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“Aw, shah!” she snapped, jabbing a cone-shaped tin cemetery urn into the ground for the jonquils we brought. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
It was only March, but it was warm and the field was full of wild crocuses, jonquils and Indian paintbrush. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
If anything about Patagonia is still otherworldly, it’s the colors embedded in the landscape — teal, mauve, mahogany, jonquil, periwinkle, azure, lavender. | Explorer: In Argentina, Glaciers by Way of Patagonia 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z
In truth, Mr. Grant rarely encounters problems with deer nibbling his historic tea roses or his vast repository of pass-along bulbs: forgotten jonquils, crinums and narcissus. Every Plant Has a Story. You Just Need to Dig. 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z
Once I gave Oliver a bouquet of unopened jonquils, and he was so surprised when Billy put them in a vase and they blossomed. Swimming with Oliver Sacks 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z
Druse recommends 13 scented jonquil varieties, including Baby Moon, Pipit, Suzy and Sailboat. Perspective | Gardens have largely lost their fragrance. Here’s how we can bring it back. 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z
Guests can expect to see tulips, jonquils, daffodils and dogwoods in bloom next month. Now that spring is here, explore Richmond’s stunning garden trail 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z
My best friends were the enormous pecan trees that lived near the barn, and the flourishing plantings of jonquils my mother instantly installed. The Color Purple: A story of thanks 2013-07-12T18:30:00Z
Gardeners tend to use the names “daffodil” and “jonquil” interchangeably. Daffodil Planting Guide 2013-04-24T23:50:04.210Z
Jonquilla: True jonquils tend to be between 12 and 16 inches high with one to five flowers to each stem. Daffodils: How to chose, place and care for the sunny spring staple 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z
Their tiny glass perfume flacons, worn on a chain around the neck, were adorned in enamel with ukiyo-e-inspired scenes of snow-capped mountains or herons in fields of jonquils. How Japonisme Forever Changed the Course of Western Design 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z
The city was a mad March quilt of daffodils and jonquils, the streets stitched in yellow bands of forsythia. Kites and spirits soar on the Mall as D.C. revels in its first nice weekend of spring 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z
An old man in jonquil pants sits on a fence. On the Open Road, Signs of a Changing Cuba 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z
In the pale light 461 clusters of yellow jonquils peeped from the tangle about the doorsteps; an owl left a hemlock tree with a whistle of broad wings and wheeled upward, squealing fiercely. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z
In the South, daffodils are sometimes known as jonquils, because the jonquil was the one type of daffodil that could reliably grow in a climate with milder winters and hotter summers. Daffodils: How to chose, place and care for the sunny spring staple 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z
Daffodils and jonquils were used for the yolk, while lilies, candytuft, and other white flowers were freely used. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z
We hear of the beautiful Narcissus being so enamoured of his own lovely features, when reflected in the clear waters, that he pined into a jonquil. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z
Upon the grave were scattered jonquils, geraniums, roses, pinks, camellias--all the rich reds and yellows of Miranda's garden. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z
In the anteroom below we admired a painting by her own hand, of yellow jonquils and a yellow fan, on a dark background. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z
In the case of true jonquils and a group called tazettas, which includes houseplant paperwhites, a single stem offers an array of small, fragrant blossoms. Daffodils: How to chose, place and care for the sunny spring staple 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z
The night bore jonquils in her hands and wore a spray of wisteria in her hair. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z
Boyish and slender, child-limbed, quick and proud, A sprite of irresistible disdain, Fair as a jonquil in an April rain, You seemed too sweet an imp for that dull crowd.... Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z
"Then go and get me some jonquils and narcissuses." The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z
“All my hyacinths and jonquils are out,” he said. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z
The flowers, in the same manner, reflect the various colours of which they appear to us; the rose, the red rays; the violet, the blue; the jonquil, the yellow, &c. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z
The jonquils are all gone, and the rose bushes have begun to bud. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z
One Sunday morning, he came into the house, a half dozen yellow jonquils that bloomed under the ragged Althea bush, in a corner of the front yard, in his hand. The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields 2011-06-01T02:00:27.327Z
I am very glad to hear that you are enjoying yourselves, and that you remember me in the midst of your jonquils and anemones. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z
She has green eyes and hair as light as jonquils; She wears black velvet and a salmon sash. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z
And yet it is creation and creates, Feeds roses, jonquils, columbines, gardenias, As well as thistles, cockle burrs and thorns. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z
In this particular March, however, jonquils and forget-me-nots were still sleeping soundly beneath the snow, and the brook was silent. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z
It is enchanting, the white figure against the golden gleam of the leather, and with that vase of jonquils beside it. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z
Had he written exclusively of bees, or trees, or flowers, there would have been a charming murmur, like the susurrus of the poets,—and a fragrance as of crushed heaps of lilies and jonquils. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z
During this time Oliver had dressed and prepared his master, and had tried on the plum-colored coat with the jonquil trimmings. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z
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
One recognizes also the scarlet nasturtium and beds of soft blue violets intermingling with fragrant jonquils. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands
Here and there yellow jonquils were growing among the long grass. The Hillman
Primroses, pinks and gardenias, Shame the gray town and its squalor— Windows are flaming with jonquils; Fires of gold! Challenge
For ices, cups and cases can be made of white and yellow fondant modeled in the form of jonquils or daffodils. Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables
She said "Yes," and would have thought so if it had not been for the memory of that moment, already faded, when she had seen the jonquil. Beggars on Horseback
In the corresponding corners have white candles with shades in form of yellow jonquils. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions
Aspatria’s mother had loved them all: the girl could still remember her thin white hands clasping the golden jonquils in her coffin. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story
I love the golden jonquils, Because she used to say, If soul could choose a color It would be clothed as they. Later Poems
His coat, moreover, is as torn as his linsey-woolsey jonquil hose. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades
In the kitchen, Senath, about to resume her work, saw that the jonquil had dropped from his jersey to the floor, where it lay shining, a fallen star. Beggars on Horseback
Fill this with violets and yellow jonquils, resting on a sea of ferns in the center of the table. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions
But the Princes would not change their purple velvet suits, though they put on gold belts and set jonquils in their caps in honor of the Queen. Lulu's Library, Volume II
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
The astral colors are red and yellow; the flower, jonquil. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906
He was very dirty, but he had stuck a yellow jonquil through a hole in his jersey. Beggars on Horseback
Do lend me your pencil; I must take a sketch of that sweet girl with the jonquils in her hand. Coelebs In Search of a Wife
In the streets one saw flowers, jonquils, stocks. Pierre and Luce
About the embers of a burned dwelling, elder, love-pop, and other wild things spread themselves in rank complacency, strange bed-fellows adversity had thrust in upon the frightened sweet-Betsy, phlox and jonquils of the ruined garden. John March, Southerner
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
All the growing things associated with old gardens are there—the lilacs, boxwood, magnolias, lemon trees, iris, syringa, lilies, jonquils, jasmine, honeysuckle—and General Lee's remembered snowballs. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria
The halls were faintly reminiscent of meals that had gone before, and Jacqueline, holding her jonquils to her face, decided against dinner. Kildares of Storm
She looked hard at the pot of jonquils near her. Tante
This afternoon it seemed particularly agreeable, the open windows letting in the slanting sunshine and a strong scent of jonquils and sweet briar. Robinetta
The suffragists had given a yellow jonquil to every friend. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI
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 centre-table was a beautiful piece of mahogany; sitting in the middle of it was a vase of jonquils. The Love Story of Abner Stone
In the little garden there was such a brave show of jonquils and daffodils that it looked like a golden paradise. A Vanished Hand
Then jonquil and narcissus opened in all their loveliness, and soft winds stirred the waters of the fountain. Athalie
The jonquils largely outnumbered the roses on the coats of the delegates. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI
And if Sénancour had set himself to paint his jonquil as he has written about it, how that tender flower would have been transfigured and glorified! The Enjoyment of Art
As the perfume of jonquils, you come forth in the morning. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany
"He can't deny those harbingers of spring anyway, no matter how hard he tries," she waved her hand toward a florist's window full of jonquils, daffodils, lilacs, and lilies‑of‑the‑valley. The Silver Butterfly
“A beautiful, grown-up young woman,” he said, glancing reflectively over her soft, swaying slimness, her white frock with its purple ribbon and golden jonquils, and up to her tender cheek. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim
They have charged me to invite you to come, and take your place on the famous jonquil sofa. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845
The jonquils were opening their golden petals; the birds were singing in the trees and on the hedges. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille
The jonquil and the various kinds of narcissus are nearly related white or white and pink flowers. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide
Have I told you that the path to the beach has been bordered with flowers for several weeks, jonquils and narcissus, so far as I can make out, though unlike any I ever saw before? Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)
The rapturous first scents of the year were there, drawn by the sun and blown by vagrant puffs of wind from hyacinths and jonquils, white narcissus and blue violets. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim
Four little girls of different sizes as the Seasons—Spring with a wreath of artificial jonquils, Summer with roses, Autumn with chrysanthemums, Winter with holly—stand on the stairs to receive. Games For All Occasions
Already the jonquils were in bud and the lilac was beginning to shoot, and the wall flowers would soon be out. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille
And ever since then, that little red hen, She writes with a jonquil pen, quil pen, She writes with a jonquil pen. The Jingle Book
I have clothed myself in breeches of white samite, and offered my friends yellow jonquils instead of afternoon tea. The Green Carnation
Fat Nellie Underwood gave her a bunch of jonquils and fell into line to march into the schoolroom. An Australian Lassie
Stick a few sprays of asparagus and maidenhair fern in it and a number of white and yellow spring flowers—the crocus, jonquil, daffodil, daisy and snowdrop. Games For All Occasions
Cherokee roses, jessamines, jonquils, and a great variety of flowers were in blossom. The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster
Philip will prepare Mrs Enderby to expect you up-stairs; and, meanwhile, let me show you what a splendid jonquil we have in blow here.” Deerbrook
It is thus related to jonquil, which comes, through French, from Span. junquillo, a diminutive from Lat. juncus, rush. The Romance of Words (4th ed.)
On the stands and tables were bowls full of clear-coloured spring flowers—early primrose, jonquil, and narcissus. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
Or use a vase of jonquils and daffodils for a center piece. Games For All Occasions
The jonquils were in bloom, the world was fair, and out in the orchards we could see the peach trees one mass of pink blossoms. A Circuit Rider's Wife
I trample on the snowdrops, it gives me pleasure to tread down the jonquils, to destroy the chill Lent lilies; for I am sick of them, their faint-bloodedness, slow-blooded, icy-fleshed, portentous. Look! We Have Come Through!
It is, in shape and size, exactly like the flower of the jonquil. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52
At his feet grew a bed of daffodils and jonquils which Sarah Macomber had planted when she came, a hopeful bride, to that house. Fair Harbor
The trees were budding, jonquils and tulips were blooming. Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman
In the archways and windows were hanging baskets of jonquils and ferns. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman
She was singing away to herself and gathering some jonquils for the dinner-table, when she was joined by her cousin James. The Carved Cupboard
The azure of the hyacinths, the pale saffron of the primroses, the cool hues of the meadow daffodils, the ruby eyes of the cultured jonquils, gleamed amongst wet rushes, grey herbs, and freshly budded leafage. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida
The room was large and lofty and the big mullioned windows looked out upon a beautiful terrace, bordered with wallflowers, jonquils, and masses of dancing daffodils. The Making of a Soul
The bright Australian sun shone with genial approval on all, and in the air was a hint of the scent of the jonquils and violets, so early in that temperate region. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn
He can tell you how little I want: a bath, a slave, a dish of pilau, one jonquil every morning, as usual; nothing more. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
She gave Alice leave to go through their orchard on her way home, and to pick as many of the wild jonquils—'White Sundays,' the children called them—as she liked. Chatterbox, 1905.
Everywhere about them, the flower-sellers were offering yellow and white jonquils, double violets, and long branches of flowering almond. The Child of Pleasure
The travellers had left New York in the midst of a snowstorm, but here the scent of lilac and of jonquil, the song of birds, the breath of spring, were all about them. The Colonel's Dream
Frank, who had buried her face raptly in her armful of jonquils, looked up at him with gentle exasperation. Phantom Wires A Novel
Twenty of his slaves came in yesterday, laden with hyacinths and narcissi, anemones and jonquils. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
On tiny wooden tables and stands before the insouciant workers at trades, and the indifferent sellers of goods, were set vases of pale yellow jonquils. The Way of Ambition
If "naphthalin," a product of coal tar oil, has but the smallest particle of its scent diffused in a room, the special aroma of jonquil and narcissus is at once perceived. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
Faith stood next morning by a small round table in the sitting-room window, and leaned lovingly over her jonquils and hyacinths that were coming into bloom. Faith Gartney's Girlhood
In the little drawing room to which they returned, the jonquils seemed to have received fresh vigor from their hour of loneliness; their shining gold possessed the shadows. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
When the first jonquils come, And spring is sold On the street corners, some Of the pretty gold Is sure to find its way Home in his hand. Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen
They sat on the oasis and ate, with the patient purple camels grouped in the shade of the jonquil palm. The Tin Soldier
The name Junquillo is the Spanish diminutive of Junco, "the rush," and is given to the jonquil because of its slender rush-like stem. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
They were such lovely little gardens now—with violets blooming in their borders, with daffodils and jonquils and hyacinths. Contrary Mary
The jonquils on the piano shone in the polished mahogany like yellow water-lilies in a pool. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
The jonquils were in bloom and the first sweet hyacinths, blue as turquoises, she had gathered and put in his room. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe
"The round rug is an oasis," Teddy explained, "and the jonquil is a palm—and we are going to save the dates and figs from our lunch." The Tin Soldier
My jonquils are just coming out, and one or two other things. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books
The harvesting period of the jonquil is of very short duration, and it often takes two seasons for the perfumer to finish off his pomades of extra strength. Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888
She turned her head away and began to play with the petals of a near-by jonquil. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
Her gardens were stately with oleanders and pomegranates, brilliant with jonquils and hyacinths, myrtle and gardenia. Literary Hearthstones of Dixie
Margaret-Mary's pink wash frock, Teddy's white linen—yellow jonquils in a blue bow—snowy lambs gambolling on a green frieze—Bo-peeps, flying ribbons—it was a cheering and charming picture. The Tin Soldier
Jonquil.—The scent of the jonquil is very beautiful; for perfumery purposes it is however but little cultivated in comparison with jasmine and tubereuse. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants
A plant of humbler growth is the jonquil. Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888
They left the little drawing-room, with its jonquils and warm shadows, and went along a short hall, and then down three steps and across a landing to the dining-room beyond. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
A wintry vapor lightly spreads Among the trees, and round the beds Where daffodil and jonquil sleep; Only the snowdrop wakes to weep. The Poems of Henry Van Dyke
At one time there was trouble getting the horse up the icy trail, yet a little later it was treading down the irises and jonquils and bending its head to snuff the rosemary. The Judge
The Parisian perfumers sell a mixture which they call "extract of jonquil." The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants
Then she re-entered the little gate, and began to tend the jonquils and hyacinths that were just coming into bloom in her little flower garden. For Woman's Love
The black hen has got a lot of little chickens and the jonquils are in bloom. Mary Cary "Frequently Martha"
Miss Henrietta Spain asked to have her school children march down to throw jonquils in his path, and I had to give in to that. Over Paradise Ridge A Romance
I never thought it possible that I could ever tire of jonquils, and now I simply won’t have one in the house.  When William Came
The mustards, in proper chromatic order, are: jonquil yellow "Strong Dijon"; "Green Herbs"; brownish "Tarragon"; golden "Ora"; crimson "Tomato-flavored." The Complete Book of Cheese
There were plenty of friends to give them to her from their early gardens: broad-faced crocuses, jonquils, and lilies of the valley, and by and by lilacs, with "purple spikes." Little Prudy's Sister Susy
It was still the joyful beginning of things: the clean white paper upon the walls spoke of first hours as audibly as the bunch of jonquils peeping from a dark corner spoke of spring. Max
From the moss violets and jonquils peep, And dart their arrowy odor through the brain, Till you might faint with that delicious pain. An English Grammar
Oh, the scene the other day because some one brought some jonquils into the house!  When William Came
From bower to bower, flew the wee bird, that ever hovering, seldom lights; and flights of gay canaries passed, like jonquils, winged. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II
The second damsel now flung over to me Circe flowers; then, a faded jonquil, buried in a tuft of wormwood leaves. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
This seems to unite the description of the jonquil and daffodil. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America
He put the violets and jonquils on the tabouret beside the couch, and threw himself down with a long sigh, covering himself with a Roman blanket. Youth and the Bright Medusa
For this purpose hyacinths, Chinese lilies, paper narcissus and jonquils are good. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
It is a labyrinth of agave and flowers and shrubbery, among which the path zigzags up the mountain-side; geraniums, and jonquils, and mignonette, and lilies are wild. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter
Look at the table with its jonquils! isn't it pretty? Five Nights
In front of the pulpit were simple decorations, boughs of pine covered the desk, and in their centre was a harp of yellow jonquils, the gift of Miss Louisa M. Alcott. Ralph Waldo Emerson
But when he saw her with the vase of jonquils in her hand, and the empty box in which they had come at her feet, his stout heart failed him a little. The Penalty
This is a large family, One gets confused sometimes with the names daffodil, jonquil and paper white narcissus. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
Lulled by the warm glow diffused through the room, by the smell of the jonquils, lilies of the valley and daphnes, by the low even talk, I am slipping into slumber. Nancy
Boughs of the peach and plum trees in blossom, enkíanthus quinque-flòra, camelias, cockscombs, magnolias, jonquils are then exposed for sale in all the streets of Canton. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden
Madame Danois, in the Fairy Tales, used to tapestry them with jonquils; but as that furniture will not last above a fortnight in the year, I shall prefer something more huckaback. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II
It was a very small messenger-boy with a box of jonquils. The Penalty
The jonquil has a cluster of small blossoms of from three to six single flowers. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
"Daffodils and jonquils are yellow and early enough to suit the most impatient," remarked James. Ethel Morton's Enterprise
The scent of mignonette, jonquils, and narcissi filled the air. My Brilliant Career
In glasses filled with water, bulbous roots, such as the hyacinth, narcissus, and jonquil, are blown. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 336, October 18, 1828
He saw her with the vase of jonquils in her hand ... and his stout heart failed him a little. The Penalty
Chaucer's daisy comes equally early; and March brings daffodils, narcissi, violets, daisies, jonquils, hyacinths, and marsh-marigolds. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861
Flowers that grow directly from the ground like crocuses or jonquils or daffodils or narcissus—the spring bulbs—should be set into flat bowls through netting that will hold them upright. Ethel Morton's Enterprise
His voice trailed off, and I saw him looking at my mother's picture, with the jonquils beneath. The Case of Jennie Brice
The nightingales, more curious than the rest, flew into the maid's garden; they saw her straw hat on a bench, a rake and watering-pot among the neglected jonquils, and the rose branches running riot. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist
But the jonquils in the box were very fresh and lovely. The Penalty
Somewhere in the gloom that no lanterns illume Stand groups of slim lilies and jonquils in bloom; On tiptoe, unseen 'mid a tangle of green, They offer the midnight their cups of perfume. Ponkapog Papers
I like them in the garden, too—tulips and hyacinths and daffodils and narcissus and, jonquils. Ethel Morton's Enterprise
He had been very much subdued since the developments of that first day of the trial, sat mostly in his own room, and had twice brought me a bunch of jonquils as a peace-offering. The Case of Jennie Brice
The garden walks were bordered by long rows of jonquils, pinks, and carnations, inclosing clumps of fragrant shrubs, lilies, and roses already in bloom. The House Behind the Cedars
He saw her with the vase of jonquils in her hand ... and his stout heart failed him a little. The Penalty
Up, blooms! and storm the wooded slopes,     The lowlands and the plain—   Blow, jonquil, blow your golden horn     Across the ranks of rain! Dreams and Dust
"Whatever we plant for the summer yellow border we must have the yellow spring bulbs right behind it—jonquils and daffodils and yellow tulips and crocuses." Ethel Morton's Enterprise
Fred stood in the window, his back to the sunlight, fingering the jonquils. The Song of the Lark
He put the violets and jonquils on the taboret beside the couch, and threw himself down, with a long sigh, covering himself with a Roman blanket. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories
When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils. Bunner Sisters
Th' very little ones are snowdrops an' crocuses an' th' big ones are narcissuses an' jonquils and daffydowndillys. The Secret Garden
Above, Jupiter hung like a full-blown jonquil, so bright as almost to throw a shade. Tess of the d'Urbervilles
The Halls of Lucretia and of the Reunion, in which there was dancing, were like one large bed of roses, laurels, lilacs, jonquils, lilies, and jasmine. The Court of the Empress Josephine
March in the country around was rare with jasmine and jonquils and patches of violets in the warming grass. The Beautiful and Damned
One day there was a shy knock on the back-room door, and Johnny Hawkins came in with two yellow jonquils in his fist. Bunner Sisters
"Victoire, take the jonquils—it is but just," said Sister Frances. Tales and Novels — Volume 06
"Oh, the jonquils an' the lilies!" she sang. The Little Colonel
A wintry vapor lightly spreads Among the trees, and round the beds Where daffodil and jonquil sleep, Only the snowdrop wakes to weep. The Red Flower Poems Written in War Time
On one corner stood a barrow full of yellow jonquils, pale violets from the Riviera, dark Russian violets, and white Roman hyacinths in a golden cloud of mimosa. The King in Yellow
Her relaxed hand still held the jonquils, but it was evident that they had awakened no memories; she had dozed off almost as soon as Johnny had given them to her. Bunner Sisters
With a joyful heart Victoire took the jonquils, promised to carry them with the utmost care, and not to stop to stare on the way. Tales and Novels — Volume 06
As we entered the room, methought I was slowly sinking in some reluctant, sedgy sea; so thick and elastic the Persian carpeting, mimicking parterres of tulips, and roses, and jonquils, like a bower in Babylon. Redburn. His First Voyage
Tall jonquils also bent their heads there, heavy with water, and the white violets which stood in patches upon either side of the front door had each a raindrop glimmering within its cup. Lying Prophets
She was wearing yellow, the color of the jonquils on a candle-stand; but with her familiar sash tied and the ends falling to the hem of her skirt. Linda Condon
Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves. Bunner Sisters
While Victoire leaned over the battlements of the bridge, watching the rising of these stars of fire, a sudden push from the elbow of some rude passenger precipitated her pot of jonquils into the Seine. Tales and Novels — Volume 06
It was filled with white heather, violets, lilies, jonquils, gardenias and mimosa. Tenterhooks
Delicate blossoms of jonquils, hyacinths, lilacs, daffodils, and other dainty, fragile flowers that breathed of spring. Patty's Suitors
He managed to imitate Tom's writing on a card which he left with a bunch of jonquils in Nelly's room, and nearly persuaded even Tom himself that Tom was the donor. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man
That night when Evelina undressed she took a jonquil from the vase and pressed it with a certain ostentation between the leaves of her prayer-book. Bunner Sisters
I send you two martagon roots, and some jonquils; and have added some prints, two enamelled Pictures, and three medals. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
How charmingly that big hat suits you, and those jonquils at your neck. Seven Little Australians
She had also arranged with her own hands the masses of narcissus and jonquils on the mantels, and had selected the exact shade of yellow tulips which centred the dining-room table. Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero
Her son smiled as he saw her stoop to lift a feeble, over-early hop toad back under the safety of the jonquil leaves, out of sight of a possible savage rooster. The Road to Providence
By the way, Tumulty, I want to show you some jonquils tied with a yellow ribbon that were presented to me in Boston. Jailed for Freedom
She went nimbly round and round the beds of anemones, tulips, jonquils, polyanthuses, and other old-fashioned flowers, looking a very charming figure in her half-mourning bonnet, and with an incomplete nosegay in her left hand.  Wessex Tales
In the long grass, underneath, a wealth of daffodils, jonquils, and narcissus, came up year after year, and sunned their yellow stars in the light which dappled through the blossom. The Country House
Vases of S�vres and Porcelain, filled with roses and jonquils, stood on marble tables. The Golden Dog
This morning Lucien Thompson sent me a beautiful bouquet of violets and crocuses and jonquils. The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy
“Victoire, take the jonquils—it is but just,” said Sister Frances.  Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales
The ground was strewed with violets, hare-bells, and pansies, in the midst of which sprang forth tufts of jonquils, hyacinths, and carnations, with every other perfume that impregnates the air.  The History of Caliph Vathek
Little daisies with snowy frills, Courtly tulips and sweet jonquils, Primrose and cowslip, friends well met With white wood-sorrel and violet. Many Voices
In the window near which he sat were boxes of jonquils, of hyacinths, geraniums and pansies. Whirligigs
Death, among jonquils, told him a freezing secret. The House of Dust; a symphony
With a joyful heart Victoire took the jonquils, promised to carry them with the utmost care, and not to stop to stare on the way.  Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales
While Victoire leaned over the battlements of the bridge, watching the rising of these stars of fire, a sudden push from the elbow of some rude passenger precipitated her pot of jonquils into the Seine.  Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales
These are the first jonquils I have seen this year, and finer I never beheld!  Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales
Go home to Sister Frances, and assure her that I am more obliged to her for making you such an honest girl than I could be for a whole bed of jonquils.” Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales
He sees in the world a forest of sunlit jonquils: A slow black poison huddles beneath that mirth. The House of Dust; a symphony
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