flowers of Scotland and Ireland, and the English rose. Princess Eugenie shows off back scar in Peter Pilotto wedding dress 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Oddities, like a thistle pattern remnant of Queen Victoria’s carriage upholstery, were stashed in drawers. Antiques: William Matthew Prior, War of 1812, and Queen Victoria 2012-05-24T22:08:36Z Roses, hellebores and thistle are massed on her dining table and sideboard in delicate purple, navy and cream. How to elevate your autumn decor beyond the cliches (no scarecrows or haybales allowed) 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Tables featured arrangements of amaranth and protea, and the bride carried a jewel-tone bouquet of celosia, thistle, protea, eucalyptus, green ranunculus and a tiny pineapple — a nod to the bride’s love of food. Cemetery Was the Right Vibe for a Glamour Goth Wedding 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z She added thistles, sunflowers, carnations, hellebores, clematis, viburnum berries and seckle pears. How to elevate your autumn decor beyond the cliches (no scarecrows or haybales allowed) 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Wool, mohair and other yarns are washed by hand and combed with thistles. Cultured Traveler: Beyond the Vines in Rioja, Spain 2012-10-19T17:23:02Z One thing you should not trim away, though, is the artichoke stem, particularly on medium to large thistles. Diving Into the Artichoke, That Delicious Mess 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Drink it before you imbibe and its blend of fruit, milk thistle and B vitamins will reduce the amount of toxins your liver produces in response to your attempts to pickle it. Foodfunding: Weird and wonderful culinary projects that need your money 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z "The fascination of glow worms for me is that they are in effect magic," says ecologist Pete Cooper, as he tramples through thistles and nettles. The man rescuing Britain's 'magical' glow worms 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z The invasive species that dominate many disturbed landscapes in western Washington— scotch broom, Himalayan blackberry, Canada thistle—haven’t taken over. Historic dam removal poses challenge of restoring both river and landscape 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z A Marin County park ranger was visiting her in-laws two weeks ago when she spotted a baby hummingbird hovering over a thistle in their backyard — or so she thought. It's a bird! No, it's a ... moth? Heavy rainfall spurs unique insect sightings in Bay Area 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Push brooms wiped off months of dust and dirt from headstones, while weed wackers and lawn mowers contended with dandelions, thistles and crabgrass. With the fate of their sacred space in limbo, they took over the cemetery 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Noyes has been working more than a decade to eradicate nonnative plants such as thistle and Scotch broom from her property and replace them with wildlife-friendly prairie and savanna vegetation. 'Conservation grazing' uses cattle to preserve species and landscapes 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z A photograph of a thistle before its bloom. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Her 8-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte, wore a similar headpiece and ivory McQueen dress with cape, embroidered with rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock motifs to represent the four countries of the United Kingdom. AP PHOTOS: Who wore what to King Charles III’s coronation 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z The Princess of Wales is wearing an Alexander McQueen dress in ivory silk crepe with silver bullion and embroidery featuring the floral emblems of the UK - rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock. The outfits Kate and Camilla wore to the coronation 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Made of cloth of gold, it is embellished with motifs including fleur-de-lis, as well as imperial eagles, and national floral emblems of red-pink roses, blue thistles and green shamrocks. King Charles Coronation: What will he wear for the ceremony? 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z She is a poet of windows and reflections; of houses and shacks in Maine; of quarries, iced-over ponds and flowers: cow parsnips, red gladioli, globe thistles, wild geraniums. Perspective | She painted the stillness, even with a house on fire There is also a decorative border of oak leaves with the emblems of the four nations of the UK: the thistle, rose, shamrock and daffodil. Official coronation chinaware made in Stoke-on-Trent unveiled 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z It features a rose, a thistle, a daffodil and a shamrock - emblems from nations across the United Kingdom. King Charles: When is the coronation and what do we know about it? 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Most thistles are weeds that are extremely prickly but have beautiful flowers. What you need to know about growing artichokes 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z It is made of white leather and the large cuff is embroidered in the form of national emblems including the Tudor rose, thistle, shamrock, oak leaves and acorns. King Charles Coronation: What will he wear for the ceremony? 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z The logo, to be used for events over the coronation long weekend in May, features a rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock - emblems from across the United Kingdom. King Charles coronation logo created by iPhone designer 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Then, I read that milk thistle could be good for the liver and might also lower cholesterol levels. Why you shouldn’t use bleach for nail fungus, athlete’s foot 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z A bronze cast of her own hand presses lightly on a deflating glass globe, or gingerly cradles a thorny thistle. How L.A. artist Kelly Akashi’s work evokes tangled feelings about impermanence 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z So how did the name of the wealthy botanist become attached to a giant thistle? The legend behind the garden skeletons of ‘Miss Willmott’s Ghost’ 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z In between each shield is an emblem of the home nations: a rose, a thistle, a shamrock and a leek. King Charles 50p coins struck for the first time 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z In one 2017 experiment, scientists with night-vision goggles watching cabbage thistle plants confirmed that ambient light deterred nocturnal pollinating insects from making their rounds. The Sky Needs Its ‘Silent Spring’ Moment 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z They rested in an oak forest, overlooking a field of tall green grass and purple flowering thistles. Rhythm of War: A Thunderous Blast, and Then a Coffee Break 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The vegetable, a relative of the thistle, features leathery, thorny green leaves or petals attached to a round base. Artichokes and asparagus team up in this skillet pasta 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “All three months I spent in a cell, in the basement — only looking at a small piece of sky and thistles in the window,” she said. Ukrainian Medic’s Months in Russian Cell: Cold, Dirty and Used as a Prop 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Canada thistle, a spindly purple-flowered weed native to southeastern Europe, likely came to North America in the 1600s in a batch of contaminated seed or in the ballast of a ship. ‘They’re everywhere’: The never-ending battle to control noxious weeds in WA 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Thick vegetation lines the trail, including giant cottonwood, creek dogwood, willow and red cedar trees, as well as various species of fern, red columbine, thistle, wild ginger and dozens of other native plants. How relocating beavers in WA is meant to help young salmon 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Previously, there’s been Colorado lamb and, at another point, artichoke thistles on the menu — flown in from Santa Barbara and baked in gratin and white truffle. California food is taking over Europe’s restaurant scene. And it’s not just avocado toast 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z It's native to the Norfolk Broads where it feeds on flowers including thistles. The butterflies we may never see again in Britain 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z This wine does, too — once you emerge from the bramble and thistle into open ground, you taste blackberry, currant, mint, thyme and cherry. Perspective | An $18 Argentine malbec built to be savored throughout the week 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z In 1881, Washington’s territorial government passed its first noxious weed law, to try to control the spread of Canada thistle. ‘They’re everywhere’: The never-ending battle to control noxious weeds in WA 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z We were crossing a field of dry Syrian thistle. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z "He had to use chemicals, because if you got too many dock leaves or thistles, they could take money away from you. Paraquat was the pesticide all the farmers used." UK farmers call for weedkiller ban over Parkinson’s fears 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z The party has also unveiled a new logo comprising of a thistle, replacing the traditional cut-out rose used for decades. Free residential care plan unveiled by Scottish Labour 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Scottish Labour it to replace its traditional red rose emblem with a thistle as part of a rebranding exercise to update the party's image. Scottish Labour to ditch red rose in rebranding 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Today, 140 years later, Canada thistle is a Class C noxious weed in Washington. ‘They’re everywhere’: The never-ending battle to control noxious weeds in WA 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Even among plants, the fast-spreading weeds that take over vacant lots—thistle, dandelions, and the like—often have smaller genomes than the slower-growing species that they smother. Junk DNA Deforms Salamander Bodies 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z The view shimmered in the heat: purple thistles, red corn poppies, tiny white daisies, silver grasses, olive groves, fields of tender green crops. Pedro Almodóvar Is Still Making Movies That Shock 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The party has a new, more Scottish logo - a thistle instead of a rose - and a relatively new leader in Anas Sarwar. Free residential care plan unveiled by Scottish Labour 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z But Scottish Labour said it would now be replaced by a red and purple thistle after feedback from voters. Scottish Labour to ditch red rose in rebranding 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Milk thistle, for example, contains a chemical called silymarin that may reduce liver inflammation. Your liver is an important, unique organ. Here’s how to keep it healthy. 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Watch for them in riverside areas where their preferred stinging nettles, thistles, willows, and aspens grow. Try a little butterfly viewing in Okanogan County | Provided by Okanogan County Tourism Council 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z "I think she clearly is a keen botanist because pressed in a number of the pages are wild flowers," says Fiona, listing kidney vetch, cranesbill, louse wort and sow thistle, among others. Appeal to identify 'La Botaniste' who slipped from history 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z One day in 1801, when William Blake was living on the Sussex coast, he went on a long country walk when he got into an argument with a thistle. William Blake: Biography offers glimpse into artist and poet's visionary mind 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z All of this clearly goes beyond swapping a rose for a thistle - and with local elections looming in May, there is little time to waste. Scottish Labour to ditch red rose in rebranding 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Some combination preparations containing African mango, veld grape, East Indian globe thistle and mangosteen showed promising results, but were investigated in three or fewer trials, often with poor research methodology or reporting. Complementary medicines for weight loss not justified, study suggests 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z Many look for nectar on dandelion, rabbitbrush, Canada thistle, osier dogwood and chokecherry. Try a little butterfly viewing in Okanogan County | Provided by Okanogan County Tourism Council 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Order a Mother’s Day hand-tied bouquet of lilacs, mums and roses or eucalyptus, thistle, ming fern and roses from Maurice Harris’ Bloom & Plume. Mother's Day sneak up on you? These 12 L.A. flower shops are happy to bail you out 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z One of its first volunteer projects: Replace an old thistle patch with a perennial garden. The lesser-known history of Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z He also found violet tendrils of the welted thistle, native to Europe and Asia. The Perseverance of New York City’s Wildflowers 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z At the moment, the Issima team is “chasing an orange thistle,” Ms. Johnston said, referring to their work with the genus Centaurea, and Mr. Bowen admits to “fooling around with Epimedium for cut flowers.” Why Shop at a Specialty Nursery? 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z You don’t mention which thistle is involved; hopefully it is an annual species and not Canada Thistle, which is perennial and very difficult to eradicate. Follow these steps to replenish nutrients in raised garden beds 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z They are targeting Johnson grass, giant foxtail, Canada thistle, nodding thistle, common teasel, multiflora rose, Amur honeysuckle, poison hemlock, marestail, Japanese knotweed and kudzu. Transportation crews to begin weed treatment along roadsides 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Our terror over grimy insides has also seen liquid charcoal, milk thistle, magnesium, zinc and others join the growing fight against toxins. 'Hydration is a simple thing': has the quest to improve water actually worked? 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z The welted thistle did not successfully outgrow the ballast heap to take root in New York City, but sticky nightshade has stuck around. The Perseverance of New York City’s Wildflowers 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z They show the surprising extent of the roots of plants such as Carlina acaulis, also known as the dwarf carline thistle. 1,000 archived images reveal how root systems of plants fuel soil health 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z “It could be the colors of the loch or the graduation from deep plum to mulberry to lilac in a thistle’s flower,” she says. How tweed became a symbol of Scottish culture 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z By timing fires early in the season, when the thistle was just popping up, burn crews were able to allow native bunchgrasses to return. Severe Wildfires Raise the Chance for Future Monstrous Blazes 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Aside from adding the Wright’s marsh thistle to the list of imperiled species, 159 acres spanning five southern New Mexico counties would be set aside as critical habitat. US proposes protections for rare thistle in New Mexico 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z A hidden wetlands habitat that was once buried in heavy scrap metals and star thistle, environmentalists hailed this corner of the Bayview neighborhood as a restoration success story. An RV park housing the homeless in San Francisco has become a runaway success story 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z "I was chasing them around this field for two hours trying to get in position among the grass and thistles. I think I ran half a marathon trying to get these shots." Photographer captures remarkable images of endangered butterfly flying off flower 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z To the trained eye, the lush, grassy slopes are also bursting with an unassuming, wildly lucrative thistle known as akoub. For Israelis and Palestinians, a battle over a humble plant 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The major ingredients are B-12 and other B vitamins, raisin tree extract, turmeric and milk thistle. A glut of hangover remedies crowd the Internet. Do any of them work? 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The thistle used to be found in southern Arizona and parts of Mexico. US proposes protections for rare thistle in New Mexico 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Morning Recovery is a 3.4-ounce lemon-flavored liquid in a small blue bottle that combines raisin tree extract with extracts of prickly pear, Korean pear, milk thistle and red ginseng. Drinking with no consequences? This was the year of the hangover hack. 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Dryland Wilds captures the true scent of New Mexico by imbuing its soaps, perfumes and lip tints with such native flora as sagebrush, snakeweed, rosehip and thistle. You’re going where? Albuquerque 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z “This is ‘Miss Willmott’s Ghost’, a very white, super silver plant” when it is in bloom, he says of the herbaceous thistle. As he does for his Ballard shop, Curtis Steiner curates the uncommon for his own garden 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z My garden field boasts lots and lots of willowherb, as well as thistles and what looks like a million varieties of coarse grass. Why we should all head to the park – the greener the better | Alex Clark 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Michael Robinson with the Center for Biological Diversity said the thistle loves boggy soil but the seeps and springs it depends on are drying up due to climate change. US proposes protections for rare thistle in New Mexico 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The last mass influx took place in 2009 when around 11 million Painted Ladies arrived in the UK, where their caterpillars feed on thistles. Millions of Painted Lady butterflies expected to start arriving in... 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z They don’t use chemicals or pesticides, plow their rich soil and let weeds grow in harmony alongside thistles, roses and other wildflowers covering the 30 hectares of the family-run vineyard. Taste of the Tour: Moonlight wine and ‘Beautiful Girls’ 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Add raw thistle stalk to salads or any dish that calls for celery. 5 edible plants you can forage for in your backyard | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Melania Trump was given a silver box with a rose, thistle and shamrock image, similar to the ceiling of Buckingham Palace’s music room. Trump, Queen Elizabeth exchange gifts during state visit: Here's a look at the meaningful presents 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z “With protection, the Wright’s marsh thistle will benefit from a science-based recovery plan, and its remaining habitat on public lands will be off limits to commercial exploitation,” he said. US proposes protections for rare thistle in New Mexico 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Yellow broom, purple thistles and fat red poppies spring from the desert floor and paint it a psychedelic swirl of color. Flowers bloom in war-torn Syria's battered cities 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z He stopped to pluck a pink thistle and smiled when he tasted its petals. To save the monarch butterfly, Mexican scientists are moving a forest 1,000 feet up a mountain 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z A thistle to the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission, a name the entity does not deserve. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z A thistle to State Rep. Sandy Salmon, R-Janesville, for introducing a bill “solving” a problem that doesn’t exist. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z A thistle to the Iowa House for denying press credentials to Laura Belin, a blogger and top-notch journalist who regularly breaks news. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z A thistle to Republican Iowa lawmakers and Gov. Kim Reynolds for not knowing what was contained in the tax “reform” bill they rushed into law last spring. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Its original designs featured the Northern Irish shamrock, Welsh leek, Scottish thistle and English rose. New £1 coin to be rolled out overseas 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z A thistle to the Iowa Public Information Board for making a mockery of government openness. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z A thistle to Rep. Jeff Shipley, a Republican from Fairfield, for introducing a bill requiring Iowa students to read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s book, “The Gulag Archipelago,” as a condition of high school graduation in this state. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z A thistle to Republicans on a special House election contest committee for refusing to open and count ballots that should be tallied to decide who represents District 55. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z And that was how it was: days and nights in the long, narrow house surrounded by sea, stones, thistles, poppies, and barren moors reminiscent of West African savannas. “Time for the Eyes to Adjust” 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z For Time, Stephanie Zacharek added, “‘The Favourite’ is a wicked delight, a fantastic little cupcake of a movie laced with thistle frosting .… Indie Focus: Coming together, falling apart in 'Roma,' 'The Favourite' and 'Shoplifters' 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Were she instead to lose, she would no longer be a thistle in the toned torso of the hackers and trolls’ boss’s likely boss. An excerpt from 'Cyberwar' 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z The symbols are a thistle for Scotland, a shamrock for Ireland, The York Rose for England. Princess Eugenie picks Peter Pilotto for her big day - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z A thistle representing Scotland acknowledges the couple's fondness for Balmoral, the Royal Family's holiday home, and a shamrock representing Ireland is a nod to the bride's Ferguson family. Princess Eugenie's dress in detail 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z An activist filmed her, the gray fuzzy boom mike sticking up like a gigantic thistle. How Carbon Trading Became a Way of Life for California’s Yurok Tribe 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z A thistle to the Des Moines School District and the Iowa Board of Education for denying a transfer to a middle school student who was bullied. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Depending on the product, a detox tea may contain ingredients such as burdock root, dandelion root, cinnamon, ginger, licorice or milk thistle — often along with regular caffeinated tea. What you should know about ‘teatox’ as a way to detox 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Butterflies flit from thistle to nettle and the blinding sunshine throws deep shadows across the ruins. Ghost town: A tiny English village abandoned during WWII 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z The wedding bouquet consists of Lily of the Valley, Stephanotis pips, hints of baby blue thistles, white spray roses and trailing ivy. Princess Eugenie's dress in detail 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z All four home nations are represented on the clock through shields featuring a rose, leek, shamrock and thistle. St George's Cross on renovated Big Ben 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z They eat poison ivy without any problems too, and usually aren’t bothered by thorns and thistles. Iowa park to use goats to clean up weeds 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Like the rose of England and the shamrock of Ireland, the thistle is a national icon in Scotland. Brewery to open in Rochester 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z A thistle to the Iowa Department of Human Services and Gov. Kim Reynolds for treating Iowa taxpayers like a bunch of fools. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Liquid Gold contains goat's rue, milk thistle and fennel seeds. Moms: This Mother's Day, it's time to put yourself first 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Wick was especially bothered by the advance of a prickly, yellow-flowered invasive weed called the woolly distaff thistle. Can Dirt Save the Earth? 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z It’s home to the endangered plant, Pitcher’s thistle, and is also visited by the endangered shorebird, piping plovers. Western Michigan nature preserve more than doubles in size 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Ms Zelenkova adds that the company also develops special edition ranges for specific countries, such as a body scrub for the UK market that in addition to Siberian herbs contains extracts from Scottish wild thistle. The cosmetics company selling Siberia to the world 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Among the new additions, the Artichoke piles on milky mozzarella at the expense of the star ingredient, which is a problem only if you’re a thistle pig. Review | This pizzeria in Bethesda isn’t Mia’s anymore. It’s even better. 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z She grows like an artichoke thistle: spiky and layered and aware, even if no one else is, of her inner radiance. The 10 Best Actors of the Year 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z She pointed to a patch of weeds and flowers where thistle grows and explained that beneath the prickly exterior you can find seeds that goldfinch in particular enjoy. Fledgling interest in birds takes wing at Massachusetts farm 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Sally Francis, botanist and saffron grower, says only a few weeks ago she saw safflower, a common substitute from the unrelated thistle family, being sold as saffron in a street market in the Netherlands. The problem for the world’s most expensive spice 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z The buds of these thistles before they flower resemble their cousin the artichoke. Streetlights may interfere with a bug’s most important job 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Illuminated thistles produced significantly fewer developed fruits than those in darkness. Nocturnal pollinators go dark under street lamps 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z During the day, the number of insect visits to the cabbage thistle are similar, regardless of whether the thistle grows in a meadow exposed to night time illumination or not. Pollination threatened by artificial light - BBC News 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z The scientists also monitored cabbage thistles and found that the plants in the illuminated meadows produced 13 percent less fruit. Street lamps are hurting pollination by distracting insects 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Leave a little space for a few perennials, with really showy flowers such as delphinium, globe thistle and oriental lilies. Plant a cutting garden that can sustain regular picking — and possibly your relationship 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z At twilight, a moth takes flight in a thistle patch. Streetlights may interfere with a bug’s most important job 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Wild pigs and red deer run rampant through ragwort, thistles and other weeds. 'It is strange to see the British struggling with the beaver': why is rewilding so controversial? 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Combined with a slight pudginess that suggests physical vulnerability, an eczematic redness to his face, and a thistle of thin blond hair, he looks as if he has survived some kind of fallout. 'A reckoning for our species': the philosopher prophet of the Anthropocene 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Some, like curly dock and Canada thistle, are found in all 99 of Iowa’s counties. Iowans turning to goats to remove unwanted weeds 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z The native rough, what Bob had always called "sea of fescue," was mostly weeds and thistles. U.S. Open: Previewing Erin Hills - Golf Digest 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z If Trump thought he was removing a thorn by firing Comey, he now faces a grove of thistles. The White House has never needed more adult supervision 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Artichokes are edible thistles with tough, thorny exteriors that require time and patience to prepare. Artichokes are in season. We have recipes 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z It resembled a thistle, but with sharper thorns. Finding a spiritual home 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z In my hand is a steaming mug of Dr Stuart’s “Liver Detox” naturally caffeine-free tea, containing dandelion root, centaury herb and milk thistle. Dishing the dirt on detox | Jay Rayner 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Ingredients like potassium, electrolytes, milk thistle, vitamin B-12 and green tea and caffeine extracts process the toxins inherent in alcohol. Here are some hangover helpers. You're going to need them 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z The singer, songwriter and visual artist Kurt Wagner has led his band Lambchop into the thistle of Nashville country and western music through a dozen studio albums. What to listen to now: The Drive-By Truckers, Lambchop, Wet and Public Image LTD 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Officials say they also are worried about the Russian knapweed, salt cedar, and musk thistle. Southern New Mexico county is doubling down on pesky weeds 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z At that stage, it does resemble other weeds like prickly lettuce, Canadian sow thistle and dandelions themselves. Wind allows dandelion-like weed to make its way to Williston 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z It is here that the young men of Hardan village are buried, under thistles and piles of cracked earth. IS buried thousands in 72 mass graves, AP finds 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Their distant cousins, the frittilaries, take violets as larval hosts and are hungry for the nectar of thistles as adults. Butterfly walks popular with all ages 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Seriously, a thistle is more dangerous than most spiders. I'm sandwiched between one kid who won't grow up and another who's flying the coop 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Teas containing dandelion or milk thistle may boost liver function, helping to decrease the build-up of toxins in the tissues. 4 Little Ways to Help Your Body Detox 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z The exhibit includes an actual tumbleweed, or Russian thistle, a plant immigrants brought to South Dakota in 1873. National Cowboy museum exhibit explores western weather 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z There was an array of similar instruments installed throughout the camp; one of them, a five-foot-tall aluminum thistle with a crown of flaps, looked like something you might find in a Santa Fe sculpture garden. The View from a Himalayan Glacier 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z They say livestock ponds support western pond turtles and cows help eradicate exotic thistle. Lawsuit raises concerns about running cattle on federal land 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z He noted with dismay invasive plants left behind by overgrazing: tumbleweed, Russian thistle, cheatgrass. Tension between ranchers and federal officials is dangerously high in Nevada 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z It uses the nectar of thistles and horsemint. Feds to study butterfly once found across Southwest 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z With the spring snowmelt and the first summer rains on the ranch, thousands of Russian thistle seeds began to erupt into the sunlight, appearing against the brown earth like tiny blue-green stars. Watch a Plague of Tumbleweeds Blow Across the West 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The stimulants in the real energy drink include caffeine, taurine, guarana, ginseng and milk thistle extract. Just One Energy Drink Sends Young Adults' Stress Hormone Levels Soaring 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z All that remains of the Day retreat is a plot of milkweed, thistle and towering phragmites, with the lapping of the sea and bobbing pleasure craft just beyond. Dorothy Day’s Retreat Is Now a Vacant Lot, but a Bid to Protect It Survives 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z From the ubiquitous white yarrow to the purple harebell to the wonderfully named yellow blooms of "lady's bedstraw" to the creeping thistle to the tall rosebay willow herb, they color the landscape. Mother nature and St. Andrews: James Hutchinson's secret wars: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Trevino hit his third into even more rough and was in three inches of heather and thistle with his fourth. AP WAS THERE: 43 years ago, Trevino ends a Grand Slam dream 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z But government scientists think Russian thistle was introduced accidentally with flax seeds for planting. Watch a Plague of Tumbleweeds Blow Across the West 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z In one case of milk thistle, unidentified substances were present in place of milk thistle. Herbal food supplement labels 'can be misleading' - BBC News 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Brilliantly colored thistles, and skittery marmots, salamanders and “squeaks,” ground squirrels that played impromptu games of chicken and narrowly avoided being flattened under our mountain bike tires. Mountain bikers ride trail once used for moving timber 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Ecologists and conservationists will always need to be able to distinguish thorn from thistle in the field, says biologist Roxanne Keller of the University of Nebraska Omaha. Plant collections left in the cold by cuts 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z David Pearce’s drawing contains the national emblems of the United Kingdom, with a rose, leek, thistle and shamrock emerging from a Royal Coronet, reports Sky News. A 15-Year-Old Just Redesigned the British Pound Coin 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Two weeks ago, Ms. Law hung some 16,000 fresh flowers in the lobby of the Viacom building in Times Square — ranunculuses, roses, peonies, hydrangeas, delphiniums, thistles. New York Today: Flowers, for You 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z During a stroll in the summer garden, you notice that the sow thistle petals are open while the adjacent pumpkin blossoms remain shut. Planting a Clock That Tracks Hours by Flowers 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z These good-looking plates are served in a handsome dining room that features light fixtures that bring to mind oversize windblown thistles; a crisscross of billowy white fabric; and along the walls, white banquettes. A Review of A Place 2 Go, in New Rochelle 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z He called his photo, which shows a hoverfly perched delicately on a globe thistle, "Kiss in the backyard". Hoverfly kiss wins photo prize 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z I ingested daily supplements of milk thistle and other herbs that supposedly help strengthen the liver. I had hepatitis C and didn’t know it. You may have it, too. The bees visited flowering trees, plants and even thistles in towns, villages and the countryside. Tree bumblebees sharing human space 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z It was designed to control weeds such as dandelions, clover, thistle, plantains and ground ivy. DuPont to pay $1.85 million fine after herbicide injures trees 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z In September 2012 a thistle man named Clyde was unveiled in Glasgow as the mascot for the Commonwealth Games. Highlights from the Queen's Baton Relay 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Ted Sevigny in Gainesville, Va., and his wife have two hummingbird feeders, two peanut feeders, two hull-less sunflower seed feeders, two thistle feeders, one black oil sunflower seed feeder and three bird baths. In Washington region, spirit of Saint Francis is alive and well when it comes to birds Dairy farmer Dave Lawrence took the Guardian to the spot where the beavers are usually seen, close to an island in the river thick with nettles, willow and thistles. Battle to stop capture of England's first wild beavers in 500 years 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z On the far side of the church sits an empty lot overgrown with weeds, the only color coming from clover, thistle, candy wrappers and three white plastic pilings jutting a foot out of the ground. St. Michael’s Episcopal Shifts Course on Condo Project 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z The heraldic royal arms incorporates the four quarterings of the royal arms, each contained in a shield, as well as a rose, thistle, leek, a sprig of shamrock and a crown. Coin marks Prince George's birthday 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The “Artichoke Center of the World” celebrates its favorite thistle with two days of music, competition, wine and artichokes. Seven California food fests you'll have to see to believe 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Frankly, it would be ease of travel and work not just in Scotland but south of the new border and in Europe that would entice most to want a thistle on their passport. Eight world views on Scots referendum 2014-02-13T01:06:30Z It calls for the golden eagle to become a national symbol", alongside the lion rampant, Saltire and Scottish thistle as emblems of the country". 'Nazi links' over eagle symbol 2014-01-28T17:39:35Z It calls for the golden eagle to become a national symbol "alongside the lion rampant, saltire and Scottish thistle and emblems of the country". Call for eagle to be national bird 2014-01-28T02:38:30Z The shamrock and flax plant feature on the £1 of Northern Ireland, while the thistle and bluebell are portrayed on the Scottish £1 coin. New coin designs for 2014 unveiled 2013-12-31T10:26:50Z Bummer for Zeus, but his loss is our gain, because that thistle is now known as the artichoke. Artichokes, 3 Ways 2013-04-15T12:30:00Z The lace applique flowers, including a rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock, were hand-made using a technique which originated in Ireland in the 1820s. Royal designer Burton gets OBE 2012-12-13T16:16:48Z Many turned to Mr Salmond to grasp the thistle and take his old job back. Life and times of Alex Salmond 2012-11-06T17:28:37Z This lot were spiky as thistles until they settled to the football that has taken them to where they are. Stevenage's unbeaten warriors finally fall to Colchester United 2012-10-14T22:00:05Z She said she designed him to look like a prickly thistle flower, a symbol of Scotland. Girl designs Glasgow 2014 mascot 2012-09-20T12:56:44Z The organisation said her entry "interpreted this much-loved symbol with a youthful energy - embodied by a cheeky facial expression - and strong, sporty thistle arms and legs". Thistle man Clyde is Games mascot 2012-09-20T09:55:59Z Nor did milk thistle differ much from the placebo with regard to side effects. Really?: The Claim: Milk Thistle Combats Liver Disease 2012-07-30T15:46:53Z The word means thorn, thistle or sharp point. Yitzhak Shamir, Former Prime Minister of Israel, Dies at 96 2012-06-30T18:52:47Z The grass has changed to rye instead of having thistle in it, so you get higher and truer bounces. Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray must get selfish if he's to win a major 2012-06-24T21:03:01Z The four countries of the United Kingdom are represented with giant representations of their emblem flowers -- the rose for England, thistle for Scotland, flax for Northern Ireland and daffodil for Wales. Olympic stadium to become giant meadow for opening 2012-06-12T11:06:45Z The judging panel and Glasgow 2014 thought the thistle "uniquely represents a symbol as much at home in the modern, urban heart of Scotland's largest city as it is in Scotland's remote, epic landscapes". Thistle man Clyde is Games mascot 2012-09-20T09:55:59Z Some were given a placebo while others received silymarin, the active ingredient in milk thistle, three times a day in either normal or high doses. Really?: The Claim: Milk Thistle Combats Liver Disease 2012-07-30T15:46:53Z No shifts or shapings of environment will ever enable men to “gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles.” Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z Well, they say a donkey can eat thistles, but it would take him all his time to get through one of those fish. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Despite some successes, like eliminating most of the yellow star thistle that once covered the park’s grasslands, Mr. Heiple understands that the Weed Warriors’ work will never be done. Green Blog: For Weed Warriors, the Motto Is Endurance 2012-04-19T14:53:46Z The thistle design is a significant departure from all previous Commonwealth Games mascots. Thistle man Clyde is Games mascot 2012-09-20T09:55:59Z He said not a word to me, but when he had reined in his horse, he lifted his whip, and cut me down as if I were a thistle. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z Such areas on the Reservation were characterized by giant ragweed, horse weed, thistles and other coarse weeds. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z To be sure, they were not turned out naked; the very ground was cursed for their bad conduct, and thorns and thistles would spring up to annoy them. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z Are figs of thistles? or grapes of thorns? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 2012-04-03T02:00:30.460Z The brain that sows not corn, plants thistles. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z I cannot stop to let thee bite that thistle——that ever the suspected tongue of a rival should have robbed me of enjoyment when I was upon the point of tasting it.—— The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z In that moment it was seen that a mass of thistles, dried manure, and all refuse from the prairie was sweeping before it, as if to draw the fire onward. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z In the upper corner is the white saltire of Scotland, with the crown above and the thistle in base. Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. 2012-03-23T02:00:32.397Z He that hath a good harvest may be content with some thistles. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z Suffering the growth of the Canada thistle made penal in Wisconsin, 563. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z The professor, however, is as Scotch as the thistle or his native hills, and Mr. Gladstone, quite justifiably, considers him the most outstanding of living Scotsmen. An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life 2012-03-21T02:00:30.747Z She joined him and they went on picking together, each with a thistle leaf for a saucer. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Men do not gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z Men do not gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z In some instances buds form on the roots, and may be used for purposes of propagation, as in the Japan quince, the globe thistle, the sea holly, some sea lavenders, Bocconia, Acanthus, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The nest is made under a thistle or tuft of grass, in a depression in the soil, so that the top of the nest is on a level with the surface of the ground. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z It was flushed from a clump of thistles, and its stomach was full of insect-remains. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z His crops, although they were but few, With proper food were seldom nourished, While cockle instead of barley grew, And noxious weeds and thistles flourished. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z We do not gather "figs from thistles," but some equally incongruous botanical associates are sometimes brought about through the insinuating and clambering methods of the tendril. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Fortress and city shall fall before the ruthless invader, who spares neither age nor sex, and thistles shall cover the desolate altars of Ephraim. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Where cattle are introduced, the original pampas-grass, which afforded the suitable conditions, disappears, giving place to the soft, perishable grasses, clovers, and thistles of Europe. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Their nest is made on the ground, under the grass or thistles, at a distance from the water, and is plentifully lined with down plucked- 135 - from the bosom of the sitting bird. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z James I combined the dexter half of the Tudor rose with the sinister moiety of the Scottish thistle, ensigned with a crown. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z The dandelion and the chicory are examples of a head made up entirely of ray-flowers, while the thistle consists of tubular flowers only. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z So the vulgar jeered: and asked Luke how a thistle tasted, and if his mistress could not afford one with four legs, etc. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z It is solitary, and in spring sits on a thistle or stalk, uttering at short intervals its small grasshopper-like song or call. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z The nest is a slight hollow scratched in the ground under a thistle or in the grass, and lined with a few dry leaves. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z One cannot, of course, expect common sense from a woman, any more than grapes from thistles. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z The road lies through a country of mud 161 hills, brown usually, drab sometimes, streaked with deep madder red, and occasionally pale green clay—stones, thistles, and thorns their only crop. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The thistles and other fodder plants have been cut and stacked in the villages. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z They are not so universally distributed as the Chingolo, and are not wood-birds, but frequent open plains abounding in thistles and other coarse herbage, which affords them shelter. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z The nest is built on trees or rushes in swamps, or on the ground amongst grass and thistles. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z They denounced the joys of life as husks and filthy rags, declared that the world had been cursed, and that it brought forth thistles and thorns because of the sins of man. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z So great is the destitution of fuel that even now people are out cutting the stalks of thistles which appear above the snow. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The text from which he preached is: "Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?" The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z The nest is usually built in a cardoon thistle, two or three feet above the ground, and is made of dry grass. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z After the summer heats are over Snipes suddenly appear again all over the country, and at this season they are frequently met with on the high and dry grounds among the withered grass and thistles. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z Republicans are the useful; Democrats the noxious—corn and wheat against the dog fennel and Canada thistles. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z Thorns and thistles grow there, and skeletons of animals abound. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z I do not believe that anybody can gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Sometimes they breed on the open plain in a large cardoon thistle, but a thick bush or low tree is preferred. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Somebody had to be responsible for the thorns and thistles, for the cruelties and crimes. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z The narrow grass-grown path, filled with flints and broken glass, bordered by thistles and thorns, where the twice-born limping walk with bleeding feet. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z The thistle shook here its lonely head; the moss whistled to the wind. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z And yet, amidst its thorns, amidst its thistles, amidst its nettles and its swords and pikes, there are some flowers, and these I wish, in common with all good men, to save. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z It frequents open grounds abounding in thistles,- 138 - tall weeds, or bushes, and is consequently most abundant about houses. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Another home-sick colonist, who came possibly, however, from north of the Tweed, introduced Scottish thistles into the same country with disastrous results. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z Tall thistles are the constant resort of the goldfinches, which picked the woolly seeds from the flower heads. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Why the Scots chose the thistle for a national insignia is told in this legend. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Scotch kale, a variety of kale; Scotch mist, a mist like fine rain; Scotch pebbles, varieties of agate and jasper; Scotch thistle, the national emblem of Scotland. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z In October it builds a deep elaborate nest of fine dry grass, thistle-down, webs, feathers, and other soft materials, usually in the fork of a weed or thistle three or four feet from the ground. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Elegiac purples of the aster beckon, and the butterfly sleeps long upon the thistle, but she would not go now, in the month of the first bittersweet and the last sweet pea. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z I'm not a donkey who can thrive on thistles. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z When the Scots discovered that it was to a thistle that they owed their victory, they adopted the prickly plant as their national emblem. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z It had a gold rose, shamrock and thistle combined on a white ground. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z The hillside fell away, dishevelled with thistles and coarse grass. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z From the garden of pleasure he is expelled, to go forth into a world which produces thorns and thistles, unless he water it with the sweat of his brow. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z The lily and the thistle in that year will unite, But the lion and the dun cow will put them to flight. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z The thistle's beard must na' flee by, but they must catch and look into. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Speed, die when I may, I want it said of me by those who know me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower when I thought a flower would grow.' Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Then we climbed the steep hill-side—Sunny Bank, that had once shone yellow with wheat, and now waved black tattered ranks of thistles where the rabbits ran. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z No thistle here, nor thorn, nor briar shall spring,450 Earth's curse before: the lion and the lamb In mutual friendship linked, shall browse the shrub. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z O thistle, O thistle, thy wounds will be sore. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z Lady May acquiesced with true feminine sympathy with the baronet's stratagem, notwithstanding an imploring glance from Alice! and Lady Mary Maypol, exchanging a glance with Lady May, expressed equal interest in the Derbyshire thistles. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The list of purported remedies for preventing or treating hangovers includes a witch's brew of products, including milk thistle, honey, bitters and soda, Pedialyte, cranberry juice and Tabasco sauce. How to avoid a hangover: Less booze, more H2O 2011-12-29T18:41:27Z The asterworts, that is, such flowers as the daisy, aster, golden rod, dandelion and thistle, are particularly full of beauty. Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. 2011-12-29T03:00:20.733Z The earth was cursed with thorns and thistles, for Adam's sake. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z Sow in the wild waste places, Though none thy love may own; God guides the down of the thistle The wandering wind hath sown. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z Three pieces of coral, in the shape of a rose, a thistle, and shamrock, encased—nay, I may say enshrined—in a beautiful casket of crystal and gilded ebony. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z For him, the key lies in the fleur-de-lis, the rose, the shamrock and the thistle that adorn this city’s flag. Hockey?s History, Woven With Violence 2011-12-10T19:30:29Z But the donkey would not budge any more than a stone post, and seemed to have resolved to eat to the last one every thistle along the way. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z A compact, cozy, cup-like structure of fine grass, vegetable fibre, and moss, is placed in the crotch of a bush or tree, or sometimes in a tall, branching thistle plant. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The summer sun has pulverized and consumed all vegetation, and, but for a few chance patches of thistles, charlock or aramagos, there is nothing that can screen the birds from view. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z There was the milk-white rose of England and the blood-red thistle of Scotland side by side, and fondly twining around them the shamrock of old Ireland—all in black. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z You may as well expect grapes on thorns, or figs on thistles, as look for charity when the heart is not right. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z It was not comfortable lying; there was no grass, there were thistles, nettles, weeds, and stones--plenty of stones. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Wild lettuce, mullein, dandelion, ragweed and thistles are special favourites. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z A rose leaf does not grow like the leaf of a thistle, and a pine needle is not at all like the thick, round pad of a water-lily. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z Men do not gather figs of thorns, or grapes of thistles. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z He was a rose amongst thistles; he was a dove amongst vultures; and they hunted him out, and I am glad he came out. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z The farmer has no better friend, and yet an abundance of Goldfinches on an estate is anything but a welcome sight; for it denotes abundance of its favourite food, the seeds of thistles. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z In the wheat-field millions of green blades are shooting up; on the roadside grasses and thistles, dandelions and ragwort, and a hundred little weeds, are pushing and jostling each other for their summer places. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z It was made of roses, shamrocks, and thistles, and every piece in the set was engraved with a small hare's head. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z The moral figs and grapes that she has achieved are not such as could have been gathered from the thorn and thistle of human effort. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z But the thistles tore her foot, and pale from pain and suffering, from wounded feet, and ever-smarting shoulders, and a soul that burned continually, was her face, that peeped out from under her wide hood. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Occasionally, but less frequently, they are seen visiting heads of thistles and burdocks, and not unfrequently they descend to the ground for the sake of picking up scattered seeds. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z And the thistle covered her from sight with its friendly arms, so no monster ever found her to put her in his basket and carry her off. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z Make the camel-rider free of a desert space Where high-bred camels trot with unwearied pace; Where only mimosas and thistles flourish, and where, For hunting, wolves and hyenas are nowise rare! A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z It has been called the Thistlefinch from its use of the down of the thistle in the construction of its nest. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Far, along the way of thistles, to the royal castle. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z All at once her path was strewn with roses; up to then she had seemed to have to pick her way, barefooted, amid stones and thistles. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z He was popped into the basket and carried off, while Milly was left shivering under the thistle's arm. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z The thorn and the thistle, together with the ten thousand other melancholy and humiliating fruits of a groaning creation, rise before us, and declare that God must be at work and not at rest. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z They build their nest amidst the straws of the corn above the ground, and sometimes in thistles. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The path was steep and covered with thistles. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Here, people are referring to the Russian thistle, a fast-growing plant that more than a century ago hitchhiked into the country and found the American prairie an unusually accommodating place. Tumbleweeds Are Piling Up Across the Plains 2011-10-27T14:56:40Z The giants lived on raw meat, thistles, and sweet root, and one of them drank a "bucket of water" at a time. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z The soul of a mortal protrudes from the visible body as down expands from a thistle seed, but it is invisible. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z No wonder Dr. Lavendar felt confident that there would be no thistles in her household. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z The path was steep, and covered with cactus and thistles. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z I expect it's me, I had eaten nothing for three days except three thistles. Hell Warm Words on the Cheerful and Comforting Doctrine of Eternal Damnation 2011-10-12T02:00:41.107Z But in speaking of my adventure with the thistle lassies to a man in Berwick—“Yes,” he said, “and those girls on a Sunday come out dressed like ladies in silks and satins.” The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z She had been a lily among thistles, and there was something romantic possibly in the interest taken by a man of his position in a woman of hers. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z So the constables left him to browse among the thistles, and passed no sentence upon him, nor did they burn him alive for a sorcerer as they should have done. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z And on she climbed, and the thistles tore her feet, and the solitary man who was coming down the rocky path greeted her reverently, when he saw the blood of her footstep. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z The dark cool cellar was laid open to the light of day, and was now a deep square pit, overgrown with thistles and toad-flax. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The top is covered with green turf, and here grow patches of the yellow-flowering fairy-bedstraw and purple “nodding thistles,” while every here and there is quite a sheet of the hardy mauve-petalled rest-harrow. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z A walk covered with docks, thistles, nettles, and high grass, led from the remains of a gateway in the garden wall to the door which opened into the building. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z At last Jef came to a stop, and began, as happy as could be, to make his dinner off the thistles which grew in that place in great abundance. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z The thistles were loosing their down and it floated on the wind like ethereal snow. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z We've heard the loud, despairing moan Of sinners, reaping what they've sown, In midnight fields with thistles grown Where devils glean. By Trench and Trail in Song and Story 2011-09-24T02:00:15.120Z But all these “thistle lassies” had their “uglies” on and their jaws tied up. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Sailed down as soft as a thistle ball! Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield 2011-09-22T02:00:24.220Z But the donkey would not advance by more than a single step, and seemed determined to go on eating thistles until he had consumed all that grew by the roadside. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Hear me forswear man's sympathies, His pleasant yea and no, His riot on the piteous earth Whereon his thistles grow, His changing love—with stars above, His pride—with graves below. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z There are briers and thistles and creeping vines around, but I heedlessly press on, for I must enjoy the fragrance and examine the structure of these unobtrusive plants. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z Wherever thistles grow in fields, the tansy is not far off; a showy, yellow, too-hardy flower, without, in my opinion, a vestige of romance about it. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The rose, thistle and shamrock again appear on the stamp, at either side of the oval frame and separating the inscriptions. Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery 2011-09-18T02:00:28.007Z On a bank, at the side of the road, between two clumps of thistles, reclined a man. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z With my inward eye, ’tis an old man gray; With my outward, a thistle across the way. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Beyond the forest they came out onto great fields bathed in sunlight; on those fields wheat was rustling, dotted richly with red poppies and blue star thistles. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z But near Tweedmouth, in the fields of oats and wheat, we came upon whole gangs of girls cutting down thistles. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Annie Lane—sixteen years of age she was, and beautiful as a rosebud—would place the punch-bowl on the little table, with its toddy-ladle, and flank it with a glass shaped like a thistle. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z When, therefore, they had dismounted from their donkeys they threw the bridles to the boatman’s lad, who caressed the animals in friendly wise and led them to a place where he saw some thistles growing. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z The beggars may live on thistles, but they do live. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Dandelion and groundsel seed are the chief of these, and later on in the season thistle seed. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Against all odds they came up smiling, the Highland lass and her English friend—the thistle and the rose. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The master of ceremonies treats them all to a thistle of the wine of the country. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z For its head was down, and it scanned the earth in futile hopes of seeing but a thistle growing there. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z For instance, he designed the large candelabra which stood on each side of one of the doorways,—Cupid peeping through a wreath of thistles and nettles. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z His Nest is of natural size, with eggs lying on the moss near some thistles, wild mulberries, and red mushrooms. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z If a clovery lea be beneath his feet, so much the better; if not, a “rive” at a blackthorn hedge, a bush of laurels, a bracken bank, or even a thistle, will please him. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z “I can feel those thistles yet,” observed Frank. The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z Here is a great towering thistle—emblem of Scotland, pride of her sons. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z He stopped presently, and helped himself to a fresh green thistle that was growing handy. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Nests are usually placed on the ground, in cover of pasture grasses, clover, thistle, milo maize, and soybean; there is one record of a nest one and one-half feet high in a small pine. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z Young Storms walked vigorously, swinging his cane in one hand or dashing off the head of a thistle with it whenever those stately wild-flowers tempted him with their imperial purple. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z My attention was next attracted to a globe, about the size of a cricket-ball, suspended from the head of a thistle by several stout grass stems. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z Before I came here all this was waste land and ravines, all covered with stones and thistles. Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z They are not fruitful land in which tares are mingled; they bear only thorns and thistles, and are utterly rejected. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z Nests are placed in forks and crotches about three feet high in dogwood, willow, rose, coralberry, cottonwood, and thistles. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z The same love of cruelty that made this man behead thistles with his cane and set dogs to tear each other, influenced him now. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z She picked her way among the thistles, and stopped every now and then quivering. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Since the chosen race no longer inhabits these mountains and plains, the wells where Jacob's flocks drank are dried up; Naboth's vineyard is invaded by the desert, Achab's palace-gardens filled with thistles. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Felix gave them half-a-crown for the relic, and rode on slowly, while the group adjourned to the inn to drink it, leaving the donkey, their tools, and the bucket by the roadside among the thistles. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z It was covered with hawthorn-trees, bunches of thistles, bramble bushes, rushes, and numbers of green ant-hills, almost as high as their knees. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The moon coming out from behind the Dnieper whitened the waste, the tops of the thistles, and the distance of the steppe. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z "I think they should bring the army in," she says passing lavender thistle to a customer. The Riots: How a London Community Consumed Itself 2011-08-11T08:00:00Z It was a squatter who introduced sparrows into Australia, and rabbits, and Scotch thistles, and docks, and the bot fly; also swine fever. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z The flint-diggers had been at work here long ago—deep gullies and holes encumbered the way, half-hidden with thistles and furze. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Then with the utmost caution, and feeling every inch of his way, he put his hand round the edge, and moving it about presently felt a thistle. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The wind at times blew from the Dnieper, causing a mournful rustle among the dried thistles, which bent and trembled as in fear. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z "Those old days when the balancing of a yellow butterfly over a thistle bloom was spiritual food and lodging for a whole forenoon." Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Thin grasses have grown over the excavations below: the thistles and nettles have covered the heaps of rubbish thrown aside. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z A few small firs cling half-way up, and a tangled, matted mass of briar and bramble climbs nearly to them, with many a stout thistle flourishing vigorously. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Now he had his foot on the ledge, and his hand on the stem of the thistle; it was very stout, which reassured him, but the prickles came through the handkerchief. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Every moment a broader expanse came out from the darkness; the thistles of the steppe were outlined indistinctly, the distant trees, the mounds; every moment more light was diffused in the air. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Among the weedy plants which have been intimately associated with mankind ever since his slow upward progress in civilization began, the nettle has probably played almost as important a part as the thistle. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The thistle has no branch on which he can perch; he must take it on the wing. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z It so happens that these very waste places are often the most favourite resorts of goldfinches, for instance, who are particularly fond of thistledown, and thistles naturally chiefly flourish on uncultivated land. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z The prickles of the thistle dug deep into his hand, causing exquisite pain. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The prince is coming, he is coming, and with him as many beautiful plumes and banners as there are stars in heaven or thistles on the steppe. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Then it flies away in search of the nectar of thistles and many other flowers which it visits freely. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Thick bunches of rushes grew between, and innumerable thistles flourished, and here and there scattered hawthorn bushes stood. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z And you attack and examine closely everything which occurs in anything which is said, collecting all your thorns—living continually As if among thistles, or plants of rough borage— never collecting any sweet flowers. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z He clung to the thistle, biting his lips, till he had got his other foot on. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The gay goldfinch has but three notes left of his June song, as he tilts on the latest blossoms and fluffy seeds of the thistles. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z The thistle, however, has not been entirely unmolested during its aeons of existence. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z I can see myself sailing through space, and coming down as gently as a thistle ball. Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol 2011-07-26T02:00:18.713Z A weed like the Russian thistle, for instance, will defy all usual means for its extermination. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z The moment he had his balance he let go of the thistle, and ran along the ledge, which widened to about nine inches or a foot, tending downwards. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The rough nakedness of the hillside is clad only with thistles and fireweed, with here and there a patch of blanched dead leaves, dross of the old gold of the beech's ancient autumnal glory. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z This butterfly, however, can scarcely be considered a troublesome enemy of its host plant, for it is seldom sufficiently abundant to injure the thistle appreciably. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z On either side of this text was graven a thistle and a hibiscus flower. Stevenson's Shrine The Record of a Pilgrimage 2011-07-18T02:00:23.520Z Three velvety, busy, buzzing bees Once plunged in a thistle plant up to their knees. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z It went up into the hazel boughs of the hedge among the young nuts, and he could not get it till dressed, for the thistles. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z It is the flowering out, not of Buddhism or Mohammedanism, not of some fancy brand of atheism or some philosophy of force—men do not gather grapes of thorns nor figs from thistles. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z These butterflies lay their small greenish, barrel-shaped eggs on the leaves of the thistle. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z "Poor devil; he will have a time of it, with the mole-hills and the thistles, and all those ghosts." Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z For the thistle's the touchiest thing that grows; It's the firework plant—as every one knows. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z Now, there were no thistles on their proper racecourse down to the elms and back. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The opposition did not want to fight but was intent to discover if the new lad in school would keep his ground saying, like the Scotch thistle, Don't touch me. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Notwithstanding its fondness for thistles, these caterpillars occasionally feed upon various other plants. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z A plain, over which the winds blow and the thistles gather. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z A Divine Authority tells us, men do not gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z They tried to go through between the stoles, but the thistles were too thick and the brambles and briars too many; they could flourish here till the ash-poles grew tall and kept away the sun. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z “Yes, my girl,” he said, coldly, “it is uncle;” and he stuck his thistle staff down into the soft earth, and leaned his hands upon the round top. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z It was entirely due to the wretched soil they had to work upon; you cannot grow figs on thistles, nor can you make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z The briers and thistles had been carefully cut away, there was no slab and no name over either, but the blue and white violets were planted thickly about both. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z They were believed to have led spiritual existences, enclosed in seeds, something like those of the thistle, which were wafted to the abode of the gods, with whom the waw keen sustained confidential relations. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z Mark grasped his knife and spear, and looked into the beds of thistles and nettles, which would conceal anything underneath. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z “Let’s walk along here, then,” said the Churchwarden, pointing down the lane with his thistle staff. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z T after s is silent in listen, glisten, hasten, chasten, christen, fasten, moisten, thistle, whistle, bristle, castle, nestle, pestle, gristle, jostle, justle, hustle, bustle, rustle, epistle, apostle, mistletoe, forecastle. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z I pulled my hardest, when the hair came suddenly out of the tail, and before I could recover myself I fell sideway into a bunch of big thistles which stood near. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z The garden was a perfect wilderness of weeds and thistles; but these he set fire to regularly once a year, and by this means, to a certain extent, kept them under. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z They went to the elder bush and waited: there was a great thistle east next, and afterwards a bough which had fallen. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The first dwellings we descried were some miserable Tatar cabins, surrounded with brambles and thistles. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z We cut a window in the side that faces in the direction of the mountains and made a corking window seat out of a packing case, on which I piled cushions stuffed with thistle down. The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z To the left the grass-covered plain, with here and there a large bed of tall thistles, rolled away for some four miles to the northern boundary of the estancia. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z "One might say that about thistles," Helen replied half inaudibly, staring at the tablecloth. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z “What’s that!” and in his start he let the arrow fly down among the thistles. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Cards with metal teeth challenged the use of wood and horn cards with thistles on them in carding wool. Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition 2011-06-03T02:00:23.737Z Many grasslands have a stand of dandelions; sow thistle, wild lettuce, and ragweed were also common in some grasslands. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z The thorns of the big thistle are very sharp and strong, so much so that when riding through them I have known a thorn pierce right through a long leather riding boot. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z When we see a field of thistles shed its downy seeds upon the wind, so that they roll away like a cloud, what a vast host of possible thistles are there! The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z Pan left them while they stood here, to hunt among the thistles in an old sand-quarry behind. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z We have all read of the figs and the thistles. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z |
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