| 单词 | hyacinth |
| 例句 | Athena lent a hand, making him seem taller, and massive too, with crisping hair in curls like petals of wild hyacinth, but all red-golden. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Lovely as the basket was, there were flowers as lovely to fill it with, sweet-smelling narcissus and hyacinths and violets and yellow crocus, and most radiant of all, the crimson splendor of the wild rose. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry was sitting in the tent entrance, on guard duty, staring idly at a clump of grape hyacinths that had forced their way through the chilly ground, when Ron shouted excitedly from inside the tent. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The possession he craved was a transient thing, like the scent of a fresh-cut hyacinth. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Clusters of daffodils and pudgy little purple hyacinths had sprouted up all over our yard. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I’m wearing a light jacket, but it’s one of those rare warm February days that fools the hyacinths into thinking spring is here. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It was freshly painted with borders of orchids and lilies and water hyacinths outlining each panel. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Islands of water hyacinths floated past in the drowsy current. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was still a girl, a slight lovely girl who lay in bed and ate chocolates, a girl whose hair smelled like hyacinth and whose scarves fluttered jauntily in the breeze. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z From the windows of the residence, I could see the red tulips and lavender grape hyacinth that surrounded the fountain at the base of the hill. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Pod twelve—youth sector. Identify your role,” the Chancellor says, so close I can smell her sweet hyacinth breath. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She made him taller, and massive, too, with crisping hair in curls like petals of wild hyacinth but all red-golden. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Weeks before, there had been daffodils springing up among the old weeds, and fragrant hyacinths, and blue flags. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Crocuses, daffodils, pansies, and hyacinths sprouted from beds. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z There were no fruit trees, no planters of jasmine, only long rows of hyacinths and a collection of huge pots filled with different herbs. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She was gathering flowers with her companions in the vale of Enna, in a meadow of soft grass and roses and crocus and lovely violets and iris and hyacinths. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A bearded man sat on a throne, holding a staff in one hand and a hyacinth in the other. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Bep presented us Saturday with four bouquets of flowers: three bouquets of daffodils, and one bouquet of grape hyacinths for me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Most of the mound centers were in the middle of trackless mangrove swamps or up narrow, unmapped rivers choked with water hyacinth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Charles Walton IV Combining fresh roses, peonies, and hyacinths in exciting new ways allows us to enjoy their beauty each day. Shortcuts to Spring Bouquets 2010-03-18T00:06:00Z Footpaths wound past date palms, jasmine and frangipani; a swimming pool extended toward an artificial lake clotted with hyacinths. Visiting Myanmar: It’s Complicated 2012-08-03T16:32:39Z An indoor flower show, on the other hand, though lovely to look at, smells so strongly of shredded bark mulch that even the perfume of a thousand hyacinths is overpowered. The healing powers of the earth 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z She began rearranging some hyacinths in a vase. Fancy dress by Kate Horsley 2010-12-26T00:05:12Z He slogs through rural antiques fairs and makes a few hundred or thousand dollars a day, identifying unmarked Victorian glass hyacinth vases and colonial blanket chests to resell at a profit. Antiques: A Faberg? Exhibition Without ?Fauxberg?s? 2011-06-30T20:30:04Z In October, they were replaced with 5,300 violas in three varieties and 500 silver-leafed dusty miller plants, all underplanted with 4,200 bulbs — a pink fringed tulip and two varieties of hyacinth. Review | The Haupt Garden demands constant work, and isn’t worth it 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z A hyacinth boater was also heading to the luncheon, as was a gold Chantilly lace fascinator with feathers from the hatter’s own peacock, which lives on her brother’s farm in Puerto Rico. On Famous Heads, High Season for Hats (and Hatmakers) 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z I was surprised to see that hyacinth macaw pop up in “Mary Poppins Returns.” ‘Mary Poppins,’ and a Nanny’s Shameful Flirting With Blackface 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Combining fresh roses, peonies, and hyacinths in exciting new ways allows us to enjoy their beauty each day. Spring Table Settings 2010-03-25T21:17:00Z There are clear signs, in the sheer mass of the hyacinth and lima beans, say, that the season is drawing to a close. Monticello’s ode to autumn He has served up the flower of the caracalla bean and added the blooms of another vining legume, the hyacinth bean, into a risotto. Monticello’s ode to autumn One bulb remains stubbornly present, to wit, the grape hyacinth. Lingering leaves of a chilly spring 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z I entered the elliptical Italianate garden on cat’s paws, mindful of its tranquility, and inspected the vibrant flower beds of tulips, grape hyacinth, irises and daffodils. Central Park: A green island in Manhattan Hunt and Gather Finally, spring arrived, in a galvanized bucket of tulips at Union Square and planters full of tulips, daffodils and hyacinth. | Coats Off 2014-04-11T21:10:20Z It’s amazingly easy to find hyacinth macaws, toucans, parrots, owls, storks and my favorite, the flamingo-without-a-neck. Frugal Traveler Blog: It's a Jungle Out There: Wildlife in the Pantanal 2011-10-18T19:05:50Z A purple heron — “rakish, with long thin neck” in the words of the Oxford “Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent” — landed in a clump of water hyacinth. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z A floral mosaic alone consumed 50,000 tulips, grape hyacinths and crocuses. Spring is here. Mother Nature doesn’t care about a pandemic. 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Now, millions of bulbs — some 1,600 varieties, including hyacinths, daffodils, irises and lilies, from 100 exhibitors — are planted by hand every fall. To actually tiptoe through tulips, go here instead of Holland’s famed Keukenhof park 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z For pygmy forests, head across town to the Elfin Forest Natural Area, a preserve where a wooden walkway winds through a sand dune landscape of wild hyacinths, succulents and rare horned lizards. 36 Hours in San Luis Obispo, Calif. 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z The views of Italy, France and Switzerland were downright halcyon, and the lake was not cloudy and black but frost-blue under a hyacinth sky. Footsteps: Following Dickens Through Switzerland 2012-07-06T16:19:17Z We would climb the small hill into Riverside Park’s Ninety-first Street garden for a water stop, and Oliver would become absorbed by a crocus, columbine, hyacinth, or tulip. A Year Without Oliver Sacks 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z As pretty as the iridescent hyacinth bean is, I need a break from this diva. This winter, focus on the growing season ahead 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Beneath the canopy of burgeoning trees, the air is fresh and scented with countless hyacinths and other spring beauties. Spring is here. Mother Nature doesn’t care about a pandemic. 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z In “Dust Tracks,” she describes the journey: “The curtain of trees along the river shut out the world ... the smothering foliage that draped riverbanks, the miles of purple hyacinths, all thrilled me anew.” Cultured Traveler: Zora Neale Hurston?s Florida 2010-03-31T18:01:00Z Spring crocuses, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, irises, and all the other wonderful spring bloomers need to go through a winter chill period in order to bloom. The very best flowers to plant in the fall 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z The best course is to leave the bulbs untied but surround them with herbaceous plants that emerge as the daffodils, tulips, hyacinths and the rest are flowering and then proceed to vegetate. Lingering leaves of a chilly spring 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z This month, that glory arrives tinged with gold forsythia, pink azaleas, and grape hyacinth. Surprises Abound in Williamsburg 2010-06-18T16:17:00Z The high season occurs from late February to mid-April, when 500,000 tulip, daffodils and hyacinth bulbs wake from their sleep and spring to life. Dallas is the most affordable go-to travel destination for 2015 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Purchase paperwhites, crocus, hyacinths, and snowdrops in bud or early stages of bloom. Winter White 2013-12-26T06:20:07.280Z But the rest was profoundly English, including the bridal bouquet based on the language of flowers: lily-of-the-valley for happiness, sweet William for the gallant groom, hyacinth for constancy, myrtle for marriage and ivy for fidelity. An Appraisal: An Oh-So-British Affair Projects a Fresh, Antique Charm 2011-04-29T18:30:40Z Floral designer Gaye Drummond of Savannah shows us how to create an easy, elegant tabletop arrangement of roses, peonies, hyacinths, phlox, and common snowball viburnums. Elegant Tabletop Arrangement 2011-02-11T17:50:03.470Z In the Pantanal, the jaguars may be evasive, but the capybaras, the hyacinth macaws, the giant anteaters and the ring-tailed coatis will practically pose for you if you approach quietly. Frugal Traveler Blog: It's a Jungle Out There: Wildlife in the Pantanal 2011-10-18T19:05:50Z European visitors swoon with desire and disbelief at the sight of the hyacinth bean, a purple-leafed vine resplendent in August with striking purple stems, flowers and seedpods. The sudden heat and humidity of summer has gardeners dancing a seasonal salsa 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Video: On the Street, Sketching in Pastels The glories of spring are at a peak, and the tulips and hyacinths reflect the diversity of present-day fashion. On the Runway Blog: Video: Bill Cunningham On the Street, Sketching in Pastels 2013-04-29T16:04:09Z Meanwhile in Yosemite, visitors will find hyacinth growing along Hornitos Road and lupines blanketing the hills. The fields are alive: How to view a wildflower bloom without destroying it 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The property, which includes an apple orchard, is surrounded by a walkway that takes visitors past flowering trees, like bottlebrush and dogwood, plenty of ferns, and — in spring — daffodils, grape hyacinth and the like. Public Gardens Turn on the Charm 2011-06-17T01:45:45Z Women in canoes paddled through water hyacinths, their boats piled with bananas and other produce. Cultured Traveler: On the Vodun Trail in Benin 2012-02-03T17:18:18Z We carefully navigated out the narrow channel, avoiding shallow patches and sea grass, passing long-abandoned, half-sunk boats surrounded by invasive water hyacinth and then, so were we. Setting Sail on the Winding Waterways of California’s Delta 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Working from the outside in, insert stems of flowers into the foam, alternating among the viburnums, roses, hyacinths, phlox, and peonies. Elegant Tabletop Arrangement 2011-02-11T17:50:03.470Z After a private ceremony, which was held next to a fireplace covered in hyacinths, the couple retreated to an outdoor ice rink just as the sun was setting. Field Notes: Eloping Does Not Mean What It Once Did 2012-03-23T18:12:34Z Betty White paraded into the Los Angeles Zoo on Saturday holding a hyacinth macaw. Lance Bass and his 'big voice' join Betty White at L.A. Zoo's Beastly Ball 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Costumes are conspicuously absent, music stands abound and the only hints of scenery come from the hyacinths, lilies and bluebells sitting atop the grand piano. In powerful 'Into the Woods,' joy and sorrow are like old pals 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z When I picked up the bouquet of hyacinths and bluebells for my room at the Winter Antiques Show, I walked to the F train like I was carrying raw eggs.” An ?Outsider? Blossom Upends the Flowerpot 2011-03-30T22:41:16Z We crossed meadows covered in wild grasses and wildflowers — clovers, hyacinths and lupines — that were beginning to bloom and speckle the area in varying shades of yellow, red and purple. Journeys: Step by Step, Hut by Hut in Colorado 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z On a bedroom shelf, Peloza set up a vignette with a candle holder topped with a pinecone, an antique wooden stamp and a hyacinth sculpture made of iron. Bring the outside in with biomimicry | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Admittedly, it’s easier to bloom an Amaryllis, hyacinth or paperwhite Narcissus bulb that has been prepared in cold storage by the supplier. The art of forcing bulbs 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z On a recent summer afternoon, Duke, the farm dog, swims splashy laps in the hyacinth ponds. How a California caviar producer with a fake Russian name became the vanguard of sustainable aquaculture 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z He cuts the stems of water hyacinths in the lake near his house, lets the pile stew in the sun, and shapes it into long, wide seedbeds on top of the water. Here’s a Look at the Water Crises That Might Be Coming to You Soon 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z The gardens sprawl in four sections, reimagining the vision of Sun King, Louis XIV, who wanted his grounds to overflow with the scents of orange blossom, hyacinth, tuberose and jasmine. Flower power and diplomacy: Versailles perfume gardens transport public back in time 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z His hyacinth macaws are listed as vulnerable on a renowned risk-assessment tool for species extinction, which has led to even more criticism of his free-flying practices. He wants L.A. to love macaws as much as it loves dogs. Will free flying do the trick? 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Now, the visitors are greeted to the sight of boats stuck in a sea of invasive green water hyacinth weed. Analysis: Goldman Sachs faces hard sell for its consumer assets 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Those byproducts are rich in nitrogen and other nutrients, so for decades, the farm has sent that effluent into ponds where they grow hyacinths. How a California caviar producer with a fake Russian name became the vanguard of sustainable aquaculture 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z She added Crate & Barrel’s whitewashed water hyacinth place mat. One plate, four ways: Find your perfect holiday table setting 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Amaryllis, paperwhites and hyacinths fill gloomy winter days with color and fragrance. 12 days of holiday gift-giving ideas for the gardener in your life 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z His birds include a scarlet macaw, a green-winged macaw and four rare blue hyacinth macaws. He wants L.A. to love macaws as much as it loves dogs. Will free flying do the trick? 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z The rafts, woven from the stems of invasive hyacinths, are providing a lifeline for families during the increasingly extreme monsoon seasons, when dry land can be especially scarce. As seas rise, Bangladesh farmers revive floating farms 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Grape hyacinths aren’t fussy about exposure, but a sunny location brings on earlier blooms. These perennial bulbs stand out in a garden ensemble and on their own 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z "Hippos probably would not have put a dent in the water hyacinth problem," Massimi told Salon. The true story of when Congress almost released wild hippos into the Louisiana bayou 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z An interlocking arch that represents unity gives her walker a sculptural flair, and the cording made out of water hyacinth connects both local artistry with sustainable materials. Milan Furniture Fair 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Even more impressive is when upon command, one by one, his majestic hyacinth macaws — the world’s largest parrots by length — return obediently to perch on his arms. He wants L.A. to love macaws as much as it loves dogs. Will free flying do the trick? 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z It droops under its own weight, a turquoise hyacinth in bloom on the first day of spring. I like my bling to match my skin. But this turquoise ring is my inheritance 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z These brilliant hyacinth macaws, photographed in Jaú National Park in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, have the largest wingspan of any parrot on the planet. Decades of Photos Reveal Amazon Cultures Under Threat 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z He came up with a simultaneous solution to both problems that seemed ingenious: Import hippopotamuses to the Louisiana bayous, where they would eat the hyacinths and be hunted for their tasty flesh. The true story of when Congress almost released wild hippos into the Louisiana bayou 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z The effusion of bulb flowers of the East and Midwest — the daffodils, hyacinth, freesia, tulips — need a cold hibernation to generate the scented show they put on. Think of L.A. spring as the pause between California catastrophes — with poppies 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Sprouted wheat and hyacinth represent renewal; dried lotus flowers symbolize love; vinegar denotes age and patience. Nowruz: A springtime celebration of optimism and healing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z When one narrator asks about a missing friend, the answer has the ring of fable: “She went off into the fields … she must be fighting on the side of the hyacinths.” Review | Ukrainian author Yevgenia Belorusets presents a portrait of a traumatized community 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z African violets, tulips, orchids, hyacinths and cyclamen are affordable alternatives that will outlast fresh flowers, which often fade after a few days. How to save on those Valentine’s Day chocolates and flowers 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Several other birds, including hyacinth macaws and New Caledonian crows, make and use tools in the wild, often to extract food, but none seems to make a set of tools. Wild cockatoos make their own cutlery sets 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Here, the dwarf reticulated iris — there are around 21,000 of these bulbs — pop up in deep blues in early spring, flowering along with fragrant hyacinths and lightly perfumed witch hazels. Greet Spring With a Visit to a Public Garden 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z He pointed to a small area of open water, surrounded by water hyacinth and fallen trees. Human-hippo conflicts are exploding in this pristine patch of Kenya 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z People who transport water hyacinths, alligator grass or water chestnut plants across state lines also would no longer face up to six months in prison. Water chestnuts and Smokey Bear: Surprises await under the 'Christmas tree' COVID-19 relief bill 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z He climbed to the nests of hyacinth macaws in the Pantanal wetlands and persuaded Indigenous communities of the arid caatinga region of northeastern Brazil to show him the world’s last Lear’s macaws. He Once Trafficked in Rare Birds. Now, He Tells How It’s Done. 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z Durham workers repeated the process when they started building temporary walls, painting them colors such as hyacinth, sunshine and raspberry, mounting monitors and eventually placing all the objects in display cases and on mannequins. Muppets ready for extended Omaha visit 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z Visit public gardens to get pairing ideas, said Ms. Roper, who matches up Shogun tulip, grape hyacinth and Narcissus Minnow as one concurrent trio. Yes, It’s Already Time to Buy Bulbs for Fall Planting 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Overfishing, pollution and the invasive water hyacinth plant, among other factors, are to blame for the decline. Fish ponds and water harvesting: climate-smart farming comes to Kenya 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Such complexity, variation and potential for downright strangeness may explain why it was they, not the rose or the hyacinth or the peony, that once brutally hobbled an entire financial system. The Tulip Revivalist 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Dickey said it’s become more obvious that the “hyacinth girl” in “The Waste Land,” Eliot’s most famous poem, is Hale. T.S. Eliot letters show love for muse but poet downplays it 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z For example, in his poem “The Waste Land,” he tells her to reread the “hyacinth lines,” a reference to this section of the poem: T.S. Eliot defends himself from the grave after love letters are released, insisting ‘I never at any time had sexual relations with Miss Hale’ 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Elsewhere, the sedum is well matched with grape hyacinth and early tulips. Yes, It’s Already Time to Buy Bulbs for Fall Planting 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z We’ve bought rose petals there, and glitter and hyacinths and candles. How The Astro Poets Spend Their Sundays 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z He’s furiously scissoring the hyacinths, saying All the time when the tele-researcher asks him How often do you think your life is a mistake? “Afghan Funeral in Paris” 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z But many of the immigrants shopping in Palermo’s Ballarò market on a recent afternoon bypassed the Sicilian staples and went for heaps of hyacinth pea pods that Bangladeshis call sheem. Palermo Is Again a Migrant City, Shaped Now by Bangladeshis and Nigerians 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z But when it became clear the strike wasn’t going to end before the holiday, she scrambled to purchase enough tulips, hyacinths and daffodils from other stores. Rabbis: ‘Not kosher’ to patron grocery store during strike 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z But when it became clear the strike wasn't going to end before the holiday, she scrambled to purchase enough tulips, hyacinths and daffodils from other stores. Rabbis: 'Not kosher' to patron grocery store during strike 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z In my mind, I saw the blue hyacinths. ‘I Really Just Wanted the Comfort of My Husband’s Being There’ 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Outside, the new season is doing its thing, beaming bright sunshine one minute and hurling sleet the next, on to a little garden vivid with blue grape hyacinths. Ali Smith: ‘This young generation is showing us that we need to change and we can change’ 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Vast stretches of water hyacinths, an invasive weed, along the shorelines, have also caused severe problems for the country's fishermen. Chinese imports 'driving fishermen to despair' 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The hyacinth is another flower with a myth attached: Hyacinthus was a Greek youth beloved of Apollo, who killed him accidentally. Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z My 4-year-old daughter and I were planting tulip and hyacinth bulbs in the front yard of our house in Jackson Heights. ‘The Guy in the Two-Seater Next to Me Had His Head Hung Over an Open Book.’ 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z The water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes, originally from South America, can choke South Africa's waterways. South Africa’s invasive species guzzle precious water and cost US$450 million a year 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Gucci’s “invite” was an ode to the spring and was stapled on a plastic bag full of garden bulbs and seeds - such as tulip and hyacinth that were ready for planting in a field. Starry Saint Laurent show in Paris sees models walk on water 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Gucci’s “invite” was an ode to the spring and was stapled on a plastic bag full of garden bulbs and seeds — such as tulip and hyacinth that were ready for planting in a field. Starry Saint Laurent show in Paris sees models walk on water 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The most popular bulbs for fall planting include daffodils, crocus, snowdrop, hyacinth, tulips, scilla, fritillaria, allium, irises and gladiolus. When to plant bulbs in the fall? Science, nature offer clues 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Wildlife, too, is under threat, including rare hyacinth macaws, maned wolves and jaguars that call the shrinking savanna home. Special Report: Appetite for destruction - Soy boom devours... 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Or: "What if I were gone and the wind still reeks of hyacinth. What then?" Stay, illusion: a tribute to Lucie Brock-Broido by Carol Muske-Dukes 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The store was a balm for the wet, gray day, offering a barrage of bright colors from the pink peonies, yellow mimosas, purple hyacinths and carnations on offer. Upper West Side Perennials 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z But thieves returned in December 2015 and made off with two hyacinth macaws, a threatened species of large blue parrot that can sell for tens of thousands of dollars apiece. Thieves Are Breaking Into Zoos and Stealing Rare Animals 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z The memorial garden, which was temporarily renamed the White Garden, is filled with thousands of different varieties of white flowers including tulips, daffodils and scented hyacinths, according to People. Watch Live: Princes William and Harry Pay Tribute to Princess Diana 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z “Now he has curls ‘like the blossom of a hyacinth’? A Father’s Final Odyssey 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z He gestured toward the potted hyacinths, tulips and daffodils, which came from the Netherlands, and which were arranged in neat rows on the steps leading to the church. Pope Francis decries ‘vile’ attack on Syrians in Easter address 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Potted hyacinths, tulips and daffodils, as well as bouquets of pink roses, were arranged in neat rows on the steps leading to the imposing church. Faithful flock to Vatican as pope celebrates Easter Sunday 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Every spring on the cul-de-sac, they’d crack the windows open, hear birds in the spruce tree, see the crocuses and gray hyacinths sprout from the fresh mulch in front of their house. Americans Adrift 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z First they needed saffron corms, which look like bulbs - think tulip or hyacinth, but smaller. Could the world's most expensive spice help farmers in Vermont? - BBC News 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Ahok deployed squadrons of workers to clean the rivers of their choking surface carpets of rubbish and water hyacinths. $40bn to save Jakarta: the story of the Great Garuda 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Instead, I took a book into my secret garden, read for a few minutes, and then bent to smell the purple hyacinths beneath my maple tree. Finding Refuge With the Skin I’m In 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z From the edge of the station, we retraced their path, walking past open-air stalls of fish and vegetables on the left, and a stagnating pond of water hyacinths on the right. Madness Runs in the Family 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Visitors enter the 10-acre main hall through Big Timber Lodge, where they encounter bison and bear sculptures and a 12-foot-tall waterfall surrounded by evergreens, hyacinths, crocuses, cosmos and other woodland flowers. The Philadelphia Flower Show has teamed up with the National Park Service to celebrate the country's natural treasures 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Ideas pitched by contestants include a machine to minimise the dangers of mercury in gold extraction, software to detect breast tissue abnormalities and manufacturing products using water hyacinths. Sudan's version of The Apprentice, inequality, and 'the big brothel that is congress' 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Her father's silhouetted shape came into focus across the hyacinth pond as he returned home from the school where he teaches. Arrested after falling for another woman - BBC News 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z They're arranged in concentric circles shaped like a peace sign, surrounded by grape hyacinth that will make it look like it's floating on an ocean. Modesto farmer has blossomed into a tulip peddler 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z In the wild, hyacinth macaws break open nuts with leaves and sticks, and black palm cockatoos drum on trees with rocks and empty nut shells. Video: Parrots are only animal besides humans to use a grinding tool 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z A stack of straw containers labeled “rectangle hyacinth storage bins.” Attention Shoppers: A Leap of Faith on Sale 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Passing under wooden bridges that span narrow canals and cutting through lush layers of water hyacinth, we enter a peaceful district where ordinary Kashmiris live. Explore the Beauty of Kashmir 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Look for perennials and bulbs that bloom in the spring, such as daffodils, tulips, peonies and hyacinth. Prepare Your Garden for Winter to Save 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z And there’s still time — until May 17 — to travel to what’s acknowledged as the best place on earth to celebrate the awakening season of daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips: Keukenhof gardens. The Most Beautiful Spring Garden In The World: Holland's Keukenhof, With A Gallery of Flower Photos 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The waterway where the federal researchers were working contained large patches of water hyacinth, an invasive plant that has proliferated in the dry conditions. Threatened Smelt Touches Off Battles in California’s Endless Water Wars 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z The Society of American Florists recommends hydrangeas, gardenias, freesia, hyacinths, and succulents, as well, while alstroemerias and daisies are some of the most popular purchases for Valentine’s Day on the website 1-800 Flowers. 5 Things To Know About Buying Flowers on Valentine's Day 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The next day he sent her a large bouquet of white flowers: lilies, tuberoses, hyacinths and orchids. The beauty, the journalist, and the Titanic 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Bulbs that don’t like too much bright light include lilies, hyacinth, daffodils, bluebells and trillium. You don’t need sunshine to have a colorful yard | HomeWork 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z So many came that they overflowed the huge square, which was bedecked with row after row of potted daffodils, sprays of blue hyacinths and bunches of white roses. Pope Francis, Huge Crowd Joyously Celebrate Easter 2014-04-20T11:16:03Z Water hyacinth is a weedlike aquatic plant that grows in the White Nile River south of Khartoum. Khartoum Journal: Sudanese TV Show, Without the Cutthroat ‘You’re Fired,’ Rewards Entrepreneurs 2014-02-18T02:03:12Z We talk as the boat winds its way past reeds and water hyacinth, the fishermen sweating as they navigate the narrow path. Kenya's battle to end 'sex for fish' trade 2014-02-17T01:16:38Z The front walk was paved with flagstones and bordered by hyacinths that stood as stiff as china flowers, alternately pink and blue. Alice Munro: “The Bear Came over the Mountain.” 2013-10-14T04:00:00Z This close-up image of a tassel hyacinth was taken by Hans de Kroon in Greece. Award-winning environment snaps 2013-08-22T12:41:44Z He obtains dried water hyacinths and liana vines — both considered destructive plants — from his home country, Thailand. Prototype: Tech Accessories, Courtesy of the Mountain Pine Beetle 2013-06-08T18:49:29Z Behind the water hyacinth, in the floodwater of the lowland: this was where, if the neighborhood was raided, Udayan had told her he would hide. Jhumpa Lahiri: “Brotherly Love.” 2013-06-03T04:00:00Z Bangladeshis use the ubiquitous hyacinth weed to build floating, flood-proof crop gardens. Adapting to a warmer world: No going back 2012-12-05T15:21:02.450Z Attention urban gardeners whose travels bring them to Midtown: Bryant Park and Greeley Square are redoing their plantings, and are giving away about a gazillion yanked-up hyacinth, tulip, daffodil and muscari bulbs. City Room: Midtown Parks' Flower Bulbs Are Up for Grabs 2012-05-07T19:06:22Z In February, as a result of the unseasonably warm weather, daffodils and grape hyacinths were already sprouting from the ground. City Room: In Vacant Lots and Backyards, a Flower Business Grows 2012-05-01T20:21:01Z Strangely enough, even Jewish money is marked with this emblem, the shekel bearing on one side what is usually called a triple lily or hyacinth; the same forming a pretty floral cross. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z There were scattered clumps of water hyacinth, and still enough water to form puddles here and there. Jhumpa Lahiri: “Brotherly Love.” 2013-06-03T04:00:00Z "A delicate blue, ma'am; a little off the sky, and on the hyacinth." Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Months went by, but not a sign was there of my hyacinths. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z The principal flowers are hyacinths, tulips, crocuses, narcissus and other bulbous plants, the total export of which is estimated at over �200,000. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z There hung the heavy curtain of Babylonian tapestry, in all its glory of hyacinth and scarlet and purple, torn asunder from top to bottom. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z Water hyacinth shrouded the surface like a moth-eaten cloak. Jhumpa Lahiri: “Brotherly Love.” 2013-06-03T04:00:00Z It was an orchid whose sugarloaf-shaped spike was covered with florets of dull purple, close-packed after the manner of a grape hyacinth. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z He was thinking of Nancy, so mild and sweet-voiced, with eyes like blue hyacinths under the dark drift of her hair. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z Her neck was quite bare, and in her bosom she had a fine nosegay of tulips, roses, anemones, ranunculuses, hyacinths, and auriculas. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z Beyond that he knew was a heavy veil of Babylonian tapestry, hyacinth and scarlet and purple, that veiled in awful darkness the Holy of Holies. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z The flooded plain was thick with water hyacinth. Jhumpa Lahiri: “Brotherly Love.” 2013-06-03T04:00:00Z It was odd to find garden pets—grape hyacinths, gladiolus, iris—leading a gipsy life on those sunny slopes, and odder still to discover begonias, or even Nigella damascena, camping out, as it were. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The flower of a double dahlia, e.g. offers a totally different condition of structure from that of a rose or a hyacinth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Colors of flowers, laws governing colors and combinations, 44, 45;natural exception to; three primary colors in the hyacinth, Egyptian lotus; sky reflections destroying color, 45. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z They bear beautiful clusters of showy blue flowers, somewhat like the hyacinth in habit, and have long been favorites in European gardens. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Avoiding puddles, stepping over mats of hyacinth leaves that remained in place, breathing the dank air. Jhumpa Lahiri: “Brotherly Love.” 2013-06-03T04:00:00Z On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome. A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z By Offsets.—This mode of increase applies specially to bulbous plants, such as the lily and hyacinth, which produce little bulbs on the exterior round their base. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z For one of these banquets was arranged a rural scene with trees, shrubs, and beautiful beds of tulips and hyacinths, the whole floor being covered with stage grass. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z In Spring the parterres of tulips and hyacinths and wallflowers and other blossoms suggest the dreams of all the great pottery decorators of every age come to life in flowers. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z I removed the enemy at once, and planted the hyacinth again under more favourable conditions; but it is to be feared that the sap had been too much impoverished for it ever to thrive again. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z The hyacinths drooped magnificently with an overweight of purple, or they stood pale and erect, like unripe ears of purple corn. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Dutch bulbs, such as hyacinths, tulips, crocus, &c., and most of the varieties of lilies, may be planted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Another weed, the water hyacinth, caused pump problems several years ago and was eventually brought under control. Green Blog: California's Delta Ecosystem Is Healthier, For Now 2011-12-29T18:59:36Z Market-gardening, especially horticulture, is extensively practised in the vicinity, so that Haarlem is the seat of a large trade in Dutch bulbs, especially hyacinths, tulips, fritillaries, spiraeas and japonicas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The sweet-scented pink hyacinth which had been brought me was beautiful indeed. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Why, see my flowers—how lovely they are! these roses and camellias and hyacinths and cactuses! Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z Begin to force roses, hyacinths and a few other bulbs, for winter and early spring decoration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z As a morning greeting the gardens sent forth odors of pinks and gillyflowers, mallows and hyacinths; the sea its breezes fresh and wholesome; the sky its rays of radiant light. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z Name the values of the hyacinth, on page 53. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z The great bushes—almost trees—of camellias are simply wonderful; and there is a bed of double hyacinths under my window of all the colours of the rainbow. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z In the garden plots crocuses and snowdrops and golden daffodils nod to one another across the ground, primroses and violets scent the air, and hyacinths ring their merry chimes. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z Plant the greater part of the common border bulbs, as hyacinths, narcissi, crocuses and early tulips, about the end of the month, with a few anemones for early flowering. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z To-day my first hyacinth bloomed, white and sweet,–a good omen,–a little flag of truce, perhaps, from the enemies whom we have been fighting all these years. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z There is nothing more beautiful for a window decoration than a row of tulips, hyacinths, or daffodils. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z On entering the room, I perceived a delicious odour of roses, carnations, and hyacinths. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z Beside it was a small carved table—everything was small—with a few devotional books upon it, an open Bible, and a hyacinth in water. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z Cover up all beds in which there are hyacinths, tulips and other bulbs with a litter of leaves or straw to the depth of 2 or 3 in. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z It wandered still in glades of hyacinth and asphodel. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z Suppose in this wash-drawing of the hyacinth, the flower, the leaves, and the flower-pot had all been of the same value. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z They went to gather flowers—irises and crocuses, lilies, narcissus, hyacinths and rose-blooms—that grow in those fields. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z Now very quietly, and rather mournfully, In clouds of hyacinth the sun retires, And all the stubble-fields that were so warm to him Keep but in memory their borrowed fires. Poems - First Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.917Z A supply of roses, kalmias, rhododendrons, &c., and of hardy flowers and bulbs, as lily of the valley, hyacinths, tulips, daffodils, &c., should be kept up by forcing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z But neath the ruin of the withered brake Primroses now awake From nursing shades: The crumpled carpet of the dry leaves brown Avails not to keep down The hyacinth blades. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z If you look again at the drawing of the hyacinth on page 52, you will see that the darkest colors in it are the red-violet of the blossom and the red-gray of the flower-pot. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z The wild hyacinth, blue-bottle, violet, and pansy, and some others, will occur to every one. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z For here were broad streets, clean pavements, ample houses, well-trimmed lawns, quiet people walking in comfort, bits of flower-boxes on the window-sills filled with pansies and hyacinths; and the air was sweet and clean. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z Pot hyacinths, tulips and other bulbs for forcing; and propagate half-hardy plants by cuttings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z But, reader, have you seen an English woodland carpeted with deep-blue hyacinths, with snowy anemones, or with the sweet wee white pink-streaked sorrel, with its bashful leaves of bending green? The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z He had a dozen tissue-paper hyacinths planted in real pots with the earth watered, to make them look real. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z In the city yards the very grass appeared to shoot up joyously into the light, and the scent of hyacinths was like the perfume of happiness. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z Apollo mourned deeply for the youth, and caused a flower to spring from his blood, which is called the hyacinth. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Though in many instances, as in hyacinths, they are less beautiful than single ones, they always present the advantage of being less evanescent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The copses here are in earlier spring carpeted with wild hyacinths. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The hyacinths predominated in all shades, though there were many other flowers, and many of them new to me. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z Naturally, therefore, we find on his canvases beautiful groups and bunches of hyacinths, roses, pinks, primroses, and other garden buds and blossoms. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z His deeds adorned him with brightness like constellations; his acts of faith blazed like the hyacinth of the skies, the hue of the stars. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z This mode of potting does well for bulbs, such as hyacinths, which are either thrown away or planted out when the bloom is over. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z “O’erhung with wild woods thickening green,” and “braes” clad in brackens, among which wild flowers were growing—the sweet-scented hyacinth, the white or pink crane’s-bill, the little pimpernel, and the azure speedwell. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Some were narcissus and hyacinth, evil-tasting and slimy, and he threw them aside. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Again, in the production of violets the warm and sunny South of France has an advantage not possessed by England, whilst Holland, likewise for climatic reasons, maintains her hold upon the hyacinth and tulip trade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z There were lilies and violets, hyacinths, carnations, cyclamens, and orchids; but the rose was mistress of the land, and they called it the "Rose Islands." The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z Protect stage auriculas and hyacinths from extremes of every description of weather; and tulips from hoar-frosts and heavy rains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Bluebells, the wild hyacinths, made heavenly patches of color among the copses. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z The fern croziers had fully uncoiled, and the lowest bells on the wild hyacinth carillons were fading, before the babies acquired their fur jackets. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z “All my hyacinths and jonquils are out,” he said. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z It was springtime; the birds were singing, the valleys were blue with wild hyacinths, and here and there Ulric came upon clusters of late primroses. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z Many flowers and trees, for example, were nearly connected with the worship and ritual of Apollo; among these were notably the laurel, cypress and hyacinth. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Countless hyacinths exhaled their fragrance amid tall exotic plants, and between the heavy silken curtains and porti�res gleamed marble statues, which in the dim purple light seemed instinct with life. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z The birds were twittering amid the new-born leaves, and the hyacinths and tulips were coming to their glory in the gardens. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z Delilah put a spray of pink hyacinths in her hand. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z “It was the custom to bury the hyacinth bulb with mummies.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The hyacinth and cypress were beautiful youths, dear to Apollo, and accidentally slain by him in sport. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Behind the cloudy glass in the greenhouses were primulas and hyacinths, and all manner of scented things, a bright blur against the panes; but she walked rather the slippery paths in the lifeless garden. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z "Black was his hair, as hyacinths by night." A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z As the place was open, the breeze there was far greater than elsewhere; hence Cinna commanded to carry to that spot the litter, decked with hyacinths and apple-blossoms, in which Antea was resting. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Besides coarse grasses, their food consists of various roots; amongst others, I have frequently found about their hole the bulb of the common wild blue hyacinth. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z The leaves were tremulous with the presage of day, and the air was full of the sweet scent of hyacinths. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z And he sent Dora the same basket, filled with white hyacinths. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z Easter was late this year, the weather balmy, and the spring advanced; and the park and the whole countryside starred with daffodils and anemones, primroses and hyacinths. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z The only other sensation she was conscious of was the floating fragrance of the hyacinths, which she ever afterwards associated with this scene. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z The lilacs were coming into flower, the banks were sparkling with flowers: primroses and early hyacinths, summer green and summer light were brightening along the road. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Tulips and hyacinths were blooming there, and, peeping through the bars of the gate, stood a little girl wistfully watching the gay blossoms and enjoying their perfume. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z We also thought of water hyacinth in the Tigris and Euphrates. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z A little lower, amidst patches of yet frozen snow, hyacinths scent the air, yellow squills and blue anemones peep out, clumps of golden iris cluster between the rocks. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z The woods are now carpeted with acres upon acres of the wild hyacinth, or blue-bell, and far surpass in loveliness the most cultivated garden. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z The time of wild hyacinths was nearly over now. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z I took him through the Queen's Cottage grounds to show him the sheets of wild hyacinth. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z "If I had two loaves of bread," said Mahomet, "I would sell one of them and buy white hyacinths, for they would feed my soul." Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z I saw, floating near the island, three hyacinths which Clotilda had dropped into the wavelets as she went away. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Let us take it and pour the sea from it, And while the savor of dead lips is washed away, Let us lift our hands to this sky of hyacinth. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z Whole fields of tulips, hyacinths, lilies, and other brilliant blooming plants in every shade of color are to be seen here, and this town supplies many of the largest gardens of Europe with roots. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z He raises his right hand to his moist eye and sees therein, to his astonishment, a white hyacinth, which some one must have placed there.... Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z Buy fewer glasses of beer and more "white hyacinths." Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z The primroses were a dream, and Mavis gathered a bunch of wild hyacinths and some purple ground ivy, and Merle thought she saw a snake, but was not perfectly sure about the matter. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z The childish fingers, holding two snowy spikes of Roman hyacinth, were lifted and placed on the priest's hand, pressing it timidly against his curls. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z The bride's bouquet was a shield-shaped wired bouquet of myrtle, lily-of-the-valley, sweet William and hyacinth. Bride's McQueen dress 2011-04-29T19:36:07Z His confederate, Sweeny, planted hyacinths in the city parks, and for every flower some poor soul was pinched. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z I adore a man or a woman who has enough sentiment to appreciate what dead and gone Mahomet said, and hereafter will make it a point to buy less bread and more hyacinths. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z The primroses were nearly over, but hyacinths were opening like a blue cloud, and great purple orchises were shooting up. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z They had never thought of a canopy of white and gold, with a border of autumn leaves, or of borrowing maidenhair ferns and forced Roman hyacinths. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z Five months after, when the May primroses and hyacinths were all abloom in the green seaside woodlands, Colonel Jocyln and his little daughter came home. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z The air, redolent of hyacinths and roses, tells her he is in the drawing-room; and the color deepens in her cheeks as her heart throbs faster. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z How many of us, poor earthworms that we are, would rather spend our dollar for white hyacinths than for a big supper? Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z His friend would live always in the flower that had sprung where he fell on Parnassus, our hyacinth, the promise of the spring. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z It was not the blue of the hyacinth gleaming in the forest glade, nor the modest violet that empurples the path. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The quaint houses, red and white, with terraced roofs, and embowered amid verdant groves, recalled the simile of the poet who likened Granada to “a silver vase full of hyacinths and emeralds.” With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z The high priest of Memphis presented to the new god Apis the first handful of hay; the Princess Amasidia tied to his beautiful horse festoons of roses, anemonies, ranunculuses, tulips, pinks, and hyacinths. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The lover's flower is the myrtle; the player's, the hyacinth; the pugilist's, the fennel. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Easter has fallen late this year, and so has come with pomp of pear-blossom, with teeming primroses, with garden hyacinth and field daffodil; has come, too, with a breath like June's. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z She had got a stand of hyacinths like those in Miss Bodkin's room. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z It is a fine evening, and the cuckoo is calling from Pudcombe Woods, and my hyacinths are of a very good sort. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z No lily—no—nor fragrant hyacinth, Had half such softness, sweetness, blessedness. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z The wind faintly stirred, barely enough to shake the bells of the pink and darkly blue hyacinths standing tall and full in the parterre at one side of the house. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z Away in Holland a gardener will patiently labour for even twenty years to bring one hyacinth to perfection. The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z Here the flora of the coast gave way to fields of sperge, hyacinths, irises, and star of Bethlehem. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The honeysuckles lace the wall; The hyacinths grow fair and tall; And mellow sun and pleasant wind and odorous bees are over all. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z "The Roman hyacinths will be out before Christmas," he said, as he turned from his beloved growing things and settled down with a pleased smile to hear news of his sons. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z Their embroideries show a preference for floral forms—chiefly roses, tulips, carnations and hyacinths—which are treated with great decorative skill. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Since I went in last time, the main channel’s clogged thick with hyacinths. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z The season of spring was in all its vigour; and the grotesque branches of the almond trees in full blossom, fantastically chequered with hyacinths and jonquils, breathed forth a delightful fragrance. 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 very name of Helen had something intoxicating for him, like the perfume of a hyacinth, and contributed still farther to make this ideal image dear to him. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z It seemed to come up from the swamp in the spring night’s pollen-scented breath, like the air in a little close parlor after an anchor of hyacinths has been carried out on a coffin. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z Africa's other Great Lakes are known for freshwater beaches and cool evenings, but Kwania is more of a giant swamp: shallow, full of crocodiles and choked with lily, papyrus and hyacinth. Battling the Scourge of Malaria 2010-06-20T17:30:00Z Penny’s gaze remained absently upon the hyacinth bed. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z “If you kill a grape hyacinth, you’re never going to make it as a gardener,” Ms. Ogden said. In the Garden: Conquering the Strip Between Sidewalk and Street 2010-05-26T23:24:00Z I come with peace; I shed Sleep through the wood walks, o'er the honey bee, The lark's triumphant voice, the fawn's young glee, The hyacinth's meek head. Heathen Mythology In the scenery of these poems, there are “mossy fountains and grass softer than sleep,” the hues of violet, poppy, and hyacinth, the shade of ancient ilex, and the yellow wealth of cornfield. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Christel met them in the garden, her hands full of hyacinths and spring flowers, which she had just cut and made into a simple nosegay. A Divided Heart and Other Stories Mrs. Jones shaded her eyes from the slanting rays of the low-hung sun to gaze for a long moment at the almost motionless hyacinth bed blanketing the water. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z Her eyes were as blue as a hyacinth, her lips delicate and crimson; very high, soft and white were her shoulders. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Among these were heliotrope, pinks, tulips, hyacinths, pansies, roses, and daffodils, "that come before the swallow dares." The Story of Malta Before her, through the little iron gate which her escort had pushed open, was a garden, a little austere looking with its prim flower-beds, filled with hyacinths and crocuses, bordering the flinty walks. The Hillman But I myself have raised these yellow hyacinths with the greenish calyxes, and more beautiful ones are not easily found. A Divided Heart and Other Stories Soon the skiff was inching through a labyrinth of floating hyacinths; there were few stretches of open water. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z The air is heavy with the faint perfume of hyacinths and wild violets, and a breeze stirring among the orange groves wafts a delicious aromatic odor across the bay. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Every day he bought her old pieces of jewelry, old fans, or old silver, or pots of purple hyacinths. Sinister Street, vol. 2 A little later still, the wild hyacinths will be like a blue carpet there. The Hillman A thick ivy covered the black walls, clothing them with a dusky green tapestry, against which the young shoots of the fruit-trees, and the beds of primroses, crocuses, and hyacinths stood out in pleasing contrast. A Divided Heart and Other Stories Safely out of sight of the island, the couple found themselves in a labyrinth of floating hyacinths with no clearly defined channel. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z A clump of pink and white hyacinths grew out of the wall, the waxy heads bent with the weight of their heavy, bell-shaped petals. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 With waves of scent the beds of hyacinths impressed themselves upon his memory. Sinister Street, vol. 1 In the garden we begin with little rings of white snowdrops; then the crocuses come up in lines, yellow and purple; and the daffodils; and then, on those beds behind, the hyacinths. The Hillman Five months after, when the May primroses and hyacinths were all abloom in the green seaside woodlands, Colonel Joclyn and his little daughter came home. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Soon the channel was no more than a path through high water-grass and floating hyacinths. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z Every now and then he stopped to take a breath of air perfumed by a clump of hyacinth, or some star-shaped flower which had yielded up its sweetness to the softly-falling night. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Of daffodils, crocuses and hyacinths in boundless profusion, amongst which are to be noted many pleasing names that we no longer use. The Old English Herbals A charming centerpiece which smart florists are suggesting is of white hyacinths and violets. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions The casement was not closed, and the lamp flickered in the night wind, that blew chill into the room, stealing as it passed, the fragrance of the hyacinths that were blooming in the window. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales Always, however, before the hyacinths closed in, the Widow Jones was able to pick up the path through which Hod had passed. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z The familiar odor of violets and wild hyacinths seemed to fill the room. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Dulcie Soane came out into the court presently and expostulated with Strindberg, who suffered herself to be removed from the hyacinth bed, only to make a hysterical charge on her mistress’s ankles. The Moonlit Way From a gargantuan bouquet of hyacinths, lilacs, and daffodils, issued the voice of the "Ogre." Nancy of Paradise Cottage Between them was only a fragrant border of hyacinths. The Missioner It was a blood-red flower of a fleshy-like substance, like the Pyrola, or “Dutchman’s pipe,” growing somewhat like a garden hyacinth. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Before then, everything had been open; we had had a recognized meeting place, the public had attended our lectures, ladies had worn the white hyacinth openly at receptions and balls. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Larry Soane, the irresponsible superintendent, always turned gardener with April’s advent in Dragon Court, contributions from its denizens enabling him to 62 pepper a few flower-beds with hyacinths and tulips, and later with geraniums. The Moonlit Way Now the tulip lifts her chalice, And the hyacinth his spear; All the daffodils and jonquils With their hearts of gold are here. Later Poems As in some rich man's garden-plot, With flowers of every hue inwrought, Stands peerless forth with drooping brow The hyacinth, so standest thou! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII I slipped over the smooth, dewy grass like lightning, and right through a clump of hyacinths, ending my career by falling in a scrambling, all-four sort of fashion all over a bed of choice tulips. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves Margharita, pale and proud, was standing upon the threshold, with a great bunch of white hyacinths in the bosom of her black dress. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 But the profusion of the violets, the pomp of the red anemones, the perfume of the white narcissus, the hyacinths and sweet alyssum, all growing wild, who shall describe them? Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu It was bordered with evergreens, and within we could see some daffodils, blue hyacinths and primroses. Lafcadio Hearn For the pot plants there are hosts of things; freesias, cyclamen, marguerite-carnations, primulas, Christmas roses, arums, azaleas, kalmias, spireas, chrysanthemums, narcissus, roman hyacinths, and so on. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them Or, hyacinths may be used for the flowers, either pink ones or pink and white alternating. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions To-night, as the dressing bell rang, and I was coming upstairs to change my gown for dinner, he met me in the hall and offered me—a spray of white hyacinths! To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 A cow, wearied with her attempt to get some nourishment out of the tough hyacinth, moved out of the river, and, shaking the water from her wet flanks, started home. The Shadow Outside the chancel rails were ranged rows of growing bulbs in pots, hyacinths, narcissus, the finer variety of daffodils, great trumpet-like heads of white and cream, orange and gold. Lady Cassandra This excrescence, which should only be covered by a thin layer of soil, stores up nutriment for the plant’s use, in much the same way as a hyacinth or daffodil does. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them The primroses and hyacinths and violets, with which we dress the mounds under which our friends are sleeping, will not grow in the tropics. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses A great bowl of white hyacinths stood on a table by the window, and the air was faint with their perfume. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 I think I see them with arms entwined,—two lovely flowers on one stalk,—the dark crimson rose and the pale hyacinth! A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The woods are carpeted with primroses and wild hyacinths; while in the "merry month of May" the nightingale swarms among the hawthorn trees white with blossom. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks The hyacinths and tulips stood there in two rows. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series The flower cart's coming down the street, With tulips red and tulips sweet; And from the wagon color spills Of hyacinths and daffodils. A Little Freckled Person A Book of Child Verse She should see me, the wasted shadow of a man, myself on the threshold of the grave, standing by her bedside, cold and unpitying, and holding out toward her a white hyacinth. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 There were deep lanes, with high hedges, which at the present season of the year were a mass of flowering hawthorn; and every little copse and spinney showed blue with hyacinths. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story Camellias, orange-trees, cactuses, and magnolias abounded everywhere; tulips and hyacinths seemed to grow wild; and there was in the half-neglected look of the spot something of savage luxuriance that heightened the effect immensely. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune Wild hyacinths and little white snowdrops jingled merry bells. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series On the hill-top, there is a spread of blue hyacinths like a torn veil that has been thrown to the earth. Seeds of Pine By the by, mother," he said, during a pause in the conversation, "I have noticed that, while you use every other color of hyacinths for table decorations, you never use any white ones. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 This girl, whoever she was, was wild about moss-roses and pink hyacinths, and they fetched them from Rotterdam for her. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Moreover, Athena shed great beauty from his head downwards, and made him greater and more mighty to behold, and from his head caused deep, curling locks to flow, like the hyacinth flower. Greek Women The blue violets represent the naval cadets; they dance with hyacinths and crocuses, who take the part of young ladies. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series But, after all, the lilies are white like the snow outside, so that I esteem the big purple hyacinths better, and the bobbing daffodils. Seeds of Pine They could smell the water hyacinth which floated endlessly down to the sea. The Golden Skull It was surrounded by groups of ancient chestnut trees; and the terrace before the court was laid out in gardens, which were now filled with anemones, hyacinths, and other early flowers. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 She feels for the hyacinth: "As when the shepherds on the hills Tread under foot the hyacinth, And on the ground the purple flower lies crushed." Greek Women With these words Aunt Jane closed the treasure-chest of memory and walked briskly away to look after the welfare of the tulips and hyacinths. The Land of Long Ago As I entered, such a stupefying odor of roses, pinks, and hyacinths greeted me that I almost lost my senses. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace Kitty and Lesbia ate their sandwiches very early, sitting in a wood blue with hyacinths, more than doubtful indeed that they were trespassing, but hoping no indignant farmer would spy them and turn them out. Loyal to the School Eyelashes black, delicate, equal in beauty, and dark eyebrows— The crown of the woad, a bright hyacinth, that was the colour of his pupils. Ancient Irish Poetry The roses, hyacinths and crocuses have closed in sleep, but the orange groves, the acacia, and eucalyptus, jasmine, lemon, and palm trees and hedges of box fill the air with heavy, aromatic perfume. Cathedrals of Spain Gáspár was furious; he began to swear like a trooper, and waved his stick about, thereby knocking down one of Mrs. Sztolarik's flower-pots, in which a rare specimen of hyacinth was just blossoming. St. Peter's Umbrella The Greeks called it the "land of the hyacinth and the ruby." The Pearl of India "It is quite enchanting," continued she, resolving to attack Lady Melbury in her own sentimental way, "to see this sweet girl twisting rose-buds, and forming hyacinths into bouquets." Coelebs In Search of a Wife The petals of the hyacinth are said to be marked with the Greek letters AI AI, which form an interjection expressing grief. Minor Poems by Milton It has a characteristic red colour, inclining to orange, much like that of hyacinth or jacinth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Presently she rose, walked twice across the room, and came back to an �tag�re where stood an azure Bohemian glass vase, supported by silver Tritons, and filled with late blue hyacinths and early pancratiums. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The air was fragrant with the perfume of violets, and early stocks and hyacinths, mingled every now and then with a more delicate perfume from the greenhouses on the other side of the red-brick wall. A Monk of Cruta How interesting to see a beautiful creature making roses and hyacinths! her delicate hands and fair complexion must be amazingly set off by the contrast of the bright flowers. Coelebs In Search of a Wife This is the hyacinth, the flower that sprang up on the spot where the youth Hyacinthus had been accidentally slain by Apollo. Minor Poems by Milton Church, that many gems, especially engraved stones, commonly regarded as hyacinth, were really cinnamon-stone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" He led her to a pretty chair, placed among the hyacinths; the fragrance was very strong. A Mad Love In the centre stands the Imperial table, on a low platform: between wonderful épergnes of gold spreads a bed of hyacinths and crocuses. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 The room was full of the scent of violets and white hyacinths. Under False Pretences A Novel And suddenly I knew that the flowers in her hands were hyacinths, hyacinths and damp fern and mignonette. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon On the mantle-shelf, with other ornaments, are two hyacinths in glasses, thus fixing January as the date of the scene depicted. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. In warm sunny weather the hyacinths can be put out of doors for a little while every day. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes I confess, however, that the superb silver chasing, and the balmy hyacinths which almost leaved over my plate, feasted my senses quite as much as the delicate viands. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 There were potted plants and cut flowers, baskets of violets and hyacinths, and great bunches of roses and carnations. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years She dropped her eyes to the hyacinths and I put my hand on a chair to steady myself. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon On a table across the room a bowl of hothouse hyacinths, just overturned, crushed the flowers with its weight and dripped water into the sodden rug. The Wishing Moon The best list with which we are acquainted, for a small garden, is the following: the well-known lilies, the tulips, gladiolas, hyacinths, Feraria tigrida, crocus, narcissus, and jonquils. Soil Culture In this garden, which is perhaps a hundred feet square by forty in height, rise clumps of Italian cypress and laurel from beds of emerald turf and blooming hyacinths. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 Decorate the dining room with silk flags and red, white and blue bunting and in the center of the table have a blue vase filled with red and white hyacinths or carnations or roses. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions And then I knew the odour for what it was—hyacinth. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon He pulled a low basket chair out into the sun, close to a bed of pink and white hyacinths. The Moving Finger The hyacinth, tho' almost equally fixed with the ruby, loses its colour very readily. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries Spring opened formally for the Nesbits with crocuses and hyacinths; smiled genially in golden forsythia, bridal wreath and tulips, preened itself in flags and lilacs before glowing in roses and peonies. In the Heart of a Fool If white flowers are used, lilies of the valley and hyacinths make a pretty bouquet, tied with white gauze ribbon. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Tulips, and hyacinths, and lilacs, and monthly roses shake about in the soft wind, and scatter their colored petals like jewels among the young vivid verdure. Records of Later Life The tearful hyacinths and the greenwood spray Clinging to keep him from the sapphire goal, Kept of his path no trace! Collected Poems Volume Two Still we find some flowers, like the beautiful lily, the lovely rose, and the delicate hyacinth, which have color and fragrance and graceful shapes all combined. Eighth Reader "And if you like, I will hang my picture, with the doves and the olive-branch, above it; and there shall be a shelf for hyacinths in the window." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 Use blue and white hyacinths and red tulips, carnations or roses and tiny silk flags can be used for place cards. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions "How beautiful it would be, Norton, if we had our two new beds planted! all full of roses and hyacinths." Trading Only, and after many days, we found Dabbled with dew, at border of a wood Bedded in hyacinths, open and a-glow Thy Homer's Iliad.... Collected Poems Volume Two Now Pink, we'll fix those hyacinth and tulip beds all right. The House in Town I mean tulips, and hyacinths, and crocuses, and ranunculuses, and—well, I don't know all, but those specially. Opportunities Never wear them again, Rex––I despise them––throw them away, and I will gather you a rare bouquet of white hyacinths and starry jasmine and golden-rod bells.” Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love "I could go to Mr. Richmond's, you know; and then we could see all about our tulip and hyacinth beds; and it would be so pleasant!" Trading We have had our tea and the sunlight slants in over the white freesia and white hyacinths. Tante It is not a white hyacinth; just off that; the most delicate rose pearl colour. The House in Town And that bed over there," Norton went on, pointing, "shall be your bed; and I will fill it with hyacinths for you. Opportunities And thus we come to find rosemary in close association with both marriage and death, just as the hyacinth was, and perhaps still is, among the Greeks. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore Look at those hyacinths,—up already, all of an inch above ground. Trading A shell comb in her fair hair and a few white hyacinths at her throat were all the ornaments she desired. A Singer from the Sea Out of that he must provide himself with boots and shoes and gloves; the rest is for whatever he wants, fish-hooks or hyacinths, as the case may be. The House in Town A line must be found; inside or outside of her bed of hyacinths, Matilda wondered? Opportunities She wore a black satin gown with a handsome point lace fichu and draped over her shoulders a soft, white shawl, while close by was a large jar of lavender hyacinths. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V At the farther end was a hyacinth curtain that masked a door. The Paliser case Iris hid her face in the bouquet of white hyacinths which she carried. Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover "How should you like those smoky coats in the omnibus, for the same reason that you like a white hyacinth or a red tulip?" The House in Town Matilda sat thinking, not convinced, but longing very much to see the hyacinths and tulips, when a voice at the glass door behind her made her start. Opportunities The beds and borders were gay with crocuses and hyacinths, and the open spaces were beginning to look green again. Audrey Craven Afar, at the other end, masking a door, was a portière, the colour of hyacinth. The Paliser case The Balfour greenhouse 49 has been stripped and they have such a lovely company of violets and primroses and white hyacinths with plenty of green moss and ivy. An Orkney Maid "It's all snow, Pink; it will be too late to plant our tulips and hyacinths." The House in Town And I never saw a hyacinth in my life. Opportunities The intense glowing scarlet of the gladiolus flames from rocks and roadside, and rosemary and the purple stars of hyacinths garland the ways, until one feels like journeying only in his singing robes. Italy, the Magic Land It was quite near the hyacinth curtain and behind the latter she heard voices. The Paliser case They spoke not; they watched her slim, white figure pass to-and-fro with soft and reverent steps, arranging violets and white hyacinths with green moss in the exquisite white Wedgewood. An Orkney Maid But to get back to our—hyacinths: Theocritus, you remember, speaks of the 'lettered hyacinth.' In a Little Town The tulip bed and the hyacinth bed were proposed, and approved; a trip to Poughkeepsie was arranged, to see Maria; and Norton told of Miss Redwood's doings in Lilac Lane. Opportunities A sweet breath came from its parterres of mingled hyacinths and jonquils that hid themselves every moment in black shadows of lagustrums and laurestines. Dr. Sevier The air is full of the undefined scent of chrysanthemums, and the stronger sweetness of hyacinths comes from a stand in the window. Lotus Buds Outside, the garden was gay with daffodils and hyacinths, and the trees were just bursting into bud, the fresh green rendered the brighter by the warm sunshine. The White Lie When he went to his room that night he was still thinking of hyacinths and of her who had brought them to his eyes. In a Little Town "Pink, I have got that catalogue in my pocket; let us sit down somewhere and make out a list of those hyacinths." Opportunities Tulips and hyacinths flaunted their gay gowns in the city parks, and daffodils laughed in old-fashioned gardens. Polly of Lady Gay Cottage Take up the hyacinth roots which have done flowering, and lay them sideways in a bed of dry rich mould, leaving the stems and leaves to die away: this will greatly strengthen the roots. 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 hills were a deep, almost sullen purple that evening, the purple of darkest hyacinths. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America Now, little hyacinth, babble thy syllables—louder yet—Aiai! In a Little Town Red wheats are believed to be hardier than white; whilst red-flowered hyacinths were more injured during one particular winter in Holland than other coloured varieties. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) The flower stall was a particular success, with its great bunches of daffodils, narcissus, violets, and other spring blossoms, and pots of tulips, lily of the valley, and hyacinths. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life Dig up a border for early tulip roots, and others for hyacinths, anemones, and ranunculuses. 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 What other city, for instance, gives its people such a magnificent spring show of hyacinths, tulips, daffodils and the like? Getting Acquainted with the Trees If the hyacinths babbled Ai, Ai! the roses must murmur Oo! In a Little Town They carry hyacinths in baskets, strapped like quivers to their backs. Hymen The light of her face falls from its flower, as a hyacinth, hidden in a far valley, perishes upon burnt grass. Sea Garden When questioned as to what flowers they had bought on the previous day, one lad said they were ‘tulips, hyacinths, and cyclaments,’ but nobody could give us an intelligible description of the last-named flowers. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement "Here are the two Miss Churchills, doctor," said Miss Essie—"hyacinth and laburnum." Say and Seal, Volume II Jonquils, tulips, hyacinths and lilies, and most other Easter plants, need warmer air than that to grow rapidly in. Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Ah see, How carefully we lay them now, Each hyacinth spray, Across the marble floor— A pattern your bent eyes May trace and follow To the shut bridal door. Hymen The flowers are thickish, something like the pyrola, and its manner of growth resembles the hyacinth, with bell-shaped flowers clustering along the upper part of the stem, and erect, pointed leaves. Harper's Young People, December 16, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly There were beds of daffodils and hyacinths in which it was possible, when the designer acted as showman, to recognise regimental crests. A Padre in France Wind flowers and columbine; orchis sweet as any hyacinth; tall Solomon's seal; spotless bloodroot; and violets—white, yellow, and purple. Say and Seal, Volume II A little puff of wind blew the scent of hyacinths into her face. A Vanished Hand The garden at Craig-Ellachie had already wakened to life, the crocuses were out, rows and rows of them, and the garden hyacinths were holding up their little green spears. In Orchard Glen The red zircon, or true hyacinth, is rare. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public When springtime comes to Monaree I know How the blue hyacinths blow, And how the daffodil lights its golden glow. Sprays of Shamrock There was the white narcissus and the purple tulip—the dark hyacinth and the soft red rose. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The railway goes round Lake Albano, reflecting blue stormy sky and white cloud balls; a gash when the current alters shows marvellous hyacinth blue. The Spirit of Rome These consisted of the finest damask roses, in full blow; beautiful hyacinths of the brightest azure blue; and simple lilies of the valley, but whose fragrance was delicious to the senses. The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale They are also frequently and incorrectly called jacinth or hyacinth, terms which, as we have seen, should be reserved for yellow and red zircon, respectively. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public We must plant now in order to secure a spring display of flowers, and for this purpose nothing can be more satisfactory than bulbous subjects, such as hyacinths, tulips, crocuses, and narcissuses. Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young Immediately beneath the windows ran a broad gravelled terrace, which was apparently raked smooth every day, with a row of urns in which hyacinths bloomed upon its pillared wall. Hawtrey's Deputy Beneath the sheltering porticos lurked bright-faced girls who pelted each passer with violets, narcissus, and hyacinths. A Victor of Salamis After some hesitation, she, trembling as she spoke, said, “Pray, cousin, have you lately looked at your hyacinth?” The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale The red of the hyacinth is never equal to that of the ruby. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public She held up to show him some wonderful mauve and blue hyacinths that she carried, and then passed on. The Twelfth Hour She loved to watch the poppies tossing in the corn, the wind sweeping over the red sea of clover, and the hyacinths nodding on the banks of the silvery stream. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds The window-boxes, too, and vases within open casements splashed patches of colour upon the old-world canvas, the yellow and purple of crocus and daffodil, modest star-blue of forget-me-nots and the varied tints of sweet hyacinth. The Orchard of Tears Now, let me try if this wand cannot confer more lasting happiness than the roses and hyacinths of my sister.” The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale Although strongly doubly refracting, the hyacinth shows scarcely any dichroism and thus lacks variety of color. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public You looked really divine just now through the window, with the hyacinths in your hands—like the goddess of something or other—spring, I suppose.... The Twelfth Hour Isabel followed curiously, ensconcing herself in one of the easy-chairs and idly twitching blossoms from the hyacinths in a bowl near her. From the Car Behind Primroses, many of them milk white, starred the grass; and wild blue hyacinths grew tall and graceful in damp patches shaded by stunted trees. Where Deep Seas Moan And to-day it was a lovely day; and the warm west wind blew in the breath of the pink and blue hyacinths in the window-boxes. Bird of Paradise Red zircon, which is rare, is properly called "hyacinth." A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public There was a sweet smell of hyacinths and growing grass and cherry-blossoms; altogether it was not an afternoon to spend in the house, and the children felt the fact. Eyebright A Story It flowers in a dense cluster on a stalk somewhat after the fashion of a hyacinth. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty The blue violets represent little naval cadets, and dance with hyacinths and crocuses which they call young ladies. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The one I saw last, yes, for the last time, was Anna Dorothea, the pale hyacinth: then she was old and bent, for it was fifty years afterwards. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales The true hyacinth has more snap and fire owing to its adamantine surface luster and high dispersive power, as well as to its high refractive index. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Bulbous plants are those which have a round root, and produce very few leaves; they are such as the tulip, hyacinth, crocus, and others. Eric or, Under the Sea Now very quietly, and rather mournfully, In clouds of hyacinth the sun retires, And all the stubble-fields that were so warm to him Keep but in memory their borrowed fires. Modern British Poetry Blooming hyacinths, under glass bells, and peonies, like strong trees. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen At that time she, the poor woman, was a young child, a pale hyacinth in the rich garden. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales The names hyacinth, jacinth, and jargoon are applied to red, yellow, and colorless zircon in the order as given. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public The hyacinths and tulips, they hang back till they know it'll be warm and comfortable outside, but these daffydils don't wait for anything. Aunt Jane of Kentucky Look much at the morning and evening sky, and much at simple flowers—dog-roses, wood hyacinths, violets, poppies, thistles, heather, and such like—as Nature arranges them in the woods and fields. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing The daughters were young and beautiful—three charming blossoms—a rose, a lily, and a white hyacinth. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Rose, lily, and pale hyacinth; yes, I saw them all three! What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Around her waist circled a zone of gems—ruby, sapphire, emerald, hyacinth, garnet, topaz, aqua marine—blended together in magnificent confusion. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Anna Dorthea, the pale hyacinth, who was only fourteen years of age, was quiet and thoughtful. The Sand-Hills of Jutland So purple in a violet or a hyacinth is a sign of nearness, because the closer you look at them the more purple you see. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Rose, lily, and hyacinth—yes, I saw them all three. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The daughters were young and fair—three charming blossoms, rose, lily, and pale hyacinth. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales He waited, and then, switching at the wild hyacinths with his stick— 'Of course,' he said, 'I have no right to suppose you are going to give me your reasons.' The Convert Rose, lily, and the pale hyacinth—yes, I saw them all three. The Sand-Hills of Jutland The wild hyacinths were blue about the roots of the tree on which his name was cut—how low down the sprawling letters were!—the pet name by which his mother had called him. A Sheaf of Corn The last I saw of them was the pale hyacinth, Anna Dorothea. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Some house plant, a hyacinth possibly, is used as bait, and when the ground is thawing out beneath a warm spring sun we put the plant on the southern veranda and watch. Penguin Persons & Peppermints Look where he would he saw always a cloud of dark hair and two deep blue eyes that shone as softly as wild hyacinths after a shower. Virginia Then the wretched pauper was a young girl—a lovely pale hyacinth in the noble flower parterre. The Sand-Hills of Jutland In a manner not clearly explained, the Dosey Asteroids Company had lost six months' production of gem-quality cut star hyacinths valued at nearly a hundred million credits. The Star Hyacinths At that time she, the poor woman, was a young child, a white hyacinth in a rich garden. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The hyacinths smelled strong in the growing dusk, the Chinese dragons burned against the wall: colour and odour were alike a frame for her beauty and her richness. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Her eyes, very far apart and set in black lashes, were of a deep soft blue—the blue of wild hyacinths after rain. Virginia The last of them I saw was Anna Dorthea, the pale hyacinth. The Sand-Hills of Jutland If we dangle a few star hyacinths before her eyes, she should be willing to fly us back. The Star Hyacinths And before she went to bed herself, she was obliged to peep behind the curtains into the garden where all her mother's beautiful flowers grew, hyacinths and tulips, and many others. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen This is said to be the work of Pallas, "who caused him to appear taller and more powerful, with flowing locks, like the hyacinth." Homer's Odyssey A Commentary It was like April in the conservatory, steamy and warm, and the fragrance of hyacinths and white violets made it a delightful place in which to linger. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation The lawn will be yellow with crocus flowers, and I can almost smell the hyacinths. When the Birds Begin to Sing "He wanted to come back from the Hub with an expedition to get the hyacinths, so he wouldn't have cared for the idea of anyone else getting away from the planet meanwhile." The Star Hyacinths All the hyacinths and tulips stood in two long rows down the room, not a single flower remained in the window, and the flower-pots were all empty. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Love to a pretty woman is like a shower of rain to hyacinths. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol Sir Ernest Shackleton as reported in The Evening News:— "The last articles which we took on board were two gramophones with a large number of records and a case of hyacinth blubs." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 If a hyacinth droops in the celery bed, put it among the pansies. Happy Days There was silence for some seconds while the star hyacinth burned in the evening air and the three men and the small winged animal stared at it. The Star Hyacinths The bunches of blue hyacinths and the little white snowdrops jingled their bell-like flowers, as if they were real bells. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The purple mandrake was in flower, the crocus, tulip, and hyacinth enamelled the fields, with the blue lily contrasting with thousands of scarlet anemones. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History Ihe former slays himself, on which a hyacinth springs up from his blood. The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations He tells me to-day that he is beginning to think that the things which are coming up now are not asparagus after all, but young hyacinths. Happy Days Dasinger stared at the star hyacinth for an instant, then picked it up. The Star Hyacinths Anna Dorothea, the pale hyacinth, a child of fourteen, was quiet and thoughtful; her large, deep, blue eyes had a dreamy look, but a childlike smile still played round her mouth. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen I put the hyacinths into the closet to be warm, and dropped the curtain, so the frost should not nip my ivy; but I forgot Buzz. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Haarlem is the centre of the bulb country, the gardens where are grown the best varieties of tulips and hyacinths known over all the world as "Dutch bulbs." The Automobilist Abroad Immediately beneath the windows ran a broad graveled terrace, which was evidently raked smooth every day, and a row of urns in which hyacinths bloomed stood upon its pillared wall. Masters of the Wheat-Lands At a guess Hovig's little private collection of star hyacinths was taking off with it. The Star Hyacinths Let there be a show of curiously-shaped orchids, and society is stirred; but who will travel far to see a woodland glade blue with wild hyacinths, or a meadow-lawn besprent with daisies. John the Baptist Then Winn said quietly: "You are perfectly sure, Parsons, that Mrs. Staines told you it was my wish to have the hyacinths?" The Dark Tower |
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