| 单词 | mayflower |
| 例句 | But New York City is the native home to hundreds of species of flowering plant — from the delicate white starburst of a Canada mayflower to the pink-purple bravado of wild geranium. New York Today: Stalking the Urban Wildflower 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z From left: a bulbous buttercup, an owlet moth caterpillar and a Canada mayflower. City Room: Spring Time: After a Storm, Gifts on the Forest Floor 2012-05-10T16:57:38Z "When the mayflower goes, the rose blooms," said Constance. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z The two met at an audition for a community theater production in Southern California, and Nixon proposed two years later, delivering her engagement ring in a basket filled with mayflowers. President Nixon's Poetic Love Letters to Wife, Pat, Go on Display 2012-03-13T16:05:39Z A little later they visit the willow catkins to suck the nectar secreted by these blossoms, and still later they hover about the delicate blossoms of the mayflower, or trailing arbutus, for a similar purpose. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The second day of her stay was so warm and springlike, that all voted for a mayflower picnic in the beautiful Plymouth woods. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z "But you—I don't see, when you have talked with her, as you must have done, you are so intimate with her—about your mayflower business and everything—how you could help mentioning our scrimmage." Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z Purple and white hepaticas are clustered in crannies of the rocks, and after a rain mayflowers stand up thick, thick in the fields, in masses of pink and white fragrance. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z Epigaea repens is the trailing arbutus or mayflower of Atlantic America. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z That ought to give him a chance to tell us about contemporary mayflowers, if he cared to, at the same time giving him plenty of leeway if he preferred to dwell upon the past. Pilgrim Trails A Plymouth-to-Provincetown Sketchbook 2011-02-02T03:00:24.703Z The deck should be heaped with mayflowers, if this loveliest of our spring blossoms is to be had, and around the table at irregular intervals may be shallow bowls of the same flower. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions "I never have talked to her about the mayflower business, as you call it." Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z Often whole stretches of the slope are carpeted with mayflowers and checkerberries, and as you climb higher, and meet the wind from the other side of the ridge, your foot crunches on gray reindeer-moss. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z Cyclop�dia of American Horticulture" it is mentioned: "The cultivation of the Trailing Arbutus, especially in districts where it has been exterminated by ruthless 'mayflower parties,' always attracts interest.... Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Just went wild over these Berkshire Hills, this spring, over his first sight of mayflowers! Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl Given a day of bright sun and slow moving soft air and one may easily hunt the Plymouth mayflower by scent. Old Plymouth Trails Back up against the mast there, with my knife out, and kill and kill and kill, till they cut me down on top of those bales of 'mayflower' that for me meant fortune. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore The specimen illustrated shows some of these "jours" having the characteristic mayflower, lozenge, and dotted patterns. Chats on Old Lace and Needlework "Little boy," she had said, with a friendly smile, "will you show me where the mayflowers grow?" Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 I never saw any herb that so objected to gardin ground; might as well try to flourish mayflowers in a common front yard. The Queen's Twin and Other Stories But the heights shall reward you, if not with mayflowers with greater and more lasting joys. Old Plymouth Trails Would we not like to grasp an enjoyment less merely of the senses from the geranium's balm and the mayflower's spice? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The two men walked on ahead, side by side, leaving the young women to loiter behind and pick mayflowers. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania She was a fairy queen who thus graciously smiled on him and chattered blithely as they searched for mayflowers in the fresh spring sunshine. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 Here the first pink mayflowers pushed their sweet heads through the reluctant earth, and waxen Indian pipes grew in the moist places, and yellow violets hid themselves beneath their modest leaves. Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It He who has not longed to pick a mayflower in Plymouth on Mayday is not a New Englander. Old Plymouth Trails Gone is now the sullen winter, Gone the famine and the snow;In the forest, like a promise, See the first white mayflowers blow. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People Mayflowers, mayflowers, Scent of the North in spring! More Songs From Vagabondia Sometimes she sent him a book; it was his custom to search for the earliest mayflowers and take them to her; once in a long while they met and talked of many things. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 Like the mayflower, they love the woods, and will not be naturalized in the garden. The Function of the Poet and Other Essays The spring seeking motorist finds his first mayflowers there as the grade leads up Manomet heights and may expect them by the roadside anywhere, after that. Old Plymouth Trails I've looked on the mayflower, spring's earliest child,— It peeped from the snowdrift and modestly smiled; I've plucked the fair lily, arrayed in fair white, And drank in its fragrance with heartfelt delight. The Snow-Drop Captain Jim's mayflowers added the last completing touch to the charm of the night. Anne's House of Dreams I've loved you—ever since we picked mayflowers on the hill, I think—ever since I came home from school, I know. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 It must be delightful to come into the world with the mayflowers and violets. Anne of Avonlea The mayflower snuggles into the leaves along its drier upper margins, here and there, and is to be found on the borders of the "sea" more plentifully. Old Plymouth Trails He carried some mayflowers up to the west gable and put them under the picture. The Golden Road Captain Jim came along another evening to bring Anne some mayflowers. Anne's House of Dreams Her eyes brightened when she saw the mayflowers he carried. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 Since the earliest mayflowers Anne had never missed her weekly pilgrimage to Matthew's grave. Anne of Avonlea The first day on which one might hope for mayflowers came to Plymouth in late April. Old Plymouth Trails "They say the barrens are full of mayflowers," said the Story Girl. The Golden Road We know when the mayflowers and the buttercups bloom. The Elson Readers, Book 5 In his little poem on the mayflower, Mr. Stedman catches and puts in a single line a feature of our landscape in spring that I have never before seen alluded to in poetry. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton The delicate and fragrant blossoms of the mayflower made the wooded hillsides sweet, and birds were singing and building their nests in the mild breezes, under the cloud-flecked sky. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Others make the world better for their beauty and fragrance and of these the ground laurel, the trailing arbutus, the mayflower, is best known and loved. Old Plymouth Trails "Except in stories Indian girls are called squaws," remarked practical Dan, tying his mayflowers together in one huge, solid, cabbage-like bunch. The Golden Road Sunlight and shadow, snow and ice, gloomy ravines and dazzling mountain tops, mayflowers and singing birds and rustling winds filled all the earth with color and movement and melody. Northern Trails, Book I. Stedman's poem is worthy of his theme, and is the only one I recall by any of our well-known poets upon the much-loved mayflower or arbutus. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton We were very small, and it must have been in the spring, for we picked mayflowers and found strawberries in the woods.' Greifenstein I sought long for mayflowers on the seaward slopes and in the rough gullies of these "highlands of Plymouth," I did not find them there. Old Plymouth Trails It was intended as the thorn beneath the mayflower, but it was no such thing. The Pillars of the House, V1 A light rain had been falling all day—a little, delicate, beautiful spring rain, that somehow seemed to hint and whisper of mayflowers and wakening violets. Rainbow Valley They hunted for mayflowers and found enough to make a bit of a bouquet for her desk in the office. When Egypt Went Broke They went side by side, hand in hand, silently towards the hedge, where the mayflower, both pink and white, was in full bloom. To Let It may not have been that way at all, but someone found that first mayflower and loved and named it. Old Plymouth Trails Nobody had said a word to him about it—he just remembered himself that Jem used to bring mother the first mayflowers and so he brought them in Jem's place. Rilla of Ingleside But she only said, "How glad I am I remembered him, and how surprised he will be to see mayflowers in return for the lily." Jack and Jill The scent of the mayflowers, borne down by the sun shine, drenched his senses; he closed his eyes, and, at once, as if resenting that momentary escape, his mind resumed debate with startling intensity. Saint's Progress Pale wild flowers, lavender daisies, fragile bluebells, white four-petaled lilies like Eastern mayflowers, and golden poppies, deep sunset gold, color of the West, bloomed in happy confusion. Light of the Western Stars Perhaps they do withdraw at discretion, and this is very likely why some people who come from far to hunt find many mayflowers, while others get few or none. Old Plymouth Trails The other evening Susan happened to say that the mayflowers were out in Rainbow Valley. Rilla of Ingleside And after Walter got home last night he slipped away to the valley and brought mother home all the mayflowers he could find. Rilla of Ingleside I wrote Jem to-day and told him not to worry 'bout you not getting your mayflowers," said Bruce seriously, "'cause I'd see to that. Rilla of Ingleside The mayflowers bloomed in the secret nooks of Rainbow Valley. Rilla of Ingleside The mayflower of the English fields and hedgerows was preeminently the hawthorn, known often just as "the may." Old Plymouth Trails I would have rushed off to Rainbow Valley and brought her an armful of mayflowers, but I knew that wasn't what she wanted. Rilla of Ingleside |
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