| 单词 | night-blooming cereus |
| 例句 | I asked Hetrick why my night-blooming cereus, large and established, is so shy to bloom. In a time of shelter, the houseplant rises to the occasion 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z In describing the importance of journey in his pieces, Turrell mentions a night-blooming cereus known as the Queen of the Night. T Magazine: Seeing the Light 2013-05-09T18:01:22Z Workers were trying to preserve agave, ocotillo and various cactuses including saguaro, fishhook, night-blooming cereus, senita, barrel, hedgehog and the park’s namesake Organ Pipe, he said. It's illegal to destroy saguaro cacti. So why are they being removed for Trump’s border wall? 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z For all of night-blooming cereus’ gawkiness, is it worth growing for just a few days of glory? Cereus: a cactus that blooms just a few nights a year 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z The air about him was filled with the soft flutter of moths and other honey-seekers; the heavy perfume of a white jasmine came to him, mingled with the sweet odor of the night-blooming cereus. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z We have in the night-blooming cereus a flower that belonged in that epoch of the world's evolution when plants flowered and perfected their seed bearing in the dark. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Plants and flowers, 41, 42. azaleas, 52. camellias, 52. night-blooming cereus, 50. oxeye daisy, 44. peonies, 53. pitcher plant, 43. tulips, 53. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z So the lily-like night-blooming cereus of the Bahamas opens its petals at sunset, and closes them at the break of day. The Story of Malta By comparison, the night-blooming cereus that I saw is easy to accommodate. Cereus: a cactus that blooms just a few nights a year 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z "Also no satisfaction like the minute when the idea comes, like the night-blooming cereus, in the dark." Cinderella Jane The grounds were large and elegant, fountains flashed in the soft moonlight, the night-blooming cereus breathed forth its rare perfume, and masses of cypress and ilex cast deep shadows on the pleached alleys. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs Both of the Derby gardens were worthy of attention, and it is said by those in authority that in the Derby greenhouse the first night-blooming cereus blossomed. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Flowers and climbing vines were everywhere, touched with the rich coloring of poinsettia and bougainvillea—although this very approach of day began to close the fragrant moon-flowers and spelled death to the night-blooming cereus. Wings of the Wind A number of cacti parade under the common name “night-blooming cereus.” Cereus: a cactus that blooms just a few nights a year 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z The night-blooming cereus abounds, opening just at sunset, and closing again at break of day. Due South or Cuba Past and Present There was a little arch covered with the night-blooming cereus, and that evening, when the buds had opened, we went out to see them in the moonlight. Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Cousin Jasper," he said, "didn't I tell you that the gardener wanted you to know that the night-blooming cereus is open just now? The Windy Hill Cereus macdonaldiæ.—A night-blooming cereus, and one of the most beautiful. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture The beautiful night-blooming cereus, of which there are several species, is one of these. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses There are beauties of character which, like the night-blooming cereus, are closed against the glare and turbulence of every-day life, and bloom only in shade and solitude, and beneath the quiet stars.—Tuckerman. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age It flowered out all at once, like the night-blooming cereus. The Young Man and the World You, Mr. Marsh, with your exhaustive inquiries into the habits and manners of Vermont mountaineers, your data won't be complete unless you've seen Nelly Powers' night-blooming cereus in its one hour of glory. The Brimming Cup But the rarest of all the doctor's treasures was the night-blooming cereus. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 No," he smiled, "you're a night-blooming cereus—and so am I. You must remember that in this world the darkness was made for sleep, dawn for waking. Madcap Some of the most common species in cultivation are the phyllocactus species, often called the night-blooming cereus. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Across the lawn, at the far edge, he came upon the hedge of night-blooming cereus. On the Makaloa Mat So the "night-blooming cereus" blossom in the night, only for an hour, giving out its sweet fragrance, and then dies. Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper and Other Stories Two Japanese yard-boys were trimming hibiscus, a third was engaged expertly with the long hedge of night-blooming cereus that was shortly expectant of unfolding in its mysterious night-bloom. On the Makaloa Mat |
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