| 单词 | arum |
| 例句 | It was hot in the church, and the white edges of the arum lilies crisped and curled. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Botanically, the titan arum is the largest unbranched flower structure in the plant kingdom. Corpse flowers are invading the East Coast: Here’s how to see (and smell) one 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The botanical garden is in the Bronx, and this is its first titan arum flowering since 1939. Corpse flowers are invading the East Coast: Here’s how to see (and smell) one 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z “Up to then, they’d been kind of dubious about Beccari, this Italian botanist — that he was kind of a crackpot. They thought, ‘Oh sure, an 11-foot-tall arum that smells like rotting animals.’ Giant, smelly flower finally puts on show at Volunteer Park 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z The titan arum at the New York Botanical Garden opened Thursday afternoon, drawing visitors to the Palm Dome at the center of the Haupt Conservatory. Corpse flowers are invading the East Coast: Here’s how to see (and smell) one 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Botanic Garden’s conservatory at 100 Maryland Ave. SW for the fifth public display of a titan arum in the District, two of them by the Smithsonian. Corpse flowers are invading the East Coast: Here’s how to see (and smell) one 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Moved from its home greenhouse in Southeast Washington on July 22, the titan arum is expected to unfurl sometime between Saturday and Tuesday. Corpse flowers are invading the East Coast: Here’s how to see (and smell) one 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z In the wild, titan arums can only be found in the equatorial forests of Sumatra, Indonesia. Hold Your Breath! A Stinky Corpse Flower Is About to Bloom In San Francisco! 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z One species of the so-called arum plant has evolved to attract a species of plant bug instead of a typical beetle pollinator, helping them spread their pollen far and wide. Plant turns suspected crop pest into pollinator 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Q: We have a pretty significant population of Italian arum in our backyard landscape. Winter: A time to prune and take stock of invasive plants and pests in the garden 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z The titan arum is known scientifically as Amorphophallus titanum. Sumatran plant opens another stinky flower 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z This photo provided by Dartmouth College shows titan arum — or corpse flower in Hanover, N.H. Hold your nose: Stinky corpse flower blooms in New Hampshire 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Visitors to the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers are about to witness the rare blooming of a titan arum, or corpse flower. Hold Your Breath! A Stinky Corpse Flower Is About to Bloom In San Francisco! 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Typically, arum plants heat up at night and release an evening perfume that lures beetles to them. Plant turns suspected crop pest into pollinator 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Named Morphy, the titan arum — or corpse flower — began opening Friday afternoon at the Ivy League college’s Life Sciences Greenhouse. Hold your nose: Stinky corpse flower blooms in New Hampshire 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Named Morphy, the titan arum - or corpse flower - began opening at Friday afternoon at the Ivy League college’s Life Sciences Greenhouse. Hold your nose: Stinky corpse flower blooms in New Hampshire 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Named Morphy, the titan arum — or corpse flower — began opening Friday afternoon at the Ivy League college's Life Sciences Greenhouse. Hold your nose: Stinky corpse flower blooms in New Hampshire 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z The over two-foot-tall plant, nicknamed "Scarlet," is one of four titan arums growing at the conservatory. Hold Your Breath! A Stinky Corpse Flower Is About to Bloom In San Francisco! 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z But on that fateful night, researchers waited all night for that to happen to one arum species in the rainforest, Syngonium hastiferum. Plant turns suspected crop pest into pollinator 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Titan arum is native to Sumatra’s equatorial rainforests and is among the most popular flowers when it blooms. Giant 'corpse flower' begins to bloom for first time in five years 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Named Morphy, the titan arum — or corpse flower — began opening at Friday afternoon at the Ivy League college's Life Sciences Greenhouse. Hold your nose: Stinky corpse flower opens in New Hampshire 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Named Morphy, the titan arum — or corpse flower — began opening at Friday afternoon at the Ivy League college’s Life Sciences Greenhouse. Hold your nose: Stinky corpse flower opens in New Hampshire 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Named Morphy, the titan arum - or corpse flower - began opening at about 2:30 p.m. Hold your nose: Stinky corpse flower starting to open 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Moreover, when Elt covered the arum plant’s natural flowers with a fine mesh to exclude the plant bugs, no seeds were produced. Plant turns suspected crop pest into pollinator 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Named Morphy, the titan arum housed at Dartmouth College began opening on Friday afternoon at the Ivy League college’s life sciences greenhouse. Giant 'corpse flower' begins to bloom for first time in five years 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z When news broke that the mighty titan arum — a.k.a. the corpse flower — was about to bloom at the U.S. Remembering the Maryland couple who loved the mighty corpse flower 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z The blooms of titan arum plants emit a stench like rotting flesh to attract pollinators. Foul-smelling ‘corpse flower’ blooms at Indiana University 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z It's one of the garden's titan arum plants — called the corpse flower because of its stench, which is said to resemble rotting flesh. 16 things to do in the D.C. area on the weekend of July 29-31 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Given this number and the dozens of arum species, Ren expects more such relationships are just waiting to be discovered. Plant turns suspected crop pest into pollinator 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The titan arum started opening late Sunday afternoon at the university’s College of Biological Sciences Conservatory in St. Paul. Foul-smelling ‘corpse flower’ blooms at U of Minnesota 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The Phillipses received the titan arum seeds from a globe-trotting California physician named James R. Symon, who collected them in Sumatra. Remembering the Maryland couple who loved the mighty corpse flower 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z The titan arum is native to Sumatra’s equatorial rain forests. Foul-smelling ‘corpse flower’ set to bloom at U of Minnesota 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z The titan arum at Cambridge University Botanic Garden flowered on Saturday and produced its trademark vile smell for five days before it began wilting. Cambridge University titan arum flower attracts 11,000 visitors - BBC News 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z A titan arum finally flowered on Saturday for the first time in 11 years at Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Cambridge University titan arum flower attracts crowds - BBC News 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z By happy coincidence and far from its native home in western Sumatra, titum arum, the world’s smelliest bloom, flowered at Paignton Zoo in Devon and at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. The Secret of the World's Smelliest Flower 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z He pulled out arum, cattails and wild rice and put in his beloved blossoms. On hot summer days, the lotus blossoms of Kenilworth beckon 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Excitement is mounting at Edinburgh's Royal Botanical Gardens, where the titan arum is expected to flower in Scotland's capital for the first time. Edinburgh gardens wait for 'smelly' giant plant - BBC News 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z That would be the titan arum, also known as the corpse flower because of its pungent smell. Huge, smelly flower may be coming to Botanic Garden 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z The rare titan arum is so named for the horrendous stench it emits as it tries to attract insects to pollinate the male and female flowers it holds deep inside a pod. After 11-year wait, rare corpse flower set to bloom in Costa Mesa 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z There was rum booze, which was good strong beer, there was a rum diver who was a competent pickpocket and arum doxy who was a pretty girl. 10 slang phrases that perfectly sum up their era 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Titan arums normally live for between seven and 10 years before flowering for a short 48 hour period. VIDEO: Stinky 'corpse flower' blossoms 2014-05-13T14:01:47Z The bloom of the titan arum is notable for three things. From jasmine to rotting flesh, flowers emit fragrance to attract pollinators 2013-09-02T22:26:24Z Out of the folds of the shawl her neck rose as erect as the pistil of an arum lily. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Our guide also dug up some of the roots of the wild arum to show us; it is a great flattish tuberous root, rather oval in shape. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z But those who don’t like to offend their audiences, like naturalist David Attenborough, or Cornell University, call the plant “Titan arum.” Visiting the corpse plant 2012-03-21T19:15:00.247Z He glows when speaking of Inhotim’s rare and otherworldly plants, like the titun arum from Sumatra, called the “corpse flower” because of its hideous stench. The Saturday Profile: Bernardo Paz?s Inhotim Is Vast Garden of Art 2012-03-10T03:21:47Z I knew by the peculiar feelin' av the cords av me arums. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z In his rippling cream alpaca, there approached along the sands Mr. Morrell himself, and Belle's neck no longer resembled the pistil of an arum lily. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Eddoes, arum maximum Ægyptianum, are small edible roots, abounding, in their crude form, in a slimy juice, but when thoroughly ripe and boiled, attains a dry floury consistence. 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 Sweet′ener, one who, or that which, sweetens; Sweet′ening, act of sweetening: that which sweetens; Sweet′-flag, -rush, an aromatic plant of the genus Acorus of the arum family; Sweet′heart, a lover or mistress.—n.pl. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z On the round table in the deep bay windows in front are many books, various specimens of Tangiers pottery, and some tall plants of arum lilies in flower. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z The arum Dracunculus is one of the most curious of that wonderful series of carnivorous plants which at the present time are engaging the closest scrutiny of naturalists. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z But the small white beauties were never forgotten, and years afterwards I found the flower, arum palustris, growing in a swamp not many miles from my old home. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z In certain arums the temperature rises to 40° or 50° Cent. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Taro, t�′rō, n. a plant of the arum family, widely cultivated for its edible roots in the islands of the Pacific. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Large palms, tall arum lilies, and graceful ferns, are grouped here and there about the room; no sound is heard save the song of caged birds. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Strange as is the action of the arum, the method whereby the mentzelia takes its prey is even more wonderful. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z Snakes also enter, the Sacristan tells me, and I believe it, for within the same minute, I saw a dead and a living one among the arum leaves at the gate. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z Sweet 270 peas, dahlias, lilies of the valley, arum lilies and indeed every flower that is popular in England is equally popular in America, and consequently is largely grown. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z There were stems of arum in the ditches, tipped with green berries. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The air is still, and summer is on my cheek; arum, wood-sorrel, and celandine mingle at my feet. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Titan arum is as ornery as a panda too. Chinese 'Corpse Flower' Finds a Mate in the U.K. 2011-06-03T18:42:23Z Inside the church was decked with beautiful flowers, arum lilies, and roses, and pale-pink peonies and bush lupins, and many lovely half-exotic plants from the gardens of The Warren and the Vicarage. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z The centre of the board was covered with a gigantic star of flowers, roses, arum lilies, and heliotrope. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Various other species of arum yield valuable food-starches in hot countries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" In a blue and white Oriental vase on a high stand at the side should be arranged three tall arum lilies amid some vivid carnation blossoms. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel Before returning home, he and BBG colleagues hatched a plan to collect pollen here and mail it to Edinburgh, where Blackmore's team will attempt to pollinate its titan arum. Chinese 'Corpse Flower' Finds a Mate in the U.K. 2011-06-03T18:42:23Z Beside a rose-bush there has sprung up the solid pink club of the wild ginger, and from a bed of amaryllis a giant arum raises itself four feet in its dappled, snake-like sheath. The Unveiling of Lhasa For the pot plants there are hosts of things; freesias, cyclamen, marguerite-carnations, primulas, Christmas roses, arums, azaleas, kalmias, spireas, chrysanthemums, narcissus, roman hyacinths, and so on. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them Wild geraniums, jessamines, arums, lilies scarlet and blue and purple, spread like a gorgeous carpet underfoot. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Now I come where grow the cranberries, To the swamps where grow the arums, Now the dove approaches ruin, And the bird is near destruction. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two This titan arum plant drew crowds last week in Beijing. Chinese 'Corpse Flower' Finds a Mate in the U.K. 2011-06-03T18:42:23Z Notable among the flowers are the arum lily and the iris. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" They make food of another fruit called cuttanimmons, the fruit of a kind of arum, growing in the marshes: they are like boiled peas or capers to look on, but of an insipid earthy taste. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts Mezereon and other fragrant shrubs put out sweet-scented flowers, and the great white arum lilies were throwing up their sheaths. The Head Girl at the Gables The first hint of Calla Pentlandii, the yellow Egyptian lily or ‘arum,’ was furnished by a Zulu who came from a great distance to visit a relative in the service of Captain Allison. The Woodlands Orchids In “Flowers from Stratford-on-Avon,” it is said, “there can be no doubt that the wild arum is the plant alluded to by Shakespeare,” but there seems no authority for this statement. Folk-lore of Shakespeare In the undergrowth are found cardamom, areca, plantain, canes, wild pepper, tree and other ferns, and arums. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" "Burnt almonds are my chief delight," murmurs Julia, affectedly and somewhat absently, being sick with grief, because she cannot reconcile it to her conscience that the stem of an arum lily should be peacock blue. Portia or By Passions Rocked In the sheltered garden grew, according to their season, white arum lilies and rosy tamarisk, aloes and myrtle and oleander and other beautiful half-tropical shrubs, while geraniums, carnations and humbler flowers bloomed in profusion. The Head Girl at the Gables Broad, rank, green arum leaves crowded each other in places. The Hills and the Vale Even yams and sweet potatoes, which are naturally mild, are less articles of consumption in the south sea islands, than the Tarro, as these tubers of the arums are designated. The Church of England Magazine - Volume 10, No. 263, January 9, 1841 It would be interesting to know if anything eats the red berries of our wild turnip or arum. Ways of Nature Even the fiery arum or Indian turnip, tempts some birds to feast upon its red berries, and thus scatter the undigested seeds. Under the Maples The dasheen is a broad-leaved member of the arum family. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome They possess more than one poison; one being a dark substance of the color and consistence of pitch, which is supposed to be made out of a species of arum. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Amongst these are large arums that send down long aerial roots, tough and strong, and universally used instead of cordage by the natives. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In The splendid pine-trees, arums, and screw-pines; the varied species of bambusa, the grand magnolias and rhododendrons, which grow so profusely in the Himalaya valleys, had been described, and many of them introduced into European gardens. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains The next day we marched into Krugersdorp once again, passing several marshy spots where arum lilies were blooming in rich profusion. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition Our path lay through a lovely wood, where wild flowers grew in profusion, among them a kind of wild orchid with a delicious perfume, and the small wild arum lily. Through Finland in Carts The Negritos wear little clothing, have no fixed abodes, and pass a wandering life in the forests, living on game, honey, wild fruits, roots of the arum, and other forest food. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution They seem industrious and good agriculturists, even using a rough plough, and cultivating the whole valley; a rich black soil produces good crops of rice, and Killadis, an arum root used for food. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak Lady Ingleby rose, her face as white as the large arum lily in the corner behind her. The Mistress of Shenstone When the outer covering of seeds of water lilies, arums, and others are broken, the gummy secretion is very likely to adhere to the feathers, or fur, or feet of animals. Seed Dispersal On this island the wild arum lilies we had before noticed grew profusely, while the vegetation everywhere was beautiful, and yet eight or ten feet of snow covered the ground all through the long winter. Through Finland in Carts In a little while the crocuses burst into flame in the borders, and in the hedges the wild arums began to unfold. The Tragic Bride In unoccupied lands were great patches of wild arum, and suddenly I saw the gaunt Australian blue gum, which flourishes here just as well as the English oak. A Tramp's Notebook The capim is bright with the blossoms of the mallow growing in its midst, in some places edged with the broad-leaved aninga—a large aquatic arum. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America In the arum, a violently acrid juice is secreted in the leaves, so as to burn the mouth of the aggressor. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 A vase of arums stood on the writing-table, a cluster of strange-hued carnations on the stand at his elbow, and from bowls of glass and porcelain clumps of freesia-bulbs diffused their melting fragrance. The Triumph Of Night 1916 The Himalayan nuthatch is very partial to the red berries of Arisæma jacque-montii—a small plant of the family to which the arums and the "lords and ladies" belong. Birds of the Indian Hills And so the accumulating dilation, on to the whirling climax of the perfect arum lily. The Lost Girl It has the subtle charm of the exotic, of the tall and graceful arum, whose spotless whiteness cannot bear a single breath of the keen east wind. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden A representation of this arum is shown in Fig. My Studio Neighbors He was silent a long while, gathering lazily with his left hand the arum lilies to bind them together for me. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida There were climbing arums, with dark-green arrow-head shaped leaves; huge ferns shot out here and there up the stems to the topmost branches. On the Banks of the Amazon "Can you give it expression?" she cried, as she got the arum lily in full blow, and there was a sound of real ecstasy in her tones. The Lost Girl Bob was not long in securing a large bunch of arums, all soft and white, with the great yellow seed vessel within. Middy and Ensign “Don’t know, sir,” said Mark, staring down among the ferns and arums which filled the hole. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle The sheaves of arum leaves that thrust themselves out from every joint of masonry or spout of broken fountain. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida In August, when the reapers began to call and ask for work, she found the arum stalks, left alone without leaves, surrounded with berries, some green, some ripening red. Round About a Great Estate Of all blossoms, the arum, the arum lily is most mystical and portentous. The Lost Girl “Ah, Mr Long,” said the latter, “what a lovely bunch of arums!” Middy and Ensign "I never saw so many cowslips and buttercups and yellow violets, and these here little arums." Quin This is said to be the case with the arum of Italy. Plain Facts for Old and Young Many of these seemed to die away presently without producing anything, but from some there pushed up a sharply conical sheath, from which emerged the spadix of the arum with its frill. Round About a Great Estate The rainbow is not so moving as the arum lily. The Lost Girl And as Tom Long’s fingers closed upon the arums, the ladies, who were walking with the resident came close up. Middy and Ensign On this morning, as usual, she took out her large roll of worsted work, and prepared to ground a huge, impossible arum lily. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl Willowherbs, however, fill every place in the ditch here where they can find room between the bushes, and the arum is equally common, but the lesser celandine absent. Nature Near London His last act was to give her half the tabby-striped arums as they parted. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys It is flood as far as the eye can reach; flood four and six feet deep, and more, with three species of rushes, two kinds of lotus, or sacred lily, papyrus, arum, &c. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi There are also a few cocoa-palms; yams, as we were told, for we saw none; the kappe of the Friendly Islands, or Virginian arum; the etooa tree, and sweet-smelling gardenia, or cape jasmine. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Tubs of arum lilies stood about on the stone floor, and on a table flamed a huge bunch of fierce nasturtiums. The Enchanted April On the sward by the wayside, among the nettles and under the bushes, and on the mound the dark green arum leaves grew everywhere, sometimes in bunches close together. Nature Near London It is little better than a ditch, with artificial banks overgrown with weeds, great glossy-leaved arums, and milky-veined thistles, and with a little dirty water in it from the drainings of the surrounding vineyards. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood This misled us, and we went towards the sound through papyrus, tall rushes, arums, and grass, till tired out, and took refuge on an ant-hill for the night. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi The narcissus sends its arrowy fragrance through the air, while, far and wide, red anemones burn like fire, with interchange of blue and lilac buds, white arums, orchises, and pink gladiolus. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series One arcade in particular was quite lovely, with arches made of double red geranium, mixed with the feathery-looking pepper leaves, while the uprights were covered with amaryllis and white arum lilies. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months When the root leaves of the arum first push up they are closely rolled together in a pointed spike. Nature Near London Against this decision Alice said nothing, and, like a tall arum lily, she had grown in the convent from girl to womanhood. Muslin While he ate, he kept on furtively looking down the garden at the two figures facing each other by the arum lilies. Christopher and Columbus The man paused with a large vase of white arums in his hand. Lady Rose's Daughter Then we have the Indian turnip; this is a very handsome arum, the root of which resembles the capava, I am told, when boiled: the leaves of this arum are handsome, slightly tinged with purple. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America In spring, thrushes move along, rustling the fallen leaves as they search among the arum sheaths unrolling beside the sheltering palings. Nature Near London On either side of the way were waving tracts of yellow fleur-de-lis, and beds of arum, with its arrowy leaves and white blossoms. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 It didn't disturb Mr. Twist's unprejudiced American mind that an English inn embowered in heliotrope and arum lilies and eucalyptus trees would be odd and unnatural, and it wouldn't disturb anybody else there either. Christopher and Columbus If only Mother can buy this piece of land," said Dorothy, "I'm going to plant forget-me-nots and cow lilies and arum lilies right in the stream. Ethel Morton's Enterprise That from the potato arum gives a blue, and that from wheat and rice a violet tint; while the filtrate from starch paste, from whatever source, always gives a blue color. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 Among the tubers produced are sweet potatoes, white potatoes, yams, the arum and the yucca. Cuba, Old and New Close by I saw the wild arum, the roots of which, when well baked, are good to eat, and the young leaves better than spinach. The Voyage of the Beagle Put flowers everywhere, the things we grow in hothouses, geraniums like sun-shades and arums like trumpets. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies All around was a tableland of lush grass with marigolds and arum lilies instead of daisies and buttercups. Prester John Dignified Arabs stalked by, bearing on nobly poised heads pots of growing rose-bushes or arum lilies, or azaleas. It Happened in Egypt He turned suddenly from that gloomy contemplation of the arum lily, and met her face to face. The Lovels of Arden They had previously folded up in small parcels of leaves, pieces of beef, fish, ripe and unripe bananas, and the tops of the wild arum. The Voyage of the Beagle Reginald Eversleigh leaned back in the carriage, with his arum folded, and his eyes fixed on vacancy, while the ladies gossipped in whispers. Run to Earth A Novel I observed a bulbous plant growing in this creek resembling the Egyptian arum; it was just springing. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart The torrent-bed, now bright green with arum and pepper, grows vegetables, maize, and cactus. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Then it needs little care except to clear its course, and the planting of its banks with flowers and stocking of its waters with lilies, arums, irises, and trout is begun at once. The Naturalist on the Thames But a mercenary arum lily! what an anomaly! The Heavenly Twins There's the king-cup bright as gold, and the speedwell never cold, And the arum leaves unrolled, Bonny lassie O! Poems Chiefly from Manuscript You look like a long white arum lily. The Sisters-In-Law We should see city gentlemen in frock coats of spotless silver linen, with top hats as white as wonderful arum lilies. Tremendous Trifles It is not a sedge at all, but related to the common arum, and its flower, like the top joints of the little finger, represents the "lords and ladies" of the hedges. The Naturalist on the Thames Lucy sank into a cane chair, close to a towering mass of arum lilies, and looked back into the library. The History of David Grieve More conspicuous than the grass blades, green as verdigris, were the arrow-shaped leaves of the arum or cuckoo-pint. A Traveller in Little Things Mr. B. That is an arum, the juice of which is, I believe, extremely poisonous; so pray never put it in your mouth again. Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side Here, on the plain, lie the now faded blossoms of the monstrous arum, the botanical glory of these regions. Old Calabria The great white arum of the greenhouse is quite hardy out of doors if it is planted eighteen inches below water, and blossoms in the brook. The Naturalist on the Thames Here's the skin tight on me arums, and stretched fit to burst over me cheek-bones; and it's empty I am, Miss Nora, for not a bite nor sup have I tasted for twenty-four hours. Light O' the Morning Another place, again, in the same county is full of rooks, and the arum is green on the banks. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies It rained violently, but the pothoses, arums, and lianas, furnished so thick a natural trellis, that we were sheltered as under a vault of foliage. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The deep hearth was filled with arum lilies and azalias, like a font at Easter. Phantom Fortune, a Novel Young Fitzgerald followed to the hall door to offer, in the name of Mrs. Green, a beautiful bouquet, enclosed within an arum lily of silver filigree. A Romance of the Republic The juice of the arum was considered good for the plague, and Gerarde tells us that Henry VIII. was, "wont to drink the distilled water of broom-flowers against surfeits and diseases thereof arising." The Folk-lore of Plants So common a plant as the arum did not seem to exist; on the other hand, ferns literally made up the hedges, growing in such quantities as to take the place of the grasses. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies An arum, with a woody stem, and with large sagittate leaves, rose in the very middle of a pool the temperature of which was 70 degrees. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The brambles are the bowers of the birds; in these still leafy bowers they do the courting of the spring, and under the brambles the earliest arum, and cleaver, or avens, push up. The Open Air Great arums perch on the forks and send down roots like cords to the ground, whilst lianas run from tree to tree or hang in loops and folds like the disordered tackle of a ship. The Naturalist in Nicaragua Blackbirds and thrushes are fond of searching about where the arums grow thickest. The Life of the Fields They say the thrushes dig up and eat the roots of the arum, yet they are not root-eaters. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies "Now, look you here, my love," said the Irishwoman, "you make what use you can of this yere arum," and she stretched out a most powerful, sinewy member for Bet's edification. A Girl of the People Why, I knew the very dates of them all—the reddening elm, the arum, the hawthorn leaf, the celandine, the may; the yellow iris of the waters, the heath of the hillside. The Open Air Amongst these are large arums that send down aerial roots, tough and strong, and universally used instead of cordage by the natives. The Naturalist in Nicaragua In the lane a blackbird was so occupied among the arums at the roots of the trees that he did not stir till actually obliged. The Life of the Fields In certain arums the temperature rises to 40 degrees or 50 degrees Cent. The Earth as Modified by Human Action I must say the church is lovely, thanks to your arums and camellias, which Macrae brought us just in time. Beechcroft at Rockstone I then gathered a spathe and breathed hard into it; several flies soon crawled out, and all without exception were dusted with arum pollen. Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom I listened with pleasure to the last hoarse cries of the mot-mots, and tried to impress on my memory the curious forms of vegetation—the palms, the gigantic arums, the tangled lianas, and perching epiphytes. The Naturalist in Nicaragua "Kulkasá," a kind of arum or yam, eaten boiled like our potatoes. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 In the arum the white advertisement flaunted before flying insects is not even essential to the florets' existence, except as it helps them attract their pollen-carrying friends. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Also on a table stood a great bowl of arum lilies. Benita, an African romance Cassia trees, with their elegant pinnate foliage and conspicuous yellow flowers, formed a great proportion of the lower trees, and arborescent arums grew in groups around the swampy hollows. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Orchis-harlequins, cuckoo-plants, wild arums, more properly lords-and-ladies, were coming, and coming—slowly; for had they not a long way to come, from the valley of the shadow of death into the land of life? David Elginbrod The pulses, tobacco, the egg-plant, the capsicums, the cucumbers, the arum roots, turmeric, ginger, and sugar-cane, all pass in review in a style which the non-scientific reader may enjoy and the expert must appreciate. Life of William Carey Now, the true flowers of the arum and all its spadix-bearing kin are so minute that one scarcely notices them where they are clustered on the club-shaped column in the center of the apparent "flower." Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Neb prepared some agouti soup, a smoked capybara ham, to which was added the boiled tubercules of the "caladium macrorhizum," an herbaceous plant of the arum family. The Mysterious Island These tufts in many places were overrun with ferns, and exterior to them a crowded row of arborescent arums, growing to a height of fifteen or twenty feet, formed a green palisade. The Naturalist on the River Amazons |
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