| 单词 | flowering shrub |
| 例句 | So the Lords of the Eyrie planted grass and scattered statuary amidst low, flowering shrubs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There must have been some wonderful flowering shrubs hidden in that shadowy undergrowth for the whole glade was full of the coolest and most delicious smells. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The front of the house sat smack on the ground with flowering shrubs nestled right up against it. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Everything seemed gray today, even the houses with their bright color-washed walls and the flowering shrubs in the streets. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Kendra led him away from the pool through the garden to some flowering shrubs on the outskirts of the yard. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The clinic was an unassuming beige building with clean, shiny windows, flowering shrubs in front, a parking lot. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It consisted of a series of four brick terraces, rising above the Euphrates River, with lush flowering shrubs and trees spilling over the city. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z My favorite, though, was a flowering shrub called Pride of Madeira — and it grew everywhere. This no-cook smoked almond dip is a rich, flavorful starter that's a definite crowd pleaser 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z Each area is delineated by various plantings—linden trees, flowering shrubs, and an array of hedges—with everything connected by well-groomed pathways covered in crushed oyster shells. A Magical Retreat in the Hamptons by Sawyer | Berson 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Those in front flowed down the hillside, bursting with petunias, geraniums and flowering shrubs. In the June Light of Northern Italy, the Bliss of Bergamo 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Grass and flowering shrubs surround stone benches that encircle a star-shaped pool — a hidden, picturesque escape in a bustling capital. Perspective | Where to find urban pockets of peace 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z There are flowering shrubs outside and a football table in the waiting room. 'It gives you hope': the fight to save the fertility of children with cancer 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z We tore up the frontyard, replacing it with a variety of tall grasses and low, flowering shrubs that could be sparingly nourished by a drip system. Is there any such thing as a guilt-free lawn in L.A.? 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z While you’re waiting for the soil to dry out, start fertilizing fruit trees, flowering shrubs and other plants whose nutrients have been diluted by all this rain. Is it OK to plant in mud? The best tips for gardening in super-soaked L.A. 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z That pointed to an entirely different genus group than had been assigned in 1872: Symplocos, a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees not found in Europe today but widespread in modern East Asia. A Fossil Flower Trapped in Amber Had a Mistaken Identity for 150 Years 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Aromatic lilies, lavender and bee balm fill the air with sweet scent in summer, while witch hazel, daphne and other flowering shrubs provide fragrance in quieter seasons. The Seattle Sensory Garden makes nature accessible for everyone to experience, explore and appreciate 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z According to legend, one of Nebuchadnezzar’s wives missed the flowering shrubs of her mountain homeland. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Getting rid of my bamboo was a long process, but once it was gone, I was able to plant shorter flowering shrubs and the bamboo did not return. Are you sure you want to plant bamboo? Expert advice on the fast-growing plant 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Distracted by flowering shrubs and perennials, it’s easy to overlook choice fall and winter plants. Shop for and site plants that will enliven your garden’s quiet season 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z The Freedom Park Conservancy said Thursday that volunteers will plant 300 blooming trees, colorful flowering shrubs and fields of daffodils in Freedom Park in a phased project that will take several years to complete. Trees to pay tribute to the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z If you enjoy this overplanted magenta flowering shrub, more power to you. Fall garden Q&A: Keeping out pests, pruning trees and lots of lawn care advice 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Tolbert says the flowering shrubs and herbs are low maintenance and attract bees, pollinators, and other beneficial predatory insects. Fall gardening tips from farm-to-table experts | Provided by Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z There are numerous gardens and orchards to explore: Some are elegant, filled with colorful perennials, boxwoods, flowering shrubs and seasonal native plants. These nearby beaches, breweries and wildlife preserves can ease your summer wanderlust 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z He planted hundreds of them—white pines, blue spruces, oaks, maples, willows, birches, cherry trees, apple trees, pear trees and others, and he planted rhododendrons, mountain laurels and other flowering shrubs. The Greenkeeper’s Tale - Golf Digest 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Back in the 1700s it seemed like a good idea to introduce the flowering shrub rhododendron ponticum, a native of southern Europe and western Asia, to the British Isles. Laser drones protect Scottish forests 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Prune early flowering shrubs right after their spring show is over. Pruning tips to keep flowering shrubs blossoming for years 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Khat is a flowering shrub native to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula that the U.S. Nearly 1,000 pounds of khat from Nigeria seized in DC area 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Prune flowering shrubs, trees and perennials before flower buds form. What to do in the garden in February? Here are 18 ideas 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z California natives and drought-tolerant plants, herbaceous perennials, flowering shrubs, vines, succulents, shade and house plants, tomatoes and winter vegetables. Fall gardening: All the L.A. plant sales you don't want to miss - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z For starters, the layout is a traditional Southern Belle with gracious tree-lined fairways, greenside bunkering, streams, hardwoods, tall pines and flowering shrubs. Sneaking in a Little Golf... in Raleigh, North Carolina - Golf Digest 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z To help, Central Florida governments, schools and businesses are encouraging residents to plant milkweed - the pink, orange and yellow flowering shrub the insect thrives on - to boost habitats for the monarch and other pollinators. Central Florida community works to bring back butterflies 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Buffered from the drone of the traffic and smog in North America’s most populous metropolis, the former rock quarry’s flowering shrubs and babbling creek are a haven for hummingbirds. Inside the Strange World of the Illicit Hummingbird Love Charm Trade 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Tree mallow, one of the few flowering shrubs, adds color and a layer of mystery. A Pasadena garden mixes fresh and modern design with a rustic style 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Now local nurseries carry a much wider selection of trees, flowering shrubs, grapes and cane fruits. How to reap the benefits of bare-root plants 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z They picked nine villages - six with lots of the flowering shrub and three without. Extreme gardening to help tackle malaria - BBC News 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z She is surrounded by crystals, a conch shell, an avocado, a flowering shrub, a string of beads and a sculpted owl. How Amanda Chantal Bacon Perfected the Celebrity Wellness Business 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z “They were eating the forsythia,” he said of the bright-yellow flowering shrub. As Deer Chew Up Suburbs, Some Say a Good Fence Is the Best Defense 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z And since she and Scott bought the property 16 years ago, she’s been adding more textural foliage plants and flowering shrubs to cut for bouquets and more bouquets. New arrangements for a historic garden 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z It’s the same recipe I use on flowering shrubs such as roses and most flowering perennials. Want more dahlias than you’ll know what to do with? Use this fertilizer combination 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The 9-acre property has ribbons of sidewalks filled with flowering shrubs where she can go in her wheelchair. Pastor strengthened as ALS keeps her from leading church 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z It was a meticulously planted 15,000-square-foot collection of fruit trees, plants and flowering shrubs that emanated in circles from the garden’s center, a yin-yang symbol. Adam Purple, Eccentric Environmentalist and Gardener in New York, Dies at 84 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z In the mid 2000s, a new species of flowering shrub was discovered in the Lower Hunter Valley, north of Sydney. Two Australian reptiles kick up a skink over coal mining - BBC News 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Our habitat garden features many native flowering shrubs, native perennials and other plants that offer nectar, pollen and fruit. Guest: The citizen wildlife steward and the return of the Western bumblebee 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z The garden features trees, flowering shrubs and hundreds of perennial flowers. Illinois hospital opens $1 million garden 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z There are new shade trees, evergreens, flowering shrubs and perennials. Blooms Return to Washington Square Park After Years of Renovation 2014-05-10T01:31:32Z Grapes, fruit, vegetables and flowering shrubs are largely grown in the neighbourhood, and there are large quarries for sandstone and gypsum and extensive salt-works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z B. plowmaniana's saga began 30 years ago, when botanist Michael Nee approached ethnobotanist Timothy Plowman at The Field Museum in Chicago with specimens from a flowering shrub collected in the Bolivian mountains. Genome Run: Andean Shrub Is First New Plant Species Described by Its DNA 2012-04-24T17:15:00.303Z The building, designed with English taste, is of great extent, surrounding a spacious 120 court, which is laid out like a garden, with fountains and ferns, and flowering shrubs and creepers growing luxuriantly. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Pale blue iris, yellow primulas, a pink viburnum and a large yellow-belled lonicera grew beside the path, but the rhododendrons were still by far the most wonderful of the flowering shrubs. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Nowhere does the trumpet vine attain such luxuriant and graceful growth, and many other varieties of flowering shrubs and vines linger in the sun or throw their fragrance out on silent nights. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z On each side are spacious lawns, enriched with lofty trees and flowering shrubs. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z A flowering shrub from the Andean cloud forests made taxonomic history last month. Genome Run: Andean Shrub Is First New Plant Species Described by Its DNA 2012-04-24T17:15:00.303Z A short distance from the landing-place, at the entrance to the main street, was a pretty arch, decorated with flowering shrubs, and the leaves of the silver-tree. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Ancient statues and flowering shrubs occupy the spaces between the arches of the ground-floor, and on the first-floor is a loggia, richly decorated with delicate arabesques in the style of Giovanni da Udine. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Towards the east rose the dark masses of the pine forest, giving with their sombre colouring an ever-fresh beauty to the foreground of lovely flowering shrubs. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The undergrowth is a chaotic mix of weeds as high as basketball hoops and flowering shrubs like lantana, oleander and oxalis. The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to ?Urban Growth? 2012-03-22T13:27:22Z Palms, flowering shrubs, tree ferns, rhododendrons, as big as timber trees, clothe the island in perennial verdure. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z About most of the residences there are many tropical trees, flowering shrubs and plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z The Japan Quinces, and other of the Japanese shrubs, were tried in hedges in the mid-century, with doubtful success as hedges, though they form lovely rows of flowering shrubs. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Hill after hill rises before us, separated by deep gorges, all thickly timbered and abounding in ferns and flowering shrubs. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z There were thickets of flowering shrubs, a bower, and an arbour, to which access was obtained through a little maze of contorted walks, calling itself a labyrinth. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z The plan of all is the same—an open court, with a tesselated pavement, and one or two marble fountains; orange and lemon trees, flowering shrubs, and climbing plants give freshness and fragrance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z “Lady of the Night,” cestrum nocturnum, of the monogynia order, and pentandria class of plants, one of the sweetest and most poetical of all the Antiguan flowering shrubs. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z In the heart of Worcester there is a fine old mansion with ample lawns, great trees, and flowering shrubs that all may see over the garden fence as they pass by. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z There was a large, shady lawn in front, and old-fashioned flower beds, and flowering shrubs. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z Its handsome palm-trees, roses, Indian laurels, flowering shrubs, piers, railings, and statue of Ferdinand, form a grand combination. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z St. Ives with its eastern aspect is fresh even in the summer, and yet strange to say not very cold in winter, as the flowering shrubs which grow so well testify. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z There was an extensive lawn, kept as smooth as velvet, and ornamented with flowering shrubs. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z It was a retired residence, approached by an avenue overarched by lofty trees and bordered by flowering shrubs. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Occasional avenues lead to picturesque villas embowered in flowering shrubs and trees, among which the adelfa, or rose-laurel, the acacia, eucalyptus and cypress are conspicuous. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Athens also has a Piazza, bordered with hotels and caf�s, with a square of trees and flowering shrubs in the middle. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Judging by advance orders, you will need approximately 200 shade trees, maples and poplars; 200 fruit trees of various kinds; and several hundred flowering shrubs. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z This house was built in a remarkably beautiful and artistic manner, and before it, upon a bright green lawn, stood many trees and flowering shrubs. Dot and Tot of Merryland 2011-11-12T03:00:34.677Z But English copses are often one wild tanglement of trailing flowering shrubs, with banks of bracken or ferns. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The flowering shrubs here would delight Auntie Grace. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Orange-coloured butterflies with wings like lighted lanterns fluttered along the edges of the flowering shrubs; a lovely purplish-black one with four large, white polka dots on his wings flitted persistently about them. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Other species frequented the flowering shrubs which had grown over the burnt wreckage and stumps of the forest. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z There are here many fine native and exotic trees, as well as flowering shrubs and blooming flowers. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Little hills, and slopes of green, tiny river-banks, and little islands, together with trees, and stones, and flowering shrubs are combined by the artist. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z The winding avenue was well gravelled, with a border of shaven grass, beyond which were beds filled with flowering shrubs, planted amid and underneath tall pines, with an admixture of elms, oaks, and Australian cedars. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Sweet old-fashioned flowers and flowering shrubs like lad's love were everywhere, and a little green carpet of camomile was spread in the center of the place for the fairies. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z Ruth plucked a spray of a flowering shrub for both graves, and laid them on the mounds tenderly, with a little prayer. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z They are greedy feeders, and want it badly in our light soil, and surely no flowering shrub more truly deserves it. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z Among the flowering shrubs we have now, also, many which demand their Spring welcome. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z There was no more to be seen but trees and tangles of flowering shrubs and bushes and stretches of green grass, and trees and trees and trees. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z "Sire, forgive my—" "Enough!" interrupted Louis, approaching a man, who, unmindful of the king's presence, had taken off his coat, in order the more easily to prune a tall flowering shrub. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z The ground is carefully laid out, and well planted with trees and flowering shrubs. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z He thought that he was pursuing her through a maze of flowering shrubs and trees. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z An elliptical bowl, bordered by grassy knolls, with flowering shrubs and green groves, forms a perfect cradle among the hills in which sleep 188 generation after generation of the inhabitants of old Concord. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z Rising by twos and threes the men sprang out from among the flowering shrubs, and Tony saw the low walls and clumps of aloes become alive with scurrying forms. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Throughout most of the year, her narrow, paved front yard is filled with small trees and pots of flowering shrubs waiting to be delivered to clients. | Brooklyn Heights: The Almost Landless Gardener 2011-02-25T16:12:53Z On turning a corner, we entered a shrubbery, thickly planted, by the graceful hand of Nature, with a variety of flowering shrubs and trees. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z "So!" said he, entering a neat little enclosure, with beds of flowers and flowering shrubs, "this is your garden?" Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z The river bank where we rode was clothed with oleander, prickly pear, and other flowering shrubs which I could not name. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z So the biologists painstakingly catalogued the instances of the flowering shrub in plots on both the bird-friendly islands and the mainland. For Want of a Pollinator, a Flower May Be Lost--or a Forest 2011-02-04T21:45:00.250Z From this point the main avenue branches to the right and left, into narrower, yet not less beautiful walks, which, lined with evergreen and flowering shrubs, completely encircled the cottage. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z This morning a Jugi came to me and said, that if I planted flowering shrubs in my garden the whole city would appear enchanting. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z It is a fine brick dwelling, with a stately portico before it, with a beautiful lawn sloping towards the city, shaded by oaks and adorned with flowering shrubs. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The cavalcade soon entered a path, which was skirted by flowering shrubs, and extended to a vast wood of palm trees, whose branches overspread a vast building of freestone. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The botanic gardens, in the upper town, contain a very fine collection of flowering shrubs and semi-tropical trees. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Other species the team discovered included a new black-and-white butterfly related to the monarch, a new flowering shrub and a bent-toed gecko with a face like a gargoyle. Species Found in New Guinea's Foja Mountains Rain Forest 2010-05-19T14:35:00Z The raja had planted flowering shrubs in his garden, but the Indarpuri Sadoms4 ate up all the flowers as they appeared, and so he again began to sulk. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z Other species that the team discovered included a new black-and-white butterfly related to the monarch, a new flowering shrub and a bent-toed gecko with a face like a gargoyle. Found in New Guinea: A Menagerie of New Critters 2010-05-18T18:30:00Z Brent Heath discusses how to combine bulbs, perennials, annuals, ground covers and flowering shrubs for four seasons in your garden. What's Doing 2010-02-19T05:00:00Z Palms in green tubs lined this pathway of steps, and the banks of the lawns were gay with flowering shrubs. The Princess Galva A Romance Under the shade of cypresses cascades disappeared; among flowering shrubs there were winding walks, bowers of roses, seats cut out of rock, and crypt-like grottoes hewn in the living stone. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) Passing in through a lofty vestibule leading to an open court or patio, as the Spaniards call it, we come upon a maze of flowering shrubs, small orange-trees in boxes, and other floral charms. The Story of Malta The footlights were hidden behind a screen of foliage and flowering shrubs. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 A fraction of a mile beyond our camping place we discovered a well-kept shack ensconced in cosy grounds amid palms, fruit trees, and flowering shrubs. Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers Between these and other massive trunks the smaller trees and flowering shrubs were interspersed in so original and bewildering a manner that each glance forced a new exclamation of delight. The Bachelors A Novel The most beautiful flowering shrub of this truly alpine region is the rhododendron, which in many instances grows to the height of 70 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Here were heliotrope and fuchsias, grown to be trees, and a bewildering profusion of climbing vines and flowering shrubs, of which they knew not the names. Campmates A Story of the Plains We spent a pleasant day at the Hotel Vendome, an old-fashioned and delightful hostel, surrounded by a park of fine trees and flowering shrubs. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway She frowns slightly, and, with a sudden movement, getting behind a large flowering shrub, disappears from his gaze for the night. Faith and Unfaith He could have cursed himself for the folly of his delay, as he strode up and down among the flowering shrubs in the solitude which the attractions of the play created. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Iridescent green and purple; male has ruby-red throat; frequents flowering shrubs and plants; darts here and there and poises in mid air with wings vibrating so rapidly that they make a humming noise; “squeaky note.” Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago Her eyes wandered over the little yard set thick with flowering shrubs and vines. Clover and Blue Grass The standard large-growing evergreens and deciduous shade trees can be thus transplanted to one’s own acres, as can the popular dwarf types of evergreens and flowering shrubs. A Living from the Land After the periodical rains, the Karroo and the great plains of Bushmanland are converted into vast fields of grass and flowering shrubs, but the summer sun reduces them again to a barren and burnt-up aspect. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" He would sit motionless for hours among the branches of a flowering shrub or tree, the resort of bees and butterflies, and suddenly seize them when they little expected danger. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. Deciduous flowering shrubs are usually propagated by summer cuttings, which generally root well in a fortnight or less. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The air is fresh and sweet with the fragrance of flowering shrubs, is faintly melodious with the ghostly whistle of circling plover invisible overhead. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising They used to bring this flowering shrub from Persia, and set it only in the parks of great people; but now it grows everywhere, and is none the less beautiful for being common. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Looking up the length of table, Grizel’s face was like a flowering shrub in an avenue of cedars. Lady Cassandra Trees and flowering shrubs and the flower-starred grass stretched emptily about them in the thick, confusing gloom of the place. The Tree of Life The majority of our best flowering shrubs are easily increased in this way. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens In the springtime these higher lands may also be brilliant with wild flowers and flowering shrubs. Area Handbook for Bulgaria As if to conceal herself from herself, she buried her face in a flowering shrub. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine He went back through the screen of flowering shrubs and trees to where the coals of their fire turned gray. Stalemate I have seen them in bloom there filling a big house, more like flowering shrubs than orchids—a blaze and a mass of colour almost startling. The Woodlands Orchids A handsome flowering shrub and the most robust of its class. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Rose-trees and flowering shrubs clustered before the porch and filled the garden in front, and the establishment gave me a good idea of a London merchant’s retreat about Chelsea a hundred and fifty years ago. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 The town is built in a mountainous and fertile district, and consists chiefly of adobe Indian cottages, surrounded by gardens of flowering shrubs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" There are grassy plots, umbrageous trees, flowering shrubs, roses, roses everywhere; and there are birds that sing all the long day in the spring-time. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind This is certainly the most gay and brilliant flowering shrub yet known.” Our Southern Highlanders A handsome flowering shrub, bearing ivory-yellow, fragrant flowers, an inch across. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens He looked out the back window and saw a neat lawn, bordered with flowering shrubs. The Mighty Dead As we mount from the seaboard, we pass by the region of Ilima, named for a flowering shrub, and the region of Apaa, named for a wind, to Mau, the place of mist. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) This is a pleasant and extensive plot of ground, neatly laid out with gravelled walks, a grass-plot, flowering shrubs, lime-trees, pavilions, &c. Old and New London Volume I With a great wealth of beautiful flowering shrubs and herbaceous plants, the Chinese at an early period became skilled horticulturists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The favourite greenhouse flowering shrub, bearing drooping scarlet and yellow blossoms. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens There are upward of forty species of fragrant native wild flowers and flowering shrubs and trees in New England and New York, and, no doubt, many more in the South and West. A Year in the Fields Thus we had before our eyes the rationale of two of the native distinctions; traversed the zone of flowering shrubs; and saw above us the mist hang perennial in Mau. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Old trees, brick walks, ivy and flowering shrubs add their attractions. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria Hundreds of candles, of the finest wax, lit up a room that was perfumed, like the staircase, with a profusion of rare and beautiful flowering shrubs, A side-table was loaded with tempting viands. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) An evergreen flowering shrub, bearing lavender yellow-centred flowers in profusion, often reaching a height of 8 feet. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens One man brought the kangaroo, and a second carried some brushwood, besides having one or two flowering shrubs stuck through his nose, and both seemed to stagger under the weight of their burdens. Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants The houses are clean and comfortable looking, with well-kep’ lawns and gardens about ’em and flowering shrubs. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife The vegetation is both attractive and characteristic, consisting of palms, laurels, and flowering shrubs, mingled with which are some exotics from the North, which droop with a homesick aspect. Due South or Cuba Past and Present There were green lawns, great beds packed wantonly with the brightest flowers, while trees, palms and flowering shrubs crowded the square in luxuriance. Westward with the Prince of Wales Few groups of small flowering shrubs are so charming in the garden as the hardy Heaths. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens All our familiar trees which are not conifers, and most of our flowering shrubs and herbs, are "Dicotyledons." The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 We had rooms nigh to the river, the banks of which wuz terraced down to the water, and laid out in little parks, public gardens full of flowers and trees and flowering shrubs. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife Its rooms surrounded a bright clean court, or patio, planted with creeping vines, palmettos, bananas, and some fragrant flowering shrubs. Due South or Cuba Past and Present The small plaza is a delightful resort, a wilderness of green with an ornamental fountain in the middle, about which are stone seats among flowering shrubs, orange and other fruit trees. Aztec Land Daphne mezereum and the white variety album are among our earliest and most beautiful flowering shrubs; Autumnale is excellent, it blooms in late autumn. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens These trees hid the back yard of the house from the garden and small portion of land near to it, which Mr. Fairchild had given up to flowering shrubs and ornamental trees. The Fairchild Family The garden wuz full of trees, blossoms and flowering shrubs, a fountain dashed up its clear water into the air and tall white statutes stood guard over Dorris in her happy play. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife Considering our well-furnished, plentiful market as the best of gardens, I am turning mine, in the midst of which my house stands, into grass plots and gravel walks, with trees and flowering shrubs. Benjamin Franklin We then walked out in the garden—Natalie and myself, that is to say—and sat down upon a rustic seat, amidst a cluster of flowering shrubs that perfumed the air around us. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 How easily the trimmer lawn spaces might lead through groups of flowering shrubs to the rather rougher grassy orchard. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The flowering shrubs that twined about the little porch seemed to give forth a more delicious perfume than when scorched by the sun's warm kiss. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 In the last week transplant hardy flowering shrubs, and they will be strong the next summer.——October. 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 The musicians should be concealed back of a group of flowering shrubs at the end of the hallway, or some other convenient nook or corner. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society The path was charmingly laid out with belts of woodland and clumps of flowering shrubs. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series Although introduced so long ago, this August flowering shrub is not common; it is a good shrub for a small garden, and is not fastidious about soil or even situation if not too shady. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The soil, which appears uninviting, is with water uncommonly fertile, being a mixture of loam, disintegrated granite, and decomposed shells, and especially adapted to flowers, rare tropical trees, fruits, and flowering shrubs of all countries. Our Italy Transplant honeysuckles and spireas, with other hardy flowering shrubs. 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 It grows around the houses like shade trees or flowering shrubs, and nearly every family cultivates a small patch. All About Coffee The flowering shrubs, on the other hand, are not to be compared with ours. Home Life in Germany For this reason it is worth growing as a flowering shrub. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The meadows were profusely decorated with orange lilies; and the banks and dingles with the crimson cones of the sumac, and a variety of flowering shrubs. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Inoculate roses and jasmines that require this kind of propagation, and any of the other flowering shrubs. 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 Some flowering shrubs, on close examination, proved to be old friends, but so trained and developed as to be hardly recognizable. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months The beautiful crimson flowering shrub, with dark green rhododendron-like leaves, which grows in the upper region of Mount Wellington. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia It is one of the finest flowering shrubs we have. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The first week in May had arrived; the trees had acquired a considerable part of their foliage; and the air, in the woods, was perfumed with the fragrant smell of numberless flowers and flowering shrubs. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Bring into the garden some fresh flowering shrubs, wherever they may be wanted, and at the end of the month prune some of the hardier kind.——November. 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 Between the cottage which was our temporary home and the next one was a narrow garden bordered by thick hedges, raspberry bushes down each side, and a mass of flowering shrubs next the street. A Bird-Lover in the West Palms, flowering shrubs, ferns, and creepers rioted on all sides. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines There is a great variety of these beautiful flowering shrubs. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Terraces of stone ran about the house, except on the side of the courtyard, and these were set with flowering shrubs in great stone pots, that would take two men to lift. Rosin the Beau Throw up the earth where flowering shrubs are to be planted in the spring, and turn it once a fortnight. 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 And among the feet of these courtiers of higher degree crowd millions upon millions of flowering shrubs, massing often in solid phalanxes, disputing passage with the deer. The Book of the National Parks Acres of closely shaven lawns, dotted with flowering shrubs of the brightest reds, deepest purples, and fieriest solferinos, beds of rich-hued foliage plants, and cool, green masses of ferns meet your eye. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines An evergreen flowering shrub, the finest of its race, bearing large rose and white flowers. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Nowhere have I seen such numbers of flowering shrubs as all through this region, a few known to me, but most of them quite new. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Government officials and European commercial people live in handsome suburban bungalows smothered amid superb foliage trees and flowering shrubs and vines. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan This garden is planted to many tropical trees and flowering shrubs whose foliage brings out in high relief the beauty of the flawless marble tomb. The Critic in the Orient The breakfast was to his liking, the orange trees shielded him from the sun, and the wind from the sea stirred the flowering shrubs and filled the air with spicy, pungent odors. The White Mice In the case of flowering shrubs like Rhododendron or Berberis it should be done as soon as the flowering season is past. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens It has been called the queen of all flowering shrubs. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty There were the usual varieties of magnificent palms and brilliant flowering shrubs; but the joy of joys was the Sausage-Tree, around which we walked in helpless mirth at the incredible veracity of the imitation. Ladies-In-Waiting The garden was ornamented with artificial rocks, studded with flowering shrubs, with great taste. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Joan was not thinking of all this as she sat there, nor was she exactly seeing the sweep of grass that spread out in front of them, nor the flowering shrubs on every side. To Love As the number of flowering shrubs that are at their best during the latter part of September is very limited, the blooming of this variety of the Clethra at that time makes it valuable. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens From that point to the edge of the Quarry Wood was not a stone's throw, and clumps of rhododendrons and other flowering shrubs gave shelter in plenty. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley It had always been a beautiful garden, full of flowering shrubs, and wide lawns, and winding, box-edged paths. A Sheaf of Corn Giant hydrangeas and other flowering shrubs bordered the drive, and on the rustic terrace a lady in white was waiting. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West He led Grace by the hand up the mossy bank, and through a thicket of flowering shrubs into a glade, in the centre of which he halted and said, "Now, what is it to be?" Fifty-Two Stories For Girls It should be in the smallest list of beautiful flowering shrubs, and it is singular that it is so seldom seen. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Here and there a rock, a copper beech, a silver larch, or a few flowering shrubs cast strong shadows on the dark, pellucid mirror beneath. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Since there is no flowering shrub excels, if equals that of a peach, or apple tree in bloom. On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions An excellent, low-growing, early flowering shrub is Pyrus Japonica, better known as Japan Quince. Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover It was surrounded by grand old trees of many kinds and flowering shrubs as large as trees. The Story of a Robin In any selection of flowering shrubs some of the Weigelas must certainly have a place. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Paths twisted and turned among flowering shrubs, and clumps of old-fashioned perennials were mingled with the latest fads of the floral catalogues. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 It does not even mount, as do many humming-birds, to the tops of the trees, but seeks its food among the low, flowering shrubs. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Alligators swarm in the streams and pools; flowering shrubs of rare beauty clothe the banks of every river; and birds innumerable inhabit the forests, lakes, islets sand-banks, and sea-coast. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting Through the little gateway—which Roger had seen this same man pass on one occasion—they went, and found themselves in another and much larger courtyard, planted with all kinds of flowering shrubs and trees. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess It is one of the rarest of shrubs in gardens in spite of its beauty, and it flowers in July and August, a season when even inferior flowering shrubs are not plentiful. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens There were some plants and flowering shrubs under the window, and though I could see nothing, I began to hear voices—two voices—talking among them. The Five Jars The one brave laburnum which gave brightness and fragrance to her garden-square told her that in the larger open spaces the flowering shrubs would be at their best. There was a King in Egypt On either side grew oleander, acacia, laurel, paw-paw, and many flowering shrubs; while in the distance, against the sky, I could see a tall tree scathed by lightning, and leafless. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting The boy was holding a spray of flowering shrub and his hand passed casually over the flowers in a light caress. The Short Life V. plicatum must come into the smallest list of flowering shrubs. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens By Grace E. Sellon Down the street, about a mile from the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, stands a square, three-story colonial dwelling house, sheltered by pines and great English elms and surrounded by flowering shrubs. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 The house of the “King” was a commodious, comfortable building in the midst of a garden, in which there were roses in great profusion, as well as fruit-trees and flowering shrubs. Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago For many miles the channel continues narrow, at times confined by a steep wall of marble surmounted by rich flowering shrubs; then, for a short distance, laving the edge of some rich meadow slope. Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. “There is friend Dainsforth’s house,” said a worthy citizen to whom Deane addressed himself; and he saw before him a fine and substantial stone building, with a broad verandah surrounded by trees and flowering shrubs. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea Filled with fruit trees and flowering shrubs, these once carefully cultivated, but for long neglected, now cover the walks in wild luxuriance. The Death Shot A Story Retold A seedling, especially when transplanted the first year, flops all over like a flowering shrub. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 There are espaliers of fruit-trees at each end of the garden and curious flowering shrubs. Home Life in Colonial Days Azalea—The azalea is the most beautiful flowering shrub—if not the most beautiful of all winter flowering plants. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse Laurier had left the conservatory door unlocked, and, slipping in, it being now quite dark, I hid myself behind some large flowering shrubs and waited. A Master of Mysteries The extensive gardens were filled with rare exotics and most beautiful native plants and trees, and birds of varied and brilliant plumage sported among the flowering shrubs and charmed the air with their lively notes. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 We found the minister and his family seated outside the house under a sort of arbor of flowering shrubs, and I remember it was her wish that the ceremony be performed there. At the Time Appointed At this point he reached a secluded part of the valley, or, rather, an off-shoot from it, where a low precipice rose on one side, and thick flowering shrubs protected the other. The Hot Swamp Hibiscus—One of the most brilliant flowering shrubs outside of the azaleas, with single and double flowers. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse They were, at the time, engaged in constructing a new bower for Polly among the flowering shrubs under the cocoa-nut palms. Philosopher Jack The place was in remarkable order; the gardens in full bloom, the mocking birds building their nests, and the greenlets warbling sweetly among the flowering shrubs. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 Here had been placed a few wooden boxes filled with earth and planted with flowering shrubs. The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story The track by which they had ascended was visible here and there, winding among the flowering shrubs and trees. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers Hydrangea—This is another popular flowering shrub, often had in bloom inside in the spring, but personally I do not consider it suited for such use. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse Fruit-trees of various kinds glistened in the sunshine, and flowering shrubs in abundance lent additional splendour to the scene. Jarwin and Cuffy The path, which was narrow and rugged, wound its serpentine course amid grey rocks, luxuriant brambles, grasses, and flowering shrubs. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands Beyond all lay the undulating plains studded with flowering shrubs of varied form and hue, and bathed in golden sunshine. Six Months at the Cape The scenery was often very beautiful, consisting of magnificent ranges of mountains, their bases rising abruptly out of the river, covered with umbrageous trees and flowering shrubs of various hues. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela Lantana—Easily grown flowering shrub, trailing in habit, with small flower clusters of white, pink, red, yellow or orange. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse On this also I planted some flowering shrubs. Twice Lost There were also many other fine timber trees, while graceful ferns and flowering shrubs formed a dense undergrowth over all the uncultivated parts of the country. The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific Now and then we met with beautiful flowers and flowering shrubs, but they were not so common as we expected. In the Eastern Seas One species, which he called a “thorn-bill,” does not, as do most of its race, mount to the tops of the trees, but seeks its food among the low flowering shrubs. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela Browallia—A very attractive flowering shrub, easily grown in a cool room, with plenty of sunlight. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse All the country was covered with olive and mulberry trees, and innumerable fruit-trees grew up wild in the fields, as likewise flowering shrubs in the hedges. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Visitors were likewise requested not to touch the flowering shrubs; not to pick the flowers; not to throw rubbish into the lake, or to inscribe their initials on the seats. Flaming June There are also several pleasant paths which descend in labyrinths under a profusion of lilacs and other flowering shrubs, overhung by birches and all kinds of forest-trees. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 446 Volume 18, New Series, July 17, 1852 Perennial plants, such as our flowering shrubs, are grown from cuttings of the ripe wood after the leaves have fallen in autumn. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition North and south runs a deep ravine, on the one side richly wooded, and on the other, the west, planted with all acclimatisable varieties of Alpine plants and flowering shrubs. Highways and Byways in Sussex It was frequently bordered by hedges of flowering shrubs, and such cottages as we passed seemed sufficient for the climate. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 With a few flowering shrubs added the patio assumed quite a pretty aspect. Ranching, Sport and Travel Garlands of luxuriant vines, with white and black grapes in clusters, now adorn the ruined walls; and fruit-trees and flowering shrubs grow on the terraces. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre The balmy breath of the flowering shrubs in the public gardens was wafted into the streets. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Miss Fleet strolled on, descending by winding paths, closely followed by Charmian, till she came to a sheet of artificial water, whose uneven banks were covered with masses of azaleas, rhododendrons, bamboos, and flowering shrubs. The Way of Ambition For many miles from Lyons, the road continued very various, occasionally hill and dale, bordered by hedges, in which were flowers and flowering shrubs, that perfumed the air very delightfully. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 The car immediately began to move silently, but with considerable speed, along the left-hand side of the outer street, which, like all the others, was divided by narrow strips of russet-coloured grass and flowering shrubs. A Honeymoon in Space Then it is "What to Plant Where," and for answer we have made a short list of familiar flowering shrubs best suited to our immediate geographical locality. The Amateur Garden Other flowering shrubs, which I can not name, grow there also. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two In the garden it may be planted under other trees, where it proves one of a scarce class of shade-loving flowering shrubs; it also does well in open quarters. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. Besides the flowers and flowering shrubs, a most profuse use is made of evergreens, which are removed of surprising size and forwardness of spring growth. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Some of the sweetest and most beautiful of our flowering shrubs, and some of the richest of our fruit-bearing trees, are unable to raise themselves from the ground without the assistance of their stronger kindred. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story For instance, a person with little interest in horticulture might pass a flowering shrub, the colour, form, and scent making only a faint impression upon him. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education Occasionally, they passed a dwarf tree or a flowering shrub in an earth-filled container. The Universe — or Nothing Many things in the way of deciduous flowering shrubs may be grown with them, their bareness in winter and shade during summer favouring their enjoyment and growth. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. The early flowering shrubs bloomed very full this spring. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 The parks as he passed were starred with the bright yellow and pinks of flowering shrubs. The Tin Soldier Under the fragrances of ripening vineyards and flowering shrubs there was always the sharp clean smell of the sea. Days of the Discoverers The yards of the village homes, or the grounds, as they were commonly designated, were gay with the earlier flowering shrubs, almond and bridal wreath and Japanese quince. The Debtor A Novel These two genera are, perhaps, the best hardy flowering shrubs we possess for planting in the shade of trees. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. Out in the great front yard the rain swirled in misty columns, like ghostly dancers, and the flowering shrubs lashed the ground. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel In your last letter you speak of the preponderance of white among the flowering shrubs as well as the early blossoms of spring. The Garden, You, and I It is well stocked with fruit trees and flowering shrubs. The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal A gorgeous old butler resembling a wolf ushered us from the blank walled street into a beautiful square garden filled with flowering shrubs and creepers. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia There are many fine flowering shrubs, but they do not gain the esteem in which this is held. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. When he reached the Ayres house he entered the gate, passed between the flowering shrubs which bordered the gravel walk, and rang the bell with vigor. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel Scattered throughout the yard were the numerous trees and flowering shrubs which grow in profusion at the "sunny South." Tempest and Sunshine In the middle of the garden stood a creeper-covered arbour of white stone, surrounded by flowering shrubs. The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal We are not to think of it as a garden of flowers, or of vegetables, but as having a variety of flowering shrubs, and of fruit-trees, especially olive. A Life of St. John for the Young But it is the flowers and the flowering shrubs, that, beyond all else, render these regions so beautiful. Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia It was after five o'clock when the party stood before the noble statue of Columbus recently dedicated in a prominent square filled with palms and flowering shrubs, and near the principal railway station. The Harris-Ingram Experiment They were in ruins, and overgrown by flowering shrubs and creepers, but were apparently still used as habitations for it was to one of these houses I was presently conducted. Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century He knew he must act quickly and before any one could catch him; so he made his way cautiously to the shelter of a large, flowering shrub by the roadside. Jewel's Story Book All is in the most glorious green—a very extravagance of fresh and brilliant color—relieved with the bright purples and tender leafing of the flowering shrubs and vines that intertwine among its heavy jungle. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 The main plaza is large, and finely planted with palms, orange-trees, roses and flowering shrubs. In Indian Mexico (1908) The soft musical tinkling of a fountain, hidden somewhere amongst the flowering shrubs, adds a delicious sense of coolness to the air. The Hoyden I caused the whole country to be planted with groves of trees and with flowering shrubs, and I made the people to sit under the shade thereof. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians I suppose our own tongue is but an elaboration of that simple bit of human nature—a training of polite vines and flowering shrubs over the crude lines of it. The Seeker The native flowers are not so rich as you would expect to find; but the white lilies of the water are as pretty as anywhere, and the flowering shrubs are beautiful. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East The house of the "King" was a commodious, comfortable building in the midst of a garden, in which there were roses in great profusion, as well as fruit-trees and flowering shrubs. Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata The hills were covered with flowering shrubs, but by means of various obstacles the ascending and descending was difficult, and in many parts impracticable. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) Alice was charmed with the wild grandeur of the mountain scenery—with the countless acres of blossoms and flowering shrubs—with the romantic and picturesque surroundings in general, and was very emphatic in her praises. Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills Here it is like being in a vast garden, in which the greenest of turf, the brightest of bedding-out plants, and the most fragrant flowering shrubs abound. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months There were many statues, more or less mutilated, and stately brick arches laden with a wealth of flowering shrubs, and here and there thickets of tall dark cypress trees, harmonious with ruins. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 The house, a low frame one, stood back from the road, in a tangle of old, old flowering shrubs. Lewis Rand The beginnings of a garden were spread out before them, with young fruit trees and flowering shrubs, and bushes of pale pink roses. When William Came How quiet it was and how fragrant and dim! one could scarcely distinguish between the dewy glimmer of turf and the dark island-like thickets of guelder-rose and other flowering shrubs. Nightfall Here was the trim and smoothly shaven lawn—there the blooming parterre—beyond the early flowering shrubs not a twig, not a leaf injured. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 We made our own way through the tall grass and tangles of flowering shrubs, for there were no trails save those made by the great herds of wild cattle that wandered across the plain. White Shadows in the South Seas Here a fountain threw up a sparkling jet of water, and several trees and flowering shrubs, with a profusion of ivy on the walls, made it a very attractive place. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Between the flowering shrubs I noticed that a figure—a woman by her undulating grace—was coming down the path. A Trip to Venus The fire that enfolds the oak with a sheet of flame will not pause at the more beautiful maple or the flowering shrubs. Sketches of the Covenanters Then, too, it blossoms so very early in the spring, in April you know, that it seemed to me, since I must plant this spring, I'd disturb less a later flowering shrub. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. In neither place is there a wide variety of garden flowers, but there is an abundance of flowering shrubs and trees. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines A fine garden or park belonged to the house, where were lawns shaded by forest trees, winding paths, flowering shrubs and arbors in shady nooks, offering quiet retreats. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians As the worshippers arrived they seated themselves on the turf amongst the flowering shrubs, or on the benches along the terraces, and either spoke in subdued tones, or preserved a religious silence. A Trip to Venus But no; the cheapness of good building stone, the suitability of the soil for flowering shrubs, and perhaps something in the force of example, create cottage after cottage fit for the dwellings of Arcadian lovers. Rides on Railways Deep beds of earth inclosed in green cases line the sides, and an abundance of orange-trees, flowering shrubs, plants, and flowers, are placed in them. The Idler in France And in this vast expanse of waving grasses and low flowering shrubs, in the pink glow of the evening, stood out two graceful forms, a pair of coyotes, distinct against the sunset behind them. Five Nights Temples and other buildings of the most elaborate and artistic design and construction showed here and there amid a profusion of gloriously-foliaged trees and flowering shrubs. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories At the door they were met by Mrs. Douglas, who welcomed them with the most affectionate cordiality, and conducted them into the house through a little circular hall, filled with flowering shrubs and foreign plants. Marriage Some parts that were low and level had a wet and peat-like surface, bounded by small tracts of flowering shrubs and odoriferous plants, that perfumed the air with the fragrance of their oils.* An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 It must be noticed, that the man who carried the brush-wood had thrust one or two flowering shrubs through the septum nasi. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. Then we made our way through the gates into what appeared to be a lovely garden or park with gravelled walks, flowering shrubs, and large shade trees. Abroad with the Jimmies Directly before it is an open grove, through which you see a field, which is bounded by a serpentine wood of all kind of trees, and flowering shrubs, and flowers. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I Philadelphus.—Among the best of our flowering shrubs, producing a wealth of sweetly-scented flowers. Gardening for the Million On either hand rose substantial stone mansions, half hidden by trees and flowering shrubs. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil Within the walls is the caretaker's cottage in the midst of such a wealth of trees, flowering shrubs, and vines as makes a greenwood retreat. Virginia: the Old Dominion By the end of April the green grass and flowering shrubs looked as if summer had come, and the cruel cold of but a few weeks back was all but forgotten. Calvert of Strathore I've got pink tulip bulbs in the ground now and there are some pink flowering shrubs—weigelia and flowering almond—already there against the lattice of the veranda. Ethel Morton's Enterprise It is decidedly one of the best recent additions to the number of hardy deciduous flowering shrubs. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 The road towards Pahlgam is a charming woodland walk, where the wild strawberries, still hardly out of flower, grow thick amidst a tangle of chestnut, yew, wild cherry, and flowering shrubs. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil All space between these trees was filled with a rich growth of all the flowering shrubs known to our California mountains. Out of Doors—California and Oregon I dropped my eyes to the gravel walk, that I might shut out the emerald green lawns, and flowering shrubs. The Lure of San Francisco A Romance Amid Old Landmarks "They don't look like flowering shrubs to me." Ethel Morton's Enterprise The garden is described as being very beautiful, and he says: No English nobleman’s garden could be better kept, and no pen could do justice to the glories of its flowering shrubs, cypresses, and palms. A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians Sometimes a cluster of cypresses shadowed the tomb—sometimes a fair flowering shrub had twined around it. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827 The variety of the wild fruit and flowering shrubs is so great, and such the profusion of the blossoms with which they are bowed down, that the eye is regaled almost to satiety. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers To dream of walking with one's lover through a garden where flowering shrubs and plants abound, indicates unalloyed happiness and independent means. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition Behind a great flowering shrub Hanson lay gazing at the stars and waiting. Son of Tarzan Hundreds of candles, of the finest wax, lit up a room that was perfumed, like the staircase, with a profusion of rare and beautiful flowering shrubs. New Arabian Nights Lawson had done some planting,—conifers and flowering shrubs and suchlike,—but wisely he had resolved that Nature had for the most part forestalled him. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies The houses right and left were hidden behind the black masses of flowering shrubs. An Outcast of the Islands In the first place, he was idle and curious; secondly, he was by no means scrupulous; thirdly, and lastly, he was concealed from view by some flowering shrubs. The Pickwick Papers It was painted white, and stood back several rods from the street, in a charming setting of palmettoes, magnolias, and flowering shrubs. The House Behind the Cedars Beyond these, as David soon found, it ran between wide-spreading lawns and flowering shrubs, leading up the gentle slope of a hill. Just David Ozma's palace stood in the center of a delightful and extensive garden, where splendid trees and flowering shrubs and statuary and fountains abounded. The Magic of Oz Closer and closer came the little Prince, and in another moment, he had burst through the flowering shrubs, and stood facing the implacable master of fence. The Outlaw of Torn The sun was shining, the air was heavy with the perfume of flowering shrubs and trees, the orchards of the valley were white with bloom. The Harvester He could see among the thick flowering shrubs her tall slim figure clothed in white. Remember the Alamo The town covers a considerable area; the detached white houses of its suburbs are surrounded by trees and flowering shrubs. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 There was a fine old hedge of box bordering the Carstairs lawn, old rosebushes inside it and many flowering shrubs. Captivating Mary Carstairs Above this, we found a plateau of flowering shrubs, chiefly new and strange, so that Mr. Stephenson was soon loaded like a market gardener. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Children of fifteen seated listlessly under flowering shrubs, conversed for pastime on subjects which would have made shudder with terror the motionless groves of Versailles. The Confession of a Child of the Century In the shadow of a flowering shrub Mr. Goldstone stood by, mopping. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Great, tapering cypresses grew about it, with many orange-trees and flowering shrubs that filled the soft, southern air with odours. Fair Margaret Monterey pines and cypress, with acacia and a variety of flowering shrubs, are grouped with fine effect. The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition They began walking up the shaded path, for above the low walls on either side sprang flowering shrubs and trees. The End of Her Honeymoon One of the best and most showy small flowering shrubs; 4-10 ft. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The few birds are piping thinly and shyly, the streams sing again, there is a strange flowering shrub full of incense, overturned flowers of crimson and gold, like Bohemian glass. Twilight in Italy Abutting on the outer wall is the chapel, and before it a small enclosed flower-garden full of wallflowers and flowering shrubs, a bit of prettiness welcome to the eye. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" The grounds were said to be well planted with flowering shrubs and fruit trees and to contain lakelets and rockeries. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places When the heat was gone off a little he would walk out on the lawn, which was well kept and well watered, with many flowering shrubs about it. Stephen Archer and Other Tales One of the most graceful of flowering shrubs, producing fragrant flowers in early summer; 8-10 ft. or more. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) They walked on amidst the flowering shrubs, and Dora was filled with a disquieting sense of having failed to convince him. From One Generation to Another Gradually the flowering shrubs forsook us, and dark forest trees pressed grimly around, as we traversed the noble stone bridges that those grand old Cambodians loved to build over comparatively insignificant streams. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok There was a window-seat in the salle à manger; it was deep and shaded by odorous flowering shrubs; it lent itself to endless conversation. Henrik Ibsen It was very still, a tiny breeze whispered in the pines and drifted across his face the sweet perfume of a flowering shrub. The Shadow of the East The soil is sandy, and the trees are low and far apart, a natural growth short grass and flowering shrubs giving it very much the appearance of a park. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush The purple flowering shrubs were all in bloom, and the snow shone upon the Hills of Hap. A Dreamer's Tales Soon after the gardener planted some young evergreens, and placed flowering shrubs and a little fence around the sacred spot. Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs In the garden of the Byrdsnest flowering shrubs were in bloom; the beds were studded with daffodils; the scent of lilac filled the air. The Nest Builder There are upward of thirty species of fragrant native wild flowers and flowering shrubs and trees in New England and New York, and, no doubt, many more in the South and West. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Here is a beautiful site for a house: a sloping lawn, covered with fine peppermint trees, which in form resemble the weeping willow, and a great variety of flowering shrubs, down to the water's edge. The Bushman — Life in a New Country Of flowering shrubs I have a host, Which did in cash and labor cost What might affright some minds. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects Here there were pavilions and fountains, and well-kept walks, with great clumps of bushes and flowering shrubs well calculated for concealment. In Times of Peril One in particular gave her a long hunt till she finally ran it to its lair, and it proved to be the shadow of a grotesque lead statue half hidden by a flowering shrub. The Sheik Mary Rafferty kept her yard aglow with phlox, verbenas and pansies, and revelled in vines and flowering shrubs. The City of Fire The effect of this bright flower garden with its setting of green foliage and flowering shrubs, and majestic old trees surrounding the whole, was very beautiful. Lady John Russell Crossing it by a plank bridge, the young people plunged into the cool woods, dark and green, and carpeted with flowering shrubs and vines. The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly Its banks sloped like a natural terrace, and were clothed with masses of maidenhair ferns interwoven with feathery grasses, whilst up above among the rocks grew aloes and every sort of flowering shrub. Dawn With flattened woody branches, and sharp-pointed spines which take the place of leaves, this is at once one of the most singular of hardy flowering shrubs. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs On the edge of the wood, to the left, were many flowering shrubs and pandanus with large scarlet-red flowers. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes Naturally, I remembered these things as I stood in front of "the big house"—a story-and-a-half cottage—amid the flowering shrubs. A Florida Sketch-Book The winding paths of the garden were lined with flowering shrubs, and the sea sparkled in the distance. A Romance of the Republic Within the great entrance-hall were palms and flowering shrubs in pots or tubs. Hyacinth This is a very distinct and beautiful flowering shrub. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs The next astonishment of the Parson's friends was on finding him laying out part of his new land in a nursery of valuable young fruit-trees and flowering shrubs. Mercy Philbrick's Choice Out from one yard floated the rich perfume of some early flowering shrub. Burnham Breaker Here and there, some flowering shrub rendered the picture gay, while masses of the rich chestnut, in blossom, lay in clouds of natural glory among the dark tops of the pines. Home as Found There were the vines, flowering shrubs, fruiting trees, many-fronded palms, and the effect of outdoors derived from the shadows of the pillars, and the sunshine streaming brilliantly through the open intervals. The Prince of India — Volume 01 This is of no particular value as a flowering shrub, but being hardy in most districts, and having large handsome leaves that impart to it a tropical appearance, it is well worthy of culture. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs The ground was thickly covered with moss about the edges of the spring, and many varieties of flowering shrubs and fruits were scattered along the valley and up the steep sides of the surrounding hills. Lost in the Backwoods The syringa was in full flower, and the table stood under the flowering shrubs; children were running about, the piano was being played and somebody sang a song. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales Here he observed him apply, first his eye, and then his ear, to one of the casements, which were in a great measure grown over, and excluded from the light, by various flowering shrubs. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 At the base of the great pylons that flank the columnar entrance court of Festival Hall, are low pyramidal masses of foliage and flowering shrubs. The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Art of the Panama-Pacific international exposition A well-grown specimen is in April a brilliant picture of vivid colour, and the shrub is sooner or later destined to a chief place amongst our ornamental flowering shrubs. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs It was a simple urn of white marble, surrounded by beautiful flowering shrubs. George Leatrim It had dignity, however, and drowsed upon a commanding eminence fronted by a splendid terraced lawn which one beheld through clumps of flowering shrubs and well-tended trees. The Net Owing to its numerous wild-flowers, and flowering shrubs, Palestine has always been a famous country for bees. Locusts and Wild Honey The house was roomy, and like most of the houses at that date had a large courtyard paved with red tiles and planted with small lemon trees and flowering shrubs of various kinds. Far Away and Long Ago A not very hardy species, and only second-rate as an ornamental flowering shrub. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs Myrtles, pomegranates, everg.reens, and flowering shrubs, all thrive, and stand the cold blast, when planted in a southern aspect, as safely as in an inland country. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 Here and there, however, was a small flowering shrub; and it was to one of these that a tiny, orange-colored bird came flying. The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix There was a garden in front, full of old-fashioned flowering shrubs; and a verandah ran round the house, about whose posts clambered sweet English creepers. Recalled to Life The massing of large groups of black acacia, Monterey pines, and cypresses, filled in at the edge with veronica and many other flowering shrubs, gives many interesting notes, and serves frequently as backgrounds for statuary. The Art of the Exposition Within he beheld a gay tent pitched in a grove of flowering shrubs, and out of it emerged a beauteous creature and advanced toward him. A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music They were resting in the shade of some flowering shrubs. Princess Polly's Playmates He went slowly down the steps and out through the flowering shrubs. The Ne'er-Do-Well The trees consisted of a new species of casuarina, a new caparis, with some hakea, and several species of very pretty and fragrant flowering shrubs. Expedition into Central Australia The lover of outdoors will find no end to his pleasurable investigations in the many fine, luxurious groupings of flowering shrubs. The Art of the Exposition This pretty little place was called Pidinga; the eye was charmed with flowering shrubs about the rocks, and green grass. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, She gave him a look of intelligence, but took his arrival as a matter of course, and spoke to him about a flowering shrub which pleased her. The Crown of Life In the centre of the square was a small flower bed with a flowering shrub in the middle. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life The Trades scarce filled our swooning sails; the air was languid with the aroma of a thousand strange, flowering shrubs. Omoo On the tops of the arches and walls large flowering shrubs are growing; on the highest is a small tree, and within the walls are oak trees more than a century old. Travellers' Stories On either side of the court stood great clumps of flowering shrubs, also enclosed in gilded railings. The Days Before Yesterday There were tall trees smothered in crimson and yellow climbing roses, and an endless variety of flowering shrubs and fine conifers, and such pampas grass as no other garden can show. In the Days of the Comet The first Christmas Mrs. Bates and Kate made a Christmas tree from a small savine in the dooryard that stood where Kate wanted to set a flowering shrub she had found in the woods. A Daughter of the Land Here and there were steep cliffs, gay with flowering shrubs, or hung with pendulous vines, swinging blossoms in the air. Omoo He lived in a low, old-fashioned stone house, surrounded by laurels, and roses, and fuschias, and other flowers and flowering shrubs. Travellers' Stories The rare and beautiful flowering shrubs, which abound in every part, deserve the highest admiration and panegyric. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Some hundred yards to the left, half hidden by a screen of flowering shrubs, I saw a small meadow. The Metal Monster Very learnedly he talked of perennials and annuals; and without hesitation he made out a list of flowering shrubs and plants that would give her a "succession of bloom throughout the season." Miss Billy They parted amid the flowering shrubs and caged birds in the hall, and he saw her no more. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day And where the flowers had been, the violets and the wind-flowers and the clematis and the columbine and all the ferns and flowering shrubs, there lay the snow. The Sky Pilot, a Tale of the Foothills The bay-window gave upon a garden that was ablaze with foreign and domestic flowers and flowering shrubs. Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories Owing to its numerous wild-flowers and flowering shrubs, Palestine has always been a famous country for bees. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers When I woke I found that we were passing through a rocky defile of a lava formation with precipitous sides, in which grew many beautiful trees and flowering shrubs. She The banks of the stream as well as of the Potomac were fringed with native flowering shrubs and graceful trees, in which Mr. Jefferson took great delight. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty They all have a verandah enclosed with a neat balustrade, and are generally surrounded by orange-trees and flowering shrubs. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 His mood was that of as evening breeze which played about a favourite flowering shrub, gently shaking her now this side, now that, in the hope of rousing her to animation. The Hungry Stones and Other Stories The flowering shrubs are then mostly in bloom, and numberless kinds of Dipterous and Hymenopterous insects appear simultaneously with the flowers. The Naturalist on the River Amazons On the other side, seated under the flowering shrubs and trees bordering the lake, was Joe, the stable-boy, watching proceedings with intense interest. That Mainwaring Affair The cavalcade soon entered a path which was skirted by flowering shrubs, and extended to a vast wood of palm-trees, whose branches overspread a building of hewn stone. The History of Caliph Vathek For there was not any opening to a path, and the underwood consisting chiefly of rose-bushes, white-thorn, eglantine, and other flowering shrubs, was so thick, that it appeared impossible to attempt forcing through them. The Governess; or, Little Female Academy The birds began to sing again, and when we threw open the windows delicious odours of fresh earth and flowering shrub greeted us. Painted Windows Wide forests had sprung up, their whole undergrowth flowering shrubs peopled with song-birds. Lilith, a romance The guests presently descended to the dining-room on the ground-floor by the grand staircase, on every step of which were rare plants and flowering shrubs. The Alkahest It was in the nature of a garden in which a number of trees and flowering shrubs grew. Tarzan the Untamed There were many flowering shrubs and trees, and the air was laden with perfume. The Land of Footprints The Man of Wrath does not in the least want roses, or flowering shrubs, or plantations, or new paths, and therefore, he asks, why should he pay for them? Elizabeth and Her German Garden The vivid contrast made by the varieties of foliage, the colors of the masses of flowering shrubs, the freaks of light and shadow, gladdened the eyes. The Magic Skin The palace of the Caesars was hidden by mounds of earth, crested with flowering shrubs. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science The woods were flushed with the red buds of the maple; there were frequent flowering shrubs unknown in the east; and the green swells of the prairies were thickly studded with blossoms. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life |
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