| 单词 | heliotrope |
| 例句 | When my mother came across an unusual one, she would give an “Oh” of joy and tell me its name: daphne, wild heliotrope, pink orchid. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Meg’s had roses and heliotrope, myrtle, and a little orange tree in it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z A top hat, and a boutonniere of heliotropes, daisies and a tuberose. New York Fashion Week: Male Models at the Line of Beauty ? NY Fashion Week 2011-09-16T23:20:18Z Nkoloso wore a standard-issue combat helmet, a khaki military uniform, and a flowing cape—multicolored silk or heliotrope velvet, with an embroidered neck and festooned with medals. The Zambian “Afronaut” Who Wanted to Join the Space Race 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z It is useless to alarm anyone … it is useless to be alarming and to get fertility in gardens, in salads, in heliotrope and in dishes … Dishes and wishes are not capable of darkness. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice – reviews 2012-07-06T21:55:18Z A recent display of sun-tolerant coleus and dark-leaved dahlias greeted visitors at the front walk, while billowing containers filled with trailing million bells, petunias and fragrant heliotrope mounted the entry steps. This meticulously planned and planted Queen Anne garden changes for the seasons in colorful echoes of a restored Victorian home 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z The center of clan life is a flowering heliotrope tree by the ocean. Will an Island in Indonesia Become a New Frontier in the Space Race? 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Once the palms are mostly gone, crews will plant native trees, especially the giant Pisonia and the tree heliotrope. To save this palm-filled paradise, biologists must kill the trees 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z As the inventor of the heliotrope, a device that reflected light to send messages over long distances, Gauss envisioned an array of large mirrors that could be used to flash messages through interplanetary space. Cosmic cats and nuclear blasts: the strange history of interstellar messages 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z "Some victims suffered something called heliotrope cyanosis which was kind of a creeping blue which started in your fingertips, tips of your ears and nose and lips but you could go completely black," she said. Spanish flu: 'We didn't know who we'd lose next' 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z The divine scent is often described as a combination of clove, honeysuckle and heliotrope. Super-hardy, colorful Hostas do it all: in a shade garden, in a container or even in a salad bowl 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z On hikes I’ve found that these jagged buttes and towering sandstone pinnacles change shades by the hour, from heliotrope red to to nickel gray. The 22 best US national parks to escape the crowds, chosen by experts 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z For fragrance through the seasons, grow plenty of daphne, scented daffodils, viburnum, lilacs, roses, honeysuckle, lilies, sweet peas, lavender and heliotrope. Grow your own fragrant, pretty flower bouquets 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z A similar instrument is the heliotrope, used principally for defining distant points in geodetic surveys, such as in the triangulation of India, and in the verification of the African arc of the meridian. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Here I find, among hundreds of other plants of whose names and properties I am unfortunately ignorant, the wild verbena and heliotrope, also the cucumber. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z "No, no; I am going to die out here, and lie in the soft grass under that heliotrope there." Nuova or The New Bee 2012-03-26T02:00:41.423Z As the heliotrope mountains of Majorca receded into the distance, the brilliance faded. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z She remembered writing that she smoked Russian cigarettes perfumed with heliotrope. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z From the end of May till October heliotropes are excellent for massing in beds in the open air by themselves or with other plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z How gallantly the "beamish boy" must have dealt the death-stroke to the queer brute as the orchestra sounded the Siegfried and the Dragon motives, and the air all the while redolent with heliotrope. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z A heliotrope or a rose-bush, A pale-blue flower or pink, But a dead bee sees no colors Nor smells sweet smells, I think. Nuova or The New Bee 2012-03-26T02:00:41.423Z Halfway up the slope a French artist was painting, filling in his canvas with a delicate mosaic of heliotropes and pinks and purples. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z I smoke Russian cigarettes scented with white heliotrope, because surely no man would dream of doing such a sickening thing. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z Many florists’ varieties of the common heliotrope are known in cultivation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Violet, lavender, lilac, heliotrope, orchid, are examples; each is an exact tint. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Learn of the clematis domestic love, Religious beauty in the lily see; Learn from the rose how rapture's pulses move, Learn from the heliotrope fidelity. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Beyond the flat expanse of land rose a line of mountains that glowed warm heliotrope and pink in the strong sunshine. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Put plants of fuchsias, petunias, verbenas, heliotropes, salvias and other soft-wooded subjects, into a propagating house to obtain cuttings, &c., for the flower garden. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The common heliotrope of English hothouses, H. peruvianum, popularly known as “cherry-pie,” is on account of the delicious odour of its flowers a great favourite with florists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Once I put together a rose, some sprigs of mignonette and heliotrope in wax, and gave them to my dear old friend, Henry Ward Beecher. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z By that revealing touched, the queenly rose Forgot them both, a deeper joy to hope And heed the love-note of the heliotrope. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The wild heliotrope is one of the most abundant flowers of midspring, especially in the south. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Pelargoniums, pinks, monthly roses and all the half-hardy kinds of flowering plants should be planted early, but coleus, heliotrope and the more tender plants should be delayed until the end of the month. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z A division of the royal escort, marching with drawn swords, preceded the Queen Regent, a slight and elegant figure in white and heliotrope, her mantilla pinned with diamonds. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z She was fastening up little bouquets of roses, lilies, heliotrope, nasturtiums, iris, narcissi, and the beautiful lotus. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The smell of oleanders and heliotrope was heavy in the air, and a cluster of blossoms swayed above Jacinta's shoulder. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z It is needless to say that this is not a true heliotrope, but belongs to the closely allied genus, Phacelia. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Two girls, heliotrope and white, a man with two girls, pale green and white, and a man with a girl last. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z They are the flowers for Mozart, are they not?" said Mademoiselle—"heliotrope and white lilies; and we have been studying Mozart this morning. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z Fuchsias and heliotropes were gathered from the bushes, and each took a share, now with the geological hammer, now with the botanical box, or the butterfly-catcher, in the harvest of objects of natural history. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z Over it hung bronze-railed balconies, and quaint verandas with old carved pillars and rich trellises smothered in purple bougainvilla, while there were oleanders and heavy scented heliotrope in the little square below. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z This, the only species of true heliotrope common within our borders, is widely distributed over the world. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z "I think I'll wear the heliotrope—though this sun will fade it," she said pensively. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z On arriving at a certain place, a sort of little opening where the languorous, sensuous perfume of heliotrope dominated all others, Matilde made a gesture of pleasure. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z That woman in heliotrope who has just gone out of the room with your brother? Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z But I do remember that you always smelled as sweet as—roses, or new-mown hay, or heliotrope. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z He had a glass house at the end of the regular house that was half buried in a huge heliotrope plant which had grown so marvellously that it covered the walls like a vine. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z But, all the same, Ellen Baily was like a spray of heliotrope. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z But mingled with the luxurious, romantic scent of heliotrope, roses, and violets came from surrounding orchards other heavier breaths of ripe fruits. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z To the observer the heliotrope presents the appearance of a star of the first or second magnitude, and is generally a pleasant object for observing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z I put a bunch of heliotrope on her grave. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z For my part, I gathered all the heliotrope I wanted for once in my life. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z I mean, the portulaca and heliotrope and other old-fashioned plants she dug up for me. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z Evelyn’s was as large as Miss Campbell’s, of roses, and the younger girls were smaller bunches of heliotrope, which gave out a delicious fragrance. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z The dim verbena drugs the dusk With heavy lemon odors rare; Wan heliotropes Arabian musk Exhale into the dreamy air; A sad wind with long wooing husk Swoons in the roses there. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z His red hat with white plumes is lying on the window-sill, near a bottle containing a sprig of heliotrope, and above hangs a cage. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z His Hawaiian Majesty sent me lovely heliotropes, I remember,—my favourite flower and my favourite perfume. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z There are geraniums, asters of all sorts, heliotropes, lobelias, and so many sorts and varieties of lovely twining vines and beautiful ferns that I give up all hope of ever recording one-half of them. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z But the villas are in heliotrope, primrose, azure, and rose, bowered in extravagant arbours of papaws mangoes, bananas, and palms, with shrubberies beneath of feathery mimosas, and cassias with orange and crimson blooms. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The Lady Rose dropped a branch of heliotrope and a moss-rosebud, which had for one instant trembled in her hand, as Hurst passed the door, and trod upon them with a sharp feeling of disappointment. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z Despite our dress-rehearsal the previous day, an hour had passed before Joyce appeared in the white coat and skirt, black hat and heliotrope dust-coat. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Meg's had roses and heliotrope, myrtle, and a little orange-tree in it. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z This heliotrope you are wearing shows me at once that you are in rhythm. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Their fragrance and the scent of heliotrope was heavy within his nostrils. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z One oriel window was discovered through the white jasmine that clustered around it, and the verbenas, heliotrope, and scarlet geraniums that crept beneath it from the ground. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z The most conspicuous garments I could find were a white coat and skirt, white stockings and shoes, black hat and veil, and heliotrope dust coat. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Scent was introduced; familiar perfumes—such as sandalwood, jasmine, heliotrope, not always recognised—were a frequent occurrence at these s�ances. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z Isn't heliotrope in rhythm with the faint reflection of passion? Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z She wore no jewels, but a wreath of rich white heliotrope crowned her jetty ringlets, and a bouquet of the same odoriferous flowers employed her slender fingers. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z There was a shiver of glass as she fumbled, spilling things right and left; and the stale air was scented with heliotrope. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Women were crowding up to the windows,—women from whom came the odor of iris and heliotrope. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The brush of her naked arm and shoulder left a streak of white powder on the other's sleeve; a heavy fragrance of heliotrope shook from her garments. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z Why do you wear heliotrope and the same shade as mine? Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Lower on the mountains are heather, gentians, wild heliotrope, and stunted trees of alpine fir, white-barked pine, and alpine larch. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z How transparent was the gentle artifice with which she beguiled me out of the room, to search for some purple heliotrope that might soften the tints of her bouquet! Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z Svirski returned to Nice in a car without other passengers; he raised to his face from moment to moment a hand which retained the odor of heliotrope. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z There was that lovely heliotrope velvet edged with ermine for Adelaide, and a faded pink brocade sprigged with primroses for me. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z She got up and stretched her well-shaped arms above her head until the heliotrope sleeves cracked and gaped at the seams. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z I was sitting in the doorway of the kitchen where I could smell the heliotrope and citronella while I chopped apples and meat for the mince pies. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z Her very passion for flowers, to me almost a heavenly taste in itself, was so combined with materialism, that the perfume of the heliotrope sickened me. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z In fact, from below came at intervals muffled sounds of music, borne thither by the same breeze which brought the odor of orange-blossoms and heliotropes. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Pots of flowering geranium and heliotrope were grouped on the piazza, and among them slept Delilah. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z But these details faded into secondary consideration, for the Lavender Lady was entering, in the soft heliotrope gown, with a sprig of wallflower pinned into the lace fichu. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z White, with nœuds of pale heliotrope, and jet ornaments; or some black fabric of light texture, with a little jet beading, would probably meet the case. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z The wind swept pleasantly over the balcony, in which pots of rose geraniums and heliotrope had been placed. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z "Thank you, dear; that saves my time; when you have done that, run away up to your room, and put on your pretty heliotrope frock; the Smyths may dine with us." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z "Amos Lea's 'compliments to the madam,' and he hopes she will wear these flowers, as he always cut heliotrope for her when she visited here." A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z The family could not understand why she insisted upon choosing heliotrope for her new dress. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z It was a little cooler now, and a pleasant scent of heliotrope came up from the patio. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Unbinding it slowly, he scented for the first time the aroma of heliotrope. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z "If you are tired, very well; but I wanted to make a spectacle of myself this time, and the ladies green with envy over my new heliotrope satin." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z He held up a bouquet of heliotrope, daintily arranged. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z What is it?--a faint odour of heliotrope. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Without ending the last sentence, she broke off, and bent her head to the right to observe a combination of white roses and heliotrope with a thoughtful look. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z —As, for instance:— "Mona, do you think Elise is right? she is so very positive; are you sure heliotrope is the correct shade to go with this?" Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z She looked well in a gown of soft, grey silk, hanging in full, straight folds, unrelieved by ornament, save a few sprays of sweet heliotrope at her collar-fastening. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z I am partial to prussic acid odors, and no heliotrope blooms on this side of the garden. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z He stoops, picks it up, and kisses it passionately: it is the bunch of heliotrope which Olga wore on her breast at breakfast. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z It was a pale heliotrope colour, with silk flowers on it of the same shade, and to Phebe it seemed to speak of the hopefulness and gladness of the springtime. The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z The climate is mild, except among the mountains, and such plants as heliotrope, fuchsias, palms, and aloes thrive in the open throughout the year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The centre of the board was covered with a gigantic star of flowers, roses, arum lilies, and heliotrope. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z A curious scent of heliotrope and strong hartshorn was wafted towards him. The Undying Past From the garden drifted the scent of heliotrope. The Trail of Conflict Bands or layers of various colours blended together, the base generally being chalcedony, and this mixed with variable proportions of jasper, amethyst, quartz, opal, heliotrope, and carnelian. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide But the De Montensier garden, full of roses and heliotrope, watered and refreshed by the fountains' delightful falling, was a retreat not to be surpassed by many suburbs. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode The azaleas, double scarlet geraniums, violets, heliotropes, and daphnes were dazzling in color and confusing in their abundance. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Among these were heliotrope, pinks, tulips, hyacinths, pansies, roses, and daffodils, "that come before the swallow dares." The Story of Malta The evening came in, too, bringing with it the sweet breath of the lilies, the perfume of the roses, the fragrance of rich clover, carnations, and purple heliotropes. Love Works Wonders A Novel It was for them the air hung heavy with the faint perfume of spices, and the mingled scents of heliotrope and violets. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 The outer part of the circle shall have bridal-wreath and white irises, and they shall shade out into pastel colors—mauves and grays and heliotropes. The Valiants of Virginia The very grass blades seemed to sing with her, and all the rain-washed world glowed with green and gold and creamy white, pink and heliotrope and rose. The Reclaimers This is attained by the use of heliotrope and sweet alyssum which outline the terraced wall and which show a carpet of green for central effect. Remodeled Farmhouses He simply dreaded the coming of daylight, heralded already by tints of heliotrope and pink in the eastern sky. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 On remarking that fact to him, he laughed and said, "Yes, I was looking at my best girl; there she is, near the centre, dressed in heliotrope crêpe." A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 BLOODSTONE, the popular name of the mineral heliotrope, which is a variety of dark green chalcedony or plasma, with bright red spots, splashes and streaks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Purple shadows were beginning to fold down upon the landscape, while overhead the sky was still heliotrope and gold, but York Macpherson, walking slowly homeward, saw neither the shadows nor the glory that overhung them. The Reclaimers To these I prefer musk, and mignonette, and heliotrope. The New Gulliver and Other Stories A faint scent of heliotrope rose from his hair. A Bed of Roses It was so sunny, so spotless and peaceful, with the geraniums and the heliotrope in the window, and the white muslin curtains. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play He idly gathered the stalks and leaves of the heliotrope into a little heap. The Gambler A Novel "Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers—gray heliotrope, And sweet white clover, and shy mignonette—Comes faintly in, and the silent chorus lends To the pervading symphony of peace." Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins After breakfast we sat awhile in the garden, where there were palm, lemon, and orange trees, high woody bushes of heliotrope, grotesque growth of cactus, and the great gray-blue swords of the century-plant. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu 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 And jumping from the buggy, he gathered an exquisite bunch of heliotrope, which he pressed upon me. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth He seated himself on the edge of the table, strewn with the débris of the heliotrope. The Gambler A Novel With a swelling of the heart which she could not understand, she leaned over the ample cluster of roses and heliotrope. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life She makes one believe that the world is all roses and violets and heliotropes, touched by sunshine and kissed by soft breezes. A Top-Floor Idyl A mixture of vanillin and benzoic aldehyde when attenuated to a state of extreme dilution in a spirituous solvent, gives the perfume known as “heliotrope.” Coal and What We Get from It The bunch of heliotrope I held was a little in my way or I should have managed the jump with confidence and dignified agility. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth A branch of small blossoms with the perfume of heliotrope softly brushed against his cheek, he struck it aside with unnecessary violence. East Angels "Mrs. Kittredge's reception comes off a week from Thursday, and I should like to see how a dark beauty with a fair skin would look in that new shade of heliotrope." The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life While Sheila was making ready for the night he chuckled and lapsed into florid, heliotrope studies by turns. Leerie Below his eyes spread a parterre of perfect purple heliotropes. Fairfax and His Pride Mingled with these are planted lemons, pomegranates, cape jessamines, and a species of wild heliotrope, fragrant as the morning. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time It mingled with irritating unpleasantness with the scent of opoponax or heliotrope that emanated from lace handkerchiefs, and with the pungent odours of smelling salts ostentatiously held to delicate noses. The Heart of a Woman The shadows, ever changing, deepened from faintest pink-mauve through heliotrope tints, to the richest violet in the heart of the gorges. The Mountain Girl With a sweep of the giant hand the bedclothes were jerked from their roots, and a pair of heliotrope legs projected floorward. Leerie They merely seated themselves upon the ground and sniffed luxuriously at jasmine and heliotrope blossoms. The City Curious Of an expectant company there on Wilson’s Wharf, the chief feature was by immediate common consent recognized in an old lady in a heliotrope dress, tightly girdled–and she was of mountainous shape. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Dear, dear! how could one ever begin to tell of the loveliness and perfume of just one old-time garden, mignonette, fuchsias, heliotrope, and geraniums sending out their strong, delightful tints and fragrance with the rest? Maid Sally A vase with a bouquet of the flowers she loved, mignonette, heliotrope, roses, geraniums, was presented to her. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind He wiped his eyes with the back of his heliotrope sleeve and finished what he had to say. Leerie The peddler and Alicia were arguing excitedly over the price of the heliotrope petticoat. Their Son; The Necklace Inclose a square of wadding, in which a pinch of heliotrope or white rose perfume powder has been hidden, and fasten the corners together with a scrap picture of old Santa Claus. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home Their delicious perfume always reminds me of my beautiful home near Funchal, where heliotrope and geraniums grew so tall that they looked in at my window, and hedges of fuchsias bordered my garden walks. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Geraniums, fuschias, and heliotropes were of enormous size. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise Through the windows, flowery with blossoming geranium and heliotrope, through the downward sweep of crimson and muslin curtain, one watches it as the wind whirls and sways it in swift eddies. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings It's as much as I can do to keep the birds and the animals fed, and how I shall look in heliotrope and an aigrette the Lord only knows. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons Bits of rosemary and geranium, lemon verbena, tuberose, and heliotrope, fragile and whitened, but still sweet, fall from the opened letters and rustle softly as they fall. Threads of Grey and Gold In many of its hybrids the primitive colors have separated, resulting in an attractive series of rich purple and heliotrope blues, quite new to the genus. The Gladiolus A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Gladiolus The geraniums and heliotropes were of gigantic size, and many other flowering plants were unusually large. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise In summer, geraniums, fuchsias, heliotrope—which must be well watered—pansies, lemon verbena, and scented geraniums, can be planted out. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes In its place is a moist warmth, heavy with the scent of heliotrope and tuba roses. The Recipe for Diamonds Wild heliotrope, thistle, poppies, white, pink and yellow gillias, long-leaved wild tobacco, with its rich yellow blossoms, all were massed together and far more beautifully arranged than the stiff gardens in Central Park. Little Tales of The Desert “Well, Lily,” said the young man idly, in their walk between odorous lines of wall-flowers and heliotrope, “I suppose you too will soon be getting married.” Aurora the Magnificent "Did you ever see geraniums and heliotropes growing in such luxuriance?" asked one of the ladies. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise He flushed with pleasure, driving slowly as the girl fitted the pansy in place, a bit of heliotrope nestling beside it. The Camerons of Highboro And there stood Jack, thinking, if he had been quicker, he could have stepped out of the window into Miss Sylvie's pretty flower-bed, now purple with odorous heliotrope. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart The white walls of the city buildings opposite the tents shone greenly; the stars glowed in the sky, and in the air was diffused the scent of roses, acacias, and heliotropes. In Desert and Wilderness The sash was open, and the odor of heliotrope and roses came through, softening the sweet thoughts that floated in her brain, and becoming, as it were, a part of them. Mabel's Mistake A certain chord produces on my sense of hearing the same effect as the heliotrope on my sense of smell and the pine-apple on my sense of taste. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 The pink parasol threw a becoming light on her face, as she knew it would, and the odor of heliotrope rose pleasantly in her nostrils as she walked along. The Camerons of Highboro There is not only golden wheat, but the sweetness of rose and violet, the pungent purity and strength of heliotrope, the use, the beauty, every thing. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart A few delicate tea roses, some crimson blush roses, some pots of delicious purple heliotropes with spicy breath; two or three—or four—great double carnations; bunches of violets, sweetest of all; she wanted these! Trading One cannot pass over half a league on an inland road without his senses being regaled and delighted by the natural floral fragrance, heliotrope, honeysuckle, sweet pea, and orange blossoms predominating. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Her wet feet got entangled among clusters of dead heliotrope and crysanthemums, still blooming in defiance of storm and frost. A Noble Woman Stooping here and there, she carefully trimmed the rank-growing geraniums and the clusters of chrysanthemums, cut off the straggling branches of the mignonette and removed every passing bloom of harebell, heartsease, and heliotrope. Name and Fame A Novel Avaunt! heliotrope velvet with amethyst spangles, made with a view to ensnaring the High Church clergy! Robinetta They had been a delight to Matilda's heart only a week ago; now, it seemed as if that vision of heliotropes and roses and geraniums had somehow swallowed them up. Trading Mingled with the trees are lemons, limes, pomegranates, Cape jasmines, and a species of wild heliotrope, fragrant as the morning. Due South or Cuba Past and Present On the south coast frost is little known, and many half hardy plants, such as hydrangeas, myrtles, geraniums and heliotropes, live through the winter without protection. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" Some heliotrope blossoms were in her breast, and her hands were covered with gloves of the same delicate colour. A Singer from the Sea The most abundant specimens of the floral kingdom one meets with here are red and white roses, very finely developed, pinks of all colors, violets, mignonette, heliotrope, scarlet and white poppies, pansies, and forget-me-nots. Aztec Land As they crossed the long room Denny’s grave lack of concern was made to seem almost stolid in contrast with the heliotrope silk-shirted boy’s excessive nervousness. Once to Every Man Beth clutched the heliotrope note to her bosom but Hawk Kennedy caught at her hands and tried to tear it away from her. The Vagrant Duke A rich steam exhaled from the earth and clouded all the glass, and the moist air was heavy with the breath of heliotropes and roses. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 Geraniums, roses, fuchsias, heliotropes, and so following, came forth in profusion, many in bloom, and were placed in rows along the garden borders, ready to be transferred to the beds, for the summer. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad The lavender is melting now into heliotrope, and the heliotrope is bursting here and there in pink; the stars are waning, the constellations are dying out, and the planets are following in their wake. The Book of Khalid I have two flower beds of my own, in which are geraniums, verbenas, heliotropes, pansies, daisies, and forget-me-nots. Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Meanwhile, watching her keenly from the tail of his eye, Hawk Kennedy was reading the heliotrope letter, spelling out the English word by word. The Vagrant Duke Besides roses, heliotrope, geraniums, sweet-pea, nasturtium and other familiar flowers, there are fragrant Japanese lilies, and also plants and shrubs from the Micronesian Islands. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 Fragrances thronged about us; the smell of dry thyme-grown uplands, of rich wet fields, of goats, and jessamine and heliotrope, and of water cold from the snowfields running fast in ditches. Rosinante to the Road Again Any of the heliotrope, mauve or pansy shades, also, are appropriate expressions of the sorrow of the fashionable woman, thus giving a color scheme capable of the most exquisite effects. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society There were roses, too, and fragrant little knots of heliotrope and mignonette. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series But the heliotrope envelope with the feminine handwriting and the strange odor immediately suggested queries along lines of investigation which had never before entered her thoughts. The Vagrant Duke Believers have been aptly called heliotropes—turning their faces as the sunflower towards the Sun of Righteousness, and hanging their leaves in sadness and sorrow, when that Sun is away. The Words of Jesus Mr. Linden finished setting two or three ruby carnations in the green and purple of heliotrope and sweet-scented verbena; then laid the bunch lightly upon her lips and gravely inquired if they were sweet. Say and Seal, Volume II He will be humiliated that he is more sensitive to cold than the heliotrope or the violet, but he must bear it. Our Italy Miss Westbury sailed in—I need hardly say she was dressed in heliotrope—and sat down rather seriously in a large—and the only comfortable—armchair. The Limit And then under the table he espied a square of heliotrope paper. The Vagrant Duke He must be what Jack calls a swell," thought she, "with that long coat almost touching his heels, and his button-hole bouquet of carnations, heliotrope, and smilax. Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly See, myotis, heliotrope, hare bells, and mignonette, a bed of perfume, and there lies my old servant. Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders The heliotrope has formed among it in centres, to which the chalcedony seems to have been drawn, as if by molecular attraction. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland For the first time he came directly to her window; she saw and heard him, knew he was waiting behind the mignonette and heliotrope, and went on serenely sewing. The Gay Rebellion The appearance of the stranger was for a moment disconcerting, but Beth approached the familiar doorway, her head high, the heliotrope letter burning her fingers. The Vagrant Duke He was seventy years of age—hale, rosy, and strong; a suitable escort for the beautiful young woman who wore a bonnet made of heliotrope, and had dark-brown eyes that shone like stars. A Vanished Hand Nature was permitted to follow her own sweet will as to form and luxuriousness of growth, filling the air with a mingled perfume of roses, heliotrope, and lemon-verbena. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months They are minute jasperous formations, independent of the inclosing mass; and, from their resemblance to streaks and spots of blood, suggest the name by which the heliotrope is popularly known. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland The song of this bird, the odour of heliotrope, the ruddy sunlight netting the ripples—these, for him, must forever suggest her. The Gay Rebellion All memory of the heliotrope envelope and of its contents seemed to have been wiped from her consciousness by the rough usage of this enemy to them both. The Vagrant Duke She was dressed in a pale-grey gown, and wore a large bunch of heliotrope in the folds of a kerchief of soft muslin knotted at her breast. A Vanished Hand Here were daturas and daphnes mingled with heliotrope; the latter so overgrown as to be a small tree rather than a shrub. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Something glittered on the cushion of the chair, and looking nearer she found a steel-clasped book, upon the cover of which lay a dead heliotrope, a little key. Moods So the girl had little to do there at her sunny open window, where mignonette and heliotrope and nasturtiums bloomed in pots, and the big bumble bees came buzzing and plundering the little window garden. The Gay Rebellion She greeted Mildred also with a parade of mundane elegance, and sat down deliberately on the sofa, spreading out her heliotrope skirts. The Invader A Novel At a quarter before eight I strolled into the garden and selected a piece of heliotrope for the buttonhole of my dinner coat. The Master Mummer Stooping down to gather some of these, we looked into a cannon's mouth, a screened battery,—screened by heliotrope and blooming heath! Due West or Round the World in Ten Months The keynote of Kew is by the wide pond, with the smooth green turf and the white stone, and the masses of pansies and heliotrope and brilliant red geraniums. Highways and Byways in Surrey Between them the scent of heliotrope grew sweeter. The Gay Rebellion A large picture hat surmounted it, and her little person was clothed in a vivid heliotrope dress of the latest mode. The Invader A Novel Round, pinky-olive shoulders and rounded arms gleam temptingly through the bodice of heliotrope chiffon. The Dop Doctor If I were at your elbow I could rig you out a heliotrope quite sufficient with the aid of any common wooden clock.... Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville It’s positively buried in roses and heliotrope, and you’d never know it had a chimney. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley She stretched out her hand to him above the heliotrope. The Gay Rebellion A reach of level prairie bounded only by the edge of the world—misty ravelings of heliotrope and amber, covered only by the arch of heaven—blue, beautiful and pitiless in its far fathomless spaces. Winning the Wilderness They wore sarongs of the most exquisite colors—purple, heliotrope, violet, rose, geranium, cerise, lemon, sky-blue, burnt-orange—and they floated over the marble floor of the great hall like enormous butterflies. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China Then there are mauves and purples for which the precious stones have no parallel, and of which heliotrope, the harebell, and the violet give us the best idea. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty A continuous flower-bed ran all round the house close to its walls, planted full of geraniums, heliotrope, nasturtiums, mignonette, and pansies. A Little Country Girl He came every day; and every day, at sundown, she sat sewing by the window behind her heliotrope and mignonette waiting. The Gay Rebellion Of a sudden, however, the atmosphere seemed to be overpoweringly oppressive with the odour of heliotrope. The Stretton Street Affair No, I don't think I could, even on the night when fished for me out of the window with the heather and heliotrope, though I kept them and have them still. Tom Brown at Oxford "Then here outside my room," said Ruth, "I'm going to have a brick terrace, and all around it heliotrope growing in pots on the brick wall." The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life “But if I am to have any, why not this?” and she balances the heliotrope lid on her fingers, lookin’ it over yearnin’ and tender. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Between them, along the barrier of heliotrope and mignonette, the little dusk moths came hovering on misty wings; the sun had set, but the zenith was bright crimson. The Gay Rebellion She could not understand herself, but the fact was self-evident, even though the scent of heliotrope haunted her days and crept into the land of her dreams. To Love The pileus is conic in some plants, to convex and umbonate, thin, minutely scaly with blackish hairy scales, dull heliotrope purple, darker on the umbo. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. In the one little window bloomed a monthly rose and a vigorous heliotrope, and beside the pots lay half-a-dozen books, such as are rarely seen in the homes of the very poor. An Arrow in a Sunbeam and Other Tales It’s a heliotrope lid, and the foundation must have used up enough straw to bed down a circus. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Suddenly heliotrope became my favourite flower instead of roses, because she so often wore a bunch of it tucked in the belt of her gray dress. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation A memory, which had not troubled her for some time, of Gilbert's hands about her and the scent of heliotrope, stirred across her mind. To Love He springs up with his muddy feet on the shoulders of her beautiful heliotrope dress. When the Birds Begin to Sing Dainties fished up from another cauldron are strung along a line to dry, soft wool and shining silk, all in shades of grapes, of asters, of heliotropes, telling their manifest destiny. The Tapestry Book The top of this heliotrope summerhouse has been caught in a heliotrope fog, that’s all. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Her heliotrope and white muslin skirt was somewhat faded, it was true, but still, it was good material, and was pretty. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls Hyde Park was ablaze with flowers on this hot summer's day and in addition a whole bed of heliotrope was in bloom just behind their chairs. To Love Mind you use that duck of a service, and wear your heliotrope gown. When the Birds Begin to Sing She wore a white pique skirt and a white blouse, and on her head she balanced deftly, without the aid of pins, a yellow straw hat with long trailing ribbons of heliotrope. The Keepers of the King's Peace Oh, it’s a happy days uniform, all right, from the wide brimmed gauze lid with the long heliotrope feather trailin’ over one side, to the lavender kid pumps. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Maura bought a dress of heliotrope silk, elaborately trimmed with white lace, and as the bride truly observed, "Fit for a princess." Fifty-Two Stories For Girls The enamoured heliotrope will run To your bright stars, and leave the sun. On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions "How does my heliotrope go with this chair?" she asks, settling her sleeves, and critically contrasting the yellow brocade furniture with the shade of her gown. When the Birds Begin to Sing He turned with open mouth to see something white and feminine leap the space between deck and shore, two heliotrope ribbons streaming wildly in such breeze as there was. The Keepers of the King's Peace Dressed in a cream-colored silk gown shading off into heliotrope, with gentians in her hair and corsage, tall and lithe, with her rosy complexion and reddish-golden hair, she looked very original and beautiful. The Comedienne Abby went off early to church, and I took a book out to the rustic seat by the heliotrope. The Other Side of the Door The well-ordered garden by the Casino is sweet with the breath of roses and heliotrope. Faces and Places The skin was a pale chartreuse in color, with heliotrope spots. Cum Grano Salis A Bavarian, it is said, was able to ripen grapes; M. Gervais revived a heliotrope; one with greater power scattered the clouds at Toulouse. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life I copied the letter out on heliotrope paper in my best imitation of the Old Fellow's handwriting and signed it, "Yours devotedly and imploringly, George Osborne." Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 The few warm spring days gave the opportunity, and nothing was prettier than the scarlet lacquer tray with the Nankin cups set out under the heliotrope vines. The Other Side of the Door Miss Wealthy's own flower-beds, trim and gay with geraniums, pansies, and heliotrope, were under the dining-room windows; but somehow the girls liked Jeremiah's garden best. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls It bulged in the middle, and had a chartreuse rind with heliotrope spots on it. Cum Grano Salis Somewhere near him, though he could not see it, a bosquet of heliotrope and white lilies sent an intoxicating fragrance into the air. "Unto Caesar" "Or that voile with the heliotrope flowers?" supplemented Nan. Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves One has deep heliotrope ribbons, and another crapy material seems almost alive. Floyd Grandon's Honor The flowers are of several colours and open when the sun has set; the most conspicuous kind has long, dull, white flowers, which have a scent like the orange blossom or the heliotrope. Chatterbox, 1906 The container practically exploded and its contents descended in a widespread shower which coated all the interior of the garage with a lovely layer of bright heliotrope. The Ambulance Made Two Trips She wondered what Mr. Harding was going to do with the heliotrope and verbena he was selecting so lavishly. Chicken Little Jane Geraniums, scarlet, coral, pink, and white, dahlias of every variegated hue, asters, zinnias, heliotrope, ferns, golden-rod, and a multitude more are entwined around the pulpit or wreathed above windows and doors. Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life Marcia looks reasonably pretty in this handsome room, where there is just enough light to suggest, not enough to glare, and a subtile fragrance of heliotrope. Floyd Grandon's Honor On the other side there were circles and triangles and diamond-shaped beds with borders of small flowers, or an entire bed of heliotrope or verbena. A Little Girl in Old New York The spray of purple heliotrope Phillida had put there the day before lay among the wet sheets of music. The Thing from the Lake She inspected her carefully the whole length of the parlors, but no hint of anything blue could she detect unless it was the heliotrope in the bouquet, and that she thought was surely lavender. Chicken Little Jane Then Dingee came in with coffee, and a bouquet; and Hazel sat playing idly with the flowers while Dingee set out the cups, the scent of heliotrope and geranium filling the room. The Gold of Chickaree What an intoxicating draught the obscure heliotrope offers! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy What verbenas and heliotropes!—what purples—crimsons—scarlets! Janet's Love and Service On the table beside him a vase was overturned; a spray of heliotrope lay near and water had trickled over scattered sheets of music, staining the paper. The Thing from the Lake As to the heliotrope comes fluttering down The peacock-butterfly, who sips and flies, So each glad day gold-winged came to the land And sipped its sip of time and fled away. Stories in Verse Thus "amber" is the codeword for £1; "heliotrope" for £20; "rainbow" for "win and 1, 2." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914 Among the more familiar growths a few foreign bushes had been given place, a rose, a heliotrope, and a small, frightened cyclamen. The Dragon Painter Pluck one and wear it, Love, and ask the Gardener's pardon, Pluck out the Pleiads like a spray of heliotrope. Lundy's Lane and Other Poems The bees are humming round the bed of purple heliotrope, and drowsily murmuring in the shelter of the soft petals of the blush roses whose sweetness brings back the fragrance of days that are gone. A Book of Myths Plants such as geraniums and heliotrope, which are wanted for blooming in early winter, should be kept rather dry and all buds pinched off. 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 For more intimate letters ladies sometimes use a pale blue, delicate pearl-gray, light lavender or heliotrope, or a Colonial buff. The Etiquette of To-day Very soon he came in with some heliotrope in his hand. Olive A Novel "There is heliotrope all around me," he answered. The Long Roll Down each side, raised about ten feet from the floor, and supported on gilt pillars, were little private boxes hung with curtains of heliotrope silk. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance In the same way heliotrope, salvia, coleus and other tender plants follow pansies, daisies, carnations, etc. 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 The valerian, often wrongly called "mountain heliotrope," is very common on the grassy slopes. The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' He did not give it to Olive, but laid it by her plate, observing, half-carelessly, "You were always fond of heliotropes, Miss Rothesay." Olive A Novel When he went abroad to gather garlic he came home with heliotrope. Embarrassments There was a flutter of the heliotrope curtains, and the face of Lulu, peeping over the plush edge of a box, smiled bewitchingly upon him. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The heliotrope objects to any sudden change, whether of temperature, watering or soil, and will readily turn brown and drop all its leaves. 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 Miss Banks, in white satin, moved about stiffly; Mrs. Church, in heliotrope, glanced restlessly up the road every time she got near the window. A Master Of Craft The brilliant uniforms of the officers mingled with the more delicate hues of ecru and rose, sky-blue and palest heliotrope of the loggias. The Black Cross She held in her hand a spray of heliotrope, which she had picked in passing, and from time to time bent to smell the fragrance, with little murmurs of delight. The Fortunes of the Farrells But before her, leading the way, strewing flowers, came score upon score of children in regiments of colour—pale blue, pale yellow, green, rose, heliotrope. Brother Copas Heliotrope The heliotrope has long been the queen of all flowers grown for fragrance. 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 Clouds of chiffon swirled about her, softest dawn-rose in colour, changing of tints of heliotrope and primrose, as she swayed in graceful, pliant rhythm. Patty Blossom With the assured manner peculiar to her, she swept into such circles bearing a round box of candy, upon which was tied a large bow of satin ribbon of a convivial shade of heliotrope. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Victor Druce made a graceful little bow, which took in both the girls, and his glance lingered on Mollie bending forward, the spray of heliotrope still raised to her face. The Fortunes of the Farrells The engineer was lifted up, balanced like an atom in one of the sunbeams, and flung into the very midst of the heliotropes. The Man With The Broken Ear As a rule the flowering plants, such as geraniums and heliotropes, require more light and sunshine than those grown for foliage, such as palms, ferns and the decorative leaved begonias. 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 "Here is a lovely one in heliotrope," said Patty, smiling as she brought one of the prettiest ones she had. Patty Blossom I have a black one with lace sleeves and heliotrope chiffon, if that will do—it was made in Paris. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893 She sniffed daintily at the heliotrope, turning her head from side to side to examine the possibilities of the conservatory. The Fortunes of the Farrells The shaggy beast had ventured out too far from behind the heliotropes, and had given forth too rank a smell of the den and the troglodytes. The Argonauts It contained every known flower which blossoms in July in the kingdom of Italy from camellias and hydrangeas to heliotrope and wall flowers. Jerry Junior It contained every known flower which blossoms in July in the kingdom of Italy, from camellias and hydrangeas to heliotrope and wall-flowers. Jerry Miss. Genevieve smiled upon him, much as she had upon the singer, and brushing aside her skirts of changeable green and heliotrope silk, showed him a little golden-legged chair beside her. The Spinner's Book of Fiction Madame la Marquise de Rochambeau wore an evening dress of royal purple, moire antique silk, trimmed with heliotrope plush and a profusion of rare lace. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis It might have been compared to the shaggy head of a beast sticking out of a basket of heliotropes, which have ever the character of sameness as has their odor. The Argonauts Sun-baked fir branches crackled and snapped like fairy musketry; and many-hued flames,—rose and saffron, heliotrope and sea-green,—played hide-and-seek among them, flinging inverted shadows on faces nearest the blaze. The Great Amulet The perfume from a handkerchief newly treated to a spray of heliotrope? The Mind and Its Education His vermifuges were the flowers and the seeds of the pomegranate, the seeds of the heliotrope, castor-oil, and certain herbs that are still used, by country people, at least, as worm medicines. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages She wore a dress of light heliotrope satin, elaborately trimmed with point lace, a cluster of pansies at her neck, and no jewelry. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis These latter finally resulted in the choice of the cyanide gauze, which with its delicate shade of heliotrope is now a familiar object in hospital and surgery. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies There were the sweet mignonette and heliotrope, the pink verbena, and the beautiful white scented verbena, the gay phlox, the pure candytuft, bits of lemon blossoms, and the faithful pansies. The Angel Children or, Stories from Cloud-Land At her bosom was a bunch of heliotrope, which, deftly undoing, she raised to her nose and then laughingly held out to me. Scottish Ghost Stories Andrea breathed with delight the subtle perfume of heliotrope exhaled by the costly fur, while he felt Elena's arm warm against his own. The Child of Pleasure They were above the grove now, on a terrace with a perspective of ruined garden, whence the battered faces of ancient statues peeped out, yellow-white from behind overgrown rose bushes and heliotrope. The Castle Of The Shadows The Princess Marguerite's emblem was a marigold or heliotrope; others assigned her the daisy. Illuminated Manuscripts No shade of purple or heliotrope should be worn by any one having blue eyes—it seems to make the blue paler. Make Your Own Hats I remember once, on the occasion of my customary good-morning to Miss Amelia, who invariably breakfasted in bed, I inhaled the most delicious odour of heliotrope. Scottish Ghost Stories The garden of death was a riot of colour, green, crimson, heliotrope and poppy-red. The Red Horizon I am glad that I have lived to see hedges of heliotrope, of geraniums and calla-lilies. A Truthful Woman in Southern California "Mild and hazy conditions with increasing haze and cloudiness for an unfavourable change in the weather of heliotrope georgette over pale blue." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 For years afterwards—perhaps for all her life—Faith couldn't smell heliotrope, and geranium, and orange flowers, without floating back, momentarily, into the dream of those few, enchanted days! Faith Gartney's Girlhood Most ardently I then hoped that the sunbeams would follow me, and that the breeze charged with cool heliotrope would greet me as it did Aunt Deborah. Scottish Ghost Stories I forgot to mention a cluster of heliotrope in blossom on the Down, growing in such wild luxuriance that I could not believe it to be my little darling flower. Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath I still hesitated, when Siegfried smiled, and, taking from his pocket a little bit of a letter, perfumed with heliotrope, handed it to me. Dr. Dumany's Wife "Right you are!" agreed the wardens, separating in a rather unparliamentary fashion to admire a vinaigrette, scented with heliotrope, which Althea took from her pocket and handed round for appreciative sniffs. A Popular Schoolgirl The Queen herself wore silver gowns and bonnets of heliotrope, and the King a uniform wherein silver braid formed the becoming substitute for gold. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Was this garden, which was all white, in any way connected with the sunbeams and heliotrope? Scottish Ghost Stories In many places the trees meet, and form a green arcade over your head, whilst patches of mignonette, giant plants of heliotrope, and clusters of geranium perfume the air. Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath The scent of heliotrope enveloped him; she laughed her silver harp-strings laugh, and lifted her arms toward the dazzled young man. Gentle Julia On the heavily carved mahogany table beside her was a blue and white India bowl filled with white roses and heliotrope and lemon verbena. The Butterfly House She had fastened, to attract his admiration, a little bunch of rose geranium leaves and heliotrope in her tightly frizzed hair. An Alabaster Box She was just as you describe her—beautiful as a fairy, with golden hair, and violet eyes, and she always wore a bunch of heliotrope in her dress. Scottish Ghost Stories To-night she was dressed in a gown of heliotrope satin, trimmed with white point lace, and here and there in her hair and gown she wore pins made of the Severn diamonds. Marie Gourdon A Romance of the Lower St. Lawrence She affects heliotrope, and on the night of her house-warming she carried a tight bunch of it with a few pink rosebuds. Contrary Mary This was followed by a blending of heliotrope, moss-rose, and hyacinth, together with dainty touches of geranium. Visionaries A red-tiled bungalow is built about a courtyard with cloisters and a fountain, while vines and flowers fill the air with the most delicious perfume of heliotrope, mignonette, and jasmine. The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches How I suffered! and how I ridiculed my sufferings in the mornings, when every trace of darkness was obliterated, and amid the radiant bloom of the trees I thought only of heliotrope and sunbeams. Scottish Ghost Stories The flowers were glowing with their evening splendours; verbenas and heliotropes were sending up their finest incense. Scenes of Clerical Life Delilah has just sailed by in a beautiful smoke-colored costume—with her inevitable knot of heliotrope—a phantom lady, like a lovely dream. Contrary Mary Holding his sleeve, she followed him to the front door, and detained him a moment, to fasten in the button-hole of his coat a tuberose and sprig of heliotrope, his favourite flowers. Infelice Oh, Dame aux Camellias! you are but single dandelions in a parterre of heliotropes! Trifles for the Christmas Holidays Your Aunt Deborah and I are very fond of it"—here she sighed—"but for certain reasons—reasons you would not understand—we do not like to hear the word heliotrope mentioned. Scottish Ghost Stories There were flowers in the room and the perfume of heliotrope and roses filled the air. Princess Possibly you did not know that I have a heliotrope bed planted at the very last moment. The Garden, You, and I The dining-room of the old red house was cool, and fragrant from the blossoming heliotrope bed below its window. The Stolen Singer Listens like one of the silky-haired kind that wears heliotrope silk socks, don't it? On With Torchy The beautiful oleander, magnificent rose and sweet-scented geranium, here united their fragrance, while the scarlet verbenum and brilliant heliotrope added beauty to the scene. Tempest and Sunshine The large club-shaped bunch of flower comes before the leaves are more than partially developed, and are of a pale-purple tint, and of a most delicious fragrance, not unlike the heliotrope. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427 Volume 17, New Series, March 6, 1852 For several weeks my speculation in heliotropes was a subject of much mirth between Bart and myself, and the place was anything but a bed of sweet odours! The Garden, You, and I She added two or three from a heliotrope, and the freshest sprigs from a diosma, a myrtle, and a geranium, all somewhat languishing, and tied them together for me with a long blade of grass. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics The essential oils of jasmine, orange blossoms, musk, heliotrope, tuberose, ylang ylang, etc., consist mostly of this class and can be made from the common source of aromatic compounds, coal tar. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries The colour ranged at first from light heliotrope to flatman's blue, but later was standardized as salmon pink. The Story of the "9th King's" in France January was spring at the Villa Arcadie, and as she went downstairs a strong scent of heliotrope and narcissi was wafted towards her. The Halo I had never before seen a great mass of heliotrope growing all by itself until I visited your garden, and ever since I have wondered why more people have not discovered it. The Garden, You, and I Mrs. Harris wore a gown of heliotrope brocaded silk, trimmed with rich lace and a bodice of velvet. The Harris-Ingram Experiment Sweet Constancy, with eyes of hope, Strayed down the garden path alone And gathered sprays of heliotrope, To place in clusters at her zone. Poems of Passion "The bride's mother was handsomely attired in heliotrope stain." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920 After dinner, we'll sit on the porch flanking the patio and smoke cigars, and I'll smell the lemon verbena and heliotrope and other old-fashioned flowers modern gardeners have forgotten how to grow. The Pride of Palomar In spring I am very stingy; thirty cents means six papers of flower seeds, or three heliotropes. The Garden, You, and I There is also heliotrope perfume prepared from coal-tar, and other extracts for scenting toilet soaps. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Even primroses were found one day by Mrs. Wilkins in a cold corner up in the hills; and when she brought them down to the geraniums and heliotrope of San Salvatore they looked quite shy. The Enchanted April Such as almond, heliotrope, vanilla, and orange-blossoms blend together, each producing different degrees of a nearly similar impression. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants Refined graces, cultivated powers, shine in vain before field-laborers, as laborers are in this present world; you might as well cultivate heliotropes to present to an ox. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe The delicate perfume of heliotrope mingles with the breath of the roses, yellow and red and amber, that, standing in their pots, nod their heads drowsily. The Hoyden Jill had brought with her to the station a great basketful of roses and narcissus and heliotrope, and had put it on the seat beside me that its fragrance might refresh me. Uncle Max There were geraniums, and pinks; a sweet heliotrope, and a rose-bush with a pink rose. Boy Blue and His Friends Here the flowers are not treated for the otto, but are subjected to the process of maceration in fat, or in oil, as described under jasmine, heliotrope, &c. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants The odor of rose and heliotrope pervaded the gently stirring air. The Grey Cloak A lone pine, a wild geranium, a lark or Joan's garden where the heliotrope grew; they were sparks to a fire of inspiration that came forth in song. Kenny "Stop, little boy!" said a sweet voice from somewhere among the roses and heliotropes. The Fatal Glove Upon the outside window-sill stood a pot of geraniums, and another of heliotrope. Bressant The odor of heliotrope resembles a mixture of almonds and vanilla, and is well imitated thus:— The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants There was a warm odor of kid gloves, scent-bags, and heliotrope. Trumps One suite of rooms is pink, and one white, and one is palest heliotrope, and yet another black, and there are many others. Desert Love The hedges are formed of blue plumbago, scarlet geranium, yellow acacia, lavender-coloured heliotrope, white jasmine, and pink and white roses. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months It didn't disturb Mr. Twist's unprejudiced American mind that an English inn embowered in heliotrope and arum lilies and eucalyptus trees would be odd and unnatural, and it wouldn't disturb anybody else there either. Christopher and Columbus The mode for obtaining its odor has been indicated when we spoke of heliotrope, page 60. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants In winter the fire was made up brightly in the evenings; in summer the room was deliciously scented with rose geranium and heliotrope from the box in the window. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage "Behind that large person in the heliotrope brocade—she's the wife of the Daily Mercury—there's a small sofa," Janet said in an undertone. A Daughter of To-Day The dinner was quite English in its style, and the table looked bright with tea roses, heliotrope, and mignonette. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months It was an exceptionally beautiful day; the heliotrope growing in a neat bed around the sundial was still in bloom, and the soft breeze that was stirring bore its fragrance over to them. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 If you were to ask me how, I couldn't explain it to you any more than I can say how I get the scent of this climbing heliotrope. The Inner Shrine "I've tried to do my duty even if Charley failed in his," replied the perfect wife, unfastening the hooks of her small heliotrope wrap trimmed with tarnished silver passementerie. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage "Discreet scent of heliotrope," he added, sniffing the envelope. Là-bas She wears large emerald drop earrings, black satin skirt, and a heliotrope bodice of which she appears to be somewhat vain. The Sorcery Club Almost behind the church tower was the moon, which shed its light upon the grassy plot with the sundial and the heliotrope beds. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Near them there was a large patch of heliotropes, whose vanilla-like breath permeated the air with velvety softness. Abbe Mouret's Transgression The heliotropes looked as big as cauliflowers, and I saw an ambitious and enormous tomato resembling a pumpkin, on the top of a veranda. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 With his finger-nail he detached some of the fine dust of rice powder, perfumed with heliotrope, clinging to the seal of the letters. Là-bas Violets, roses, and heliotrope have all had a share in her creation! The Sorcery Club But little Cawthorne—all reality in his heliotrope outing and duck and grey curls—raised a characteristic plaint. Romance Island Then, too, she sought the stocks, the patches of mirabilis, the heliotropes and the lilies. Abbe Mouret's Transgression The odors most frequently recalled were pinks, musk, violets, heliotrope, carbolic acid, the smell of the country, of grass, etc. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man The coat, hanging open, displayed a soft shirt of no uncertain shade of heliotrope. Left Tackle Thayer Begonias, fuchsias, heliotrope and coleus are often used. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. I ceased to stick sprigs of heliotrope and veronica into the mouth of my rocking-horse. The Bed-Book of Happiness On the first one she piled marigolds, on the second poppies, on the third mirabilis, and on the fourth heliotrope. Abbe Mouret's Transgression Ognev remembers his cautious steps, the dark windows, the heavy scent of heliotrope and mignonette. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories A bow-tie of lemon-yellow with purple dots nestled under his chin and between the cuffs of his trousers and the rubber-soled tan shoes a four-inch expanse of heliotrope silk stockings showed. Left Tackle Thayer If you want the most fashionable colour, it's heliotrope or kanak—that is, claret with a yellow shade in it. The Darling and Other Stories Her dress was a sort of pale heliotrope, with trimmings of a deeper shade, and in her hands she carried a big bunch of June roses. Vanguards of the Plains The seminary bell rang out in clear notes, while all the scents of June—the perfume of blossoming stocks, of mignonette and of heliotropes—came over the lofty courtyard wall. Abbe Mouret's Transgression There was a scent of the mignonette, of the tobacco-plants, and of the heliotrope, which were not yet over in the flower-beds. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories On one wall a heliotrope broke in lavender foam and the creamy froth of the Banksia rose dabbled railings and pillars and dripped over on to the ground. The California Birthday Book With the black crepon skirt she wore a heliotrope blouse, and she stood, one foot showing beyond the skirt, in a statue-like attitude, her pale parasol held negligently over one shoulder. Evelyn Innes Pale gold along the farther rim, with pink and amber, blue and gray, and heliotrope and rose--all blending softly, tone on tone. Vanguards of the Plains It was just like the soft warmth of your hair when you have decked it with heliotropes.... Abbe Mouret's Transgression Then, he liked to pass the old-fashioned gardens spilling the mingled scent of heliotrope and crimson sage into the lap of night. Broken to the Plow I remember, too, that she had great sprays of heliotrope in the bodice of her dress and in her hair. Coralie Everyday Life Library No. 2 But the Californian cannot shout "orange blossoms, orange blossoms; heliotrope, heliotrope!" The Art of the Moving Picture Before leaving San Francisco, being a sentimental youth and knowing little of what Humboldt offered, I bought two pots of fragrant flowers—heliotrope and a musk-plant—bringing them on the steamer with no little difficulty. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment There was a marble Flora, whose hands were filled with purple heliotropes—in fact, every beauty that money, taste or luxury could suggest, was there. The Coquette's Victim Everyday Life Library No. 1 The heliotrope climbs up its support with eagerness and its blossoms vie in hue with the blue skies. By the Golden Gate When my horse was brought to the door, she came to me with a delicate spray of heliotrope. Coralie Everyday Life Library No. 2 I found the old gentleman with his head under the blankets, very quiet and speaceful: but the moment he heard me he got up, and yelled like a heliotrope. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull A little later, strolling across the rooms toward them alone, came Judge Morris, a sprig of wet heliotrope in his button-hole, plucked from one of Marguerite's plants. The Mettle of the Pasture Zara was sitting upon the heliotrope Empire sofa and had picked up the paper again. The Reason Why Of all the parasitical plants I ever saw, I do think it is the most exquisite in form and colour, and its perfume is like the most delicate heliotrope. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 It was not until some weeks afterward that, looking quite accidentally over an old book, I discovered the spray of heliotrope meant, "I love you." Coralie Everyday Life Library No. 2 Desiring to create heliotrope, he took down bottles of vanilla and almond, then changed his idea and decided to experiment with sweet peas. Against the Grain The shade of heliotrope satin harmonized with the yellowish folds of her hair. The Mettle of the Pasture Not less curious is the habit of that flower which is called the heliotrope, which in the morning looks upon the rising sun and, following its journey to its setting, never turns away its face. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro On the stand by her side lay a richly-jeweled fan, a bottle of sweet scent, a bouquet of heliotrope--her favorite flower--and one or two books which she had selected to read. Wife in Name Only Often he had lain awake at night, restless with the memory of heliotrope, and phlox, and mignonette, and afternoons quiet except for the sound of bees. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Flint, chalcedony, carnelian, onyx, sardonyx, and bloodstone, or heliotrope, and the numerous varieties of agates, are principally composed of quartz, with various tinging materials. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 560, August 4, 1832 Here the sky is transparent and serene; the soft breeze which even now caresses my face comes through the open window together with the scent of heliotropes, roses, and mignonette. Without Dogma Then from the heavier guns come dense puff-balls of tawny orange, violet, and heliotrope, followed by fleecy little cumuli of purest white. The Soul of the War She went to the ball in a simple white dress, wearing a bunch of heliotrope, the gift of her lover. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction His face was a deep heliotrope, and he walked unsteadily—not really lurching about, but rather as if the furniture was in the way. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel Refined graces, cultivated powers, shine in vain before field laborers, as laborers are in this present world; you might as well cultivate heliotropes to present to an ox. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 With his eyes half closed, he is inhaling, undoubtedly, the perfume of his myrtles, the soft fragrance of his heliotropes? The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe The flowers were tied in bouquets—sweet violets, rosebuds, and heliotrope. Little Folks Astray Its tones were like those of a silver bell; and I found that she always had my bunch of violets or heliotrope ready for me by the time I reached her. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 From this elevated point the first station could be distinctly seen by means of small heliotropes during the day and bright lights erected upon it at night. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren A faint purple haze, like smoke from burning heliotropes, crept along the ground. The Port of Adventure He removes the shrubs, the plants, the brushwood from the thicket, leaving only a heliotrope which, at a later period, may twine around his house and at evening shed its perfumes. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe In geodesy he invented the heliotrope, by which the sunlight reflected from a mirror is used as a "sight" for the theodolite at a great distance. Heroes of the Telegraph Enter ‘Africander’ lad with a nosegay; only one flower that I know—heliotrope. Letters from the Cape Meg's had roses and heliotrope, myrtle, and a little orange tree in it. Little Women There will be two weddings before long, and Liddy has asked for my heliotrope poplin to wear to the church. The Circular Staircase They started home, not as they had come, but climbing the hill and going across a breezy open down, radiant with blue iris, wild heliotrope, yellow poppies, and even a violet here and there. Blix He took off the cover, exposing a big moth, its lovely, pale yellow wings, flecked with heliotrope, outspread as it clung to a twig in the box. The Harvester I can tell a geranium, when I see it, and I know a heliotrope by the smell. Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home Flowers there were, everywhere; but they drooped and sprawled in an overgrowth hinting at indifference; the scent of heliotrope possessed the place, as if actually hung in solid festoons from tall untrimmed hedge to hedge. The Golden Age Her hands disengaged the scent of the heliotrope. The Octopus : A story of California They had come to the top of the hill by now, and went on across the open, breezy downs, all starred with blue iris and wild heliotrope. Blix The blouse was white, with a little sprig of heliotrope and black. Sons and Lovers She plucked a handful of heliotrope and stuck it into the front of her dress, but she said nothing. The Europeans I sprinted through the rose garden, leaped heedlessly over a bed of geranium and heliotrope, and plunged in among the bushes and under the elms. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu Her hands disengaged the odour of the heliotropes. The Octopus : A story of California I recognised some euphorbias, with the caustic sugar coming from them; heliotropes, quite incapable of justifying their name, sadly drooped their clusters of flowers, both their colour and perfume half gone. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea I would carry your banner of white and green and heliotrope. Sons and Lovers Going up in the elevator, the old man was ushered by a maid into a violet-scented little nest whose pale green walls were touched discreetly with hangings of heliotrope. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation The place nevertheless was full of pears, peaches, figs, green corn, American squashes, beans, tomatoes, and no end of roses, gladioli, tobacco plant, hollyhocks, heliotrope, dahlias, morning-glories, verbena, and sunflowers. Paris War Days Diary of an American The dewy dawns found him at his bench, and when the air at evening was full of heliotrope mists and homeward flying birds his little candle burned yellow to light his labors. The Faery Tales of Weir A simple but effective window-box, containing geraniums, petunias, verbenas, heliotrope, and vines. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Not at all—I can tell a geranium, when I see it, and I know a heliotrope by the smell. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 She seated herself before a green and heliotrope background that instantly took warmth from her colour. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation I received from her, nearly every morning, a bouquet of the loveliest flowers from her quinta—roses, carnations, heliotrope, etc. Life in Mexico The stereotyped bed of flaming yellow calceolaria balanced the conventional bed of flaming crimson verbena; the lavender heliotrope faced the scarlet geranium, like the four corners in a quadrille. Charlotte's Inheritance Such plants as geranium, coleus, alyssum, scarlet salvia, ageratum, and heliotrope may be used for these beds. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Madam, how much you have lost by not being at the second father, the statue of Memnon, and the flower styled heliotrope. The Imaginary Invalid Don't you remember how nice he looked?' said Blanche, as they went back to the house loaded with roses, heliotrope, geranium, and ferns. The Golden Calf There are trees of millefleur roses; heliotrope and honeysuckle cover every pillar, and yellow jasmine trails over everything…. Life in Mexico Lory had the same room assigned to him that opened on to the verandah where heliotrope and roses and Bougainvilliers contended for the mastery. The Isle of Unrest Above these, the sky had turned from heliotrope to hues dark and indefinable, but indescribably beautiful. Tales from Bohemia He passed into the inner room and there exchanged his elegant morning suit for a black one, replacing a delicate heliotrope necktie by another of sombre hue. From One Generation to Another Around them sharp tongues of flame—rose and saffron, amber, sea- green, and heliotrope, glories as of a tropic sunset—leaped upward. The Far Horizon The trees were bending with fruit, and they pulled quantities of the most beautiful flowers for us; sweet-peas and roses, with which all gardens here abound, carnations, jasmine, and heliotrope. Life in Mexico Denise had not sat down, but was standing rather restlessly at the edge of the verandah near the heliotrope which clambered up the supports. The Isle of Unrest Clémence wore a blue dress and had some geraniums in her hand; Madame was in black, with a bunch of heliotrope. L'Assommoir Gwynne had pointed out their ever changing tints and shades as they drove through the valley; at the moment they were heliotrope deepening to purple in the hollows. The Sisters-In-Law Then a butterfly came and sat on a cluster of heliotrope and waved his crimson-banded wings in the hot sunshine. The King in Yellow He was kept busy until nine o'clock, and received in payment a good-sized basket full of violets, roses, heliotrope and carnations. The Bishop's Shadow Denise was holding out a spray of heliotrope towards Lory and he had taken, not the flower, but her hand: and thus without a word and unconsciously they told their whole story to mademoiselle. The Isle of Unrest Presently there were ripples of laughter, sounds of quick, indistinguishable voices, waves of heliotrope, and the rustle of silk dresses on the stairs. The Christian A Story The prettiest toilettes we have seen were of heliotrope gaze over satin; and again clover red, lighted up with white lace. Manners and Social Usages Shoddy butterflies flaunted their winter rags among the heliotrope. The King in Yellow He could hardly sleep; the slight fragrance which clung to the old bearskin in which he wrapt himself helped to keep him restless; it was the faint heliotrope scent he had noticed in her room. The History of David Grieve Here heliotrope grew like a vine on a trellis against the wall, and semi-tropical flowers bloomed in a bewildering confusion. The Isle of Unrest He felt Ada's warm fingers entwined in his and the sweet scent of a heliotrope flower that she had at her breast. Jean-Christophe, Volume I The bonnets were of white chip, with feathers of red, for this last dress; broad hats of yellow satin, with yellow plumes, will surmount the heliotrope bridesmaids. Manners and Social Usages The atmosphere was heavy with the smell of food and the fumes of the wines which mingled with the voluptuous perfume of carnations and heliotrope, exhaled by Helena's bridal bouquet that lay on a side-table. Married Ann and Eliot were strolling along a little behind the rest, and she paused a moment to rifle a pot of heliotrope of a spray of clustered blossom. The Vision of Desire "I don't mind the purchase you made for your friends, but the purchase of heliotrope is really too cynical." Memoirs of My Dead Life To the right of the house the enclosure contained a little lawn, a laurel hermitage, a square pond, a modest greenhouse, and half-a-dozen plots of mignonette, heliotrope, roses, pinks, sweet-William, etc. The Caxtons — Complete A favorite dress for travelling is heliotrope cashmere, with bonnet to match. Manners and Social Usages To the right of the house the enclosure contained a little lawn, a laurel hermitage, a square pond, a modest greenhouse, and half- a-dozen plots of mignonette, heliotrope, roses, pinks, sweet-William, etc. The Caxtons — Volume 02 He knew that he would loathe the scent of heliotrope henceforth. The Vision of Desire Her perfume was heliotrope; she always used it. Memoirs of My Dead Life In her belt the pink, heliotrope, and black-thorn sprays; and Lionel was content with the picture as he opened the door and came forward. A Heart-Song of To-day He noted a faint smell of heliotrope and knew she had dropped the flower for him. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" As he sat in his library, scented by caraway, heliotropes, or pots of tuberose, or orange-trees in flower, certain dames would look in upon him, sometimes malgrê lui, sometimes to his bachelor heart's content. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 He picked it up, and tossed it aside—a poor little corpse of heliotrope. The Vision of Desire The air grew sweet with the sudden scent of heliotrope, and Miss Dallas pushed aside the curtain gently. Men, Women, and Ghosts The top level of the terrace garden was carpeted with pattern beds of heliotrope, and lobelia, and variegated foliage. Peter's Mother This meant something, although it would not have much significance unless he picked up the heliotrope. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" It was very funny to see such tiny sweet alyssum, such dwarfs of geranium, such a little bit of heliotrope, and only one calla among those small leaves. Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. The heliotrope denotes devoted attachment, from its having been supposed to turn continually towards the sun; hence its name, signifying the sun and to turn. The Folk-lore of Plants If it were the breath of a heliotrope, thought foolish Harrie, which made it so pleasant for people to be near Pauline, that was a matter easily remedied. Men, Women, and Ghosts The shady room was cool and fragrant with the scent of heliotrope and mignonette. Peter's Mother "Not long since you hesitated to pick up a sprig of heliotrope." The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" "Crush the leaves of heliotrope in the cup, Anna." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 The classic heliotrope must not be confounded with the well-known Peruvian heliotrope or "cherry-pie," a plant with small lilac-blue blossoms of a delicious fragrance. The Folk-lore of Plants A colored woman, with a flaming turban on her head, opened the door as she saw them coming up the trim walk lined with shells and gay with poppies, bergamot, asters, and heliotrope. The Iron Game A Tale of the War "We will succeed or I am not what I think myself," said Mrs. Arnold, readjusting the spray of heliotrope that was displaced in her corsage. Marguerite Verne Who can say why, watching the pigeon's teetering walk on the soot-specked snow, David should smell the fragrance of heliotrope hot in the sunshine, and see Elizabeth drawing Blair's ring from her soft young bosom? The Iron Woman "Oh, yes, Mrs. Nunn"—her face brightening—"we have heliotrope, ever so much of it." Five Little Peppers and their Friends |
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