| 单词 | arbutus |
| 例句 | The discovery of a fresco depicting a piece of round flatbread on a silver tray, surrounded by pomegranate, dates, nuts and arbutus fruits, caused a sensation when it was announced to the world in June. Kitchen shrine serpents and other fascinating new Pompeii discoveries 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Pine and fir, punctuated by the rich amber hues of arbutus trees, create thick inland forests. Canada mourns Takaya – the lone sea wolf whose spirit captured the world 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z The deck, now heat- and slip-resistant white porcelain tile instead of red brick, steps down from the back door and stretches toward an arbutus tree whose flowers and fruit attract hummingbirds and swallowtails. A tranquil garden getaway amid the hustle and bustle of Westwood 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z She recalled going on “rambles” through the woods in her teenage years and finding many “beautiful children of spring,” her epithet for wildflowers like trailing arbutus, adder’s tongue and yellow violets. The Lost Gardens of Emily Dickinson 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z What had been naked rocks were now clothed with holly and arbutus. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z The arbutus grows so large that it becomes a tree. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Yet under all, some memory Trails its arbutus flowers of tender thought,— All buried in the snow maybe, Still with the sweetest fragrance fraught. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z As hummingbirds dart among arbutus trees, the gardenias and carissa flowering beneath a jacaranda scent the air near the door. A tranquil garden getaway amid the hustle and bustle of Westwood 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z We observed no quadrupeds; but, of the feathered tribe, we found woodpeckers, kingfishers, and woodcocks, and in the sheltered nooks several humming-birds were darting about the flowery underwood of berberis, fuchsia, and arbutus. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z He is unwilling to prophesy arbutus, but he will just hint that when the leaves in the wood lot show through snow as early as this ... Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z The arbutus and the hawthorn are growing where once were cloisters, and are fast completing the ruin of what was one of the first of the ancient churches that were erected in Ireland. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z As for Evan, he wandered off moodily by himself among the lilacs and arbutus bushes of the lower shrubbery. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z The mountains are for the most part covered with forests of oak, chestnut or pine; holly and arbutus are also common, with furze and heath in the poorer parts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z With the exception of wild celery and the arbutus berry, I know not of any useful vegetable production that this place affords, unless the 'Winter's-bark tree' may be mentioned. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z He is unwilling to prophesy arbutus, but he will just hint that when the leaves in the wood lot show through snow as early as this.... Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The boys have promised to bring me a lot of arbutus tonight—they went to the woods this morning. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z He is a sprig of arbutus under the snow; full of tenderness and genuine gayety, always in love, and singing forever in tune to the throbs of his heart. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z Do you know the edelweiss of our own matchless arbutus after you have merely analyzed and classified them? Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Saddle Island, like the others near it, is clothed with low stunted brushwood of beech, berberis, and arbutus, and the ground is covered with a species of chamitis, and other mountain plants. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z "You were looking at my arbutus?" he said. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z By the time it cleared, Bettie's neat little bunches of arbutus were no longer fresh, and careless Mabel had forgotten where she had put the money. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z It may have been arbutus—or the trace of her lips on mine. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z It is wild, with heath and arbutus scrub and a sort of myrtle, breast-high. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Lucky are you if you chance to live where the trailing arbutus grows, with its deliciously perfumed waxy flowers under last summer's dead leaves. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z A little later they visit the willow catkins to suck the nectar secreted by these blossoms, and still later they hover about the delicate blossoms of the mayflower, or trailing arbutus, for a similar purpose. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The spray of arbutus she was wearing over her heart cut her hands as she pressed closer to the pane. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z And there should be a scent of pink arbutus in the breeze, if winds be soft.... The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z And it appears to me that he is speaking of the arbutus. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z She was literally a bower of trailing arbutus, as sprays of that spring flower were fastened all over her gown. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z One may discover, amid the purple lobes of the squirrelcup leaves, downy buds that promise blossoms, and others, callower, but of like promise, under the rusty links of the arbutus chain. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z A wilder gust of wind blew the neglected spray of arbutus from the landing above and it fell at her feet like a message. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Crates says— Beauteous the breast of tender maid, As arbutus or apples red. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z And then in a moment she was animatedly telling about the Forget-me-not lover, the Dandelion legend, and then last of all about the spring goddess who brought the arbutus. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z There is a promise of bloom in blushing arbutus buds, a promise even now fulfilled by the first squirrelcups just out of their furry bracts and already calling the bees abroad. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Only an hour or two before, he had placed in the chamber where she slept a bunch of arbutus which young Sheridan, the organist, had given into his keeping. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z On the evening of that Sunday when she had met her father, she had found on her window-sill a box lined with pine-needles and on them several sprays of arbutus. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z And Amphis— Mulberries you see, my friend, are found On the tree which we know as the mulberry; So the oak bears the acorn round, And the arbutus shines with its full berry. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z She moved the jar of arbutus into place again; picked out a spray, dark-leafed, berried with scarlet and orange, tried it against the dull serge of her frock. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z She braided the wreath, but with difficulty, confounded once the arbutus with the laurel that resembles it, put in one more blooming myrtle-twig, and decked his curled hair with it, but very seriously. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z "What other kinds of flowers are you going to sell when these arbutus are gone?" Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z And she had known just how to thank him; she had pinned a bit of the arbutus to her dress the next morning, and had smiled at him. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z Aristophanes says— And planted by no hand, the arbutus Makes red the sunny hills. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z She thrust the spray of arbutus back into water and turned to her work listlessly enough. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z When the carpels are united, as in the pear, arbutus and chickweed, the pistil becomes syncarpous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z "Oh! and you picked them all yourself,—the arbutus and this partridge-berry leaf?" Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z It is the only locality in which I have found the dog-tooth violet in bloom, and the best place I know of to gather arbutus. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z Epigaea repens is the trailing arbutus or mayflower of Atlantic America. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z And then they came to that rise in the ground of the forest where the arbutus bushes seemed to fall back, and whence they had caught the first glimpse of the sea. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z Yes; and I took your hint about the arbutus leaves, too, doctor. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z "In Riverview! why, I didn't know that the arbutus grew so near Boston as that." Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z But after an hour’s ride we came into a forest which already showed summer signs; and here we found again the anemone, the purple and white cistus, among shrubs of mastich and arbutus. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Modest as Spring’s arbutus, calm as an April dawn, He asked for no advances though his ticker was in pawn; He learned the law from Jawn McGraw but never called him “Jawn.” Right off the Bat Baseball Ballads 2011-02-13T03:00:19.390Z Miss Walsh, in a fur coat, had evidently just come in from the Forest; she carried a bough of arbutus, and her cheeks were pink from walking in the clear night air. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z The other girls did not notice Winnie and Charlie particularly next day as they stole from the rest and crept away almost on tiptoe to the south bank, where the arbutus might be in bloom. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z She had brought twenty bunches of arbutus in her basket, and she had sold every one. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z Road, as usual, there was none; but all these hills and ravines, chequered with snowy white, were clothed with shining arbutus trees, and shrubs resembling dwarf holly. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z We hail from a part of the country where you would no sooner ask a person to direct you to his patch of trailing arbutus than you would ask him the combination of his safe. Pilgrim Trails A Plymouth-to-Provincetown Sketchbook 2011-02-02T03:00:24.703Z She thought as Mrs. Cartwright had thought, "I shall always think of arbutus—and here." The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z With his stick he pointed out to Jean the pine buds, red like arbutus berries; the bursting bark on the beech trunks, the shoots of wild strawberries running along the stones. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z She looked up, and saw that he held some very meagre little nosegays of arbutus,—meagre, that is, as to the arbutus, but made sizable by the border of stiff arbor-vit�. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z Here and there was a plain or valley with great fields of thyme about the arbutus, and there were herds of goats wandering through the shrubs, and innumerable bees gathering honey from the thyme. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Barbara and I, abandoning trailing arbutus, merged ourselves with the family group, and went in at the front door. Pilgrim Trails A Plymouth-to-Provincetown Sketchbook 2011-02-02T03:00:24.703Z The path was so narrow that they could only walk one abreast through the arbutus bushes. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z And in our groves we have such variety of arborescent prizes as no other district of London can boast, extending to the arbutus or strawberry-tree, and the liriodendron or tulip-tree. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Holly and arbutus are common, and furze and heath abound in the poorer parts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Great green slopes reached up from us far away into the hills, studded with great single forest trees, and among them huge shrubs of arbutus and mastich, trimmed and rounded as if for ornament. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Yon see its manner of flowering is very different from the arbutus. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Presently they grew less thickly, the arbutus bushes; they seemed to fall back into the forest. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z The fragrance of flowers is in it,—hepaticas, white violets, arbutus,—yet it is none of these. The Jonathan Papers The arbutus scent was intoxicating, and the night sounds were mysterious. Cinderella Jane At last the train steams out of the station, and takes its deliberate way along the coast, through woods of fir trees, bushes of arbutus and mastic, and the many flowers which stud the earth. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The blue sea washed the white marble terrace before the windows, and the arbutus, whose odor scented the drawing-room, dipped its red berries in the glassy water. The Fortunes Of Glencore Olwen noticed that the old-fashioned carved bread-cradle that swung from the ceiling had already been filled with blossomed and berried boughs of the arbutus, patron plant of the place. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z Here were my hepaticas, my arbutus, here in the old apple tree! The Jonathan Papers Privet is certainly the quickest growing shrub for that purpose, but, as it is so common, other shrubs, such as pyrus japonica, arbutus, barberry, and pyracantha, may be used. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them Higher it spread, obscuring the masses of oleander, and arbutus, and poinsettia in the gardens, and the sepia tints of the rocks above. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa The cards may have the monogram of the hostess at the top, and a cluster of the arbutus painted below, if that is fancied. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions Olwen pushed aside a great jar full of arbutus that stood at the further edge of the table. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z The cone of Rotaro is covered with the arbutus, and other beautiful evergreens. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Hear me, daughter whose breath is as the perfume of the trailing arbutus and whose voice is like the voice of the lark. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter Trewhella met them, stepping suddenly out from a grove of arbutus trees, a thunderous figure. Carnival If not, the cream may be served in little fluted paper cases decorated with the arbutus, tied on in small bunches with narrow ribbon. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions The laurel and arbutus, and even the oleander, were there, gracefully blending a varied foliage, and contrasting in their luxuriant liberty so pleasantly with the dull uniformity outside. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance He stooped to the arbutus blossoms to inhale their fragrance. The Mountain Girl What a charm was in those tangled pathways, overhung with jessamine and arbutus, or now flanked by moss-clad rock, through whose fissures small crystal rivulets trickled slowly down into little basins beneath. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day The cattle browsed down to the very water's edge, and the nets of the fishermen hung to dry over the red-berried foliage of the arbutus. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Any one who will may hear these sweet lessons given under bays and myrtle, under arbutus and pomegranate, through all the month of June. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June When undisturbed by cultivation, the myrtle, arbutus, bay and ilex form a rich brushwood and the minor flora of the island is extensive. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" He plucked up kamas, set it to roast, and laid a store of the arbutus leaves to dry on a flat stone. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making Heaths of many a gorgeous hue—purple, golden, and azure—clad a surface ever changing, and ferns that would have overtopped a tall horseman mingled their sprayey leaves with the wild myrtle and the arbutus. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Surrounded by sweet briar, trailing arbutus, and other flowers, it is the Mecca of Americans as well as the revered visiting-place of thousands of Europeans. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 How the wild rose and the shy arbutus and the lily, sweet and languid, loved the idle Shawondasee! The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow Thenceforth to her eyes they were serious still, but less unkindly than before, less bald and leafless, in a garment thinly strewn with arbutus and larch. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages The arbutus and the dicentra appeared on the 10th, and the coltsfoot—which, however, is an importation—about the same time. A Year in the Fields That is perhaps why the arbutus no longer grows along byways of the old town as once it did. Old Plymouth Trails The New England wild-flowers are especially dear to him, and he has all a poet's love for that shyest and most beautiful of all, the trailing arbutus. Home Life of Great Authors At each place is a tiny May basket of moss filled with arbutus, spring beauties, and wild violets, for a souvenir. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions "Trailing arbutus," said the Anywhere Man; "May-flowers we call them in our country." The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales In the most retired part of Monteblanco's garden, reclining on a rustic seat, under the fragrant canopy of the myrtle and arbutus, sat a female form enveloped in a loosely flowing dress of virgin whiteness. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. The trailing arbutus is peculiarly the flower of Plymouth. Old Plymouth Trails Once, when she was twelve years old, she had ventured to climb Rocky Point, alone, in search of the first arbutus of the year. Highacres The centerpiece is of moss and ferns with arbutus blossoms peeping out, with a border of green and white fairy lamps mushroom form. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Not the golden-rod from the hillsides blest, Not the pale arbutus from pastures rare, Nor the waving wheat from the mighty West, Nor the proud magnolia, tall and fair, Shall Columbia unto the banquet bring. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose I would be very glad to send some pressed arbutus to Carrie Harding, but it has done blooming for this year. Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Leyden Street To-day from Burial Hill The arbutus does not trail in all spots beneath the oaks, even in this secluded wilderness. Old Plymouth Trails I would like to send Carrie Harding some pressed arbutus, but it has done blooming for this year. Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly I would be very much obliged if Harry H. M., of Windsor, Connecticut, or some other correspondent, would send me a pressed trailing arbutus, as I never saw any of that flower. Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Under dead leaves and snow-banks the delicate arbutus unfolds its simple blossom, answering some heavenly call for color. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel My little brother and I found two handfuls of arbutus to-day, but it has been in bloom for some time. Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Others make the world better for their beauty and fragrance and of these the ground laurel, the trailing arbutus, the mayflower, is best known and loved. Old Plymouth Trails Joy when the arbutus sweet Creeps about her dancing feet, When the violet appears, When the birds begin to sing, When the grass begins to grow, Makes her lovely eyes o'erflow. Harper's Young People, April 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly A moment later the vehicle stopped before a white gate set in a hedge of tall laurels and arbutus, and the driver got down and came round to the window. Wee Wifie We went to the woods and found trailing arbutus, that is so sweet, and hepatica, and oh! many another thing. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia A long but easy ascent led to the top of the pass, the ridge we mounted being thickly clothed with evergreen shrubbery, the arbutus predominating, profusely decked with fruit and flower. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. The world at large, hurtling through Plymouth in its high-powered motor cars, stops along the road over Manomet and finds its arbutus there each May. Old Plymouth Trails My sister has found trailing arbutus buds, which have blossomed in the house. Harper's Young People, April 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He would not tell how that same delicate and brilliant atmosphere freshened up the pale olive, till the olive forgot its monotony, and its cheek glowed like the arbutus or beech of the Umbrian hills. English: Composition and Literature It is the May-time, little brother, and the arbutus will be in bloom—the shy, pink blossoms that nestle on the sunny slopes of the rocks and at the roots of the birch-trees. The Doomsman Thus sauntering on, sometimes talking with Antoine, a species of shrub, which I had not much observed before, attracted my particular attention among the arbutus and numerous other well-known varieties. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. But after a little the eye learns to discriminate in winter greens and to know the outline of the arbutus leaf and its grouping from that of the others. Old Plymouth Trails The ground was covered with myrtle and arbutus, and presented a wild but beautiful aspect. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 The trailing arbutus trailed everywhere; the lady slippers grew even in the front dooryard. Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens Upon it was a bowl filled with the delicate arbutus—fresh and fragrant as though but lately gathered. The Doomsman How refreshing to turn from all these, from the thistle and the bramble, yea, even from the rose itself, to gentle spirits like the violet and anemone, the arbutus and hepatica! The Foot-path Way That of the arbutus seems more volatile and ethereal. Old Plymouth Trails Many trees and shrubs were showing the delicate gray green of coming buds; and now and then the fragrance of the wild arbutus was in the air. A Little Maid of Ticonderoga Each time it caught him in its brilliant glare on the sky-line, Mac crashed down into the nearest shrub, prickly holly, arbutus or stunted oak, and cursed lowly to himself till the beam lifted. The Tale of a Trooper Great, pale blue bird-foot violets were blooming on favoured slopes, and in protected hollows patches of eyebright made fairy forests on the moss, while under tatters of dead leaves by the brookside arbutus blushed. Judith of the Cumberlands The wood violets and the trailing arbutus blossomed among the grass. Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days In many parts of New England, banks which were carpeted with arbutus a generation ago are now devoid of a single root. The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young After Elder Haven had approved the parents could find nothing wrong in the idea, and all the children went Maying for arbutus and trailing evergreens to wind about the pole. A Little Maid of Province Town The delicious warmth of the wood-fire, the perfume of arbutus logs, had made him sleepy. Vixen, Volume I. Patches of vivid green moss crept confidingly to the foot of the oaks, and a bit of arbutus, as pink as the palm of a baby's hand, peered from under its leathery cover. A Tar-Heel Baron That is the beauty of vacation days: We think of them when the frost comes, when the snow drifts deep, when the arbutus blooms again—and we plan, plan, plan! American Cookery November, 1921 If the arbutus had not been carelessly torn up by the roots and trampled on, it would have yielded its whole tribute of blossoms year after year without disappearing. The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young It tells me of arbutus shy, That hides in moss beside a tree, Of crocus and anemone That peek out at the sky. The 1926 Tatler The maid of honor in pink was as refreshing to look upon as a bouquet of arbutus. Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands The Alpine arbutus, whose berries are the food of many species of animals, also grew upon the side of the hills; and the Labrador tea-plant was found upon the low ground around the lake. Popular Adventure Tales There, in a region where grow the larch, the arbutus, and the hazel, some hermits supported themselves on berries and milk. The Miracle Of The Great St. Nicolas 1920 But there is also a growth of buried underwood, consisting of arbutus, barberry, fuchsias, flowering currants, and a singular fern, also occurring in the island of Juan Fernandez, and resembling the zamia of Australia. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure Safely the arbutus, Which bent before him, flourishes, and the sun Wakens the thrush, which slept securely Nestled in its emerald asylum. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 When the sun began to lower over the beeches she had gone home with her arms full of arbutus, but she had turned at the edge of the pineland and waved her hand at him. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 The trailing arbutus, the blueberry and the wintergreen are some of our native plants belonging to the same family. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide The hill-sides are a labyrinth of box and arbutus, with coronilla in golden bloom. New Italian sketches Little girls were not allowed to invade the grove except in early spring for trailing arbutus. Still Jim He would not tell how that same delicate and brilliant atmosphere freshened up the pale olive, until the olive forgot its monotony, and its cheek glowed like the arbutus or beech of the Umbrian Hills. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV He belonged to her from the day they had hunted arbutus on the hill. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 If he has found a cozy spot away up there, he’s smarter than any Arctic explorer I ever heard of. the trailing arbutus. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated Betty came over; she knew some nooks where the trailing arbutus grew and bloomed. A Little Girl in Old Boston The carpet was light blue, surrounded by a border of deeper blue, lightly emphasized by suggestions of trailing arbutus. The Flaw in the Sapphire Soon you were scouring the hollows in the woods for arbutus or splashing bare-legged into the bogs for cowslips. Walter and the Wireless There was a chill in the evening air, but the grass was growing green in sheltered spots, and Jeffrey Miller had found purple-petalled violets and pink arbutus on the hill that day. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 The banks are wooded with pines, hemlocks, spruce, arbor vitaæ, beech, birch, and basswood, and the ground is covered with ferns, harebells, arbutus, linnæa, mitchella, blue lobelia, and other wild flowers. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The arbutus, also, and the dear daphne-cups, plain, unnoticeable little things, remind one of the nightingales, so insignificant in their appearance, so peerless in their gushes of delicious breath. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy I'll never forget the glorious hour when we were on our knees and pushed away the leaves and found the arbutus. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' Others quickly plait a soft wicker bier of arbutus rods and oak shoots, and shadow the heaped pillows with a leafy covering. The Aeneid of Virgil In the middle of the lawn is one of the greatest natural curiosities in the kingdom: an immense arbutus tree, unfortunately blown down, but yet vegetating. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 For hours we wound round p. 255and round within this cool and refreshing labyrinth of arbutus, bellota or evergreen oak, aspen, clematis, broom, and what looked like the sloe, besides other and unknown vegetation. Byeways in Palestine The dead lay where they fell in Barton's Woods, where the arbutus was in bloom and the purple violets. The Long Roll The man's hands trembled among the arbutus—did the admiration touch Mother Bab's son? Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' The ocean spray of arbutus and acacia shedding its snow against the cypress darkness. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida Killarney, the region of the arbutus, boasts of no such tree as this. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Then still higher, towards the frowning sombre cliffs that seemed to touch the brilliant blue sky, the arbutus glowed with their scarlet berries, and the pine-trees became more tall, straight, and numerous. Byeways in Palestine It, too, is a kind of arbutus, but of great rarity, and found nowhere else except in Italy and Ireland. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania Now," said Phœbe later, when the last crumb had been taken out of the lunch box, "we can pack the arbutus in this box. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' On the hills the goatherd, high in air amongst the arbutus branches, will scatter on the lonely mountain-side stanzas of purest rhythm. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida One morning she had bound a cluster of wild arbutus about her brow. Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels Among the oaks of gigantic size and enormously large arbutus, the effect of our party winding—appearing and disappearing, in varied costumes and brilliant colours—was very pleasing. Byeways in Palestine On her succeeding birthday Terry, after a six-hour climb, had won for her a box of trailing arbutus from Mount Defiance's cool top; Bruce had sent her candy. Terry A Tale of the Hill People We had such a great day in the woods finding the arbutus, eating our lunch on a rock and acting just like we used to when we were ten years younger. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' It would not be easy to say which is our finest or most beautiful wild flower, but certainly the most poetic and the best beloved is the arbutus. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers Many arbutus, or strawberry-trees, grow here, but they are not equal in size and beauty to many which I saw both in Portugal and in Ireland. A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792 This is the appeal made to me by the arbutus. More Jonathan Papers Here the arbutus cast the shadow of its blossom and its fruit, and in contrast to the marble, the coral of the stems seemed more vivid than elsewhere. The Child of Pleasure She opened the box, separated half of the arbutus from their mates and laid them in the uplifted corner of her coat. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' Oh, the arbutus days, what memories and longings they awaken! The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers When the arbutus and myrtle berries are ripe the blackbirds are eagerly hunted, as at that time they are plump and make very savoury and delicate eating. Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads There are not so many trout as in other brooks, but enough to justify our rods; and not so much arbutus as I could find elsewhere, but enough—oh, enough! More Jonathan Papers On the last day of that month, I found arbutus in bloom under the leaves in the cedar woods. Cape Cod Folks Her thoughts were with the man who was going home to his mother, going with trailing arbutus in his hands and some great unhappiness in his heart. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' Their charms do not abide with you as do those of the arbutus. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers Where moss and leaf are strewn in profusion— A bed whereon gods might gladly repose— Apart from the world, in rural seclusion The pride of the moorland—arbutus grows. Our Profession and Other Poems When you first find arbutus, there is only one thing to do:—lie right down beside it. More Jonathan Papers Leaving the Upper Lake behind, and bidding adieu to the green islands that stud its breast with arbutus and the cedars of Lebanon, the Old Weir Bridge meets the eye. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway She placed the box of arbutus in the garden path and laid her hand on his arm. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' Sometimes they have sprays of arbutus in their buttonholes, or bunches of hepatica. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty, with the exception of the arbutus islands of Killarney. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two But if there is arbutus in heaven, I shall need to develop a good deal further not to want to pick it. More Jonathan Papers Larch and alder, arbutus, oak, and hazel thickly curtain the Fall from the passing glance. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway "How I'd like to go for arbutus this spring," I told him. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' The first song sparrow or bluebird or robin in spring, or the first hepatica or arbutus or violet, or the first clover or pond-lily in summer—must we demand some mystic password of them? The Last Harvest Is it really under a damp arbutus shrub that the grown-ups intend to take counsel?” Polly A New-Fashioned Girl The fact is, Jonathan cares a little more about the trout than about the arbutus, while I care a little more about the arbutus than about the trout. More Jonathan Papers Its climate, too, is softened by the nearness of the Gulf Stream, and yew and arbutus, as well as tropical cryptogamia and Alpine plants, overgrow every available spot along the sides of the rough defile. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway She lifted a small cluster of trailing arbutus and gave it to David. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' He told me this as we sought arbutus On the April hills— Little color-poems of God Lilted to us from the ground, Lyric blues and whites and pinks. The Last Harvest The Doctor swooped suddenly down on a shadowy object, which lay prone under an arbutus shrub. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl And yet I have seen a sprig of arbutus in rough and clumsy buttonholes on weather-faded lapels which, the rest of the twelve-month through, know no other flower. More Jonathan Papers The fair isle floating in its centre is freighted down with oak and arbutus trees standing out in relief against the mountain, and reflected in the mirror-faced waters. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway "Fancy living where you never saw any arbutus or had the joy of picking them." Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' See here, under this big pine, a whole garden of arbutus, green and budded, almost ready to bloom! The Hills of Hingham In the woods were long drifts of snow, though he knew that in the brown leaves along their edges the pale pink flowers of the trailing arbutus were hiding their wet faces. A Pair of Patient Lovers It is curious how arbutus, which never grows in wet places, yet seems to like the neighborhood of water. More Jonathan Papers In the coverts, arbutus crept out with a hawthorn-like fragrance from patches of lingering snow. Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists "I'm going to forget the war," she thought after a moment, "I'm going to forget it for to-morrow and have one perfect day in the mountains hunting arbutus." Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' Leaves for the pig, and arbutus for us! The Hills of Hingham All that land is very high, not clothed with very high trees, but with ilex, arbutus, and others proper to the land of Castile. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 It is as well that arbutus comes in the trout season, for to take a day off just to pick a flower might seem a little absurd. More Jonathan Papers Of oaken twigs and arbutus they wove A wattled bier. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor I promised David I'd come home for arbutus and the inspiration came to go home for the whole spring and summer. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' Little Paul and I will study as much as possible in the open country, among the rosemary bushes and arbutus. Social Life in the Insect World The trees are smaller, and many of them of the same kinds as are found in Spain, such as the ilex, the arbutus and others, and it is the same with the herbs. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 And so Jonathan knows that in choosing his brook for that particular day, he must have regard primarily to the arbutus it will give us and only secondarily to the trout. More Jonathan Papers No! the arbutus and hepatica lie bedded not alone in the fallen leaves of the forest but amid their own enduring foliage. The Garden, You, and I It was a balmy day in April when Phœbe and David drove over the country roads to the mountains where the trailing arbutus grow. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' The arbutus trees on my road hung down under the weight of their purple fruit, which was falling on the ground. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 "The arbutus," he explained, with a lingering touch of his finger upon the blossoms. Montlivet Oft as Spring, with dewy fingers, Brings a waft of violet, Sweet arbutus, dainty primrose, On their lowly graves we set. Holiday Stories for Young People He spent a good many hours during the next three or four days lying in the shade of a gnarly arbutus which gave on the cliffs. Poor Man's Rock On our right, rolling ground rising gradually into hills, clothed to their summits with flourishing evergreens, firs, larches, laurel, arbutus—a charming variety in the monotony of green. Records of a Girlhood It was innocently said, without thought of the old playful bargain between them, which had terminated with the mailing of the withered arbutus. The Clarion In this region the liverwort blooms fragrantly beside the snow-bank in early spring, and here the arbutus exists as in New England. A Man and a Woman She pushed her nose straight through the lower branches of an arbutus in which we were concealed, and I myself managed to get a nearer sight of our new neighbours. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men MacRae found a grassy place in the shade of an arbutus, and lay down to rest and watch. Poor Man's Rock An arbutus filled him with the wonder of things, a sense of eternity, a swift, inexplicable compassion, a longing for service to the needs of men. Kenny This was a packet, containing the crumbled fragments of a spray of arbutus, and a note in handwriting now stirringly familiar. The Clarion From the rock high overhead hung an arbutus loaded with its gorgeous freight of scarlet berries. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales She found him contemplating the sprigs of arbutus he had picked for her. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times A low, grassy hill dotted with solitary firs, red-barked arbutus, and clumps of wild cherry formed its northern boundary. Poor Man's Rock Then the maiden moved away—through the forest and over the waking fields; and wherever she stepped, and nowhere else in all the land, grows the trailing arbutus. The Child's World Third Reader "And I leave the dead arbutus there to remind me of the responsibilities of journalism—and of the hold I have over the incorruptible editor." The Clarion There was arbutus on the slopes, robins, before he recognized that April was accomplished. The Three Black Pennys A Novel He stooped down and picked a few bunches of the arbutus, and put them in his bosom. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times Back of it opened a hillside brown with dead ferns, dotted with great solitary firs and gnarly branched arbutus. Poor Man's Rock The subtle refinement of those Longmeadow women was like the hinted sweetness of arbutus flower. Lazarre Within was no written word; only a spray of the trailing arbutus, still unwithered of its fairy-pink, still eloquent, in its wayward, woodland fragrance, of her who had worn it the night before. The Clarion It is a wild place enough with porridge and potatoes to eat, varied with what fish I may provide for myself and arbutus berries if it comes to starving. The Life of Froude Most of the hills through which they strike, after starting from Ajaccio, are clothed with a thick brushwood of box, ilex, lentisk, arbutus, and laurustinus, which stretches down irregularly into vineyards, olive-gardens, and meadows. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series On Easter Monday morning Jimmy and the Little Mother started out to pick the arbutus and the early violets which Jimmy was to sell Tuesday at his little stall. Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas The hillsides are a labyrinth of box and arbutus, with coronilla in golden bloom. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series The White Linen Nurse's nostrils were smooth and calm with the lovely sappy scent of rabbit-nibbled maple bark and mud-wet arbutus buds. The White Linen Nurse In a few strides she had cleared the clumps of arbutus, whose red berries she tasted on her way; and it was in the jungle of nettle-trees, medlars, and jujube-trees that Serge lost her. Abbe Mouret's Transgression After lunch, Leila, a little penitent, said with unwonted shyness, "The woods are very nice to-day, and I found the first arbutus under the snow." Westways So he bought two bunches of arbutus and nothing else. Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas She had pinned a spray of arbutus to the lapel of her tan riding-coat; it spoke to her of the blue horizons of the near Virginia hills. The Port of Missing Men Meantime they had been active, and each had gathered a fair quantity of pretty flowers—arbutus, violets, anemones, and cherry blooms; to which Teresa and Elsie insisted upon adding buttercups and even dandelions. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir But sometimes she told him of her home in the country—of apple trees in bloom, and frail arbutus hiding under the snow. The Island of Faith April passed, the arbutus fragrance was gone, while the maples were putting forth ruddy buds which looked like a prophecy of the distant autumn and made gay with colour the young greenery of spring. Westways Three thousand feet lower we were in a warmer region, among oaks and arbutus; and here, as in our higher latitudes, the climate is far hotter than on the northern slope at the same height. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern All the winter Timothy lived on the thoughts of the spring, and when the arbutus and Moira came back he poured out to her the strange treasures he had found in his heart. Hillsboro People But, alas! being taken up with admiring the delicate pink arbutus, and inhaling its fragrance, she did not notice that she had set the vase in an unsteady position. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir If they could only gather broom, heather, shamrock, and edelweiss, they would be able to see clover, alfalfa, arbutus, and mignonette when they came back home. Reveries of a Schoolmaster Again he came on great patches of arbutus. The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol The only flowers were contained in three vases on the mantel, and were lilies of the valley, red and white roses, and arbutus. Ralph Waldo Emerson And the arbutus pearl-blossom'd Hangs its coral ball-- There are sunny days in Winter, after all! Poems Marion stopped at a florist's stand and bought a little bunch of arbutus. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir The only flowers were lilies of the valley, roses, and arbutus. Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" Two thickets of mastic-trees and arbutus enclosed the road on the right and left. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 "It is the last of the arbutus," he said, dropping his voice to a gentle monotone. The Maid-At-Arms Their food consists of the tender shoots of pines, the seeds of plants, the berries of the arbutus and bilberry, the buds of the birch and alder, the buds of the heather, leaves, and grain. The Illustrated London Reading Book The best things I have done are trailing arbutus and apple-blossoms. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Over the shifting hillocks wandered a little minty vine bearing a delicate white and lavender flower not unlike your trailing arbutus. The Lure of San Francisco A Romance Amid Old Landmarks Its deep, strong roots are as well adapted for binding together the ground as those of Hippophaë rhamnoides, an arbutus of the Eleagnaceous family, which is used for binding together the sands in southern Europe. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent And there were tufts of smooth foliage, all hidden away, and there came from them a smell rapturously sweet--arbutus on a sunlit hill. The Happy Venture On such a day,—how well in this snow-season I remember it!—I have been lured out by the hope of the Mayflower, the delicate epigae repens, miscalled the trailing arbutus. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 With the exception of a few berries, chiefly of a dwarf arbutus, the natives eat no vegetable food besides this fungus. The Voyage of the Beagle But grass was growing green in sheltered spots and Gilbert had found some pale, sweet arbutus in a hidden corner. Anne of the Island The most striking of these to the traveler is the Menzies arbutus, or madrona, as it is popularly called in California. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon At the hedge, he added: "I'd like to put a bit of arbutus in your buttonhole, for your May." The Happy Venture In the countries bordering the Mediterranean are groves of oranges and olive trees, evergreen oaks, cork trees and pines, intermixed with cypresses, myrtles, arbutus and fragrant tree-heaths. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 "You have some trailing arbutus," added Mabel, "and must have clematis, wild honeysuckle and golden-glow, for they are all sweet flowers." The Last Trail The scenery—pine-clad hills, streams on the hill-side, ravines, and burns—reminded one of Scotland; but oranges and camellias in the gardens, arbutus, myrtle, laurustinus, cistus, all wild, tell of a different climate…. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. This grove of shining laurel and arbutus was remote from the river, and as solitary just now as if Mr. Wooster's hundred or so of guests had been miles away. The Lovels of Arden A black-grey drive between bushes of smutty laurel and arbutus. Mary Olivier: a Life Here are no arbutus, but plenty of soft birch, and twinkling aspen, and dark oak. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 "This arbutus is so fresh, so dewy, so fragrant," said Helen, bending aside a lilac bush to see the pale, creeping flowers. The Last Trail He fidgeted, stripping leaves from the arbutus tree under which she sat. Eleanor A few tender shoots appeared upon the trees, and the newly-thawed sap swelled the bark of beeches, willows, and arbutus. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude As they went back down the black-grey drive between the laurel and arbutus Miss Kendal carried her head higher than ever. Mary Olivier: a Life The subtle scent of flowering bushes filled the air with a cool, soft flavour, almost to be tasted on the lips, of arbutus, myrtle, cistus, oleander, tamarisk, and a score of flowering heaths. The Isle of Unrest Hawked about the streets in tight bunches, the Marsh Marigold blossoms—with half their yellow sepals already dropped—and the fragrant, pearly, pink arbutus are the most familiar spring wild flowers seen in Eastern cities. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Yet, as she came nearer, the moon shone upon delicate undergrowth of heath and arbutus, that chid her fancy back to the 'Saturnian land.' Eleanor Think of the time it must have taken for the seeds of firs, willows, and arbutus to become shrubs and trees! The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude An American arbutus bunch to be put in a little vase on the royal breakfast table May 24th, 1890. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy In a few minutes the closely-set arbutus bushes above the road were pushed aside and a boy came out—an evil-faced youth with a loose mouth. The Isle of Unrest The citron and the arbutus, growing wild, sheltered every cottage door, and the olive and the laurel threw their shadows across the little rivulet which traversed the village. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 But some bushes of tall heath and straggling arbutus made a light screen in front of her. Eleanor The vine and the olive grew wild on every side; while the orange and the arbutus, loading the air with perfume, were mingled with prickly pear-trees and variegated hollies. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 The earliest wild flowers in the woods and fields, spicy arbutus, blue liverwort, frail anemone, and the pretty white blossoms of the bloodroot. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy The arbutus had companioned the hepatica, and the squads of the lupines were busily preparing their panoply of lavender-blue racemes. Bertram Cope's Year April 28th.—For a week we have found the trailing arbutus pretty abundant in the woods. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. Of the list of fragrant wild flowers I have given, the only ones that the bees procure nectar from, so far as I have observed, are arbutus, dicentra, sugar maple, locust, and linden. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton There the mates of a lord of too pungent a fragrance Securely through brake and o'er precipice climb, And crop, as they wander in happiest vagrance, The arbutus green, and the sweet-scented thyme. Horace The trailing arbutus could be found here and there, with a perfume that all the cruelty of winter seemed to have made only more sweet. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 White moonlight and black shadows, islands overrun with arbutus, that "myrtle of Killarney," and frowning mountains on every hand. A Terrible Secret The fragrance of the arbutus is spicy and exquisite. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. Stedman's poem is worthy of his theme, and is the only one I recall by any of our well-known poets upon the much-loved mayflower or arbutus. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton The sides are covered with thickets of broom, myrtle, arbutus, ilex, mastic and laurel, overgrown with woodbine, and interspersed with patches of sage, lavender, hyssop, wild thyme, and rue. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain Presently she tore across the lawn to the shrubbery which screened the lawn and flower gardens from the winding carriage drive sunk many feet below, and disappeared in a thicket of arbutus and Irish yew. Phantom Fortune, a Novel I have planted 200 cypresses, 600 vines, 400 roses, 200 arbutuses, and 70 bays, besides laurustinas, etc., etc., and 60 fruit trees of the best qualities from France. A Wanderer in Florence Another gift was a moss basket filled with arbutus blossoms. Mercy Philbrick's Choice They were gone a great while, and came back with a charming bunch—arbutus, anemones, violets, and houstonia. Memories of Hawthorne The mountains we crossed were covered with thickets of myrtle, mastic, daphne, and arbutus, and all the valleys and sloping meads waved with fig, mulberry, and olive trees. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain The May flower, or trailing arbutus, has been aptly styled our national flower. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" I remember we had a little patch of trailing arbutus; it grew wild, and I can distinctly recall its perfume as the snow melted. The Old Stone House The trees on the islands have a variety that do not grow in our Canada, principally the glossy-leaved arbutus. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland And she led him to a tall plane tree, beneath whose shade grew arbutus, and lentisk, and purple heather bushes. Types of Children's Literature Now and then, from the thickets of laurel and arbutus, a shrill shepherd's reed piped some joyous woodland melody. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain I have heard her regret that the most delicious of all the growths of spring, the ground-sweet, which I think they now call arbutus, would not prosper out of its forest shelter. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker But he too grew sober and even earnest as Silver appeared, clad in white, her dress and hair wreathed with the trailing arbutus, the first flower of spring, plucked from under the vanishing snows. Castle Nowhere All knew where to look for the earliest blossoms, and in the twilight the explorers returned with handfuls of hepatica and arbutus buds, which, from experience, they knew would bloom in a vase of water. Nature's Serial Story The anemone, the hepatica, the bloodroot, the arbutus, the numerous violets, the spring beauty, the corydalis, etc., woo all lovers of nature, but seldom woo the honey-loving bee. Locusts and Wild Honey “Mother, I’m going up to put on an old dress and when Phil comes we’re going over to the woods for arbutus.” Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites From the groups of palm trees and bananas which line the coast, to the region of the arbutus, the laurel, and the pine, the volcanic rock is crowned with luxuriant vegetation. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Possibly they early learned the fact that this species is essentially a wildling, and like the trailing arbutus, thrives best in its natural haunts. Success with Small Fruits To the children was given a week's vacation, and they scoured the woods for all the arbutus that gave any promise of opening in time. Nature's Serial Story The arbutus, lying low and keeping green all winter, attains to perfume and honey, but only once have I seen it frequented by bees. Locusts and Wild Honey In April, when the first warm, sunshiny days came, the ground under the dead leaves of the overshadowing oaks was carpeted with arbutus. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites Situated in a small plain, surrounded by gardens, protected by a hill which is crowned by a wood of laurels, myrtle, and arbutus, the capital of Teneriffe is very beautifully placed. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 He had been prowling about Rainbow Valley and had succeeded in finding the first little star-white cluster of arbutus for his mother. Rainbow Valley "You can't put that arbutus in a garden," said Hale, "it's as wild as a hawk." The Trail of the Lonesome Pine On a writing-table of ebony near one of the windows he saw a large photograph in a curious frame of ruddy arbutus wood. In the Wilderness We don’t want to exterminate the trailing arbutus in Crow Hill. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites Forests of laurel, rhamnus, and arbutus, divide the ericas from the rising grounds planted with vines and fruit trees. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 In the woods the liverleaf and arbutus had just opened doubtingly; and in the little pools great masses of frogs' spawn, with a milky tinge, were deposited. Winter Sunshine By this time the hepatica, anemone saxifrage, arbutus, houstonia, and bloodroot may be counted on. Wake-Robin There was a large growth of the usual shrubs arbutus, mastic, and dwarf-cypress, and the surface of the ground was so completely covered with masses of rock that walking was most difficult. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 They had a bunch of arbutus, roots and all. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites The ivy grows best spontaneously, the arbutus best in shady caves; and the wild notes of birds are sweeter than art can teach. The Essays of Montaigne — Complete The ivy grows best spontaneously, the arbutus best in shady caves; and the wild notes of birds are sweeter than art can teach. The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 06 It is the only locality in which I have found the dogtooth violet in bloom, and the best place I know of to gather arbutus. Wake-Robin A cultivated valley lay a few hundred yards beyond us, completely walled in by high hills covered with wild olives, arbutus, and dwarf-cypress, and fronted by the sea. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 And so, with comradely teasing, threaded with a more serious vein, an hour passed and the two returned home with their baskets filled with the lovely pink and white, delicately fragrant, trailing arbutus. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites The modest arbutus sends her sweet breath to heaven. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures At Serignan, my last stage, they have lavished their seductions upon me, so plentiful are they on the neighboring hills, wooded with holm oak, arbutus and rosemary. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Over trellises ran the tiny morning-glory, with vetch and trailing arbutus. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land The arbutus, myrtle, and the mastic are trees of so small a growth that they cannot be classed with "Woods and Forests." Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 Amanda was thoughtful as she bunched the arbutus for the market next day. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites The anemone, the hepatica, the bloodroot, the arbutus, the numerous violets, the spring beauty, the corydalis, etc., woo lovers of nature, but do not woo the honey-loving bee. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers The trailing arbutus gave out delicate pink blossoms, and the south wind blew apart the petals of the anemone. A Cumberland Vendetta Certainly the arbutus is not a typical May blossom even in New England. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors After about twenty minutes of this trying ascent, they found themselves on a small plateau, clothed with arbutus and myrtle, growing round great granite boulders that jutted above the soil in every direction. Colomba Anemones on brown wire stems aspire without a leaf, and in moist patches are May pinks, the trailing arbutus of the grown-ups. Back Home The arbutus, lying low and keeping green all winter, attains to perfume, but not to honey. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers To-day the south-wind sweeps away The types of autumn's splendor, And shows the sweet arbutus flowers,— Spring's children, pure and tender. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 In many localities the arbutus sets no fruit, for it is still undergoing evolutionary changes looking toward the perfecting of an elaborate system to insure cross-fertilization. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Colomba stopped before the heap of foliage, broke off an arbutus branch, and cast it on the pile. Colomba The lovers of the picturesque still regret the woods of oak and arbutus which were cut down to feed his furnaces. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 He never had become accustomed to an arbutus landing characteristics. The Lani People It is doubtful whether we should have loved the trailing arbutus any better, had it strayed, as it never did, into our woods. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) Indeed, the name arbutus is derived from the Celtic word Arboise, meaning rough fruit. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors He rose and joined his wife, who held toward him a handful of trailing arbutus, rue anemones, bloodroot, and dicentras. He Fell in Love with His Wife The oak, bramble, and arbutus lay behind, as if they had come to a line, looked over into the well-less waste and crouched with fear. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ "My love is an arbutus" does not mean that the author was a botanist so pleased with a particular arbutus tree that he said he loved it. A Miscellany of Men And if you went to some of the islands in the lake up in the glen, you would find wild arbutus—strawberry-tree, as you call it. Madam How and Lady Why Hawked about the streets in tight bunches, the marsh-marigold blossoms - with half their yellow sepals already dropped - and the fragrant, pearly-pink arbutus are the most familiar spring wild flowers seen in Eastern cities. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors The field was now overgrown with hazel and laurel bushes, and intermingling with them were the trailing arbutus, the honeysuckle, and the wild rose. Betty Zane The trailing arbutus added new fragrance to the perfumed air, frail anemones trembled in the wind, and violets flourished in the shade. Step by Step; or Tidy's Way to Freedom When our English cousins speak of the arbutus, they have in mind a very different species from ours. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors |
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