| 单词 | mullein |
| 例句 | The smell in the room was powerful—of charred flesh, and of comfrey, mullein and plantain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “We’d better make a fresh batch of juniper and mullein flower.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mother dressed the leg in mullein and comfrey salve, her own recipe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z On a walk Lynx found some deer scat and handed it out, and a bit of stringy inner bark too, some dead limbs, mullein stalks. How to Prepare Now for the Complete End of the World 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Commonly known as moth mullein for its antenna-like stamens, this species was introduced to North America in the 1800s and lives an unassuming life in fields and meadows. One of the world’s longest-running experiments sends up sprouts 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Sure they do, says the park’s former chief of science and resources Martha Hahn as she trudged through the park uprooting wooly mulleins, an invasive weed often spread by bison. Scheming Buffalo Herd Roams Amok at Grand Canyon 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z They were also reputedly used for brewing tea, but the innumerable hairs of mullein leaves float to the top for a deeply disturbing drinking experience. Woolly Mullein: The City Cactus 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z The meadow was full of mullein, Queen Anne’s lace, clover and phlox. At Home With Dennis Wedlick: In Pursuit of the Perfectly Passive 2013-08-14T22:07:42Z THOSE, who have heard the whispered breath Of Nature's secret "Shibboleth," And learned the pass-word to unroll The veil that hides her inmost soul, May follow; but this by-path leads Through mullein stalks and jimson-weeds. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z They festoon the grass tips, and wave their silken streamers from every mullein or other tall weed. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z The mulleins are natives of Europe, which have found their way across the water to us. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Most people describe mullein as “alien,” “weird” or “interesting” but stop short of calling it beautiful. Woolly Mullein: The City Cactus 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Even on this splintered ridge, at a height of 8000 feet, there were tulips, celery in blossom, mullein, roses, legions of the Fritillaria imperialis, anemones, blue linum, and a wealth of alpine plants. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z The mullein needs only a year, but the oak a century, and the greatest men are those who have continued to grow as long as they have lived. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z It was treeless, and covered with short grass and mullein; a slope where no crop but buckwheat could be expected to thrive. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z I used to have the well sweep full of bottles of mullein blossoms when I was a boy. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z But it was as dead as a last year's mullein stalk. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z The clear yellow evening primrose, scion of one of our very best old English families, associates democratically with a peasant mullein stalk, canary-flecked, since they both fancy sun and sand. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z On the way down he noticed the mullein stalks being cut off, and stepping on a slippery spot he fell violently on the broad of his back. Brock Centenary 1812-1912 2012-01-21T03:00:06.650Z The wooly covering of common mullein, for example, is made up of innumerable slender-branched hairs. Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. 2011-12-29T03:00:20.733Z Wild lettuce, mullein, dandelion, ragweed and thistles are special favourites. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Make an infusion of mullein leaves, and give to the amount of a wine-glass every four hours. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Its nest is very small, and is elegantly lined with the down of the mullein. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z This field he had always known of a wild and desolate aspect, bristled with the tall stalks of the mullein. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The old Romans used to dip the dry stalk of the common mullein in fat and use it as a torch. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z Now it remained to carry them across the country; so we tore a mullein leaf in two halves, and, placing the pieces upon birch twigs, formed excellent litters for our invalids. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z A strong decoction of mullein leaves applied to a sore throat will seldom fail in curing it. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z It is not the first time that an American weed has been exhibited in England as a horticultural beauty; our common way-side mullein, for example, is cherished across the Atlantic as the "American velvet plant." Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z Tea was brewed from sassafras, wheat, sage or mullein; coffee was concocted from sweet potatoes and other things. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The moth mullein is tenderer than the common mullein. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z A large mullein growing over it sufficiently indicated that his treasure was still undisturbed. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Even the lands beyond the sea were represented, for here stood mullein and yarrow, contesting the ground with oaks and hickories. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z As noiselessly as a moccasin slides into the water, he dropped from the dark spruce stump into the velvet mullein leaves, and skirted the whiteness of the moon. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The long slope above the woods is a sheep pasture, partly under pines and partly open, with ledge and cinquefoil-covered boulders cropping out in the close turf, and tall mulleins standing all about like candlesticks. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z It seems to flourish in the waste places, while both the moth mullein and the common mullein are close companions. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z And still the farmer grumbles That nothing good will grow In this old mullein meadow We played in long ago! The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z The mulleins seem to have grown since yesterday. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z The csikós swinging the loaded end of his cudgel, struck a yellow mullein standing in his path, scattering the blossoms far and wide. The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z Before burdock and thistle, mullein and Spanish-needle would return to smother the clover? The Valiants of Virginia By ways, that sunset's sardonyx O'erflares, and gates the farmboy clicks, Through which the cattle came, The mullein stalks seem giant wicks Of downy flame. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems It was always sad to feel that the summer would soon be gone, the elderly woman said, gazing at a soldierly mullein stalk, nodding its yellow head. A Yankee from the West A Novel He must have loaded it with water!——The mulleins were spattered all over with blood. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z Weeds are annuals, as pigweeds, crab grass, purslane; biennials as bull thistle and mulleins; perennials, like quack grass, Canada thistle, ox-eye Daisy. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 Before them, as they toiled up the long ascent, the neglected driveway was a riot of turbulent growth: thistle, white-belled burdock, ragweed and dusty mullein stood waist high. The Valiants of Virginia That the moth mullein is of no use except that it will attract moths wherever it is laid. The Old English Herbals The golden-rod blazed in the pastures against the green of the mulleins, and the cows picked their way home through the twisted paths between the blackberry bushes. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel “When I was a little girl,” she ruminated, “I was awfully fond of the rose-in-campin’ that grew in our garden at home—you mind it, mother; mullein pink, some call it. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 Verbascum Thapsus L. Flowers yellow; pod 6 mm. high; seeds cannot be distinguished with certainty by means of the ordinary lens from those of moth mullein. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 "Yes, that's so," said Moses; "every old toadstool, and burdock, and mullein lives and thrives and lasts; no danger of their dying." The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine The machinery of orders had rooted these soldiers deeply into the mud precisely as almighty nature roots mullein stalks. The Little Regiment And Other Episodes of the American Civil War The troops followed in silence, with dull, irregular tramp, filing through obscure hollows, over barren ridges crowned by a few thistles and mulleins, and by the edges of thickets which the fires had not reached. Cudjo's Cave Here was a red house, and there was a brown house, and across the way was a yellow house; and there was a straggling rail fence or a tribe of mullein stalks between. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings If the mullein were fragrant, or toad-flax, or the daisy, or blueweed, or goldenrod, they would doubtless be far less troublesome to the agriculturist. A Year in the Fields The evening sunbeams slanted over the blackberry bushes and mullein stalks of the graveyard, when the lonely voyager was lowered to the rest from which she should not rise till the heavens be no more. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine He perched most of the time on a mullein stalk near the little spring run where Phœbe came for mud. Ways of Nature See, the golden-rod no longer bends its yellow-plum�d head, By the roadside lies it faded—'mid the grasses—pale and dead; While alone the stately mullein rears its brown and withered crest. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 Immediately the whole start out before you, living and picturesque: the road to Emmaus is a New England turnpike; you can see its mile stones, its mullein stalks, its toll gates. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings "As full as a dry mullein stalk of seeds" is almost equivalent to saying "as numerous as the sands upon the seashore." A Year in the Fields In its corners stood the great mullein, and the dock, and the dead iron-weed. Dwellers in the Hills On either side of the lane, cutting it off from the fields, straggled a zigzag snake fence, with milk-weed, tansy, and mullein growing raggedly in its corners. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories Year by year the mulleins hold their own and no more. The Meaning of Evolution I am no more lonely than a single mullein or dandelion in a pasture, or a bean leaf, or sorrel, or a horse-fly, or a humble-bee. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index A few mullein stalks were all that flourished, and the stunted fruit trees which Hallam had noticed seemed but a pitiful parody upon the rich verdure of the elsewhere favored region. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life She was miserably conscious of a pastoral scene all gone to mildew—cows beneath willows by the creek, milkweeds dripping, dried mullein weed stalks no longer dry. Free Air Tall mullein stalks reared their spires on the hillside; and here and there were little plats white with thick strawberry blossoms. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good These are strong, thrifty, and beautiful, and are provided with every defense known to the mullein world. The Meaning of Evolution If I just had some mullein leaves now to make compresses with! Tabitha at Ivy Hall These neglected spots are overgrown with gorse, brambles, nettles, blackthorn, and mullein, as well as with the bitter spurges, and the stringy inedible bracken. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 "Why, Maria, Susan, I remember just as well as if it were only yesterday how we used to rub our cheeks with rough mullein leaves to make them red for Love Feast, don't you remember?" Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' Scrub oak and pine grew sparsely, and along the edges of the road dead milkweed and mullein stood gaunt above the snow. The Long Roll From these the mulleins of the next generation will spring. The Meaning of Evolution One time I had a sneezing spell and Aunt Maria made me sit for ages with mullein leaves dipped in hot vinegar stuck onto my feet. Tabitha at Ivy Hall And there is the mullein, too, with very stiff hairs. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 Old Mr. Toad hopped into the shade of a big mullein leaf. Mother West Wind "How" Stories The withered goldenrod and gaunt mullein stalks and dead asters by the wayside almost seemed to bloom again, while the winter wheat gave an actual vernal touch. The Long Roll "They'll bury each other, as I told him, and they'll drug each other with mullein tea, as I told him the other day," Gray said, acrimoniously. Trail's End He mounted a mullein leaf and sang, and sang, and sang, until Professor Turkey Gobbler slipped up behind him with open mouth, and Signor Grasshopper vanished from the footlights forevermore. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales They afterwards cured these sores by applying fresh mullein leaves to heal them. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure I am no more lonely than a single mullein or dandelion in a pasture, or a bean leaf, or a sorrel, or a house-fly, or a humble-bee. The Last Harvest I could see under the leaves of a great mullein the bright eyes, then the round body of a mouse. Lore of Proserpine "A mullein leaf! that is too rough; one of these golden leaves what are they? will do better, wont it?" Queechy, Volume I Willow ashes is good for a corn, poke root for rheumatism, and a syrup made of mullein, honey, and alum for colds. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 The handsome and beneficial lady beetles winter beneath fallen leaves or between and beneath the root leaves of the mullein and the thistle. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Some fallow fields were covered with thistles, docks, fire-weed and stately mulleins, with, here and there, an evening primrose, one or two of which the lawyer inserted in his flower-press. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life Small blossoms of mullein, fill bottles and cork, hang in sun till oil forms, drop three drops every third day in the ear for three or four weeks. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada No; the mullein leaf is the best because it holds the water so nicely. Queechy, Volume I All around them the yellow golden-rod and mullein were waving in the wind, and lithe young trees bent with their coloured leaves. What Necessity Knows Huge plants of gray mullein towered here and there above the sward, whose flannel-like leaves afforded a snug shelter to great quantities of wasps just recovering from their winter torpor. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood It was very uneven ground, and I passed some stiff, straight mullein stalks which stood apart together in a hollow as if they wished to be alone. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches The mullein leaves may be purchased at any drug store or gathered in the fields. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The young giant crossed the brook, passed the willow, found the mullein stalk, and counted the daffodils. Mother Stories Jane pulled away at the dock and mullein, in one of her old fits of silent musing. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Tears shone yet in her eyes, and his own, as he quickly averted them, fell on a tall mullein growing by the roadside. Lady Good-for-Nothing To Saint Fiacre is dedicated the mullein, with its emollient leaves; boiled to make a poultice, it relieves colic, which this saint has a reputation for curing. The Cathedral Take four ounces of mullein leaves and boil for ten minutes in water: then add the loaf sugar. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada One of the pillars of your church may be the school-teacher of the little red school-house at the fork of the roads, in the yard ornamented with alders, mulleins, and sumachs. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 We shouldered arms, we carried arms, We charged the bayonet; And woe unto the mullein stalk That in our course we met! McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader I was always growing, shooting up like one of those mullein stalks out there, and eating? Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage There were patches of that gray moss which blossoms with a tiny red flower, and there was mullein and sour grass. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod Smoke dried mullein leaves, just a few puffs are needed, and should be drawn into the throat. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada In like manner, dissimilarly coloured varieties of Verbascum or mullein have been found by two distinct observers to be comparatively infertile. Darwinism (1889) Rosemary, lavender, hyssop, rue, silver and bronze lichens, pale rosy feather pink, a rare flower, yellow mullein, bee and fly orchis, and even the deadly nightshade, which was once so common at Furness Abbey. From John O'Groats to Land's End Then he gave a great sigh of relief and crawled under a big mullein leaf to rest, and think things over. The Adventures of Grandfather Frog Burdock leaves, cabbage leaves, and mullein leaves, are used in the same manner, to alleviate pain and promote perspiration. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Falling of the Womb, a Fine Herb Combination for.—"Peach leaves, mullein leaves and hops made into a tea, and a pint used twice a day as an injection often cures when other remedies fail." Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Tu-Kila-Kila kept the wounded hand wrapped up in a soft leaf, like a woolly mullein. The Great Taboo When a body had dropsy we'd set him in a tepid bath made of mullein leaves. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 June will give the bellflower, mullein, bee balm and foxglove. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. One of his neighbors erected a Flemish château, another a Florentine palazzo, and a third a François Premier hôtel; but his plot of ground remained an unkempt tangle of mullein and blue succory. The Wild Olive The mullein attains especial dignity in this mountain region. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter Withered and thinned, The sentinel mullein looms, With the pale gray shadowy plumes Of the goldenrod; And the milkweed opens its pod, Tempting the wind. Lyrics of Earth We saved a heap of bark from wild cherry and poplar and black haw and slippery ellum trees and we dried out mullein leaves. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 At last Old Mr. Toad gave up and went home, where he sat under a big mullein leaf the rest of the day, feeling very miserable and lonely. The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad In clear spaces the tall candle of the mullein stood up straight, a flame of yellow flowers flickering over it. The Purple Heights The flowers of mullein have an agreeable, honeylike sweetness: an extract prepared from them by rectified spirit of wine tastes extremely pleasant. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II It was a bleak and sandy spot, And, all about, the vacant plot Was peopled and inhabited By scores of mulleins long since dead. Lyrics of Earth A shallow, bell-mouthed cup, in most cases purely white, and hung to a tall, coarse stalk, like the yellow jets of a mullein. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's I failed entirely in the golden-rod, and do not get the brilliant yellow of the mullein flower; one could not easily fail on the saggitarius, and the clover was tolerable. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss From the sun himself, come forth as a bridegroom from his chamber, to the flickering raindrops on the road-side mullein, the world seemed to rejoice exultant in victory. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 From time immemorial, the Verbascum thapsus, or great mullein, has been a trusted popular remedy, in Ireland, for the treatment of the above formidable malady. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Great mulleins have been allowed to spring up from the gaps between the lichen-spotted tiles. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine The dandelion, the buttercup, duckweed, celandine, mullein, burdock, yarrow, whiteweed, nightshade, and most of the thistles,—these are importations. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 His fields were red with sorrel, or run over with mullein. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers Various vegetable leaves, as the rhubarb, beech, walnut, and mullein, as well as the less delectable bran, yellow ochre, and hellebore, in snuff, are also sometimes used to defraud. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Having been furnished with a good supply of fresh mullein from a garden near this city, where it is extensively grown, I commenced operations. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 From the sun himself, come forth as a bridegroom from his chamber, to the flickering raindrops on the road-side mullein, the world seemed to rejoice, exultant in victory. Margret Howth, a Story of To-day Then the way for you to do this is to strip the first mullein plants you see of the petals. The Harvester I am no more lonely than a single mullein or dandelion in a pasture, or a bean leaf, or sorrel, or a horse-fly, or a bumblebee. Walden Candace sat on a fragment of granite boulder which lay there, her black face relieved against a clump of yellow mulleins, then in majestic altitude. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 The patient was put as much as possible on the mullein treatment only. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 We can make pudding-bags of live-forever, dolls' bonnets, "trimmed up to the nines," out of the velvet mullein leaf, and from the ox-eyed daisies, round, cap-begirt faces, smiling as the sun. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life I can sell at good prices all the mullein flowers I can secure. The Harvester "A mullein leaf! that is too rough; one of these golden leaves—what are they?—will do better, won't it?" Queechy Looks much like the mullein familiar to eastern eyes. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy As much as possible, however, they were left to the mullein--a proceeding which was entirely satisfactory to themselves. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 A bit of green slope, where the sunbeams wantoned with yellow mulleins, wild carrot, and bracken, was the cemetery, as a few stone crosses almost buried in the soil plainly told. Two Summers in Guyenne Now I want all the mullein bloom I can get. The Harvester "No; the mullein leaf is the best because it holds the water so nicely.—Here it is!—" Queechy The mullein has shot up out of its nest of broad leaves, to a tall stalk towering sometimes five or six feet high, now studded with knobs of golden blossoms. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy The mullein plant boiled in milk is liked by the patients; in watery infusion it is disagreeable, and the succus is still more so. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 As I walked round the church I found women sitting with open books and rosaries in their hands near the apse, amidst the yarrow and mulleins of forgotten grave mounds. Two Summers in Guyenne I get ten cents a pound for foxglove leaves and five for mullein and from seventy-five to a dollar for flowers of the latter, depending on how well I preserve the colour in drying them. The Harvester The room was a charming fancy of the decorator, who claimed to have taken his inspiration from the American mullein. The Puritans The farmers, I find, think the mullein a mean unworthy weed, but I have grown to a fondness for it. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy In pretubercular and early cases of pulmonary consumption, mullein appears to have a distinct weight-increasing power; and I have observed this in several private cases also. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 A wild heath, whistled over by October blasts, meagrely adorned with the dry stalks of scented shrubs and the bald heads of the sapless mullein, was succeeded by a fenced field and a corn-stack. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker "Then if I wasn't too childish to be out picking them, I could be earning seventy-five cents a pound for mullein blooms?" The Harvester What may be called a weed, like the mullein, for example, is considered very pretty in Europe, where they did not have such things. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks "As full as a dry mullein stalk of seeds" is almost equivalent to saying, "as numerous as the sands upon the seashore." The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton In early cases, mullein milk appears to act very much in the same manner as cod-liver oil; and when we consider that it is at once cheap and palatable it is certainly worth a trial. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 They went on down the windy pasture slope in silence; the mullein candles blossomed shoulder-high, and from underfoot came the warm, aromatic scent of sweet-fern. Life at High Tide "Oh I know mullein," she cried, with almost a hint of animation in her voice. The Harvester The machinery of orders had rooted these soldiers deeply into the mud, precisely as almighty nature roots mullein stalks. The Little Regiment We toiled up the long steep hill, where only an occasional mullein- stalk or other tall weed stood above the snow. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton I will continue the research by careful weighings of early cases; and will further endeavor to ascertain whether the addition of mullein to the cultivating solution prevents the propagation of the phthisical bacillus. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 "This here's powerful weather for sweatin'," he pleasantly observed, as he pulled a mullein leaf from the foot of the apple tree and placed it over his eyes. The Battle Ground When the fern bed was finished, the Harvester took time to make a trip to town, but there was no word waiting him; so he went to the mullein. The Harvester The Spanish Doll had drawn a reed across her face, to hide it, but the Large Doll had not been able to fly quickly enough, and was left in full view, leaning against a mullein. The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales If the mullein were fragrant, or toadflax, or the daisy, or blue-weed, or goldenrod, they would doubtless be far less troublesome to the agriculturist. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton He takes us where we can feel the exhilaration from "a wild heath, whistled over by October blasts meagerly adorned with the dry stalks of scented shrubs and the bald heads of the sapless mullein." History of American Literature He also places mullein stalks on a pole, and the swarms often cluster on them. Nature's Serial Story "I am working just now on mullein," he said. The Harvester And she sat there quite patiently, in spite of her strained position, until Job had devoured the mullein in a leisurely fashion. Half a Dozen Girls It is commonly believed that the mullein is indigenous to this country, for have we not heard that it is cultivated in European gardens, and christened the American velvet plant? The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton It had three stalks clothed with long, narrow, sharply-pointed leaves, which were downy, soft to the feel like the leaves of our great mullein, and pale green in colour. Far Away and Long Ago As it swept to the crest, the hillside was thickly dotted with mullein, its pale yellow-green leaves spreading over the grass, and its spiral of canary-coloured bloom stiffly upstanding. Moths of the Limberlost Goldfinches, intent on thistle bloom, wavered through the air trailing mellow, happy notes behind them, and often a humming-bird visited the mullein. The Harvester Of mullein flowers about five thousand pounds used to be imported, chiefly from Germany. Three Acres and Liberty Our familiar primrose is the evening primrose,—a rank, tall weed that blooms with the mullein in late summer. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton The white man's mullein soon reigned in Indian cornfields, and sweet-scented English grasses clothed the new soil. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers With his free hand, he moved aside the leaves of mullein that had grown in the interstices. The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin You can use drawing tools; I get them for you, and you pay me with the mullein or out of the ginseng money I owe you. The Harvester Not mullein, or burdock, or anything of that sort, but crape. Samantha at Saratoga Sitting on the top of a tall, dead, mullein stalk was a very soberly dressed but rather trim little fellow, a very little larger than Bully the English Sparrow. The Burgess Bird Book for Children Quite different from its heavy and sluggish looking sister is this sprightly, slender, fragile-flowered mullein. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors "I know one thing about this mullein leaf: the fairies use them for blankets," said Demi, who had not quite given up his faith in the existence of the little folk in green. Little Men I have stripped my mullein beds of both leaves and flowers. The Harvester Bring blue sea-hollies thorny, keen, Long lavender in flower; Gray wormwood like a hoary queen, Stanch mullein like a tower. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 Making a short circle, Dear Me alighted on the mullein stalk again. The Burgess Bird Book for Children "A favorite of mine is the little moth mullein that blooms along the highway, and about the fields, and maybe upon the edge of the lawn." Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors As yet lingering mulleins throw up their golden spikes amid a profusion of blue chicory, and the gourds run along upon the ground like the fire mingled with the hail in "Israel in Egypt." Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino "For what do you sell foxglove and mullein?" The Harvester Oh, stony pasture, Where the tall mullein Stands up so sturdy On its little seed! Second April Not to mention the fact that you would have to stand and work mostly in hot sunshine, because mullein likes open roads and fields and sunny hills. The Harvester As if the plant did not already possess enough popular names, it needs must share with the European goldenrod and our common mullein the title of Aaron's rod. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors When the mullein leaves were deep on the trays of the dry-house he began on the bloom and that was a task he loved. The Harvester Foxglove for heart trouble, and mullein for catarrh. The Harvester He left the male fern and mullein until the last for different reasons. The Harvester From there to the lake sloped the sunny fields of mullein and catnip, and the earth was molten gold with dandelion creeping everywhere. The Harvester "The swale sends you this invitation to come and see star-shine at the foot of mullein hill," said the Harvester, offering a bouquet. The Harvester |
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