| 单词 | verbena |
| 例句 | “A, B, C, vitamin D, vitamin D, vitamin D . . .” The Super-Vox-Wurlitzeriana had risen to a sobbing crescendo; and suddenly the verbena gave place, in the scent- circulating system, to an intense patchouli. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The air on the way to Madame Ruelles bakery smells of myrtle and magnolia and verbena; wisteria vines erupt in blossom; everywhere hang arcades and curtains and pendants of flowers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The air smelled green, the scents of peppermint, rosemary, and verbena wafting up from the ground like fog. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In my room, I find my tournament outfit spread out on my bed, scented with verbena and lavender. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The scent of crushed verbena is in my nose. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Living in Faerie, it’s impossible not to notice that everyone else smells like verbena or crushed pine needles, dried blood or milkweed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I like to add to the jam the citrusy herbal charm of lemon verbena: subtle, so it elevates the blueberry flavor without interfering. Canning Class: Blueberry jam "It's basically a saison, where we decided to use lemon verbena and creeping Charlie, which goes by a lot of names, but it's native to the area," she says. Briars, brambles and beers: Craft brewers turn to foraged ingredients with wild results 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z I sidle over to spoon my husband’s cream of Jerusalem artichoke soup with lemon verbena and shellfish; he filches confit. Is there room for opposite palates on one Viennese plate? 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Some outstanding sun-loving annuals such as Calibrachoa, verbena, petunia and nasturtium not only bloom nonstop all summer long, they also produce flowers that are highly attractive to hummingbirds. A Mother’s Day hanging basket; cherry trees for containers 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z Add the fresh verbena leaves, cover with plastic wrap and set aside at room temperature for 30 minutes, turning the fillets over from time to time. Pierre Gagnaire's Twist On French Cuisine 2010-06-10T15:10:00Z I cut fragrant handfuls of peppermint and lemon verbena from the boxes on my deck and then spread them out to dry. What to Cook Right Now 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Here, a bit of optional lavender perfumes the fruit, but lemon verbena or mint leaves would also be nice. A Summer Lunch That Feels Like a Splurge 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z A local natural history website offers updates on sightings of sand verbena, brown-eyed evening primrose, lupine and more, with specific mile markers and road conditions. This season, skip flowerless Death Valley for blooming Anza-Borrego Desert State Park 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Aged at least two years on the lees, the result is a wine of impressive complexity, brimming with flavors of orange zest, lemon curd and verbena. Pair this refreshing $12 lambrusco with burgers, pizza or charcuterie 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z You’ll find lavender sachets using the lavender that grows in the area and all kinds of perfumed soap, again using local ingredients such as honeysuckle and lemon verbena. How to Shop the Markets in Provence 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z One favorite dessert is fruit cut up and marinated in a sweet liqueur such as Cointreau or kirsch, and fresh herbs such as lemon verbena and mint. Perspective | Whether custards, cobblers or clafoutis, fruit desserts make a perfect finale 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Hers is less syrupy than the French version and is sweetened with honey, and infused with cardamom, bay leaf, lemon verbena and citrus rind. A New Cassis to Sip or Mix 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The products are made using natural ingredients like peppermint, lemon verbena and grapefruit bergamot. Beauty Spots 2011-10-31T19:59:28Z I prefer the taste of fresh nettles; mix dried nettles with elderflower or lemon verbena to improve the flavour. How to grow your own medicine cabinet | Alys Fowler 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z “Lemon verbena is what relaxes you, and the coconut helps my face start de-puffing,” she says. The Three Simple Tonics That Sustain One of New York’s Busiest Chefs 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The most conventional ending is coconut cake treated to grilled peaches and a scoop of lemon verbena sorbet. Review | Gravitas is a beautiful work in progress that needs a dash more flavor 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Monkfish on the bone paired with humble farro was followed by a bonus fourth course of Brittany lobster in a grassy-sweet verbena broth, accompanied by tuna, wrapped, sushilike, in a slice of raw beet. The Europe Issue: Six Prix-Fixe Restaurants in Paris 2010-04-16T19:17:00Z A breeze carries the scent of lavender, mint, and verbena; the distant peal of village church bells rings across the valley. In Albania, age-old traditions and Mediterranean beaches on the cheap 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z And to drink, place sprigs of lemon verbena in a jug of ice-water. From mango salad to pineapple granita: 12 chefs on their favourite heatwave dishes 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Spa treatments — from a lemon verbena oil massage to a sheep’s milk and honey pedicure — will incorporate a buffet of seasonal fruits and vegetables. | A Place for Yoga in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee 2014-04-28T18:41:07Z My biggest regret is that I can’t dry any lemon verbena this year. You’ve still got time to pick the winter apple supply and dry some herbs 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Fumbally, a funky lunch spot and neighborhood hub, grows its own lemon verbena tea and serves Wall & Keogh-sourced varieties, one with a distinct bacon flavor. Bellying up to Ireland’s other famed brew: Tea 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z His flagship product, Green Spice Rum, is infused with lemon verbena, lemongrass, lemon balm, spearmint, green cardamom and lime peels. Trading the Cocktail Shaker for the Still 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The leeches were confiscated and later identified as Hirudo verbena – a species valued for its medicinal anti-coagulative properties – by an expert at the Royal Ontario Museum. Traveler fined $15,000 for smuggling thousands of live leeches into Canadian airport 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z But new to her line is chocolate: She uses lemon verbena that she cultivates to infuse bars of dark chocolate with delicate, aromatic floral notes. Give the Gift of Herbaceous Dark Chocolate 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Grant has introduced more than 50 cultivars: roses, bluebonnets, mums, phloxes, salvias, verbenas. Every Plant Has a Story. You Just Need to Dig. 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Alternatively, many chefs find that lemon verbena delivers a similar flavor profile, as does lime zest to taste. How to substitute for fish sauce in a pinch 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Perk up a classic Arnold Palmer with a power-packed blend of fresh lemon balm, lemongrass, lemon verbena leaves, and lemon zest. The best ways to use lemon balm at home 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Yes, your dessert may look like a rock-hard citrus in a coupe, but nudge it open and you might find threads of verbena that push you to reconsider what a lemon ought to taste like. Tumultuous Family Stories, Two Ways 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Pedestal planters cascading with verbena flank the walk and punctuate its terminus. Get Impact with Containers 2010-04-07T17:52:00Z In the land of homeopathic pharmacies and verbena tisanes, Margaux’s insistence on home-brewed, herbal potions seems entirely plausible. Television Review: ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Is Remade Into a Mini-Series 2014-05-08T21:12:18Z I find lemon verbena the most drinkable herb, for its delicate flavor, divine aroma and beautiful yellow-green color. Perspective | Turn your summer harvest into a refreshing drink 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z One night, everybody warmed up to a thimble of vodka flavored with lemon verbena tea, hibiscus and cinnamon. Review | A young chef goes for the buzz at Bresca 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Lemon verbena, a herb I use for tea and that grows abundantly if your plant is protected against the frost, is a better substitute for lemongrass than lemon. Nigel Slater’s lemongrass recipes 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z This elixir is made with hibiscus, rooibos strawberries, lemon verbena and a hint of cucumbers. Three of the best places in Harlem to drink tea in the summer and beyond 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z It’s delicious, but the flavor is very wintry and heavy until you hit one of the disks of crisp raw apple tossed with lemon verbena, and then everything lightens up. What Happens When a Fitness Chain Opens a Restaurant? 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z More elevated is the “Eiffel” trifle, a parfait glass layered with lemon verbena cream, grilled peaches, lemon-basil mousse and more puffed buckwheat groats, which crackle like Rice Krispies. Review | A chef who reveres the region brings his act to D.C. 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Desert wildflowers, including globe-shaped yellow sand verbena, daisylike purple fleabane and violet lupine, bloomed in the dunes. On California’s Lost Coast: Sea Lions, Surf and Squiggly Roads 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z This version gets plenty of spice from a combination of whole black peppercorns, grated ginger root, grated nutmeg, and lemon verbena leaves, if you want zesty citrus flavor. How to make a six-pack of homemade fermented drinks 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z In the lusher folds and hollows, we found angelica, a plant with a floral, almost verbena note and just a touch of bitterness — well suited to contain the broad flavors of the unctuous lamb. Why Cook Over an Icelandic Geyser? Because You Can 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Hershfeld brushes the foliage of lemon verbena, tarragon and then rosemary. Wholesale nurseries have their own Black Friday: It’s called April. 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Every inch of the perimeter is covered with plastic and ceramic pots brimming with buckwheat and verbena, dudleya, penstemon and black sage. Her tiny native plant habitat garden is flourishing. And she didn't even need a yard 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Offered the man a nice cup of camomile and verbena? Review: Can Michael Bay save the blockbuster? Nutso 'Ambulance' is his best in decades 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Dozens of butterflies floated through the purple blooms of cone flowers, iron weed and verbena. An American road trip through troubled times 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z When you brush against a French lavender or lemon verbena plant as you walk by, you instantly experience calming aromatherapy. Gardening Made Me Happier. It Will Work for You Too. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Other herbs, like mint, lemon verbena and anise hyssop, release their scent with touch. These fragrant plants perfume the garden with heavenly scents 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Imagine the sounds of nature, the feel of running water, the smell of lemon verbena. Mindfulness, meditation tips for coping with the coronavirus pandemic 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z A rum that would be low on sugar but fragrant with cardamom, lemongrass, spearmint, lemon verbena and more. Review | At Tiki TNT, bar legend Todd Thrasher develops a sweet new way to experience rum 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The most versatile include parsley, cilantro, mint, basil, dill, tarragon, chives, with less familiar members including chervil, lemon verbena and lovage. How to push fresh herbs beyond the garnish: Use with abundance and abandon 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z They pitchforked the pine straw around the snapdragons and verbena by the Saddlebrook sign. Their neighbor was arrested on terror charges. This is how a ‘typical American community’ reacted. 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z Yes, he attended a Buckingham Palace state banquet, wearing a white tie, dining on new season Windsor lamb and strawberry sable with lemon verbena cream. Trump enjoys playing the role of the American president — but he will never stop being Trump 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Not even Monday evening’s strawberry sable with lemon verbena cream dessert could be richer than that. Opinion | Trump’s royal visit to the U.K. proves money can’t buy you class 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The smell of the verbena, petunias and hydrangea that lined every walkway on the grounds, each cultivated for the event and timed to blossom during the two weeks of play. Perspective | At Wimbledon, a rediscovery of and renewed appreciation for its magic 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z She will also bring twine for bundling herbs and pens and paper to document whatever may arrive, from white sage to lime leaves, lemon verbena to chickweed. Share white sage, lemon verbena, mint and more at this L.A. herb swap 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z In a product called Sleep, a loose-leaf tea from Teasäne, chamomile is just one of several herbs used for similar properties: alfalfa for balancing hormones and relieving anxiety; lemon verbena to relax the nervous system. Better sleep requires a better routine, and perhaps an upgrade to your pillows and PJs 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z To mark Sabido’s anniversary in sanctuary, United Methodist Church will hold a “verbena,” after a traditional Spanish fair. June marks 1 year of Mexican woman at sanctuary church 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z At the community garden, Katebi is growing kale, Swiss chard, fennel, nasturtium, borage, lemon verbena, parsley, basil and cilantro. This L.A. chef set up a garden in a complete stranger's front yard. And he wants to do it again 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z From cactus-flower honey to lemon verbena vinegar, the menu reflects Argentina’s immense variety of climates and cultures. A Creative Small-Business Community Flourishes in Buenos Aires 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z The Yellowstone sand verbena blooms for much of the summer and fall, until frost kills the part of the plant above the sandy ground it helps to secure. Yellowstone’s hidden secret 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z White and yellow petunias and rosy-red garden verbena plants were overflowing from barrels. New York Today: The Greenest Block in Brooklyn 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z There are seven — mushroom, pine, shrimp, chile, charred spring onion, roasted kelp and lemon verbena. Onion ash, burnt coconut and seaweed — restaurants in L.A. and around the world get creative with flavored oils 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Yellow desert dandelions, purple sand verbenas and white desert lilies — the crowd favorite. The desert is in super bloom at Anza-Borrego state park 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z The salvia and verbena will bloom year-round, providing continuous color each month. They replaced the lawn with a gorgeous drought-tolerant meadow that doesn’t need mowing 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z How important are little-known plants like sand verbena? Yellowstone’s hidden secret 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z “This is sparkling maple sap, with dried lemon verbena. I have lemon trees in containers, but I don’t get many lemons. Just the leaves.” The Most Exclusive Restaurant in America 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z At Cassia, a Southeast Asian restaurant that opened to critical acclaim in Los Angeles last year, you’ll find a piña colada built with house-made coconut liqueur, fresh coconut, lemongrass and verbena leaves. Why the Blender Drink Is Cool Again: A Guide 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Perfumes and essential oils: Applying scents like bergamot, bitter orange, lavender, lemon verbena, musk, rosemary or sandalwood can make your skin more reactive to the sun. Surprising Things That Can Increase Sun Sensitivity 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Magick steps outside to pluck vibrant orange calendula flowers to garnish flaxseed crackers, or lemon verbena to infuse in tea. No Internet, TV, junk food or alcohol allowed at Aja, a new luxury retreat in Malibu 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z She also brought a gift box containing lemon verbena tea, a candle, two small pots of honey and a jar of honey butter from the White House kitchen Ggrden. How do you present shop for the Queen? - BBC News 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z It's sold as Greek Mountain Tea and is sometimes mixed with sage, verbena and camomile for additional benefits. New super-foods, from baobab to turkey tail, come with promises and caveats 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z To attract native insects and animals, as well as her neighbors, Ms. Myers chose herbaceous native species with showy summer blooms, like goldenrod, verbena, milkweed, cardinal flower, mistflower and hibiscus. A Rain Garden That Even the Neighbors Seem To Like 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z On a small portion of the menu now devoted to the bubbly libations, you'll find sour cherry-almond, apricot orange crush, strawberry lemon verbena, cantaloupe and pineapple cake. Think vodka sodas are boring? A look at Messhall Kitchen's new vodka soda bar 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Her own indoor garden includes oregano, mint, parsley, sage, lemon balm, lemon verbena, catmint and chives. Indoor herb gardening can yield home remedies 2012-09-05T22:11:04Z Here I find, among hundreds of other plants of whose names and properties I am unfortunately ignorant, the wild verbena and heliotrope, also the cucumber. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z The verbena scent welled up in waves of perfume. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Some rose bushes, which obligingly flowered all winter, a jasmine, a tall scented verbena, a long row of sweet peppers, two clumps of artichokes, and sundry tufts of herbs completed our vegetable kingdom. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z By the end of the month, masses of the following plants may be formed with safety in warm localities:—pelargonium, heliotropium, fuchsia, petunia, nierembergia, salvia, verbena, bouvardia and lobelia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The blossoms have a delicate beauty, not shared by our other species of Abronia, and somewhat resemble our garden verbenas. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z On the banks of the Delaware grew Datura Tatula, with its 90 purple flowers, tall Virginian junipers, a verbena, and other plants; and the three-striped viper darted through the low bushes. 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 A great bush of lemon-scented verbena grew there. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The principal saint days of June, July, and August are preceded by verbenas, or evening fairs, chief among these being the Verbena de San Juan, on Midsummer Night. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Put plants of fuchsias, petunias, verbenas, heliotropes, salvias and other soft-wooded subjects, into a propagating house to obtain cuttings, &c., for the flower garden. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z And the scarlet verbenas, and the larkspurs, And the row of flaming salvia.... The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z First he flew to a beautiful garden, full of roses and verbena and everything sweet. Fairies I Have Met 2011-12-10T03:00:13.687Z Perdita, watchful and guardedly smiling, Trying to lessen the distance between us, Wafts me a sign with a spray of verbena. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z A grey lizard came slowly out of a clump of pink verbena near the tank, and spread itself in a patch of sunlight on a little round stone. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z I made it all by myself—didn't I, Miss Miller?—and my verbenas did better than mother's last summer. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z The dim verbena drugs the dusk With heavy lemon odors rare; Wan heliotropes Arabian musk Exhale into the dreamy air; A sad wind with long wooing husk Swoons in the roses there. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z One oriel window was discovered through the white jasmine that clustered around it, and the verbenas, heliotrope, and scarlet geraniums that crept beneath it from the ground. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z There was the faintest streak of sunshine on the dying verbenas in her garden; the dead leaves, twigs, and sprays looked as if some one who did not care had trampled on them. Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z A few half-developed herbs and trefoils occasionally meet the eye, together with small patches of wild verbenas of various colors. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Certainly, there ain’t such a deal jest now; but what it will be when we comes to verbenas and bedding plants saints knows. A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z Her things are doing very well, and her lemon verbena has grown so that I tell her we shall have to build a lean-to to keep it in. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z When crossing the camp, I pointed out the patches of verbena, some scarlet and some white, which in places quite covered the short grass, looking very bright and pretty. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z Robert took out a little sprig of verbena, which he gave to Dorothea. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z They stood only a few feet apart, a little belt of white verbena fluttering flags of truce between them. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Her small yard is a mass of color where marigolds, zinnias, verbena and cockscomb run riot, and over the roughly-made arch at the gate trailed cypress vine in full bloom. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z They met under my window and stood there, he facing me, brushing his lips with the spray of lemon verbena and looking down at her, a lover if ever I saw one. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z Only a few red verbenas and zinnias gleam forth from the dull green monotony. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z George's strawberry-plants had spread all over the bed; the verbena was green and sprouting; the vine-wall was draped with falling sprays and tendrils. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Very near this tree, now all aglow with its orange-spotted cups, stood—on the edge of a verbena bed—an ancient mimosa in full bloom. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z There was a peaceful beauty in all around, that was a positive enchantment, and the rich odors of the orange and the verbena filled the air almost to a sense of delicious stupefaction. Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z Above this, and reaching to the small beams, were four panels of stretched cloth, decorated with designs of smooth felt representing irises, hollyhocks, verbena, and gladioli. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z As we write these notes there steals over the senses a delicious memory of atmospheric sweetness, daintily impregnated with mignonette, lilies, lemon verbena, and roses, at that pleasant resort on Wellington Bay. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Gorgeous butterflies, fragrant geraniums, scarlet and purple verbenas, graceful lindens, glutinous honeysuckles, and ever-fragrant roses, all combined to attract the eye and delight the senses. The Story of Malta For the green have mint leaves, lemon verbena or geranium leaves or ferns. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Luscious grapes and pomegranates were heaped side by side with a wealth of roses and orange blossoms and the still sweeter verbena. Glories of Spain It has never been satisfactorily identified, though many authorities incline to the belief that it was verbena. The Old English Herbals Lavender and rosemary, lemon verbena and musk, rose and carnation—I have them all. The New Gulliver and Other Stories To-day these deliciously cool areas which lie within the palace are planted with orange-trees, tall scarlet verbenas, pink oleanders, hibiscus, rosebushes, and honeysuckles. The Story of Malta A bunch of pale lavender sea verbena she had gathered nearer the shore, she dropped in her mother's lap. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines We gave a few halfpence for a large handful of tuberoses and pinks, and the woman was so charmed at the liberal payment that she presented us with a great bunch of sweet verbena. Glories of Spain There were always flowers before both of the portraits; perhaps in winter no more than some sprigs of lemon verbena or a pot of ivy, but always some green thing. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play One year where geraniums might have been I had blue-violet verbenas, sweet-scented and just as easy to grow. The New Gulliver and Other Stories "Beatrice, do you see that butterfly on the verbena bed?" asked Doctor Raymond one bright morning in July, as he and his daughter sat at work in the study. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins Several hundreds of yards away the beach was silver and purple and rose with the sea verbena and ice plants which spread like a colorful embroidery over the sands. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines His thin dark hair was generously oiled and, as he passed over to the side of the room occupied by Miss Wangle and Mrs. Mosscrop-Smythe, he left behind him a strong odour of verbena. Patricia Brent, Spinster There was all through the room a sweet scent of rose-geranium, lemon verbena, and the clean, fresh fragrance of new-cut logs. Shadows of Flames A Novel The gardens, too, contain flowers that Betty Washington must have enjoyed—bushes of lilac, mock orange, and bridal wreath and beds of pansies, sweet william, phlox, verbena and lilies of the valley. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia Beatrice glanced through the open window to the bed of verbenas, over which hovered a large butterfly. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins The rock Felipe had chosen rose above an amethyst carpet of sea verbena where Gerry sat enthroned while he lay down on the floral carpet. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines She seated herself in illustration upon a boulder covered with a cushion of shaded moss, and immediately began snipping leaves from a shrub of scented verbena, the which she inhaled with languid enjoyment. Lady Cassandra I gathered the verbena and the mallow in the meadows. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels This was possibly the verbena, well known in folk-medicine as vervain, and much used in the Middle Ages. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens The insect still hovered over the verbena blossoms, but as the girl drew near it rose and sailed away. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins The skilful propagator of new or rare verbenas has grown rich from annual sales of these beautiful bedding plants. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 Bits of rosemary and geranium, lemon verbena, tuberose, and heliotrope, fragile and whitened, but still sweet, fall from the opened letters and rustle softly as they fall. Threads of Grey and Gold In summer, geraniums, fuchsias, heliotrope—which must be well watered—pansies, lemon verbena, and scented geraniums, can be planted out. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Listen to the pigeons calling for their tea, and look at my bed of verbenas, all raised from seeds by my very own hand. Anxious Audrey The wild tulips, pinks, and verbenas dotting the green slopes furnished the only pleasant diversion from our arduous labor. Across Asia on a Bicycle It was too late in the fall for flowers, only a few sturdy asters and hardy verbenas being in blossom, and they played tag, hide-and-seek, and chased each other with handfuls of dead leaves. Happy Days for Boys and Girls A sweet-brier bush stood near the window, great clumps of stocks, mignonette and verbenas lined the path to the gate. The Making of Mona Then primroses and forget-me-nots can be planted, and in May a border of lobelia, one or two geraniums, pansies, fuchsias, a plant of lemon verbena, and some musk. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes In her hand she held a few leaves of verbena and rose geranium, encircling a white rose-bud, and a crimson rose, which had evidently been arranged with considerable care. Mabel's Mistake Here and there women and children were returning from the fields, with verbena, branches of rosemary, and other plants, which they had been gathering, to burn as a charm. Pepita Ximenez The green leaves when young are nearly as fragrant as the lemon verbena. Due South or Cuba Past and Present "No, the rose is the prettiest," said Elsie, and she threw the verbena away, and began her task again. A Noble Woman A flavor of verbena and of pear, And something else—wait—yes— Gentz. L'Aiglon I have two flower beds of my own, in which are geraniums, verbenas, heliotropes, pansies, daisies, and forget-me-nots. Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly "But the daisies are never taken to the city," said the daisies, after a short pause, "and they are flowers as well as the verbenas and pinks." Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly One morning a couple of roses and a sprig of lemon verbena were added to his small gratuity. Due South or Cuba Past and Present "Perhaps a verbena would look better than a rosebud, Tom." A Noble Woman The bath would have been improved by another half handful of verbena salts; but, even lacking this, the water was still too hot to be lightly dismissed with an aggrieved gurgle down the waste-pipe. The Education of Eric Lane Another amateur asserts that not only all dark-coloured verbenas, but likewise scarlets, suffer from the sun; "the paler kinds stand better, and pale blue is perhaps the best of all." The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) Yes; I put this verbena on the little round table near the sofa; you are to lie on the sofa. The Time of Roses "Imagine it," Miss Linden went on,—"imagine this one little real flower bending over a whole garden of muslin marigolds and silk sunflowers and velvet verbenas, growing unthriftily in a bed of white muslin!" Say and Seal, Volume II Corsica is said to be famous for its orchids, verbenas, and cotyledinous and caryophyllaceous plants; but I only speak of what I saw, and these were out of season. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. The drawing-room looked shady and comfortable, for the French windows opened into a cool veranda, fitted up with flower-baskets and wicker chairs; and beyond lay the trim lawn, with beds of blazing verbenas and calceolarias. Not Like Other Girls “Verbenas!” and then a fat boy who sang tenor 97 and passed as something of a wag sang: “Sweet Evelina, Last time I seen her Stole a verbena Out of her hair.” The Comings of Cousin Ann The flowers, like the children, were from the rich man's garden or from the woods and meadows—here choice roses or glowing verbenas, there buttercups and daisies. The Golden House Mr. Linden finished setting two or three ruby carnations in the green and purple of heliotrope and sweet-scented verbena; then laid the bunch lightly upon her lips and gravely inquired if they were sweet. Say and Seal, Volume II Some little girls freely plucked the abundant rose-buds, pinks, lemon verbenas, and geraniums, bringing them to us for pennies, instigated by the gardeners, who looked on approvingly. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months She looked at it, opened it, and even smelt the odor of the lining—a mixture of verbena and tobacco. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life Then he brought her a pitcher of water, fresh from the well, and a funny little tight bouquet of verbenas. The Comings of Cousin Ann The two strolled together into the old flower garden where verbenas and phlox and late asters and early chrysanthemums and a few monthly roses under Miss Jane’s 162 careful covering had weathered the first frosts. Winning the Wilderness It was a very wet garden; the hollyhocks still raised their flowered spikes in the air; the nasturtiums, the verbenas, and the pansies were beaten down and lying prone in muddy puddles. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories The broad graveled paths are bordered by sweet-scented geraniums, the scarlet and pink growing wild; verbenas, coronella, and roses of many species, mingle artistically with the statues and fountains interspersed about the grounds. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months The scent of verbena became nauseating—even intoxicating. The Stretton Street Affair That of the green-veined white is described as resembling the agreeable odour of the lemon verbena. More Science From an Easy Chair The Cape geranium, the common fuchsia, the sweet-scented verbena, and various kinds of myrtles and veronicas, are grown as hedges to protect the crops. The Cornwall Coast Place incense here, and here verbenas, And watch me while I jolly Venus! Something Else Again A broken toy would have been as great an offence in that treasured spot as a stray cat; a little footmark on the verbena bed, a kicked-up stone on the gravel walk, were punishable offences. A Sheaf of Corn At first it seemed like that of an old-fashioned pot-pourri of lavender, verbena and basalt, such as our grandmothers decocted in their punch-bowls from dried rose-leaves to give their rooms a sweet odour. The Stretton Street Affair A scent of rosemary, southernwood, and verbena was wafted to him from the little garden,—clean, old-fashioned scents, English in their very essence. Antony Gray,—Gardener I was lying in a mass of ivy and lemon verbena bushes, and at one side of me rose the great face of a wall. The Other Side of the Door Almost every day will occasion some new operation to be carried out, and all plants having a naturally rambling habit, such as petunias and verbenas, must be strictly kept within bounds by being pegged down. Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) Our home bedding plants, such as geranium, verbena, nemesia, were all in full bloom and the soil and climate seemed to suit them. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" My mental balance seemed to have become strangely upset by that highly pungent odour of lavender and verbena. The Stretton Street Affair With cut number one he had shaved off the top of a fine verbena. Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home He dressed very well, And in his lapel He carelessly stuck a verbena. The Jingle Book That verbena knows perfectly where she ought to go, where, in the goodness of your heart, you are striving to place her, but how obstinately she resists, slipping finally, in utter rebellion, from your fingers. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy In addition to otto-of-roses, the scent-room contains great jars of essence of lemon, French geranium, verbena, oil of pimento, bergamotte, etc., all of which are used in the various flavoring combinations. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce It was that scent of verbena—now terrible and detestable—a million times more potent than any bath soap—which filled my nostrils so that it seemed to choke me. The Stretton Street Affair The small flowers particularly essential in separating the larger ones are white and yellow jasmine, nemophila cineraria, verbenas, myrtle, honeysuckle, etc., etc. The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling Twas late, and the gay company was gone, And light lay soft on the deserted room From alabaster vases, and a scent Of orange-leaves, and sweet verbena came Through the unshutter'd window on the air. The Book of Humorous Verse She wondered what Mr. Harding was going to do with the heliotrope and verbena he was selecting so lavishly. Chicken Little Jane There was a long flower-bed down the side of the fence, and at one end all manner of sweet herbs, lavender, thyme, and rosemary, sweet verbena, and then tansy and camomile, and various useful things. A Little Girl of Long Ago On the other side there were circles and triangles and diamond-shaped beds with borders of small flowers, or an entire bed of heliotrope or verbena. A Little Girl in Old New York Follow with thorough washing with liquid verbena soap. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture And the little white verbena, which recalls, in some mystic way, the old Puritan tune, 'Naomi,' whose words of calm submission are so closely interwoven with one's earliest religious faith. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy What verbenas and heliotropes!—what purples—crimsons—scarlets! Janet's Love and Service And, in truth, I had uniformly taken the opposite line to the one he suggested, choosing a scarlet geranium where he offered a light-coloured verbena, and a rose when he had suggested mignonnette. The Story of the White-Rock Cove The sand verbena, the evening primrose, baby blue-eyes, and different kinds of lilies grow so thickly in places that every footstep crushes them. The Western United States A Geographical Reader The liquid verbena soap makes a delightful shampoo. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture But the lemon verbena—which, if not a flower, is so high-bred an herb that it deserves to be considered one—one can easily see why that is valued. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy She has a garden of her own now, and aspires to rival the pansies and verbenas of Mr Stirling, even.” Janet's Love and Service There was a bewildering variety of flowers, but mostly I remember stocks and pinks, Iceland poppies, marguerites, asters, marigolds, verbenas, hollyhocks, pansies and petunias, growing in glorious profusion. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The true verbena oil or French verveine is, however, occasionally met with. The Handbook of Soap Manufacture Perfume with a few drops of oil of verbena, or any scent one may prefer. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture He reached the garden, and crossed the lawn to the sunny verbena bed. Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel She already smelt strongly of verbena, and in five minutes she left the room, and he immediately asked me: 'Who is that girl?' The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories In all cases, too, the kind of liqueur, the amount of sugar, and the flavouring with borage, verbena, pine-apple, or cucumber, may be varied to suit individual tastes. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines You may select from the following list: phlox, petunias, China asters, California poppies, sweet peas, pinks, double and single sunflowers, hibiscus, candytuft, balsams, morning-glories, stocks, nasturtiums, verbenas, mignonette. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition One of the most beautiful I ever remember to have seen was scarlet verbenas with a base of rose-geranium leaves, the whole set in a small antique green-and-gold vase. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The toad did not crawl out of his hand among the verbenas, nor go right away, but sat perfectly motionless where it was, evidently, from its acting, perfectly warm, comfortable, and contented. Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel Annuals.—African daisy, ageratum, aster, calendula, calliopsis, balsam, candytuft, cornflower, cosmos, marigold, mignonette, nasturtium, petunia, poppy, stock, sweet alyssum, sweet-pea, verbena, zinnia, annual phlox, red sunflower, cut-and-come-again sunflower. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools Add two pounds of ice in largish lumps, a slice or two of cucumber, and a sprig of lemon-scented verbena, or substitute for these a few slices of pine-apple. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines If the temperature ranges from 35° to 70°, averaging about 55°, azaleas, daisies, carnations, candytuft, alyssum, dusty miller, chrysanthemums, cinerarias, camellias, daphnes, geraniums, petunias, violets, primroses, and verbenas make especially good growths. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition A green rose, a blue verbena, are hailed as triumphs, and secure the propagator an enviable name either as an amateur or professional florist. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy You were picking a spray of lemon verbena to take to church. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story From my seat I could see two ferocious looking, medal bespangled warriors ordering, the one a linden flower and verbena, the other camomile with mint leaf. With Those Who Wait There were the sweet mignonette and heliotrope, the pink verbena, and the beautiful white scented verbena, the gay phlox, the pure candytuft, bits of lemon blossoms, and the faithful pansies. The Angel Children or, Stories from Cloud-Land "The garden is in bloom," he said, "With lilies pale and slender, With roses and verbenas red, And fuchsias' purple splendor; But over and above the rest, This little heart's-ease suits me best." Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform A light breeze stirred the leaves and gently wafted to us the smell of the pines and the woods, mingled with the sweet odours of the scented geranium, verbena, and nicotine in the rock-girt garden. On the Fringe of the Great Fight A fresh geranium or lemon verbena leaf gives a delightful odor and taste to jelly. Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs He sees a grave-like bed of verbenas defacing the middle of a small greensward—a dab of rouge on a young cheek; a pert child doing all the talking. The Amateur Garden I promised to weed the verbena bed for your aunt Louise. Dotty Dimple's Flyaway "The pansies are almost gone, but there are plenty of roses yet, and verbenas, and mignonette, and lots of things." A Sweet Little Maid The small pieces should be secured by stones or verbena pins, and a supply of pebbles placed around them will keep them cool and moist during summer. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. In the wider parts, on the ground, lie heaps two or three feet high of mint, verbena and lemon thyme, the much-esteemed flavourings for the national drink—green-tea syrup—exhaling a most delicious fragrance. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond Water in porous jars, often flavoured with rose-leaves or verbena, is presented by servants as the meal proceeds. Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt Then we must have plenty of space for a variety of annuals, such as sweet peas, cosmos, pansies, verbenas, etc. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 There are Kazaks, dragoons, cadets of the military schools, students, so varied, though their gay uniforms are hidden by their coats, that their heads resemble a bed of verbenas in the sun. Russian Rambles On the heavily carved mahogany table beside her was a blue and white India bowl filled with white roses and heliotrope and lemon verbena. The Butterfly House And there was a bed of myrtle, and another one of verbenas, over which the butterflies hovered on hot summer days, and another of pansies, and along the wall great clumps of valley lilies. Judy In the grass plot on the right, there was a circle of scarlet geraniums and on the left there was a circle of scarlet verbenas. Honey-Sweet “When do you think we can begin to move in here?” asked Mrs. Martha Loomis, her wide skirts sweeping a bed of uprooted verbenas. Evelina's Garden The flowers were glowing with their evening splendours; verbenas and heliotropes were sending up their finest incense. Scenes of Clerical Life Then, on a level with my eye, is one mass of pink and green—brilliant verbenas, petimas, roses and oleanders seem really to glow in the morning light. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 No matter in what corner scarlet salvia and vermilion nasturtiums may be planted, they are sure to get in range with the pink verbenas and magenta phlox in a teeth-on-edge way. The Garden, You, and I In the summer it was ruddy with roses, and blazing with verbenas, and gay with the laburnum's gold cascade. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York You can obtain new plants from geranium, verbena, nasturtium and many other flowering plants, by cutting and planting slips or parts of the stems from them. The First Book of Farming After dinner, we'll sit on the porch flanking the patio and smoke cigars, and I'll smell the lemon verbena and heliotrope and other old-fashioned flowers modern gardeners have forgotten how to grow. The Pride of Palomar Much care had made it less a cemetery than a garden, and it literally glowed and blazed with flowers—roses, geraniums, verbena, and nasturtiums being most in evidence. Morocco Chief among the low-growing worthies comes the verbena, good for bedding, good for cutting, and in some of the mammoth varieties subtly fragrant. The Garden, You, and I "He let me buy geraniums and pansies and lemon verbena—I love that, don't you?" Jewel's Story Book In this way we discover that patchouly, lavender, neroli, and verbena are the most potent of the vegetable odors, and that violet, tubereuse, and jasmine are the most delicate. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants If you take cuttings of scarlet geraniums or common verbenas, and pot them in moist soil, they bud out apace into new plants like their parents. Science in Arcady He laid the verbena and geranium on her lap, and she took them up mechanically. Verner's Pride On the garden side the border was broken every ten feet or so with great shrubs of our lemon verbena, called lemon balm by Mrs. Puffin. The Garden, You, and I It was a hot July morning, and while he dressed, the southern breeze came in through the open window scented by the roses and the lemon verbena growing against the wall. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement It is very powerful, well adapted for perfuming soaps and greases, but its principal consumption is in the manufacture of artificial essence of verbena. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants He knew that that day it was to have been full of verbena, sweet geranium, sweet briar, thyme, myrtle, lavender and single roses.... Balloons She sat with her head a little bent, scenting her verbena. Verner's Pride In some places the pastures were luxuriantly green; in others the ground was carpeted with white, lilac, and scarlet verbena, just coming into bloom—for it is still early spring here. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Azaleas and verbenas took part in the meeting. Around The Tea-Table Lemon grass otto, or, as it is sometimes called, oil of verbena, on account of its similarity of odor to that favorite plant, is imported into this country in old English porter and stout bottles. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants The two friends sat in 'Bias's summerhouse, the scent of their tobacco mingling, while they discoursed, with the fragrance of late roses, nicotianas, lemon verbenas. Hocken and Hunken Lionel went back again, plucking a white geranium blossom and a sprig of sweet verbena on his way. Verner's Pride A dozen varieties of cactus, portulaccas, geraniums, petunias, verbenas, scattered over the prairie, morning-glories and sunflowers in the arroyos and along the creeks, and many a flower nameless to the general, abounded. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 And she gathered up the aromatic greenery, the southernwood, the mint, the verbenas, the balm, and the fennel. Abbe Mouret's Transgression Again, we have citron, lemon, orange-peel, and verbena, forming a higher octave of smells, which blend in a similar manner. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants "Did you know him?" asked Mrs Bosenna, scarcely glancing up as she pinched the fragrance out of an infant bud of the lemon verbena. Hocken and Hunken She had white verbenas, sweet alyssum, candytuft, daisies and gillyflowers. Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914 A leaf or two of sweet verbena, an orange flower, or a small slice of lemon, is usually put into each bowl to rub upon the fingers. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home She filled her skirt with a harvest of aromatic plants, southernwood, mint, verbenas. Abbe Mouret's Transgression In the principal room there was a Connecticut clock in one corner, and the windows were filled with flowers, among which were the morning glory, aster, and verbena. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The plants that grow best are jalaps, sunflowers, roses, cornflowers, nasturtiums, verbenas, and geraniums, all of which, with the exception of the two first-named plants, require water constantly. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore Around the clean-swept yard, petunias, verbena, and other flowers were supplemented by a large patch of old-fashioned ribbon grass. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 This was money enough to buy seeds of ageratum, zinnia, dwarf nasturtium, California poppy and verbena besides some others. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Flowers dotted it, sometimes white like bits of old ivory on the vast rug of spindrift--the pink verbena, the wild indigo, the larkspur and the wild geranium--all woven into a wondrous spangled carpet. The Covered Wagon In shady, damp places grew many varieties of ferns and blue hydrangeas, whilst other beds were filled by gay patches of verbenas of every hue and shade. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 The old lock opened readily, and from the trunk came the musty odour of long-dead lavender and rosemary, lemon verbena and rose geranium. A Spinner in the Sun He has put one sprig of verbena from Stuart in one pocket, another sprig from Jane in another pocket, and a piece of painted glass from Elizabeth in another pocket. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character The verbenas, as the other flowers, were planted in early May. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. "Mother finds verbenas and 'ten week stocks' useful for cutting," said Margaret. Ethel Morton's Enterprise A good many verbenas sowed themselves, but came up too late to be of any use. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss "Marigolds and larkspur and mignonette; phlox and lad's love, rosemary, lavender, and verbena, and many another that you'll not guess till the time comes for blossoming." A Spinner in the Sun Half a dozen broken pitchers and pots held geraniums, verbenas, and other plants, while the well-kept beds of hollyhocks, sunflowers, and poppies indicated a taste for flowers in someone. Maggie Miller The old-fashioned flowers are lovely—sweet William, phlox, old-fashioned pinks, petunia, verbena, zinnia, marigold, mignonette, and poppy are always dear and sweet. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Madeline sat very still, not saying a word, as she watched him march to and fro between the beds of verbena and love-lies-bleeding and portulaca. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth How pleasant the kindness of friends! 21st.—Worked at planting aster seeds and putting in verbena cuttings—all in my room, of course. 23d.—First hepaticas in garden. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss The young, tender leaves scent almost as sweetly as the verbena in the greenhouse. A Cotswold Village The insidiously alluring perfume of sand verbena rose like altar incense around them. Her Father's Daughter They became strong of wing in a surprisingly short time, and I never saw them or the male bird after, though the female was regular as usual in her visits to our petunias and verbenas. My Garden Acquaintance Gr. &?; a dovecote, a kind of verbena, fr. &?; a dove, pigeon; cf. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q So our enterprising youth could only read and re-read the superscription and smell the paper, which was strongly scented with verbena. Baron Trigault's Vengeance October though it was, the garden was still very sweet with dear, old-fashioned, unworldly flowers and shrubs—sweet may, southern-wood, lemon verbena, alyssum, petunias, marigolds and chrysanthemums. Anne of the Island She paused to look at the roses and carnations, the lilies and dahlias, the violets and verbenas and geraniums. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise When he came out he had a little bouquet of geranium leaves and lemon verbena which he had got. The Burial of the Guns Vanilla, patchuli, verbena, wild wandering honeysuckle—a hundred other scents—perfumed the light, warm air. Remember the Alamo Sister Bult gave me the verbenas, there, and the white pinks were a present from Miss Stevens. The Damnation of Theron Ware The place nevertheless was full of pears, peaches, figs, green corn, American squashes, beans, tomatoes, and no end of roses, gladioli, tobacco plant, hollyhocks, heliotrope, dahlias, morning-glories, verbena, and sunflowers. Paris War Days Diary of an American A verbena in rich soil will in time cover a circle three feet or more in diameter; other plants mentioned spread considerably; but when used in the carpet-bed, they must be planted close. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The lilies were gone, but there was still a strong breath of sweetness, a bouquet, as it were, of mignonette and verbena and sweet thyme and other fragrant blossoms, and the hollyhocks still bloomed. Quaint Courtships The stereotyped bed of flaming yellow calceolaria balanced the conventional bed of flaming crimson verbena; the lavender heliotrope faced the scarlet geranium, like the four corners in a quadrille. Charlotte's Inheritance It illumined flame-colored verbenas, and tall columns of pink and snowy phloxes, and hedges of August roses, making them radiant as the flowers of a dream. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Margarita is the Oriental vernacular for verbena; the fragrant white variety is quite common in the country; so that I was justified in ignoring the fellow's rather impudent meaning. The Purple Land Although planted thick in the row, it will be desirable to leave more room between the rows in case of spreading plants like the verbena. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) There were, however, many other flowers of the old-fashioned varieties—verbenas sweet-williams, phlox, hollyhocks, mignonette, and the like. Quaint Courtships Brilliant verbenas in rich robes are glowing, And spireas their fair silver glories maintain, While violets and lilies their charms are bestowing To add to the splendors of sweet Flora's reign. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects Mary Rafferty kept her yard aglow with phlox, verbenas and pansies, and revelled in vines and flowering shrubs. The City of Fire Here, however, on the way from New Smyrna to Hawks Park, I recall no violets, nor any verbena or spiderwort. A Florida Sketch-Book Cannas, caladiums, perennial phloxes, chrysanthemums, and verbenas may be taken up, divided, and replanted. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) You, walk among the roses and verbenas, and gobble every creature threatening them. Chantecler Play in Four Acts Dotty ran into the front yard, threw herself on the ground, and buried her face in a verbena bed. Dotty Dimple at Play At Roman weddings, too, oaken boughs were carried during the ceremony as symbols of fecundity; and the bridal wreath was of verbena, plucked by the bride herself. The Folk-lore of Plants There are myrtles and geraniums, great big bushes of them, and japonicas and heavenly wall-flowers and trees of lemon verbena and fuchsias up to the eaves. The Spanish Chest A simple but effective window-box, containing geraniums, petunias, verbenas, heliotrope, and vines. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Virginia was pinning a red verbena in her hair, and she turned to catch a side view of her face. The Battle Ground Arrange around jellies or creams a border of any kind of delicate green, like smilax or parsley, or of rose leaves, and dot it with bright colors—pinks, geraniums, verbenas or roses. Miss Parloa's New Cook Book I have set many flowers around Henry's grave, which are blossoming; pansies, white immortelle, white petunia, and verbenas. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe "Yes?" she said, absorbed in pinching back her lemon verbena. The Iron Woman For large, Cherry currants, quart and verbena baskets are often used. Success with Small Fruits Even the verbenas were not nipped, and I don't think I ever had them bloom so late. The Battle Ground The flower beds are dotted about the lawn, which surrounds the house and slopes away from it, and they are brilliant patches of colour, gay with verbenas, geraniums, and petunias. Station Life in New Zealand "See how different this is," she said, plucking a sprig of lemon- verbena. Lovey Mary "How delicious," she breathed, crushing a verbena leaf. Jacob's Room Toward evening she started out for a walk, but uttered an exclamation of surprise as she saw the flower-borders were bright with verbenas, heliotrope, geraniums, and other bedding plants. Without a Home It may then be severed from the parent, and transported almost any distance, like a verbena. The Home Acre I remember the joy it was in boyhood in early spring when the flowers were beginning to bloom, when in our gallops over the level grass pampas we came upon a patch of scarlet verbenas. Afoot in England Her coffin was buried in flowers, many of them the plain flowers she loved, the gillies and stock and verbena, and even the sweet, sober wall-flowers that were somehow like herself. Sisters Dawn reached forth, and drew, without hesitation, a cluster of verbenas, and one white water-lily. Dawn Willow and pepper and eucalyptus towered over the smaller growth of orange and lemon- verbena trees; there were acacia and mock-orange and standard roses, and hollyhock stalks, bare and dry. Saturday's Child From a verbena hard by came the liquid song of a blackcap. South Wind She loved the rich mingled scents of wallflower and alyssum and lemon verbena; and, as they walked about, she tucked a velvet plume of dark heliotrope into the belt of her thin white gown. Martie, the Unconquered I stood at your gate a little while,—the path is the same, and the steps, and some of the old trees,—a japonica, I remember, and the lemon verbenas. Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby It was the little flower-pot, in which I had planted a spray of lemon-scented verbena, which Viola had long coveted. My Young Alcides The middle window in the bow was opened, and clustering roses and the scarlet honeysuckle came peeping round the corner; the small lawn was gorgeous with verbenas and geraniums of all bright colours. North and South She wore a white muslin apron over her black dress, and soon filled it with verbena, roses, and geranium sprigs. Beulah "Give me twenty-five cents worth of those pale blue double violets, with a sprig of lemon verbena, and a fringe of geranium leaves." At the Mercy of Tiberius The verbena bush had long been dead, and the dry leaves and branches, beaten down by the late storm, made a bed of kindling. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Then came larkspur, peonies, stocks, and sweet-williams, verbenas and mignonette, with borders of lobelia and heliotrope. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land It is curious that the vervain, or verbena, employed by brides for centuries as the emblem of chastity, should be one of the notorious botanical examples of a willful hybrid. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Presently he returned to the carriage with his arms full of roses, heliotrope, and verbena, and cast them in the lap of the invalid. Tales of the Argonauts Another amateur asserts that not only all dark-coloured verbenas, but likewise scarlets, suffer from the sun: "the paler kinds stand better, and pale blue is perhaps the best of all." The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 He put out his big hand and timidly, reverently, took hers, crushed verbena and all, as it lay on the balustrade. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life With many flowers, especially perennials, nothing can be more fluctuating than the colour of the seedlings, as is notoriously the case with verbenas, carnations, dahlias, cinerarias, and others. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 "But flowers bloom in those forests," said Acte, dipping her hand in a vase filled with verbena, and moistening Lygia's hair with it. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero It was filled with roses, heliotrope, and verbena,—flowers familiar enough to him in the expensive and more portable form of bouquets, but, as it seemed to him then, never before so notably lovely. Tales of the Argonauts ROBSON, Mr., on the advantage of change of soil to plants. -on the growth of the verbena. -on broccoli. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 Such was her unconscious thought as she crunched a spray of verbena in her fingers and inhaled the scent which had always a faintly heady effect upon her imagination. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Our garden suffered from an incursion of slugs, which laid the verbenas in the dust, and shore off the carnations as if with pairs of scissors. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments Petronius, after some time, raised to his nostrils in silence his palm odorous with verbena, and seemed to be meditating on something. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero The warm odor of verbena and dried rose leaves stole from a half-open door somewhere in the cloistered gloom. Susy, a story of the Plains She looked at it, opened it, and even smelt the odour of the lining—a mixture of verbena and tobacco. Madame Bovary He had plenty of heliotropes, verbenas, and japonicas, and HAD had plenty of birds, but of course they were every one gone. Gala-days A magnificent pomegranate blossom lay in the bodice of her dress, and she carried a bouquet of white lilies mixed with scarlet verbena. Dora Thorne In half an hour he came out, and, having given command to bring verbena, he inhaled the perfume and rubbed his hands and temples with it. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero Oh, my dear flowers, my Maltese cross, my verbenas, my white starred fox, and you, my musk rosebush, and above all my beautiful variegated carnation, which ought to be opening to-day! The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels Instead of being the Lieutenant, the daisy chain and wild verbena explorer was none other than Levi T. Peevy, a soda water clerk from Asheville. The Gentle Grafter I remember looking out and seeing an old green plaid shawl of hers over the verbena bed. The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural Israel lit upon the Mahdi at last in the country of the verbena and the musk that lies outside the walls of Fez. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable Waking in the splendid chamber lighted by Corinthian lamps, amidst the odor of verbena and nard, she knew not where she was, or what was taking place with her. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero Among the rows of seats were disposed vessels for the burning of Arabian perfumes; above them were fixed instruments to sprinkle the spectators with dew of saffron and verbena. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero |
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