| 单词 | locust tree |
| 例句 | Could the little butterfly, asleep in our locust tree, drying his wings off on our rock in the morning, symbolize hope for Ben, too? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z In the woods, Cogle clambers over fallen trunks of locust trees covered in moss and darts through the underbrush. Virginia laws used to force raccoon hunters to take Sunday off. Not anymore. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z They added benches and honey locust trees, which are thin and transparent, and carved a diagonal path between Broadway and the World Trade Center through the heart of the park. Take a Virtual Tour of the Financial District and the Battery 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z From the cosy living room atmosphere to the patio shaded by honey locust trees, laid-back Vine Street is the epitome of Colorado. Top 10 craft beer bars in Denver 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Here, you look across an upswept meadow to a knoll topped with a grove of honey locust trees. Perspective | Finding the flower bed in the firmament 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z There are no hairpin turns, no pawpaws or black locust trees. Don't just laugh at "Hillbilly Elegy" — its damaging myths still need to be countered 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z The vista, seasonally shifting, is of an undulating meadow that rises to a ridge topped with a thicket of honey locust trees. Glenstone’s landcaping as mindful as its artwork 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The park has a reflecting pool, diagonal walkways crisscrossing beneath oak, maple and locust trees, and bronze sculptures, like the 1832 allegory of the French Revolution, “Lion Crushing a Serpent,” by Antoine-Louis Barye. 36 Hours in Philadelphia 2013-01-03T19:28:42Z The south side gets diffused sun shade by honey locust trees. How to remove — and prevent — algae, mold and mildew 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Twisty Baby’ is a small locust tree with crooked stems and beguiling curly leaves. Garden on the dark side with these plants that add a moody new dimension 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z The black locust tree can take in atmospheric nitrogen and convert it to a type more accessible to plants. At Old Coal Mines, the American Chestnut Tries for a Comeback 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z In a compound leaf, the leaf blade is completely divided, forming leaflets, as in the locust tree. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z I grab a coffee and sit by myself under the locust trees with my tarot cards. How the Founder of Subway Book Review Spends Her Sundays 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z They marched him to a locust tree in the courthouse yard and were about to hang him. A White mob dragged a Black man from a Maryland jail in 1887. Now a memorial will mark the lynching. 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Invasive autumn olive shrubs and the occasional black locust tree were among the only plants that managed to eke out a living in the hard-packed rubble. Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Peck’s lifeless body was left hanging from the locust tree, which stood in front of a church. ‘Lynch him!’ A century after a white mob hung a black man from a tree, soil from the site is being preserved 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Maple and locust trees shade the front stoops, and residents wait at eight-twenty on Tuesday mornings to move their cars for the street-sweeping truck. When W. E. B. Du Bois Made a Laughingstock of a White Supremacist 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z They were sharing a bottle of Tecumseth Tower pinot noir under a leafy golden locust tree on Queen Street. A street performer falls for a radical privacy advocate in "Skin City" 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z This was where James was pulled from a train 120 years ago, hanged from a locust tree, shot by a mob and then left for hours for everyone to see. Sacred ground, now reclaimed: A Charlottesville story 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z A curved, wing-like fascia that is built from thick slabs of a locust tree welcomes visitors at the entrance. Iowa couple uses area resources to build small home 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Thursday through Sunday — were posted late last month onto locust trees on the Street. Christmas Lights ‘On Steroids’ Bring Parking Headaches to Dyker Heights 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Northam; Kaine’s wife, Anne Holton; and dozens of local elected officials, including mayors and city council members, gathered around Scott in front of the stage under an enormous honey locust tree. Bobby Scott: The congressman who could make history. Again. 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Levitate a small forest of 50-foot-tall honey locust trees as a second-story buffer between a luxury condominium and the High Line? The How-on-Earth Garden 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z They found the black man's body hanging by a bedsheet from a locust tree. Suspicion surrounds Mississippi hanging, though suicide is suspected 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z The gypsy moth, the emerald ash borer and the pests that feed on honey locust trees all leave fewer heirs when the thermometer falls below zero. Why You Should Be Grateful for Frigid Weather 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z By 2005, the parks had been clearly embraced, with Grant Bark Park opening at a prime lakefront location and with amenities including asphalt paths, honey locust trees along a gravel surface and a decorative fountain. New dog-friendly park coming to South Loop 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Traps number 29 and 30, in the shade of a large honey locust tree, also caught but few voles. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Mrs. Caldwell led him out at a back-door, unseen in the darkness, and ordered him to climb a large locust tree, and there remain till the house was plundered and the pursuers had departed. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z A boy in a red cap climbed a small locust tree, from whose foliage his head peeped out like an overgrown cherry. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z I turned aside, and, concealing myself behind the stem of a locust tree, waited until the riders should pass. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z The vines had seized upon and had grown about and over some dwarf locust trees, forming a series of natural bowers, rather picturesque by daylight, but at night, dismally dark and forbidding. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z An occasional pod of the honey locust tree was found partly eaten in a runway. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Tradition has given this charming little locust tree the name, "Judas-tree," from its European cousin, rumored to have been the one upon which the choice of Judas fell when he went out and hanged himself. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The park is adorned with several dozen honey locust trees and a large abstract sculpture called “Joie de Vivre’’ and another of a businessman with a briefcase. City Room: John E. Zuccotti Is the Man Behind the Protesters' Park 2011-10-05T11:15:31Z The windows were amply shaded by the light and graceful foliage of some beautiful locust trees. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z A fine locust tree grew in one corner of the plot and gave shade in the afternoon. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Figures swarmed in his head as naturally as bees swarm about a locust tree. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Alone for a moment, Gail Bechtoldt walked through her town’s memorial garden, a trail that winds past crape myrtles, locust trees and a procession of 37 granite markers representing the toll that the Sept. Sept. 11 took terrible toll in Middletown, N.J. 2011-09-12T01:05:11Z The gigantic hedge ended abruptly at the foot of what had evidently once been a lawn, but overgrown now and too much shaded by locust trees. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z A locust tree grew by the side of the path, with its branches extending partially across. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z The two girls sat out under the locust tree in 251 the yard, because there they could hear the first whimper from Billy, when he awoke from his nap. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z It stands in an ample yard, amid old pines, locust trees, and lilac bushes, overlooking the river. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z A thorny desert shrub, bearing edible pods, like the locust tree, which are ground into meal for food. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z Two tall Lombardy poplars guarded the kitchen entrance and the woodshed, towering high above a steep-pitched roof and the alanthus and locust trees that in summer shaded it. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z Mr. Larkin took a room in a clapboarded cottage which stared at other clapboarded cottages through the foliage of locust trees. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z They all 222 sat under the locust tree in the little yard of the Studio. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z There was something melancholy, something foretelling the saddest days of the year, in the sighing wind which drifted the browning leaves of the old locust trees, wafting them down to the thinning grass. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z The garden includes, among many other rare plants, Japanese dogwoods, stewartias, golden-leafed locust trees, 40 species of magnolia, and Himalayan blue poppies. Wayne Winterrowd, Gardening Expert, Dies at 68 2010-09-24T04:06:00Z She woke up on Friday to find nearly a dozen branches broken in the 75-foot spruce tree in her backyard, and nearly as much damage to the honey locust tree in the front. Westchester Snowstorm Is Bonanza for Tree Removers 2010-03-04T03:11:00Z The days were long and the sun was still touching the tops of the locust trees. The Mystery of Evelin Delorme A Hypnotic Story Thy distracted thought shall learn Patience from the roadside fern, And a sweet philosophy From the flowering locust tree,— While thy heart shall not disdain The consolation of the rain. Later Poems Passing out into the quiet, empty big road, he walked along under the old locust trees which lined one side of the way. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Well, after the procession'd gone by, we went over in the courthouse yard and eat our dinner under the old locust trees, and then we went down toward the river where the tents was spread. Clover and Blue Grass We were presently in the edge of the woods and standing under a locust tree, where the President had several times seen and heard his rare visitant. Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt It stands on a knoll, surrounded by locust trees and lofty elms, from among which its decent, whitewashed walls shine modestly forth, like Christian purity, beaming through the shades of retirement. International Short Stories American From the locust tree east of my lodge to the pawpaw on the west, as the branch swings in the wind, so shall you swing. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn This hill is covered with small locust trees. The Journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York Continental Regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's Campaign Against the Western Indians With an Introduction, Copious Historical Notes, and Maps of the Battle-field of Newtown and Groveland Ambuscade But she went on, and sat herself on a seat under a huge locust tree. The Mountain Girl If these cannot be had, the pods from the sweet locust tree will be serviceable. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul There they have these and cat briers also, and that infernal young locust tree almost would skin a pointer. The Dog My, my, my; and as sweet to look at as a locust tree in bloom, with your white frock, an’ all. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn He tied his horse to a scraggy locust tree, went in, and then reappeared and fastened the signal to a post supporting the roof of the porch. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures The old locust tree would soon be alive with bees, for it was already budded. The Mountain Girl It looks very much like the long pods which grow on the honey locust trees. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul "Let's take one more walk out to our locust tree." The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas The roadway extended to the very door, the only marks of division between the portion to be used for vehicles and that intended as a walk being a locust tree and a bridle post. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 Then there were pinks, and violets, and daisies; and locust trees a little way off, standing between the house and the sun, made the air sweet with their blossoms. Opportunities At the head of the veranda steps she turned to look once more at the roof of the white pavilion among the locust trees. The Flying Mercury This plant is very common on the locust trees about Chillicothe. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth As I started for town beyond the college, I shook my fist at that lone locust tree. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas If Doctor Meal were not among his bees, or grafting pear buds, he might be found in a tilted chair on the sidewalk, beneath the giant locust trees which shaded the town's one pharmacy. Sunlight Patch Norton brought out another plate of strawberries for himself along with Matilda's, and the two sat down on the bank under the locust trees to eat them. Opportunities Before I knew where we were, we turned into a by-road bordered by locust trees, and cantered down to St. Catherine's Academy. The Love Story of Abner Stone Puffs of fragrance from the distant sea stirred the garden's tranquil air from time to time: somewhere honeyed bunches hung high from locust trees; and the salt meadow's aromatic tang lent savour to the night. Athalie The place was in deep shadow, although the full moon was sailing in glory over the prairies, as it had done above the lone Topeka locust tree. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas I remember especially the appearance of a scattered grove of young locust trees which stood at a point opposite the right center of the Union line. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 A friend describes a nest which he found on a locust tree about sixteen feet from the ground. Our Bird Comrades They were riding up the lane in the scant shadow of the white locust trees. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories There are a few black locust trees among the walnuts. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 And then we walked on until before us stood that graceful little locust tree, the landmark of the prairie. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas The little locust trees that grew by the fence were white with blossoms. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays Some other types of trees were also badly damaged: some locust trees were killed to the ground, and many others were killed to very old wood. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Hymenæa courbaril.—The locust tree of the West Indies; also called algarroba in tropical regions. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture The Italian word is from Arabic, but the Arabic form is a corruption of Gk. κεράτιον, fruit of the locust tree, lit. little horn, also used of a small weight. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) He stood behind a small locust tree, just in front of the Carter House gate. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills Against the black sky shapes of deeper blackness were moving rapidly, the bare thrashing branches of the locust tree. Fair Harbor As the wind veered intermittently there came to him the perfume of the locust trees, now in full bloom, the flowers of which resembled miniature cascades hanging in mid-air. The Lure of the Mask The yellow cat had had his dinner, too, and after sauntering around the yard, and observing the robin on the locust tree again curled himself on the porch and slept. The Long Roll There were locust trees of enormous size, and everything that was inanimate filled us with surprise and delight. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 You see, she'd towed me out on the back terrace to smell how sweet the honeysuckle was and watch the moon sail up over the tall locust trees beyond the vegetable garden. Torchy and Vee He hobbled through the orchard gate, leaving it ajar, and reaching the bench beneath the locust tree, collapsed upon it. Fair Harbor They lingered under the big locust trees throwing stones at birds and against the high fence surrounding the Fair Grounds where Black Fan had won her famous race. Watch Yourself Go By Now she lay there, dying, above the armies, and the flower-beds outside were trampled, and the boughs of the locust trees strewn upon the earth. The Long Roll Part is interplanted with locust trees, the idea being to feed the ground with a legume tree and get something in return from the wood. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933 If you go down through Lancaster County along the Lincoln Highway you will find a quantity of locust trees thriving there. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twelfth Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 6 and 7, 1921 Kendrick sat down once more upon the bench beneath the locust tree. Fair Harbor A large locust tree in Bowman's pasture lot, near Alfred's home, was selected as the best possible place to try out the double trapeze act. Watch Yourself Go By Young Matthew Coffin, sealing his letter some time after midnight, and coming out into the moonlight and the fragrance of the locust trees, had an inspiration. The Long Roll But one day she found me out, and begged me to go with her to her old home under the locust trees. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 Put your ear to the huge locust tree and hear the gentle grating of a bore worm. Vanity, All Is Vanity A Lecture on Tobacco and its effects So, in spite of the gathering clouds and the falling barometer, Captain Sears was cheerful as he smoked beneath the locust tree. Fair Harbor Richard Cooper planted the black walnut and locust trees, some of which are yet standing in front of the house at Fernleigh. The Story of Cooperstown They stood or leaned against the station platform, or they sat upon the warm red earth beneath the locust trees, white and sweet with hanging bloom. The Long Roll The locust trees were in bloom, and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air. The Ontario Readers Third Book Do they not rather go to show that the Creator in making the pea vine and locust tree had the same idea in mind, and that plants are not classified arbitrarily? The Story of My Boyhood and Youth The sunlight streamed over it, but beneath the vine-hung lattice and under the locust tree were coolness and shadow. Fair Harbor They stood beneath the locust tree which rose just east of the front steps, while in low voices the young lovers took their vows, and the parson pronounced them man and wife. The Story of Cooperstown At Meechum's Station, beneath the locust trees, it was like bees swarming. The Long Roll A few locust trees shed their remaining small yellow leaves on the sunken graves, which were surrounded by crumbling wooden enclosures. The Miller Of Old Church He reached up, plucked a flower from an overspreading branch of a locust tree, and, handing it to me, said, "Muir, do you know what family this tree belongs to?" The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Captain Kendrick sat upright on the settee, beneath the locust tree. Fair Harbor Ellen's full rich voice floated out to them, as they came abreast of the Dix homestead nestled back among tall locust trees. An Alabaster Box The pretty girls were already in the field, seated, full skirted beneath the sweet locust trees. The Long Roll There were some locust trees in the open cedar-grown field by the river; trees that Mr. Landholm had planted long ago. Hills of the Shatemuc That was very lucky for the two imps, for they were forever hanging about the farmyard and the big locust trees that ran along the foot of the garden. Children of the Wild When she saw that the car was approaching the end of the route, she thought of the locust tree, and the blossoming grass, and the whispering river. The Vehement Flame The pods of the West India locust tree, Hymenæa courbaril, also supply a nutritious matter. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. The men sitting on the warm red earth beneath the locust trees sprang to their feet. The Long Roll The Three-Notched Road stretched red and stark between rusty cedars and gaunt trunks of locust trees. Lewis Rand Here, in the midst of a carpet of fine turf, a locust tree had set a very toppling of greenery, a foliaged Babel, whose ruins were covered with the strangest vegetation. Abbe Mouret's Transgression I heard de cannon roar and saw de locust tree cut off in de yard. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives At the first mention of cholera, the fifteen years' man vamosed, retreating across the road, and seating himself on the fence under the shadow of the locust trees. 'Lena Rivers The line halted under a momentary cover, made by the rising side of a hollow rimmed by a few young locust trees. The Long Roll Adam Gaudylock emerged from the shadow of the locust trees and crossed the moonlit lawn below the terrace. Lewis Rand Are there some sickly locust trees there that cast a tremulous and decrepit shade upon the mangy grass plots? Composition-Rhetoric "And leaves of the locust trees on the other side of the road," added Malcolm. Among the Trees at Elmridge I remember that old Master used to go out in the front yard and stand by a locust tree and put his ear against it. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 Cleave, quitting the shadow of a young locust tree, touched with his foot a wren's nest, shaken from the bough above. The Long Roll Now and then the lightning flashed, showing the garden and the white bloom of locust trees. Lewis Rand It should be added, that in the stems of this locust tree wild bees still deposit their honey. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 342, November 22, 1828 This is the locust tree, and May is its time for leafing out in the tenderest of greens. Among the Trees at Elmridge She did not go up to the house, but tied her roan mare behind a clump of locust trees and bushes, where the animal might stand in peace and shade. The Girl at Cobhurst On the heels of that came a vision of Evadna swinging in the hammock which hung between the two locust trees, and he longed unutterably to be with her there. Good Indian There was dust upon the wayside cedars, and the many locust trees let fall their small yellow leaves. Lewis Rand The tree is sometimes called the locust tree. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Four tall locust trees shaded the gravel path which led to the front gate. What Katy Did "Mr. Hall's is down the lane that turns off by that big locust tree," answer'd the woman, pointing to the direction through the open door; "it's about half a mile from here to his house." Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Clark joined in the argument from the blackness under the locust tree. Good Indian There stands the old chaise under the locust tree. The Bride of Fort Edward Step back a little this way, sir," she said, when Lawrence had joined her, "and give me your opinion of that locust tree by the corner of the porch. The Late Mrs. Null With his eyes on the blossoming locust tree, he waited, in helpless patience, for the words to enter into his thoughts and to readjust his conceptions of the last few months. The Battle Ground The Colonel did not turn his head; he gazed with an air of great injury at the tops of the locust trees, clasping his tumbler as it rested on the arm of the rocker. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill It stands on a knoll, surrounded by locust trees and lofty elms from among which its decent, whitewashed walls shine modestly forth, like Christian purity beaming through the shades of retirement. Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People At a turning he threw himself down on the grass under some locust trees. Three Soldiers Lawrence, speaking much more earnestly than when discussing the locust tree, replied that he thought this would be quite proper. The Late Mrs. Null The porch was shaded by a couple of huge locust trees, and accommodated with a long bench. Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. The Colonel's eyes involuntarily flew to his cherished tackle, lying ready for action on the top step, then they came back with a snap to the top of a locust tree. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill Benches were set in rows under a grove of young maple and locust trees, and Julia and Mark, sauntering well up to the front, found seats, and settled themselves to listen. The Story of Julia Page Then he thought of the spring in the hills of southern Indiana and the mocking-bird singing in the moonlight among the flowering locust trees behind the house. Three Soldiers Beside the yard gate there stood a locust tree, and on a bough of this, midway up, for he never goes to the tree-tops at this season, David saw a cardinal. The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields There was a wide lawn in front, shadowy under elm and locust trees, and bounded by thick shrubberies. The Two Vanrevels Flowers far less showy and attractive than this denizen of sandy wastelands, a cousin of the wisteria vine and the locust tree, have been introduced to American gardens. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors They walked on under the budding trees up the hill, till they came at last to the small frame house set under tall maples and locust trees, just showing a feathery fringe of foliage. Main-Travelled Roads There it all was, diagrammed on the yellow sand, with shadows gliding over it from the half-charred locust trees. One of Ours The locust trees are in full bloom, and the polonia, the only tree left of all that were planted by poor Charlotte and myself. Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee It stands on a knoll surrounded by locust trees and lofty elms, from among which its decent whitewashed walls shine modestly forth, like Christian purity beaming through the shades of retirement. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon Occasionally one finds the cottony nursery domes of this little hopper on the locust tree - the favorite home of its big, noisy relative, the so-called locust, or cicada. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors He was sitting alone in a little triangular park beside another church, admiring the cropped locust trees and watching some old women who were doing their mending in the shade. One of Ours Through their slats, he could see the forking branches of an old locust tree that grew by the gate. One of Ours |
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