| 单词 | crocus |
| 例句 | She was gathering flowers with her companions in the vale of Enna, in a meadow of soft grass and roses and crocus and lovely violets and iris and hyacinths. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The crocus was part of her body, after all. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When I got to Mattie, her lips were as purple as the spring crocus, her skin the color of wet ashes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The entire Columbian Guard seemed to be present, their pale blue uniforms standing out like crocuses against black loam. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z For the first few minutes I concentrated on die circular light, but finally, drawing in my chin, I looked down to see that Luce was holding the crocus between his thumb and forefinger. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The crocuses were just starting to push up through the beds along our back wall. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Van Eck led him through a door and into a manicured garden, thick with the new nectar scent of early crocuses. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I worried at times that my crocus was too elaborate a bloom, not a common perennial but a hothouse flower, a hybrid named by its originator like a rose. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Clumps of crocuses seem to have sprouted everywhere. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The yellow daffadowndillies have burst into bloom, and the tiny cupped flowers of crocuses are spreading their pied blankets of white and purple. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z One day when she was hardly more than a child she was gathering crocuses on a cliff where there was a deep cave. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The blooming of the crocus was an impersonal phenomenon. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On a bank below the lawns, crocuses were planted, golden, pink, and mauve, but by this time they would be past their best, dropping and fading, like the pallid snowdrops. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The daffodils and crocuses were blooming and there were even a few ducks swimming around the pond. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z In its quiet state, the crocus was barely noticeable. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They dug up purple crocuses and planted them all around her grave. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z When she received Tiller’s postcard about the first purple crocuses springing up beside the creek and new leaves dangling like emeralds, she packed her bags and moved back to Ruby Holler. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z There are crocuses starting to poke through the dark earth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z To the touch, the crocus sometimes felt soft: and slippery, like the flesh of a worm. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As far as the crocus was concerned, it wasn’t so much a piece of me as something we discovered and enjoyed together. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A kind of crocus itself, just before flowering. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He talks about the plans for the house: the skylights, expanding the deck, planting flower beds of tulips and crocuses, clearing the poison oak, adding another wing, building a Japanese-style tile bathroom. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She was made of crocus, but she never felt as rough all over as a real gunnysack. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The crucial feature was this: the crocus didn’t have a hole at the tip. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On her way out she waved her handkerchief at the nurse and turned her into a crocus sack of chicken feed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z For that spring, while the crocuses bloomed, while the headmistress checked on the daffodil bulbs in the flower beds, Calliope, too, felt something budding. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He inhales more deeply, and there are other flowers along with the roses: lilies and irises and crocuses. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My crocus wore its heart on its sleeve. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The wind whistled through the twigs and fretted the occasional, dirty-looking crocuses. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Going to St. Anne’s Church on Easter and choosing a blooming crocus in a green plastic pot covered with foil that was silver on one side, bright yellow on the other. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Here, where the startling tiny jaws of crocuses snap at the late- winter sun like the heads of baby watersnakes, here I killed the old woman with the irongray hair. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Lovely as the basket was, there were flowers as lovely to fill it with, sweet-smelling narcissus and hyacinths and violets and yellow crocus, and most radiant of all, the crimson splendor of the wild rose. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I hope the little crocus buds have tiny wool blankets because the temperature dipped back down to the thirties, and our classroom was chilly when we rolled in this morning. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Short crocus blades sheathed the purple-and-white hearts that so wished to be first they endured the chill and rain of early spring. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Midwest, as I’ve mentioned, winter is an exercise in waiting—for relief, for a bird to sing, for the first purple crocus to push up through the snow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Ash's thirteenth birthday was shortly after the Spring Festival, when flower peddlers flooded the market square with buckets of daffodils and crocuses. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They both knew that the end was probably near as they sat and listened to the birds sing in the spring sunshine and admired the crocuses opening up. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew from personal experience that the Object had a crocus of her own. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She’d made it out of crocus, a gunnysack fabric, and used scraps of bright cloth to make a dress and headwrap for her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the past year the crocus had lengthened considerably. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The hills were dotted with poppies, crocuses and wild cherry trees. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When I touched the crocus it expanded, swelling until with a kind of pop it slid free of the pouch it was in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was only March, but it was warm and the field was full of wild crocuses, jonquils and Indian paintbrush. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Virtually everything else, from daffodils to crocuses, does best in free-draining soil, requiring dryness in summer dormancy. Perspective | As summer’s heat wanes, it’s time to plan (and plant) for late-winter beauty 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Welcome to spring 2021: After a year of being battered by the pandemic, the economy is finally showing signs of a strong, steady recovery, and jobs are popping up like crocuses. How to Get Back Into the Job Market 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z In the fall, I found a deal on a crocus species mix and spent November installing 500 of the little beauties. Kick-start your spring garden 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Perhaps most healing of all is how the garden draws us into its seasonal rhythms, from the first crocus in earliest spring to the revelation of its very bones in winter. For a calm garden consider sound and shelter, screens and art 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Purchase paperwhites, crocus, hyacinths, and snowdrops in bud or early stages of bloom. Winter White 2013-12-26T06:20:07.280Z Come spring, deer will regard tulips and crocuses as candy. Perspective | Planting bulbs offers a bit of hope for better things to come. Even this year. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z One of the real problems with crocuses is that they are eaten from below by voles and from above by deer. Kick-start your spring garden 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z SUN Hardy Plant Society of Washington sells fall bulbs, tulips, narcissus, crocus, alliums, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Community calendar 2012-10-03T19:44:10Z “Still, there will be snowdrops peeking up within weeks, and then the first crocuses. It won’t be long. The year begins again.” ‘Wintering’ Offers Hopeful Perspective on Embracing Difficult Times 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z We would climb the small hill into Riverside Park’s Ninety-first Street garden for a water stop, and Oliver would become absorbed by a crocus, columbine, hyacinth, or tulip. A Year Without Oliver Sacks 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z In their midst, Ms. Hall’s wan but luminous face registers like an out-of-season crocus in an ash heap. Theater Review: ‘Machinal’ Examines a Wife Driven to Kill 2014-01-17T03:00:02Z After being sentenced to winter double jeopardy, I had earned some daisies, snapdragons and crocuses. Pursuits: Chasing Elusive Flowers in South Africa 2014-04-23T16:27:31Z These crocuses begin to grow and bloom once soil temperatures descend into the 50s. Perspective | As summer’s heat wanes, it’s time to plan (and plant) for late-winter beauty 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z They’re larger, and the leaves, when they appear in the spring, are far more conspicuous than those of crocus. Perspective | As summer’s heat wanes, it’s time to plan (and plant) for late-winter beauty 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z There are 14 — count ’em 14 — shows opening on Broadway, with more off-center forms of entertainment cropping up like wild crocuses all over the rest of the city. Five Must-See Shows if You’re in New York This Month 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Once the crocuses are established, a process that includes burying themselves deeper, I hope the squirrel problem will abate. Kick-start your spring garden 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Bury tulips and crocuses at seven inches instead of three or four. A passionate gardener who cut his roots and wanders the world 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z They rub their crocus together, which is their orifice that they use for reproduction. The future of sex 2012-09-19T19:20:00Z These crocuses are also planted in the late summer and bloom within a few weeks. The very best flowers to plant in the fall 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z A floral mosaic alone consumed 50,000 tulips, grape hyacinths and crocuses. Spring is here. Mother Nature doesn’t care about a pandemic. 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Galliano replicated the texture of crocus in tightly frilled skirts. Dior: Electric Gardens 2010-07-05T16:36:00Z A tulip blossom shoots into a tabletop still life like a mini-meteor; a length of twine seems to merge with the stem and root system of a crocus. Susan Bee: ‘Photograms and Altered Photos From the 1970s’ 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Spring in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains is nothing less than an endowment from the natural world: flowering dogwoods and pink redbuds, daffodils, crocuses and winter jasmine infuse the already verdant landscape. In Southern Appalachia, Searching for the ‘Big Bang’ of Country Music 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z I plant crocus bulbs as deeply as tulips to try to thwart the squirrels. Perspective | Planting bulbs offers a bit of hope for better things to come. Even this year. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z This time, the colors, drawn faithfully from nature — poppies, crocuses, tulips, pansies — had the intensity and clarity of digitally enriched images. Fashion Review: Paris Couture Shows Stress Lots of Colors 2010-07-07T20:36:00Z Which is why a nose tickle of fragrance now is as revelatory of the garden’s life and health as the first crocus in spring. Plant these for a breath of fresh fall air 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Saffron, which is taken from the stigmas of the saffron crocus, is a lucrative crop. An Intimate Look at Italy’s Saffron Harvest 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Taking a longer view, how is this incident anything other than the first insouciant crocus of an impending Persian Spring? The Pharrell Williams, “Footloose” paradox: Why Iran should really fear Brooklyn 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z For his own pleasure, Lonsdale, 59, raises collections of bog plants, pasque flowers, hellebores, cacti, yuccas, epimediums, crocus and trout lilies. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Autumn crocus will bloom the same year, but keep in mind that autumn crocus is toxic, so if children play in your yard or you have pets, it might not be a safe choice. The very best flowers to plant in the fall 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Spring crocuses, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, irises, and all the other wonderful spring bloomers need to go through a winter chill period in order to bloom. The very best flowers to plant in the fall 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z "This is my favorite time of year, watching the blossoms come out," she said, adding that she had seen daffodils and crocuses, and ran to work Tuesday morning because of the weather. We should break a record today -- but watch out for the 'pneumonia front' 2012-03-14T12:27:00Z It felt like we’d performed a bit of a miracle: While it was still snowy-cold in Syracuse, in Elizabeth, the first crocuses were opening. Tulips and pancakes and other Easter miracles: My Jordanian dad didn’t quite get Easter, but the similarities between Lent and Ramadan moved him tremendously 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Colchicums are more expensive than autumn crocus but cheaper than a deer fence. Perspective | As summer’s heat wanes, it’s time to plan (and plant) for late-winter beauty 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Tis March, when enigmatic teasers for returning spring TV shows pop up like crocuses. Spring Break Is Coming: Watch the Parody School of Thrones 2013-03-12T13:10:04Z And, if springtime means spring vegetables, blossoming fruit trees and crocuses, it’s clearly not yet happening in my neighborhood. A Stirring Spring Menu, Fit for a Celebration 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Many of my daffodils and crocuses are up a few inches. Grab those pruners — there’s seasonal work to be done in the garden 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z As sure as crocuses and daffodils push through in spring, you’ll find a crop of Jewish cookbooks designed to help with Passover meals. Review | Jewish cookbooks take bloom in the spring. Here are 3 favorite new titles. 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Early spring bulbs such as daffodils and crocuses should be planted soon. The American Horticultural Society faces its uncertain future, uneasily 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z When the crocuses, daffodils and tulips next flower, we will be assured of at least one thing: It won’t be 2020. Perspective | Planting bulbs offers a bit of hope for better things to come. Even this year. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z At the Saffron Rose Fiesta, held since 1963, there is a “Grinding of Peace and Love” ceremony at a 16th-century windmill, and competitive separation of crimson saffron threads from the purple crocus flowers. 10 of the best autumn food festivals in Europe and the UK 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Here, the bouquet included orchids, parrot tulips, poppies, crocuses and sweet peas. Dior: Electric Gardens 2010-07-05T16:36:00Z Bulb sale: Hardy Plant Society of Washington fall bulbs, tulips, narcissus, crocus, alliums, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Community Corner: Oktoberfest events, cultural festivals 2012-10-05T20:58:03Z The earliest in-ground bloomers will need fewer weeks of cold when forced, before they are ready to start flowering — meaning, a crocus blooms faster than a daffodil. The art of forcing bulbs 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Small, deciduous trees and shrubs, such as the contorted hazelnut or a lacy Japanese maple, live happily in containers for years and look lovely in springtime surrounded by crocus and then tulips. How to plant a layered container this fall that will bloom for months 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z A selection of crocus, narcissus and allium delivers seasonal flower power between February and May. Link your house and garden with curbside plantings | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Successive waves of bloom provide pollen and nectar, from early-season crocus to reseeding annuals and flowering perennials in summer. How to create a backyard habitat for humanity — and for all of nature 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Last week, the crocuses I saw in bare sunny patches were clobbered by several inches of snow, but in the stands of browned husks, no premature blossoms met such a fate. Opinion | Last year’s sunflowers save this year’s garden 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Each November in Sardinia, purple crocus blossoms blanket the rolling fields. Orecchiette with saffron, ricotta and mint conjures Sardinian fields 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z As the first butter-yellow crocuses peek above chocolate-brown mulch, homeowners head back from paint stores with indigo and bird’s egg blue samples — and black if they are in the know. Selling a Seattle-area home this spring? Here’s what you need to know 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z With several days with high temperatures in the 50s and 60s, the first reports of crocuses appeared in late January, which is around a month early. Spring is awakening weeks early in the D.C. area. This could be a problem. 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Provided that you can keep squirrels from devouring the newly planted corms, all crocus are long-lasting once established and readily multiply. These perennial bulbs stand out in a garden ensemble and on their own 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Purple crocus flowers bloomed in groves of holm oak, and broom shrubs burst with yellow blooms. Introducing city kids to nature in the hinterlands of Sardinia 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z In January 1994, she wrote, “I spotted a young, first crocus bloom yesterday. Its small, intense yellow signaled the door to spring is slightly ajar.” A new compilation of Madeleine Wilde’s ‘Notes from the Garden’ captures timeless, poignant observations 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Forcing the Jets and the Giants to endure another icy week of pointless football is a little like leaving the Christmas decorations up until the crocuses bloom. This Is the N.F.L. Season That Ran Too Long 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z At the base of Mount Karkom, named in Hebrew for a desert crocus, there is evidence that ancient migration trails converged here and that cultic rituals took place in the area. Is That a Burning Bush? Is This Mt. Sinai? Solstice Bolsters a Claim 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Snow crocuses are extremely affordable and well worth tediously protecting for the early and enduring color they bring to the winter garden. These perennial bulbs stand out in a garden ensemble and on their own 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Then the crocuses begin to emerge and bloom, reminding me that spring will be returning again soon. Moira Macdonald’s ode to winter, plus reader tips on weathering Seattle’s ‘Big Dark’ 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Outside in early spring, it’s time for snowdrops, crocuses and aconites, which peep out through the frost. Want to make your home cozy? Paula Sutton of Hill House Vintage has lots of ideas 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Not only are crocuses one of the most affordable bulbs you can purchase, but they’re also one of the earliest blooms to show up in the garden. Plant early-blooming bulbs now — lots of them! — for dark-defying rays of yellow sunshine 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z One approach is to increase existing drifts of such plants as daffodils, crocuses and snowdrops each fall. How to plant bulbs this fall for a beautiful spring garden Spring bulbs like daffodils and crocus are irresistible to pollinators and untroubled by squirrels. Year-round yards: Start planning now for a cozy winter garden that hits all the senses | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The flowers look like oversized crocus, which explains their other, perhaps more demure, common name: fall crocus. Amid a fall garden brimming with autumn colors, add a bright splash of rosiness 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Inspired by the bohemian 1970s-era Paula’s boutique on the Spanish island known for its nightlife, the collection showcases carefree apparel for men and women with prints of parrots, doves, crocuses and moons. Pop-ups. Merch drops. Shows. These are the 14 hottest things to do in L.A. right now 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Specie crocus, sometimes called snow crocus, are one of the first bulbs to bloom, with the earliest flowers showing up sometimes as soon as late January. Plant early-blooming bulbs now — lots of them! — for dark-defying rays of yellow sunshine 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Squirrels are drawn to disturbed soil and are partial to tulip and crocus bulbs. How to plant bulbs this fall for a beautiful spring garden His current pasta — cannelloni filled with peas, artichokes and wild mushrooms and finished with stinging nettle cream sauce — trumpets spring as sure as crocuses. 2021 Spring Dining Guide However, Colchicum are in the lily family and not a crocus at all. Amid a fall garden brimming with autumn colors, add a bright splash of rosiness 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Outside, purple and white crocuses and yellow daffodils have pushed through the soil in a little courtyard garden that Labik would plant. ‘How many of us will be left?’ Catholic nuns face loss, pain 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z After crocus flowers are spent, fine grassy foliage emerges to harvest the sun and recharge the bulbs for future blooms. Plant early-blooming bulbs now — lots of them! — for dark-defying rays of yellow sunshine 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Now, as the crocuses burst through the soil, the Moderna flows into our arms and we slowly begin the process of re-entering the wider world, the sociable are finding their own sets of new challenges. The pandemic has been hard on us extroverts — and it's not getting easier 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z Many of those fully vaccinated — older and younger — are still cautious, more like those crocuses that bloom in the day only to fold quietly back into their stems at night. Fully Vaccinated and Time to Party, If You Are 70 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z As crocuses and other early-blooming flowers opened up, the green buds of cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin emerged Thursday, reaching the first of five stages in their development. D.C.-area temperatures charge to record highs amid spiking tree pollen 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z At the end of autumn, families in the Muslim-majority region race against the clock to harvest the saffron crocus flowers, which bloom for only two weeks a year. AP PHOTOS: From a flower in Kashmir comes a precious spice 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z Specie crocus also multiply by seeding about if seed heads are left to mature. Plant early-blooming bulbs now — lots of them! — for dark-defying rays of yellow sunshine 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z There’s the autumn crocus, a highly poisonous plant whose seeds and roots were used by ancient Egyptians to treat gout. ‘Botanicum Medicinale’ uncovers ancient roots of herbal treatments, plants’ importance in modern medicine 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Some bulbs are naturally more animal-resistant, but tulips, lilies and crocus are among the most vulnerable, something many gardeners learn the hard way. Yes, It’s Already Time to Buy Bulbs for Fall Planting 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z While others excitedly share photos of crocuses in bloom in early February, well ahead of schedule, I wince. Opinion | Let It Snow 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z It begins modestly enough with tiny crocus poking through the icy ground. Spring bird migration restores color to gray world 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z A better gardener than I carefully records seasonal details like daily rainfall and freezing temps relative to when the first crocus appears, and what day the crabapples bloom. Here’s how to break out of your gardening rut 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z For a few weeks each year, a blanket of crocuses. “Old Hope” 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z “I also sprinkle blood meal in the hole before backfilling, and on top after planting, to ward off chipmunks and squirrels,” said Ms. Roper, who built a cage for some precious saffron crocus. Yes, It’s Already Time to Buy Bulbs for Fall Planting 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z If Lloyd’s staging creates a kind of desert, the pauses are his crocuses—pale, fragile, miraculous. Experiments with Context in “Betrayal” and “Eureka Day” 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Johnson and Himick are a great team, finishing each other’s sentences and working side by side to pull up hundreds of crocuses over the years. West Seattle renters bought their house, then created a spectacular garden 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z The most popular bulbs for fall planting include daffodils, crocus, snowdrop, hyacinth, tulips, scilla, fritillaria, allium, irises and gladiolus. When to plant bulbs in the fall? Science, nature offer clues 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z After a president leaves office, there’s a certain eagerness to harvest the memoirs of administration officials that sprout like crocuses — or maybe toadstools — in the post-presidential soil. Review | A breezy memoir on White House zaniness and Twitter dangers 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Like spring crocuses, floral foods are starting to pop up in mainstream consumer products. Lavender latte? Flowers are suddenly all over food | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z April showers bring May flowers, and this year, following a positively dreadful April, the flowers of revolution – black flags and red banners – will bloom alongside the crocuses and daffodils. We need May Day more than ever. Unite to dream and fight for a better tomorrow | Kim Kelly 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Every spring on the cul-de-sac, they’d crack the windows open, hear birds in the spruce tree, see the crocuses and gray hyacinths sprout from the fresh mulch in front of their house. Americans Adrift 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, purple and white crocuses were popping up in the yard. Buyer of Donald Trump’s Childhood Home Said to Be a Chinese Woman 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The telltale signs of spring are starting to appear – the beginning of the cherry blossom buds, the green leaves of the crocuses, daffodils and tulips showing their faces. 7 things to do on a Victoria, BC spring break escape | Provided By Clipper Vacations 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z In gardens, crocus and snowdrop show clean and bright in their brief but long-awaited display. In flower, bud and ‘rib-it,’ signs of spring appear 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z SAT-SUN Celebrate the beginning of spring with thousands of snowdrops, crocus, heather, hellebore, and other early spring flowers in the garden, plants for sale; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Fill the center of the walkway with miniature crocus, Chionodoxa or species tulips that flower closer to the ground. Plant spring-blooming bulbs along walkways — and then avoid stepping on them 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z That is the pattern of this book: Hope blooms like crocuses in spring and is then trampled underfoot. Traveling the world hoping to make a difference 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The estate’s sandy dunes, wooded glens, and walking paths — bursting this time of year with daffodils, crocuses, tulips and Eurasian fritillaria — keep almost casual company with works of modern and contemporary art. Back to a Changing Garden at LongHouse Reserve 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z The spring real estate market in the Washington region often starts way before residents change their clocks for daylight saving time or see their first crocus poke from the earth. Want to snag a home in Maryland? The hunt is fierce. 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Scientists say their return to New England waters is a harbinger of spring as reliable as robins and crocuses. Spring in New England: robins, crocuses and humpback whales 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z I’m noticing spring everywhere: in the crocuses and daffodils pushing up proudly from the earth. Is there a spring in your step? There should be. It’s the season for it. 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Visitors enter the 10-acre main hall through Big Timber Lodge, where they encounter bison and bear sculptures and a 12-foot-tall waterfall surrounded by evergreens, hyacinths, crocuses, cosmos and other woodland flowers. The Philadelphia Flower Show has teamed up with the National Park Service to celebrate the country's natural treasures 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Most were positive: “Peace, love, unity for my beautiful street”, “Dear Freedom” and “I am Paris” written on three tubs of crocuses. Parisians reclaim their streets as survivors recall terror of massacre 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z My fall-blooming bulbs are called colchicum, and when they open, they resemble crocuses on steroids. Bulbs That Bloom in the Fall 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z As we approached the mountain village Hamsiköy along a northern route of the Silk Road, our guide Faruk showed us the purple crocus called vargit that peasants traditionally used as a calendar. Turkish Eastern Black Sea: The Other Alps (Part One) 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z In Boston, where 108.6 inches of snow broke a two-decade-old record, the first of the crocuses were showing this week and daffodils were just breaking ground. New England’s snowy winter pushes back gardening season 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Her backyard consists of native plants like butterfly weed along with marsh and common milkweed, daylilies, crocus, Joe-Pye weed, New England Aster, goldenrod and plenty of others, alternating native and non-native plants. Backyard plants help protect honeybees, butterflies 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z From there, follow the Spring Walk — lined with witch hazel, scilla, crocus and more — to the eight-acre Woodland Gardens. Washington’s flowers are blooming, if you know where to look 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z As the crocuses poke through the soil, the bright purples and yellows singing of spring, we can bury one idea in the damp earth. Could the SNP run 'UK plc'? 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z It’s five minutes past March, and we are waiting, coiled, ready for spring to spring, yearning for crocuses, dry sidewalks and breezes that don’t make us clutch our collars. Beneath all that snow is spring, if you know where to look for it 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z These include roses, begonias, daffodils, geraniums, crocus, columbine, clematis and cactus, according to the ACAAI. Keep Allergies in Mind When Planning Valentine's Day 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z And then a leaner, healthier you may thoroughly enjoy the arrival of those crocuses. The OmniCarb Trial: Reductionism, Revelations and Resolutions 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z The Vista Garden in front of the house offers a south-facing slope with good drainage that is a perfect environment for irises, crocuses, daffodils and scilla. Washington’s flowers are blooming, if you know where to look 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Verging on a parody of the Thunderbirds’ Tracy Island, the tip was originally intended to open up, like the petals of a crocus, to reveal a helipad. Strictly for the super-rich: the world’s most expensive penthouse 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Garden expert Ciscoe Morris recommends paper bark maple and saffron crocus for fall planting. Saturday Memo: Nordstrom opens in Canada … Mariners win … September summer 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z “Because I’m English, people think I must be good at gardening,” Ms. Vowles, the garden’s co-president and treasurer, said with a strain of her native accent popping out like a crocus in frost. The Garage That Bloomed 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z But plates were filled with couscous, quinoa, salads of spinach, dandelion, pinenuts, pecans, herbs and saffron - the threadlike stigma of the crocus. Garden club extols flowers’ power as food 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z On one edge, yellow witch hazel hangs over purple crocuses and crisp white snowdrops. Washington’s flowers are blooming, if you know where to look 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z “The crocuses were brave little souls. They opened, a bit.” City Room: New York Today: After the Frost 2014-03-14T09:57:30Z More than 75,000 crocus flowers are needed to produce one pound of saffron. In pictures: Kashmiri saffron 2013-12-26T03:26:40Z This year, Pantone felt the best match for the warm hue it was seeing was "radiant orchid," a color appearing in its color guide between "iris orchid" and "spring crocus." Everything's Coming Up Orchid 2013-12-05T01:14:46Z Former Presbyterian moderator Very Rev Dr Ken Newell described Fr Reid as a visionary: "The one who saw the first crocus in spring". Priest played 'vital role' for peace 2013-11-22T10:56:59Z Former Presbyterian moderator Very Rev Dr Ken Newell described Father Reid as a visionary: "The one who saw the first crocus in Spring". Priest played 'vital role' for peace 2013-11-22T10:56:59Z By turning those dials at just the right time, the researchers grew a variety of luscious-looking blooms that resemble tulips, crocuses, and roses. ScienceShot: Chalk + Glass = Beauty 2013-05-16T20:51:38Z A bumblebee collects pollen from a blooming crocus in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Spring is Here, and So is the Pollen 2013-05-01T15:36:33Z But the minute the crocuses bloom and shad run headlong against cold currents, the pressure is on from diners weary of root vegetables. | Spring Harvest: Nature Delivers Precious Edibles to Westchester 2013-04-27T02:29:06Z And right now, the society's gardens are still enjoying daffodils, crocuses and tulips and others which would normally have died back by now. Cold spring: Where are the flowers? 2013-04-23T06:21:52Z Just not around Gonzaga, where seeing your school's name in the bracket is a rite of March as routine as crocuses breaking the soil. Gonzaga men's basketball team continues great tradition by reaching 15th straight NCAA tournament 2013-03-17T01:04:04Z The legendary baseball impresario Bill Veeck once said that the true harbinger of spring was "not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on a ball." Swing into spring: A look behind the scenes in Peoria 2013-02-24T02:47:07Z A bumblebee collects pollen from a blooming crocus in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Spring is Here, and So is the Pollen 2013-05-01T15:36:33Z In Washington, bees pollinate the purple, white or yellow crocuses that pop up in the spring and the pink blossoms on cherry trees. Facts about bees 2012-03-27T20:50:11Z The borders of the garden were purple and gold with crocuses, and sweet with violets. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The principal flowers are hyacinths, tulips, crocuses, narcissus and other bulbous plants, the total export of which is estimated at over �200,000. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z For polishing to be done entirely in the lathe, emery paper and crocus may follow the lead, being used dry and kept also in constant lateral motion. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z When we arrived in October the rocky slopes about Porto Pi were covered by a royal carpet of the purple autumnal crocus. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z This is not a place of courts and alleys, but a considerable area, literally divided into small gardens, where just now the crocus and the snowdrop are telling hopefully of the springtime. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z One morning Spring peeped round the corner and dropped a crocus or two and a primrose or two. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z Dutch bulbs, such as hyacinths, tulips, crocus, &c., and most of the varieties of lilies, may be planted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The next process is with rouge and crocus mixed, and for very fine finishing rotten-stone. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z And here and there a crocus smiles A friendly greeting, or a spray Of blooming lilacs, fresh and sweet, Leans down and nods across her way. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z Formerly this was entirely done by hand, women generally being the operators, and oxide of iron, called crocus, mixed with water, the material employed for polishing. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z Love for the second quarterback blooms about the same time as crocuses in most states, which explains the direct correlation between this year’s mild winter and all of the Robert Griffin III hype. The Fifth Down: Draftniks: Ever the Experts and Always on the Clock 2012-02-25T19:33:43Z Plant the greater part of the common border bulbs, as hyacinths, narcissi, crocuses and early tulips, about the end of the month, with a few anemones for early flowering. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z For brass-work, an excellent polishing composition is composed of crocus 2 parts, wax 1 part, rouge 1⁄8 part, the wax being melted, and the ingredients thoroughly mixed. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z “Glazing” and “polishing,” which follow, are for perfecting the polish on the surface of the razor, leather-covered wheels with fine emery being used; and the work is finished off with crocus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z It’s fun to watch them appear, like crocuses poking out of asphalt. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 8: Hard Times 2012-01-29T23:35:23Z She was sure that she would never forget those daffodils and the purple crocuses waving in the sunlight for one day as long as she lived. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z The same mode of increase occurs in the gladiolus and crocus, but their bulb-like permanent parts are called corms, not bulbs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z This 000 emery paper should be used until it is very much worn, the final finish being laid with the glazed crocus. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Though January has days that dress in saffron for their going, and noons of yellow light, foretelling crocuses, the month is yet not altogether friendly. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z The crocus succeeds in any fairly good garden soil, and is usually planted near the edges of beds or borders in the flower garden, or in broadish patches at intervals along the mixed borders. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z Her eyes indeed travelled beyond him and noticed the sunlight in the garden, the yellow and purple crocuses and the first of the daffodils, noticed them with an up-springing lightness of heart. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z And Aunt Plenty gave a perplexed shake of the head which caused great commotion among the stiff loops of purple ribbon that bristled all over her cap like crocus buds. Eight Cousins Or, The Aunt-Hill 2012-01-15T03:00:12.507Z If cast iron, the crocus surface will appear as though polished with plumbago or blacklead, while in any case the crocus surface will be polished and quite dry. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The crocuses, spring’s opening ballet, dressed in pastel tints, take their places on the lawn, standing delicately erect, waiting for bird music. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z The species of crocus are not very readily obtainable, but those who make a specialty of hardy bulbs ought certainly to search them out and grow them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z Emily, delighted, began to undress the baby whose hair was like crocus petals. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z O miracle of Grace, Earth's Easter answer came, The revelation of transfiguring Might, In that small crocus flame! The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z The crocus should be pressed lightly to the work, so that its polishing marks will not be visible to the naked eye. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The flame-light crocus sprang from the grass to look at her. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z This is used until the surfaces are comparatively smooth, after which the final polish or finish is given with a paste of flour emery, grindstone dust, crocus, or ground glass and oil. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z The daffodils and crocuses spring up with joy as the gardener bids; and the apple and cherry trees coddle against the warm north walls, spreading out their early buds gratefully to the mild English sun. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z Summer dreams Of timid crocus thrust through drifted snow. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z After the burnisher comes fine imported crocus cloth, well worn, which makes the surface more even and dead than that left by the burnisher. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z A fresh breeze struck his face with a sudden shower of drops, and he saw in the dim light the heads of crocuses shaking in the grass beside the walk. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z The daffodils and crocuses Spread out their golden heads; Sweet cowslips hang their scented bells Above the garden beds. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z Already in Kensington Gardens the silly birds had begun to sing, and the snowdrops and the little regiments of crocuses had come up in double file to listen. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z Powers, dominations urge the budding of the crocus, Cherubim are singing in the moist cool stone, Seraphim are calling through the channels of the lily, God has heard the earth-cry and journeys to His throne. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z The lawn was blue with violets, and there were quantities of yellow flowers, crocuses, narcissi everywhere, roses just beginning. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z What a flower she looked and how fragilely shaken, like the rain-beaten crocuses in the grass! Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z In the garden plots crocuses and snowdrops and golden daffodils nod to one another across the ground, primroses and violets scent the air, and hyacinths ring their merry chimes. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z They went to gather flowers—irises and crocuses, lilies, narcissus, hyacinths and rose-blooms—that grow in those fields. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z The crocus shines, a virgin, White from the grassy floor. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z There were four elms on the southward lawn standing, Their great trunks evenly set in a square Of shadowed grass in spring pierced with crocuses, And their tops met high in the empty air. Poems - Second Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.670Z And in the dusk the crocus glimmers through The footsteps of Persephone we trace. The Deluge and Other Poems 2011-10-15T02:00:29.350Z "If Johnny is up we must be stirring too," said the other crocuses. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z And the sun will bring up the crocuses. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z Flower-beds edged with box adorned the well-kept lawn, already gay with variegated crocuses and snowdrops. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z But after his visit of this morning, my little liking has retreated, as those crocuses which leave warm earth prematurely are sent shuddering into nothingness by the breath of an inimical frost. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z Last year at this time the sun was warm, the air was balmy, the crocuses, primroses, snowdrops, and even the tulips were in bloom, and the brown earth was soft and dry. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z "The crocuses and primroses are opening," they reported, "and Willy Wallflower is all in bloom waiting for us." The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z June, July, August Tulips, crocuses and chard, And the wax bean In the back yard. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z Phenology is the study of timing in nature, whether it’s crocuses emerging in the spring, leaves falling from trees, or Canada geese heading south for the winter. The leaves, they are a-changing _ even as scientists try to log climate?s impact on colors 2011-10-06T14:14:24Z The shimmer and fragrance of spring was in the air, and on the ground crowds of golden crocuses were unfolding. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z She rose from the study table and looked longingly out of the French window to where the crocuses on the lawn seemed to be having the best of it. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z He soon scorned crocus bulbs and even bread-crumbs, insisting on a diet of shortbread cake and nuts. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z Now 'tis the Springtide, dear, The crocus cups hold flame. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z “All right,” says the bee, and away he flies with the message of love to the blue belle crocus, and thus the loves of the crocuses are cemented. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z And what do you mean by pulling up the crocuses and snowdrops, eh, sir?” Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z The sun was shining still, and when the children romped on the lawn the stuck-up crocuses didn't have the best of it, after all. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z And it is sad to think of the buried snowdrops, of the crocuses, yellow and blue, and the sweet-scented primroses. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z II Now 'tis the Springtide, dear, The crocus cups hold flame Brimmed to the pregnant year. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z Whatever shall they do, and what will become of the next generation of crocuses? The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z By and by Grimalkin looked down the path and saw what looked like a row of orange crocus flowers, which grew up in a moment and died down, leaving the ground black behind them. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z In the neighbourhood of Spalding crocuses and snowdrops are less extensively grown than used to be the case. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z They often alight on the ground to sip moisture when they have been likened to beds of yellow crocuses. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z When it tells to the waiting crocus Its beak to show, And hangs on the wayside locust Bloom-bunches of snow. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z I go into the garden and bend me over the crocus beds—white crocuses, orange crocuses, and blue, all smiling in the sunshine of spring. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z Others, the crocus and tulip, were better; but best of all were the snowdrops, which were sweet and nutty, and of these Stubbs ate all he could find. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z A man piping, followed by little pattering goats; the primitive, unlooked-for picture caught his tired attention, and, just then, opposite the Quais, two women passed—flower sellers, their baskets bright with crocuses and giroflés. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z The chill winds of winter were still blowing across the Rappahannock, but the crocuses were in bloom, when Nelly's baby arrived, on March 16, 1751. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z On southern winds shot through with amber light, Breathing soft balm and clothed in cloudy white, The lily-fingered Spring came o'er the hills, Waking the crocus and the daffodils. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z I have a nice little store of honey for you; and then you shall bear a message to my lady-love—the pretty blue belle crocus mind, not the white. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z In two narrow spaces at each side of the head, are introduced the crocus and celandine, and the snowdrop and violet, treated with a rare union of natural beauty and sculpturesque method and subordination. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z She held nothing in her hand but a little crocus wreath, and the priest scorned her for the poverty of her offering. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Counterpane, chair cushions, and window hangings were of beautiful old chintz still gay with faded paroquets and vines, trees, trellises, roses and numerous humming-birds, on a background of faded crocus yellow. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z April came, and the snowdrops and crocuses were up in the garden beds. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z But when spring grew fine enough we actually did go for several long walks, and saw the little yellow crocuses thrusting their heads up on the hill-sides. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z If my mother sent me into the garden to see whether the autumn crocuses were up—all I could see was his face. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z On these pages are exquisite pencilled outlines of cyclamen, of a crocus, of oleander flowers, of a bramble branch, of sprays of bay and of plants of the agaves. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z A sweet little crocus came up through the mold, And hugged round her shoulders her mantle of gold, While tears of distress fringed her delicate eye, Like rain drops that start from a showery sky. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z She sewed on, as we have said, abstracted and serious, when gradually, for even in observation she was slow, the yellow crocuses attracted her attention. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Albeit let us murmur a little Doric prayer Over the ashes which lie scattered around the altar; For the April rain has wept over them, And from them the crocus smelts its Roman gold. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z The crocus light of after-glow still tinged the west, where the sickle of a new moon swung, when the visitor rose to depart. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z She thought her health was improving, and so she would remain until the crocus peeped from its bed beneath its brown covering, and then she would return. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z A taste for flowers had begun to prevail at Rome in the time of Varro; he accordingly recommends their cultivation, and points out the seasons for planting the lily, violet and crocus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Lawk, Rachel!" she said, "you don't mean to call crocuses creatures—do you? Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Surely I must have dreamed of that brick city, and of those large white houses set in such roomy gardens, even then beautiful with snowdrops and many colored crocus flowers. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z When they prohibit tobacco, a war of cuss words will be followed by a battle of cuspidors, and the very crows will cuss the crocuses. Psycho-Phone Messages 2011-03-27T02:00:12.363Z Look at the flowers in those classically-shaped vases, and the beds all ablaze with crocuses, purple, golden, and white!” The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z Bob stumped up to grannie, and deposited in her lap a very much crushed and flattened crocus, saying— "Kiss me for it; it's for you." A Flight with the Swallows Little Dorothy's Dream 2011-03-04T03:00:54.547Z Rachel's work lay in her lap; she sat looking at the crocuses until she fell in a dream far in the past. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z She hides in the coffee-store by wrapping herself in a crocus bag or sack. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z Flaming borders of yellow crocuses became miraculously visible as the dank grass disappeared, and many spiral wreaths of smoke were ascending into the misty stillness of the spring morning. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z The pale purple crocus pushed its furry hood from the short grass, the songless robins hopped before him, the smell of fresh water was in the air. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Morning brought healing on its wings, for then Katy and Martin were again hand in hand, singing through the lanes, and gathering primroses or crocuses on their way to the school-house. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Near that forest there was a breezy field; and there it was that Rachel first saw the yellow crocuses bloom. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z About us were still great patches of snow, and in them were blowing the crocus and the cyclamen, with deep blue scilla. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The purple crocuses have not yet all gone out of bloom, though their April glory has departed, and the tall spear-grass gives elegance all round to Dame Nature's bouquets. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z In these cells the pulverized enamel is laid and then fused; afterwards it is filed with a corundum file, then smoothed with a pumice stone and polished by means of crocus powder and rouge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The largest of these islands was called "Brannock-buoy," or the Yellow Brannock, from the flower of a kind of crocus which grew profusely over it. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z I declare you're as yellow as the crocuses in the pot. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z The crocuses were in masses of purple and gold, violets and primroses and hepaticas bloomed shyly in sheltered corners, daffodils were beginning to lower their buds and show yellow at their tips. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z And we never went to Hampton Court to see the crocuses, did we? The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z We came to a green slope starred thick with autumn crocuses, and sat down to look at them. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z A gleam of hope came: it was in the month of March, the garden was already strewn with snowdrops, primroses, and crocuses. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Surely now in the spring-time shall I waken my singing And song shall blossom out of my lips, Glowing, as gloweth the golden crocus of Zeus. Eidola 2011-01-17T03:00:49.097Z Close beneath her lay stretched a large and well-kept garden, old-fashioned paths bordered with box, and flower-beds of various geometrical shapes, in which crocus and snowdrop, wallflower, and polyanthus spread themselves in picturesque confusion. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z Shall we walk to Hampton Court and see the crocuses? The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z It was five o'clock by the time we reached the field with the crocuses, and we sank down on the grass where we had sat in the morning, speechless, dripping, overwhelmed by grapes. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z Feb. 8th, the Helleborus niger made a fine show; the Galanthus and winter aconite by the 15th covered the garden with beauty, among some crocuses and violets, and Primula veris, &c. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History A thick ivy covered the black walls, clothing them with a dusky green tapestry, against which the young shoots of the fruit-trees, and the beds of primroses, crocuses, and hyacinths stood out in pleasing contrast. A Divided Heart and Other Stories Before her, through the little iron gate which her escort had pushed open, was a garden, a little austere looking with its prim flower-beds, filled with hyacinths and crocuses, bordering the flinty walks. The Hillman They might have been in Hampton Court looking at the crocuses.—Lola,—a servant. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z The sun, low in the sky, slanted almost level along the field, and shining right through the thin-petalled crocuses made of each a little star. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z Now the garden is covered with more than twenty different species of crocuses, produced from sowing seeds, and the Iris Persica, Cyclamen vernale, and polyanthos. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History The dandelions' yellow coin Lie scattered in the tangled grass, And buttercup and crocus join To tell the way she chose to pass. The Coast of Bohemia It opened the crocuses, waxy yellow and white, all up the garden border. The Hillman It was after her second look that she made up her mind to desert the crocuses in Hampton Court and make that boy escort her to Dover Street. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z And the crocuses, left standing in their drab field, looked like so many blown-out candles. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z Of daffodils, crocuses and hyacinths in boundless profusion, amongst which are to be noted many pleasing names that we no longer use. The Old English Herbals Catkins hung against a faintly rosy sky, and in the gardens that they passed the crocuses stood thickly. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece In the garden we begin with little rings of white snowdrops; then the crocuses come up in lines, yellow and purple; and the daffodils; and then, on those beds behind, the hyacinths. The Hillman Dewdrops spangled the grass, amid which crocus and daffodil flowers were scattered. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) The two friends had planned to finish their garden and to plant the delightful collection of snowdrops, crocuses, and tulips which Mrs. Lindsay had sent them. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story A beautiful decoration for an April luncheon may be arranged with crocuses, flowers seldom or never seen on our tables, and therefore especially desirable by way of novelty. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions I don't think there is any thrill quite like the first crocus bud. Plashers Mead A Novel The spring term bloomed out in guests like crocuses and Sigurd made a point of attending as many as possible of the luncheons and teas given in their honor. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road The little garden was gay from end to end with multi-coloured crocuses, and two or three men stood looking at them, not daring to venture within the house, but ready to offer help if required. Windyridge They were walking through the garden, among the crocuses and violets now. Bye-Ways Have a large flat basket in the centre of the table filled with moss, and in this stick crocuses of all colours with their leaves, crowding as closely as possible. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions Mountain crocuses bloomed in the edge of the fast melting snow, as the white blanket gradually receded towards the tops of the high peaks under the heat of the early spring sun. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter The fields are looking so pretty with wild crocuses. My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 The meadows in the fall are filled with lavender crocuses—the kind that Meredith's Diana got up at four A.M. to gather. Confessions of an Opera Singer On the hills the snow has frozen the last pale crocuses and the winds have robbed the smell of the thyme. A Pushcart at the Curb Serve yellow ices, or white ones in lilac baskets, and lay some of the crocuses on the plates with the finger bowls which appear with the coffee. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions The grass was green, and the tulips and the crocuses were blossoming in the gardens. The Bible Story A tall blue crocus now stepped forward, sprang upon the table on which lay Ida's playthings, went straight to the doll's cradle, and drew back the curtains. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series Mrs. Caldwell looked out upon her trim flower beds where bloomed tulip and crocus in April festival. The Torch Bearer The greyish snow of the pass is starred with the sad lilac of autumn crocuses. A Pushcart at the Curb She was buried in thought, and at intervals threw a violet or a crocus dreamily into the water, watching the blossoms with slightly opened lips, as they were swiftly borne away by the running stream. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) Who ever saw roses, crocuses, and violets in bloom at the same time?—Steevens. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The blue violets represent the naval cadets; they dance with hyacinths and crocuses, who take the part of young ladies. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series There was a pot of striped purple crocuses on the tea-table, and a big jar of sallow "palm" and hazel catkins standing upon the floor. Loyal to the School Sleet from the high snowfields snaps a lash down the mountain bruising the withered petals of the last crocuses. A Pushcart at the Curb Flora unfurls her banner bright Above the field of flashing green, And crocus blooms in lines of light Throw back the sunlight's sheen. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. In spring, when stirs the wind, I know 5 That soon the crocus buds will show; For 'tis the wind who bids them wake And into pretty blossoms break. Graded Poetry: Third Year The roses, hyacinths and crocuses have closed in sleep, but the orange groves, the acacia, and eucalyptus, jasmine, lemon, and palm trees and hedges of box fill the air with heavy, aromatic perfume. Cathedrals of Spain On southern winds shot through with amber light, Breeding soft balm, and clothed in cloudy white, The lily-fingered Spring came o'er the hills Waking the crocus and the daffodils. Blooms of the Berry I have made for your head a wreath of livid crocuses. A Pushcart at the Curb Small rivers are running on the gravel-walks outside, the snow-drops and crocuses are all dead or dying, crushed and broken by the cruel wind. Portia or By Passions Rocked I pray you, arise; Bright yellow crocus! come, open your eyes; Sweet little violets, hid from the cold, 5 Put on your mantles of purple and gold: Daffodils! daffodils! say, do you hear?— Graded Poetry: Third Year In your floral department I do not presume to give any hint; the greater will be your responsibility if either violets are drooping or snowdrops and crocuses not in sufficient abundance. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind Some of these birds appear to pair in November, and so have settled their courtship long before the crocuses of St. Valentine. The Hills and the Vale How strange they are the wan lilac crocuses against your dark smooth skin in the intense black of your wind-towseled hair. A Pushcart at the Curb She had always so dearly loved the spring flowers, the flame of the yellow crocus, the faint, sweet odor of the violets, the pure heads of the white snow-drops. A Mad Love In the centre stands the Imperial table, on a low platform: between wonderful épergnes of gold spreads a bed of hyacinths and crocuses. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 The meadows had also their moist emerald sward scattered with the grass of Parnassus, and an autumnal crocus of a particularly delicate lilac. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 For instance— The spendthrift crocus, bursting through the mould Naked and shivering, with his cup of gold. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century One season the Christmas greens would be up, and then before we knew it the ice would be out of the brooks and there would be crocuses and daffodils for Mr. Childress's grave. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon Bulbs.—Bulbs, such as tulips, iris, daffodils, crocuses, scillas, and snowdrops, can be grown in pots or deep earthenware saucers that have been filled with cocoanut fibre. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes The best list with which we are acquainted, for a small garden, is the following: the well-known lilies, the tulips, gladiolas, hyacinths, Feraria tigrida, crocus, narcissus, and jonquils. Soil Culture Do please perjure yourself about violets and crocuses on my behalf. When Ghost Meets Ghost Of course the crocus would not live unless the conditions of its life were supplied. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Käthe found her way across the wet emerald field coloured with patches of exquisite lilac from the autumn crocuses growing there in thousands, hanging out their cheeky little orange tongues. Fairy Tales from the German Forests “You see there are crocuses growing out even in the roadway.” The Moving Finger The tasteful villas looked so festive and bright; all the bushes were shooting, and the crocuses, tulips and primroses were in bloom. The Son of His Mother Spring opened formally for the Nesbits with crocuses and hyacinths; smiled genially in golden forsythia, bridal wreath and tulips, preened itself in flags and lilacs before glowing in roses and peonies. In the Heart of a Fool Dryad tears had drowned The rough Greek type and, as with honey or blood, One crocus with crushed gold Stained the great page that told Of gods that sighed their loves on Ida, long ago. Collected Poems Volume Two You have come down the bean pole, and are undoubtedly that being who has gone from Emperor to crocus to Scarecrowcus. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island The borders presented only black mould yet, except where, in sheltered nooks, the first shoots of snowdrop or crocus peeped, green as emerald, from the earth. Shirley Remember, now, you're the crocus, the first violet, or something like that—not the last rose of summer. Money Magic A Novel Anna was in the garden, admiring the first crocus, when Trudi appeared. The Benefactress It dances with purple and yellow crocuses in its hair, And its feet shine as they flutter over drenched grasses. Some Imagist Poets An Anthology A little way from the house was Washington's flower-garden, where a few jonquills and crocuses were spotting the earth with yellow. Phemie Frost's Experiences You must have tulips and snowdrops; O yes, and crocuses. The House in Town I mean tulips, and hyacinths, and crocuses, and ranunculuses, and—well, I don't know all, but those specially. Opportunities His eyes, anxious and thoughtful, followed the young man as he walked across towards the distant edge of the wood, whose dark shadows opened behind Riette and the crocuses. Angelot A Story of the First Empire The flower-garden was azure and golden with violets, tulips, crocuses and amaranths. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 The beds and borders were gay with crocuses and hyacinths, and the open spaces were beginning to look green again. Audrey Craven The yucca palm, fifteen to twenty feet in height, with its large milk-white cluster of blossoms, resembling huge crocuses, dotted the expanse here and there. Aztec Land The beautiful columbines and crocuses bloom before the snow is all off the ground in the valleys. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 The old mossy thatch, and the meadows so green, Are covered all over with white; The snowdrop and crocus no more can be seen, The thick snow has covered them quite. Pinafore Palace Snowdrops, crocuses, and little purple grape-hyacinths are blooming at the edge of the drifts. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit The first crocuses of spring had just begun to smile when a letter came, written by a stranger's hand! Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 Farewell those lips Of sapphire tincture, gums of crocus die Freed from th’ungrateful load of cumbrous teeth. Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness Before the cottage was a little garden surrounded by a sturdy railing and a thick-set, close-clipped holly-hedge, within the shelter of which whole beds of crocuses and daisies and polyanthuses bloomed gaily. The Carroll Girls To avoid this, cover the board with thick buff leather, and spread over it a thin paste of crocus martis, with a little emery finely powdered, and mixed up with lard or sweet oil. 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 Down in the neglected flower-beds the crocuses and snowdrops were nodding and whispering to each other. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. The new grass of the year was shooting up between the older spikes, making a soft and short-piled velvet, on which the clumps of yellow crocuses broke like the dancing reflection of sun on water. Daisy's Aunt The weather was quite mild; already the buds were beginning to swell on the trees, and the crocuses were starting up in the little grass plot in front of Nettie’s home. A Dear Little Girl at School The crocuses were all asleep now, their little petals fast closed, and the daisies too, but the polyanthuses looked bravely with their beautiful eyes at the fast darkening sky. The Carroll Girls In the darkest of twilight, he went through the gate and down the path where a few daffodils stooped in the wind, and shattered crocuses made a pale, colourless ravel. The Rainbow On every hand luscious lawns spread, filled with crocuses and dandelions just beginning to spangle the green. A Son of the Middle Border They sing: Where the first crocus buds unfold We found these petals near the cold Swift river-bed. Hymen And the news made a considerable flutter in the dim room where Mrs. Tozer sat between the fire and the window, looking out upon the crocuses and regretting the High Street. Phoebe, Junior I observed also a sort of crocus and some cheery little buttercups. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse The vicar put pea-flower into the crocuses, for his bees to roll in, and she laughed. The Rainbow Not so jocund and blooming certainly; she was more like a snowdrop than a crocus. Say and Seal, Volume II His hair was crisp to my mouth as the flower of the crocus, across my cheek, cool as the silver cress on Erotos bank; between my chin and throat his mouth slipped over and over. Hymen When she went down to breakfast, she was again cheerful as the crocuses that raised their heads along the borders with the promise of summer in them. Phoebe, Junior It was too early for tennis while snowdrops and crocuses were peeping out of the garden borders. Not Like Other Girls We have had crocuses and daffodils ever since Christmas. Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Had they come into our yard, they would have seen a large bed of bright yellow crocuses. Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The thatches of the barns were like hanging gardens of various plants, the nettle and the crimson crocus, the yellow mullen and the bright-coloured tassels of mercury. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 How pleasant it is, with the crocuses in all the borders already! Phoebe, Junior The garden at Craig-Ellachie had already wakened to life, the crocuses were out, rows and rows of them, and the garden hyacinths were holding up their little green spears. In Orchard Glen To Ian Stewart the old panelled house with the walled garden behind, where snowdrops and crocuses pushed up under budding orchard boughs, was a paradise beyond any he had imagined. The Invader A Novel Then the snowdrops and crocuses were out, and the sky grew black, and she sat on the nursery floor and looked up at it in solemn wonder. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Three thin, anæmic, bedraggled plays, each with a heralded, exultant feminine “star” skewered to its bloodless pulp, dropped into this metropolis just ahead of the reluctant crocus. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 And here I have a bunch of crocuses, blue, yellow, white, and of many colors. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades The garden, too, showed signs of beauty, for already the first crocus had pushed its brave little head through the brown earth of the flower beds. In Orchard Glen We must plant now in order to secure a spring display of flowers, and for this purpose nothing can be more satisfactory than bulbous subjects, such as hyacinths, tulips, crocuses, and narcissuses. Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young It was early spring, and the snowdrops and crocuses were out. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The window-boxes, too, and vases within open casements splashed patches of colour upon the old-world canvas, the yellow and purple of crocus and daffodil, modest star-blue of forget-me-nots and the varied tints of sweet hyacinth. The Orchard of Tears The blue violets represent little naval cadets, and dance with hyacinths and crocuses which they call young ladies. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen In sheltered places the snowdrops and the crocuses gave the garden the blitheness of an Italian picture; and you felt that on that multi-coloured floor might fitly trip the delicate angels of Messer Perugino. The Explorer A universally-grown plant, even earlier than the crocus, is the well-known snowdrop. Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young Here and there, in the grass beside the drive crocus bells peeped out at them—purple, white and gold. Captain Jim Look at that royal gallery; it is fraught with crocuses—laden with purple and gold. Jonah and Co. It was in the beginning of spring; the crocus and the snowdrop were blooming around. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Bulbous plants are those which have a round root, and produce very few leaves; they are such as the tulip, hyacinth, crocus, and others. Eric or, Under the Sea This also, like the crocus, can be grown almost anywhere, and may remain in one spot undisturbed for years; both are most effective when grown in clumps. Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young And, fair with labor's healthy toil, Each face of yon dear home Thou'st set within the pearly blue, Or crocus glow, Of overarching dome. Song-waves The coloured crocuses peeped in from the window boxes outside, whilst the sparrows chirped and hopped about and hoped that the Writer had something pleasant to say about them. The Tale of Lal A Fantasy Would there be any crocuses out as yet? The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Every day this week, my son and I have sat in the sunshine near the two mounds, which my remaining bronze boy has decorated with crocuses from the neighboring ravine. Letters of a Dakota Divorcee The lawn will be yellow with crocus flowers, and I can almost smell the hyacinths. When the Birds Begin to Sing She ran over to the window and stood with her back to the door, staring, or pretending to stare, down at the pretty garden beds, gay with crocuses and snowdrops. Hoodie "Thought you'd like to know there's eleven crocuses in the front garden." Happy Days The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life The purple mandrake was in flower, the crocus, tulip, and hyacinth enamelled the fields, with the blue lily contrasting with thousands of scarlet anemones. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History She came here with me, and as I was kneeling down, planting crocuses just here, Rupert, and she was standing there, a young man suddenly leaped over the wall, and fell at her feet. The Light of Scarthey Philippa wrote that the garden was gay with spring crocuses and snowdrops; then that Ridgeville had never been such a bower of roses as it was that June. Flip's "Islands of Providence" You associated that quality so indivisibly with Nicky that it was as if he flowered there, he came up every spring, flaming purely, in the crocuses on the lawn. The Creators A Comedy "Who can he be?" was the question that instantaneously started up like a crocus in many a throbbing bosom. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls It tells me of arbutus shy, That hides in moss beside a tree, Of crocus and anemone That peek out at the sky. The 1926 Tatler The crocuses were in bloom, the poplar trees hanging out millions of emerald pendants, and the sky showed that exquisite, tender luminousness that only the northern sky knows when the sun travels towards the north. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] In a little while the crocuses burst into flame in the borders, and in the hedges the wild arums began to unfold. The Tragic Bride Anice, in a pretty pale blue gown, and with a few crocuses at her throat, awaited his coming behind the handsomest of silver and porcelain, reading his favorite newspaper the while. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Some how his steps led him to the crocus bed and here he continued to walk up and down his thoughts occupied with Helen Winston. Daisy Ashford: Her Book Little white snowdrop, I pray you arise: Bright yellow crocus, come, open your eyes: Sweet little violets hid from the cold, Put on your mantles of purple and gold. Graded Memory Selections THE tiny crocus is so bold It peeps its head above the mould, Before the flowers awaken, To say that spring is coming, dear, With sunshine and that winter drear Will soon be overtaken. Christmas Roses My teacher had a great big crocus sack, and when she got tired of whipping them, she would put them in the sack. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 At the same age he "connected a profound sense of pathos with the reappearance, very early in the spring, of some crocuses." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 As Lady Beaufort had said the crocus bed was a delightfully quiet spot. Daisy Ashford: Her Book —Longfellow In spring, when stirs the wind, I know That soon the crocus buds will show; For 'tis the wind who bids them wake And into pretty blossoms break. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature The snowdrops were quite up, and the yellow and purple tips of the crocuses bursting through the ground in all directions. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 In the fall this manure has become fine in texture and makes a splendid winter's mulch for snowdrops, crocus, etc. Making a Garden of Perennials In the Rectory gardens now the crocuses and snowdrops were putting out their first dark-green leaves, and showing their tender petals to the faint winter sunshine. A Young Mutineer There is a very nice little nook in the back garden by the crocus bed, where my own romance took place. Daisy Ashford: Her Book Stick a few sprays of asparagus and maidenhair fern in it and a number of white and yellow spring flowers—the crocus, jonquil, daffodil, daisy and snowdrop. Games For All Occasions In the spring, when the leaves all start, The crocus thrills at its glowing heart, The windflower opens its tinted cup, While the sap mounts merrily up and up. The Nursery, February 1873, Vol. XIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People Before the first crocus is out of the ground, you may look for the first chipmunk. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers The candle crocus And daffodil gold Drink fire of the sunshine— Quickly cold. The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems Almost in a breath the hill slopes about them turned as white with crocus blooms as they had been in their winter covering of snow. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson But of course our gardens show blue and white crocuses, with other hues. Chatterbox, 1906 Southward and eastward it spread, waiting only the opening of the first pussywillow and the showing of the first crocus to jump northward and meet the western advance there. Greener Than You Think After a long and severe winter, the appearance of the golden crocus and the modest snowdrop, peeping from the earth, convey to the mind a glow of unspeakable pleasure. The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling Some of the plum trees were out in bloom, and purple and yellow crocuses were opening in a number of the yards they passed. Chicken Little Jane Out in the lawn crocuses lifted their heads; daffodils and hyacinths breathed forth their sweetness, and in the elms, birds twittered and sang of spring as they built their nests. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's Yellow is a common colour among the crocuses and plants akin to them; saffron, taken from one of these, has been used as a dye for ages. Chatterbox, 1906 The peacock brocade, the eau de Nil, the crocus yellow, but once—twice at the uttermost. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The above directions will answer for the crocus susianus, the cloth of gold, striped orange, and very dark purple; besides the Scotch crocus, striped, white, and purple. The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling The crocuses are out and the violets are almost here—and, what is more important, your day of trial gets closer with every tick of the clock. The Squirrel-Cage They had wonderful dark stripes running up their cheeks, the crocuses, like the clear proud stripes on a badger's face, or on some proud cat. The Lost Girl Yes," says he; "these crocuses will soon be out. The Man Next Door Nothing could make amusing Mr. O'Rourke's method of setting out crocus bulbs. A Rivermouth Romance It consists of six petals, like its companion the crocus. The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling In crocuses it is not a very uncommon circumstance to find the three inner segments of the perianth smaller than natural, and generally unequal in size. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Around the arbor extend flower plats carefully tended and fragrant with violets, crocuses, and early primroses. The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 My girl likes to raise crocuses, and what she likes she gets. The Man Next Door He had seen some rough times, during those three years, and some harder work than catching cunners at the foot of Anchor Street, or setting out crocuses in Mr. Bil-kins's back garden. A Rivermouth Romance The leaves are rather narrow, not so dark as the crocus; made from double wax. The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling When the conditions are congenial, love appears, just as the crocus and the snowdrop appear in the congenial air of the spring. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year Ascertaining that I had tools for wood-carving, he insisted on presenting me with crocus powder, “to put an edge on.” The Gypsies "He said good morning; then I ast him about the flowers and he offered to help me with the crocuses." The Man Next Door Little white snowdrop, I pray you arise; Bright yellow crocus, come, open your eyes; Sweet little violets hid from the cold, Put on your mantles of purple and gold; Daffodils, daffodils! say, do you hear? The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children Jonquils and crocuses appeared to welcome the fat robins that returned to their nests, and all Nature hummed and fluttered in its eager preparations. Phyllis A Twin Because for Lord Christ's hest Men shore thy warm bright breast, Agatha, see thy part Showed in the burning heart Of the white crocus best. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems Yet this seems introductory to the case of the heaths and crocuses above mentioned. The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 THE sun sets out the autumn crocuses And fills them up a pouring measure Of death-producing wine, till treasure Runs waste down their chalices. New Poems See Aldebaran like a red rose clamber, See brave Betelgeux pranked with poppy light; This young earth must float in floods of amber Glowing with a crocus flame in the dells of night. Lundy's Lane and Other Poems Another coarse cloth made in New England, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the Carolinas was crocus. Home Life in Colonial Days And the divine earth produced 479 fresh herbage under them, the dewy lotus, and the crocus, and the hyacinth, close and soft, which elevated them from the earth. The Iliad of Homer (1873) J. S., xxvii;Herbert on hybrids, 12, 98; —sterility of crocus, 99 n.;Hering, The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 He visits two more unhappy crocuses with capital punishment, and something that is almost a sigh escapes him; but he will not look up, and he will not trust himself to answer her. Molly Bawn What picture does man make for himself of the force of gravitation, nay of the force which drives the crocuses out of the soil in spring? Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles The stuff is obsolete and the name is forgotten save in a folk-saying which lingers in Virginia—"as coarse as crocus." Home Life in Colonial Days The little crocuses peeped out—the violets purpled the banks. Olive A Novel In the Origin, I have not come across the cases mentioned, viz. crocus, heath, or grouse and fowl or peacock. The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 You are killing those poor crocuses that have done you no harm. Molly Bawn A paste composed of emery and crocus powders mixed with grease is used to smear the leather before stropping; this can either be procured at the tool shop, or made by the carver. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship Next came the descent to Jezzeen, over a slippery road, with purple crocuses in blossom at intervals. Byeways in Palestine Nobody could stay away from home in the spring, when the hens are cackling in the sun-shiny yard, and water trickling down the furrows, and every day may be the day the first crocus comes. The Second Chance The hills would busk themselves in emerald green, the wild crocus come to gladden our eyes, the long nights glow with sunsets of theatric splendour. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Mr. Luttrell, with his cane, takes the heads off two unoffending crocuses that, most unwisely, have started up within his reach. Molly Bawn The moth flew on, and poised on the fading crocus leaves, which spread out their pale gold on the level of the grey floor. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida The flower-beds in front of the house were filled with the early spring flowers; snowdrops, crocuses, violets, and hepaticas were in full bloom. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" In her hand was a yellow crocus, sacred to Artemis the Bright. The Ruinous Face On the slope overlooking the Klondike, girls in white dresses were gathering the wild crocus. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Moon when the crocus peers, Moon when the violet blows, February Fair-Maid, Haste, and let come the rose— Let come the rose! Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses The snowdrop, hearing, in the dell Doth tremble for its virgin bell; The crocus feels within its frame The magic of its folded flame; And many a listening patience lies And pushes toward its paradise. A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry And here he is: "absurd and frightful," "suffused with crocus, saffron, orange"—just as he had been with crimson, purple! Browning's Heroines Purple and white the crocus flowers, ��� And yellow, spread upon ��� The sober lawn; the hours Are not more idle in the sun. Silverpoints First snowdrops, aconites, and crocuses, then tulips, then geraniums. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Why, children, you're as welcome, all of you, as crocuses in spring. Prudy Keeping House "Isn't it funny to hear them?" said a beautiful yellow crocus. Sandman's Goodnight Stories "You can't tell by looks; my sister looks like a strong, hearty girl, but she's as fragile as a spring crocus." Patty Blossom So the winter wore away, and the snow melted and the crocuses peeped up again. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date The grass was beginning to grow green, and the snowdrops and crocuses were in blossom by the front door. Peggy in Her Blue Frock From bulbs choose crocus, tulip, daffodil, narcissus, lily of the valley, and lily. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Snowdrop, crocus, hepatica, and coltsfoot, wild honeysuckle, were all about, the forsythia flared out her saucy yellow, the fruit buds swelled. A Little Girl in Old Salem Under the damson tree the first white snowdrops came, and the crocuses, whose yellow petals often appeared over the snow, and presently the daffodils and the beautiful narcissus. Round About a Great Estate In the garden I see the heads of the snowdrops and crocuses just out of the earth. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 And why should the year's first crocus have brought him luck? Europe After 8:15 Drag each lazy fairy-fellow From his sleepy bed; Dress him up in crocus yellow, Or in roses red. Chatterbox, 1905. There are just tiny leaves coming out on the trees, and a few curious white flowers, little bells, coming up in the garden, and crocus in pretty colors. A Little Girl in Old Salem Though science lay me by the heels, I’ll assert that the crocus, which is a pioneer on the windy borderland of March, would not show its head except on the sounding of the hurdy-gurdy. Journeys to Bagdad Nowhere did the crocus come gayly up into the soft atmosphere of early spring in advance of ours. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 It maddens me to know that the sun will shine again, the tender grass grow green, the veery sing, the crocus come. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 The snowdrop and crocus had long ago hid their faces to make way for more ambitious rivals. The Story of a Dewdrop The venerable old men, each leaning on his stick, walked down a path lined by clipped yews, shaded by cypresses, and almost overgrown with crocus, anemone, and violet. The Eternal City In gardens, you may note, amid the dearth, The crocus breaking earth; And near the snowdrop’s tender white and green, The violet in its screen. The Literary World Seventh Reader There fell an April shower, one night: Next morning, in the garden-bed, The crocuses stood straight and gold: "And they have come," the children said. Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Just by the crocus there was a gap in the hedge, which in the sketch was indicated rather than drawn. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls The grass grew green on sunny slopes, and the tulips and crocuses turned the dull brown beds into riotous color and bloom. The Tangled Threads The two flowers most generally used for the purpose of ornamentation are the lily and the crocus. The Sea-Kings of Crete Winter slipped into spring, and the crocuses gave way to the summer roses, and still her interest grew daily. Cicely and Other Stories Take a crocus, and lay it on a green cloth. Lectures on Art Delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870 The frost had come and hardened the snow and all day the sky bad been a pale frozen blue, only on the horizon fading into crocus yellow. The Prelude to Adventure Starry blue flowers, violets and pink crocuses spangled the banks as we wound onward, between the great trunks. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two Fresco-painting also begins to leave survivals, and we have particularly the fresco of the Blue Boy gathering white crocuses. The Sea-Kings of Crete |
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