| 单词 | Canterbury bell |
| 例句 | If you want to get up close and personal with blankets of goldfields, Canterbury bells, filaree and other native plants, your best bet is to take a hike. In Southern California, everything is blooming everywhere all at once 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Naonobu Noda, a plant biologist at the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization in Tsukuba, Japan, tackled this problem by first putting a gene from a bluish flower called the Canterbury bell into a chrysanthemum. Scientists genetically engineer the world’s first blue chrysanthemum 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Low-growing zinnias in futuristic colors, high phlox in pastel colors; higher, Canterbury bells, deep blue; highest of all, hollyhocks, wine red. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z The flower garden is gay with roses and poppies and Canterbury bells, the lawns and clipped hedges are like green velvet. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z I might pull up the Canterbury bells which, out of season, I consider unsightly stalks. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Already the best of them is coming–about a hundred feet of larkspur along the west wall of the garden, and at its base pink Canterbury bells. The Idyl of Twin Fires The name Canterbury bell has a very interesting origin, namely, that bells were the recognised badge of pilgrims to the shrine of St Thomas at Canterbury. Springtime and Other Essays What have I done for the Canterbury bells? The New Gulliver and Other Stories C. Medium, Canterbury bell, with large blue, purple and white flowers, is a favourite and handsome biennial, of which there are numerous varieties. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" We walked out into the garden, which was especially noticeable for those flowers which have always been called old-fashioned—I mean hollyhocks, sweet-william, snapdragons, and Canterbury bells, which were laid out in regular beds. The Last Generation A Story of the Future The supper was arranged in the aquarium, which in Clara's honour was filled with banked up flowers, lilies, roses, delphiniums, and Canterbury bells.... Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists Transplant perennial flowers, and hardy shrubs, Canterbury bells, lilacs, and the like. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families I have sown blood-red wallflowers and Canterbury bells to flower next year. The New Gulliver and Other Stories Stocks and marigolds, primroses and lupines, Canterbury bells and lavender; all came out at their different seasons, and all flourished—for Bethea watered and tended them so faithfully that they loved her. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children I’ll never forget the little gardens filled with roses and Canterbury bells, and the grain-fields dotted with poppies, and the woods filled with holly and tall pink foxgloves, and the beeches all silvery and green. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley At the far end was an open door, and a glimpse of an old-fashioned garden radiant with hollyhocks and Canterbury bells. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life If planted eighteen inches apart, cup and saucer Canterbury bells may be planted in between them and removed when through blooming. Making a Garden of Perennials So Judith gave in gracefully and the five of them pooled their contributions and stipulated what they wanted, a row of Canterbury bells in the perennial border. Judy of York Hill "Far and far away," said the dainty little maiden, "All among the gardens, auriculas, anemones, Roses and lilies and Canterbury bells." The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children "Real Canterbury bells and sunflowers," murmured the King, listening to the jingle of the silver bells on the knight's bridle as he rode away. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme But to go back to the little front yards: we are sorry to miss them and their tangle or orderliness of roses and larkspur and honeysuckle, Canterbury bells and London pride, lilacs and peonies. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches I have mentioned some already for your garden:—Canterbury bell, cornflower and foxglove are biennials. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. "They are to be Canterbury bells really," explained Josephine to Miss Ashwell as the lemonade was being served and the rest of the tags were being passed about so that they might all be read. Judy of York Hill The snapshot of the border full of Canterbury bells makes me able to picture you. Christine The King was waiting on the steps of the back-yard, watching a dozen gardeners trying to rear the Canterbury bell with patent foods. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme Gigi was trepanned into this thralldom by a heap of flowers artful Angelo had brought him—purple crocuses and cyclamens, and Canterbury bells, and gaudy pea-stalks, all thrown before the child. The Italians The girls, meanwhile, had been planting the seeds of Canterbury bells and foxgloves in flats. Ethel Morton's Enterprise Two heads are thrust among the Canterbury bells, Listening, And fingers clasp and unclasp behind backs In a strain of silence. Men, Women and Ghosts It makes my mouth water, those Canterbury bells. Christine The Canterbury bell drooped helplessly in one corner. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme Then the girls made wreaths of white flowers, roses and Canterbury bells, and lilies and pinks, and sweet-peas and daisies, and put them over the posts. The Wouldbegoods Your grandmother can give you some pink Canterbury bells that will blossom this year. Ethel Morton's Enterprise The two were at the window staring spellbound, as she swept back to the carriage between the sweet-williams and Canterbury bells bordering the narrow garden path. The Shuttle The great azure campanulas, or Canterbury bells, are there in bloom, and, in chalk or limestone districts, there are also now to be found those curiosities, the bee and fly orchises. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827 Flowers, flowers everywhere, Canterbury bells, and sunflowers, roses, lilies and lavender. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme And the girls decorated the tables with flowers—blue larkspur and white Canterbury bells. The Wouldbegoods Flowers in the borders: red roses, cream roses, Canterbury bells, white and purple, under the high walls. Mary Olivier: a Life Formerly a species of primula was known as "lady's candlestick," and a Wiltshire nickname for the common convolvulus is "lady's nightcap," Canterbury bells in some places supplying this need. The Folk-lore of Plants He liked Larkspur and Canterbury bells, or was it their names that he loved them for? The Untilled Field But when he stopped to look at the flower he had plucked, he found it was only quite an ordinary Canterbury bell! More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme "I don't mind that so much as their silly songs, after we've fed 'em, all about 'work among the merry, merry blossoms," said Sacharissa from the deeps of a stale Canterbury bell. Actions and Reactions So they tried other ways, and brought him flowers till the place where he sat was surrounded by little fading bunches of clover and roses and Canterbury bells. The Railway Children The general draper’s, where I fitted myself out for a day or two quite easily, is set back in a tangle of poppies and sweet peas, Madonna lilies and Canterbury bells. The Diary of a Goose Girl I think the Canterbury bells are playing little tunes. The Second Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets And I long to kneel instantly at your feet, While all about us peal the loud, sweet `Te Deums' of the Canterbury bells. The Second Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets |
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