| 单词 | oleander |
| 例句 | I dug a hole underneath a big oleander. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He recalled every detail—an oleander bush with peach-colored flowers, an adobe wall with paloverde trees draped over it, a fountain tinkling into a copper basin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z No one would ever find me there, either, behind all those roses, and just to make sure I would plant oleanders by the road. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z She rose out of the oleanders, parting them with her hands. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z No stone lions for me, she thought, no oleanders; I have broken the spell of Hill House and somehow come inside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z There were also hollyhocks and oleander bushes with pink and white flowers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps he should have crushed some leaves of oleander, or chopped up nightshade root, and somehow found a way to sneak the poison into Trademaster’s food. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Dropping to the ground, she crouched in a thicket of oleanders planted just under the window. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “She’s hard, that Vandara. She killed her own tyke, they say. Made him eat the oleander, they say. Sat with him and held his head till he et it, though he didn’t want to.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The windows of the classroom were all open, and the fragrance from the oleander bushes outside filled the air, heavy, rich, and warm. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Many a dead body in the village had smelled of oleander or henbane. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They sprinted down the dirt road, Ben taking a commanding lead with every stride, until he heard Sammy trip over a stump and somersault into an oleander bush. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z More plants bloomed along the edge of the pit—hemlock, nightshade, and oleander spreading toward Percy’s feet like a deadly carpet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Inside the oleander square there was nothing, no house, no building, nothing but the straight road going across and ending at the stream. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Ethan maneuvers his truck down the narrow path and we are swallowed up by overgrown oleander, pink and white blooms brushing our windows. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Other tykes have eaten the oleander. It’s a danger, having a poisonous plant grow wild everywhere. They ought to pull it all up, not leave it where the tykes can get at it.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She shifted the goblets into order, squeezing in belladonna just before the goblet containing a lethal dose of oleander. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The ammonia reek of human urine rises from a nearby oleander hedge. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There were paths leading here and there among the lamp-hung oleander trees, but not a sound of life could be heard: no night birds singing, no insects, nothing but Will’s own footsteps. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned around right there, with that oleander framing him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Me mum, she slapped at me when I touched it. Slapped my head around so horrid hard I thought my neck would crack. It’s how I learnt about the oleander.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She laughed and turned to smile good-by at the magic oleanders. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Along the road for perhaps a quarter of a mile she had been passing and admiring a row of splendid tended oleanders, blooming pink and white in a steady row. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z On the other side of the stream, beyond the thick poisonous oleander bushes that were such a danger to tykes, lay the area known as the Fen. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Some annuals, such as geraniums, have a fighting chance, along with perennials such as coleus, hibiscus and oleanders, and even those more accustomed to tropical climates. How to protect your potted plants from winter’s chill 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z There was an episode about a cursed tiki and a tarantula but never about an exchange on a street corner by the oleanders. Motherlode Blog: Negotiating Pettiness and Heartache in the Modern, Blended, Non-Brady Family 2013-12-22T13:51:47Z His ruined villa sprawls over an entire hillside, a maze of burned-out chimneys and wild oleander. T Magazine: Beyond the Sea 2014-03-21T16:23:22Z Imagine long rows of connected limestone columns framed by bushes of oleander — pink and white flowers that are fragrant, delicate and deadly. An Ancient Corner of Italy Finds the World on Its Doorstep 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z You watch the others making their way up the path between the pine trees and oleander bushes. Jon McGregor We Wave And Call 2011-07-22T22:00:49Z I had read years ago that the Roman soldiers who came here in the third century B.C. roasted their meat on oleander branches and unwittingly poisoned themselves. Discovering the Ruins of Italy’s Ionian Coast 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z “I heard about the oleander extract from Mike,” Carson said in an interview. All the president’s ‘Guys’ 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z So much drama in "Boogie Nights" seems to take place around a kidney-shaped swimming pool in the San Fernando Valley, hidden from its neighbors by a hedge of white oleander. 'Inherent Vice' goes for Los Angeles as state of mind rather than destination 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Along these lines, he points out that the red flowers dangling in the scene’s upper-right corner are oleanders, which were well known to be poisonous. Review: ‘Flaming June’ Arrives in New York, Preceded by Its Reputation 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z We walked excitedly down the path, tall oleander bushes lining our way, their pink flowers smelling of bubble gum. Discovering the Ruins of Italy’s Ionian Coast 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z It’s a motley mix of low-rise 50s and 60s apartment buildings, small bungalows covered with ivory, umber or pink stucco, and cafes and souvenir shops brightened during the summer by huge banks of oleander. France’s Chicest Hotel Family Has Come to Languedoc. Is That a Good Thing? 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Athens is an anarchic, overcaffeinated mess of a city, filled with oleander and concrete, jasmine and car exhaust: part Milan and part Karachi, a strange combination of European sophistication and third world chaos. In Athens, Art Blossoms Amid Debt Crisis 2011-10-14T12:10:58Z My companion told me the oleander was beautiful but deadly. Discovering the Ruins of Italy’s Ionian Coast 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z She was not from round here, she was tornfrom fig and oleander, eucalyptus and sea,though she didn't speak with a faraway voice,or make lace with her grandmother's needle. Poetry workshop: Names 2011-07-12T10:04:43Z A jasmine vine perfumes the air as you walk past spiked cacti and creamy oleander, deep-cupped calla lilies and zinnias in flaming red and orange. Artists works show how their gardens grow: The seeds of creativity 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Solo acoustic guitarists play in turns as I inhale the music and heady whiffs of oleanders. Rome’s seven hills offer seven green respites from summer’s crowds 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Lush gardens bloom in the winter, too, with displays of oleander and poinsettia trees. Winter Coastal Escapes 2010-02-17T21:30:00Z Bees buzz, laundry flutters from clotheslines, pink oleander blossoms contrast with whitewashed walls. In Albania, age-old traditions and Mediterranean beaches on the cheap 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Cushing based the clothing and scenery on Ballets Russes costumes, Japanese prints and Whistler’s paintings, among other sources, and the background vegetation includes poppies, oleander and nightshade. This Century-Old Mural Was Rescued From a Whitney’s Stairwell 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z It's more his obsession with words that begin with "O": oleander, oblivion, OK. Henry and Elizabeth 2010-06-16T21:40:00Z No tree, flower or bush is spared by Your Ravenous Majesty, the Goat, except the blooming oleander, whose highly poisonous resin makes it repugnant to animals and enables it to decorate the island’s landscape untouched. Goats Rule on the Island of Anguilla 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Nowadays, in the West at least, they typically symbolize positive emotions — the red-rose passion of romance or the soothing lily-white of condolences — though there are exceptions, like oleander, which is beautiful but highly poisonous. Revisiting the Posy in Our Current Moment 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Oleander leaf scorch, which can infect olives because they are in the same family as oleanders, can cause leaf yellowing and localized defoliation. Why is this tree losing its leaves? Here are some possibilities 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Oleandrin is a poisonous substance found in the leaves of the oleander plant. Prosecutors set to present evidence against Colorado dentist accused of poisoning his wife’s shakes 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Among the potentially murderous or mind-altering flora are datura, oleander, narcissus and pennyroyal. Review | In the galleries: Fiber-based materials yield remarkable art 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The message could be either: “The classical past remains sensuously alive even as it lies in ruins all around us” or “Don’t ever burn the wood of oleander trees!” Perspective | Andrew Lloyd Webber wanted this painting. His grandmother called it junk. A quick survey revealed that until then, the city’s gardeners had relied mainly on three kinds of trees: the palm, the ficus and the oleander, Mudendin recalled. The unlikeliest of sights amid Yemen’s war: Trees sculpted into whimsical forms 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Once the tree has been infected by oleander leaf scorch, leaves begin to yellow and drop. Why is this tree losing its leaves? Here are some possibilities 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z As the coronavirus crisis deepened, Lindell caught flak in August for championing the unproven treatment of oleander after investing in a company that produced a compound from it. MyPillow Guy among the Trump acolytes picking up the torch 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Oleandrin is derived from Nerium oleander, a lovely, flowering Mediterranean shrub that is popular with landscapers and responsible for many cases of accidental poisoning. Drug Pitched to Trump for Covid-19 Comes From a Deadly Plant 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z The Victorians were preoccupied with poetic connections between sleep and death, and it’s telling that Leighton has included, at top right, the branch of an oleander bush, known for its deadly toxicity. Perspective | Andrew Lloyd Webber wanted this painting. His grandmother called it junk. There will also be restrictions on almond, rosemary and oleander shrubs. UK restricts olive tree imports to halt infection 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Leaf yellowing or drooping caused by drought will happen on the whole tree, so seeing these symptoms in isolated branches leads me to suspect oleander leaf scorch. Why is this tree losing its leaves? Here are some possibilities 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z We come to her for dusty palms, pepper trees, eucalyptus, the “soft westerlies off the Pacific,” but also the concrete overpasses, cyclone fencing and deadly oleander. Joan Didion's California captured in sweeping new collection 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z In July 2016, there was an isolated infestation in an oleander plant in a commercial nursery in Saxony, but the disease was declared eradicated after the plant and those around it were destroyed. Deadly olive tree disease spreads to France 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z The little dining room spilled into a courtyard, where oleander and bougainvillea grew in terra-cotta pots and tables were set out under a striped awning. “Cecilia Awakened” 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Last year, he proposed to her in a visitation area at Sumter Correctional Institution, before an oleander tree and a flower garden he planted. Dean McKee freed as 1987 murder conviction is appealed 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z If your tree has oleander leaf scorch, there’s nothing you can do to save it. Why is this tree losing its leaves? Here are some possibilities 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Pink and white oleanders now blossom on some street corners. After a devastating wildfire, a year living in a campground 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Fresh stems quickly pushed through the damaged earth, plants took root, and the branches of the Hibaku-jumoku, the survivor trees, unfurled leaves of weeping willow and oleander from budded stalks. Life after the bomb: exploring the psychogeography of Hiroshima 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z The only plant this moth’s caterpillar offspring will chow down on is oleander, hence its other common name, the oleander moth. Red, White, and Blue Animals for the Fourth of July 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The dog ate a poisonous oleander plant and spent the night in the emergency room. Nats’ Aaron Barrett plans for an amazing comeback to defy his grisly elbow injury 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Left to their natural state, oleanders grow tall and bushy, but they adapt well to pruning and trimming if people cut them correctly, Head said. Galveston-based International Oleander Society turns 50 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z “It’s heartbreaking,” he said, “to see trees dying in such dramatic numbers in famously lush cities like Pasadena, Alhambra and Arcadia: sycamores, all the maples, olives, liquidambers, flower plums, myrtles, oleanders and oaks.” The trees that make Southern California shady and green are dying. Fast. 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Today lush pink and white oleanders line broad avenues, and stately sycamores and ginkgo trees extend their shade to pedestrians wilting in the August heat. National Geographic Archives: Up From Ground Zero 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z The outbreak in the Puglia region was first reported in October 2013, where almond and oleander plants also tested positive for the pathogen. Disease 'major threat' to EU olives 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The contrast with San Francisco exhilarated him: here he walked on coral, not cobblestone, and smelled jasmine and oleander instead of offal and sewage. How Mark Twain became Mark Twain: The amazing story of the lectures that made him a superstar 2014-03-22T20:00:00Z In September, city officials tried to buy an old Dairy Queen property with plans to move the oleander garden to that site. Galveston-based International Oleander Society turns 50 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z There are oleanders and palm trees and hibiscus and solanum. How much has Albania changed? 2013-07-26T23:17:50Z The oleander, with their bright blossoms, are so abundant, almost to the water’s edge, that the Bermudas might be called the “Oleander Isles.” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Many a time in the weeks that followed, Joel slipped away to his favorite spot on the beech, a flat rock half hidden by a clump of oleander bushes. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z The undergrowth is a chaotic mix of weeds as high as basketball hoops and flowering shrubs like lantana, oleander and oxalis. The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to ?Urban Growth? 2012-03-22T13:27:22Z Now, popular dwarf varieties of oleander grow in city medians instead. Galveston-based International Oleander Society turns 50 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Jacquin had seen the lobelia longiflora producing a sense of suffocation; and the nerium oleander in a close chamber, has caused death. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z They nestle among their fig trees shut in by tall aloes, and oleanders, and a drowsy quietness which is intensified by the murmur of running water pervades the rock-walled hollow. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z I hid his clothes in the oleander bushes that fringe the water. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z Before us rose the illuminated pavilions of the Tuileries: the bright lights darting through the oleanders and myrtles on the balcony, showed to advantage the royal party stationed there. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z Along the Interstate 45 corridor, the state also removed and replaced oleanders that blocked traffic or site lines with dwarf oleanders, Fortin said. Galveston-based International Oleander Society turns 50 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z The house itself is a pretty building, on a lawn near the water-side, where oleander and orange plants are placed. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z They have cultivated the stony, impoverished soil till their gardens are thickly foliaged by lemons, oranges, figs, pomegranates, cactuses, oleanders, oaks, olives, apples, pears, and apricots. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z On these heights the air is purer and cooler, and terraces planted with myrtles and oleanders, with pines, fig-trees, and mulberries, alternate with vineyards. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z Part of that wall was built, and fragments of it rise amongst the oleanders and the bushes to this day. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z She may be to the society what the oleander is to Galveston, and two years ago, the society named a park after her, the Betty Head Oleander Garden Park. Galveston-based International Oleander Society turns 50 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Then she stopped a moment, and stood looking out from among the oleanders towards the glittering heave of the Atlantic across the white-walled town. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z The purple grapes were temptingly ripe on the vines, and the oleander blossoms sparkled in the sunshine. Heimatlos Two stories for children, and for those who love children 2012-01-22T03:00:23.673Z The oleander bush and gourd supplied the flowers required for the guests; and as for the feast, no pretence was needed. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z At their feet, a long way below, a stream tumbled and roared amongst the oleanders in the depths of the ravine. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z The esplanade on Broadway used to be wider and large oleanders filled it, Head said. Galveston-based International Oleander Society turns 50 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z The smell of oleanders and heliotrope was heavy in the air, and a cluster of blossoms swayed above Jacinta's shoulder. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z There is also the orange, the lemon, the oleander, the pepper plant, and the palm tree; all p. 189growing side by side with the olive, the oak, and the stone pine. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z A pair of little flycatchers slipped into their roosting place in the oleander bush at the entrance, with complaining chirrups at having been kept up so late by the invasion of the yard. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Instinctively they walked down to that corner on the point of the bluff which overhung the ravine and the white torrent amongst the oleanders in its depths. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z After the 1900 Storm that devastated the island, the Women’s Health Protective Association began a project to replant oleanders on top of the sand used to raise the grade. Galveston-based International Oleander Society turns 50 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z It stood on a terrace of the hillside, quiet, quaint, and cool, with its ancient, bronze-railed balconies, red-tiled roof, and pink-washed walls, but its garden of palms and oleanders was its greatest charm. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z If the oleander had been stricken by drought, or any other mischance had befallen it to cause it to die, the house would have been unbearable to the girl. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z Bats fluttered in the air, following the strong-winged moth that sought the almond-scented blossoms of the oleander. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z The air was still, with just Enough of light to waft at times a faint Sweet oleander scent, and gently float Some loosened petals down. Beyond 2011-11-27T03:00:13.650Z The early members of the society searched for the earliest oleander varieties grown in Galveston among the more than 100 varieties. Galveston-based International Oleander Society turns 50 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Over it hung bronze-railed balconies, and quaint verandas with old carved pillars and rich trellises smothered in purple bougainvilla, while there were oleanders and heavy scented heliotrope in the little square below. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z As it was, the oleander made life possible, even when the children were troublesome, and when her sister and her husband quarrelled. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z The cicalas whirred in the foliage of the oleanders, and a brown owl screamed in its shikarring flight over the roof of the house. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z The launch was now running far out from the shore, which was lined with pretty villas, 24 set here and there in the midst of cocoanut palms and oleander trees. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z "And there will always be the groom, you know," he added, seeing the colour of the oleander blossom suddenly appear. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z And everywhere the white flower of the orange, the oleander, the vine, and tree-high ferns! Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z The garden was Elizabeth's special pride; she loved to keep it an old-fashioned, old-world garden, and had herself planted sweet peas and stocks, and the spiked gillyflower, amongst the lavender bushes and the oleanders. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z An oleander bush with its willow foliage tossed trusses of almond-scented, pink blossom, at the entrance of the yard. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z "I could give you a big oleander, Mrs. Gray," Alice told her, smiling. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z The big stars frosted Heaven; the lagoon was silvered by them; night winds stirred the orange bloom; oleanders exhaled a bewitching perfume. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Water bubbles up everywhere, and moistens the roots of gorgeous oleanders, myrtles, orange trees, cedars, and cypresses—the tallest trees in Spain. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z But he certainly was the Cypriote, the sailor, Carus ... who, shortly before Ilia’s disappearance, had himself disappeared from the crew of the quadrireme ... and whom he had once found with Ilia among the oleanders! The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z An Alpine harebell is as different from an oleander as I am from a natural-born artist. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z First, they wish you to see their gardens, where roses and lilies, oleanders and jessamines fill the air with sweetness. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z Perfume from oleander hedges smote softly the olfactories of Brown; the southern whip-poor-wills' hurried whisper thrilled the darkness with a deeper mystery. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z “That last night?” he asked.—“When we said good-bye under the oleanders?” The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z The curtain is drawn aside, displaying the stage, set with orange and myrtle trees in jars, and a big flowering oleander. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z But everybody that has any sense knows that an oleander would freeze and starve to death if you planted it up near a glacier. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z On the north the hills rise gradually from the shore, which is fringed with oleander bushes and indented with small bays. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z After all, oleanders and tobacco are natural — and also deadly. Myths: Busted - Clearing Up the Misunderstandings about Organic Farming 2011-08-15T12:45:12.733Z Here the oleander, covered with clusters of bloom, grows to the height of twenty feet and more. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z A certain farmhouse, with cypresses at the terrace corner and a great oleander over the wall, was also Italy before it became my home for several years. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z The sun was dipping behind the cordillera, but its red light beat into his eyes, and at first he could see only a row of crimson oleanders stretching away before him. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z Judy took her letters to a green bench in the diminutive court behind the apartment which passed for garden, with its one oleander tree and pots of geraniums. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z There he is on that oleander, and there's his mate still busy with her household duties, carrying straw for her nest. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z Bignonias, oleanders, and other blooming plants abound in the flower-plots about the city, besides many flowering vines which are strangers to us, half orchids, half creepers. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Very few herbaceous flowers—the faithful, friendly, cheerful zinnias, for instance—can continue blooming, and the oleander, become more brilliantly rose-colour with every additional week's drought, triumph over empty beds. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z Then she saw him pause by some oleanders, and draw a revolver from his pocket and place it at his ear. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Juffrouw du Plessis and her two daughters were sitting in their garden behind the oleander hedge, through an opening in which they could look out over the lovely expanse of Table Bay. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z "Do you remember in the moonlight where you walked along the hedge of white hibiscus and oleander—that night you said good-bye to Tressa in the South?" The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z On these pages are exquisite pencilled outlines of cyclamen, of a crocus, of oleander flowers, of a bramble branch, of sprays of bay and of plants of the agaves. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Then we ask him if he would just as lief bring in the oleander after supper. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z The wind brought the branches of the nearest oleanders against the frail walls, and the play of lightning had become continuous. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z Some of these not only have beautiful flower-beds, but likewise palms, cacti, oleanders, azaleas, and other tropical plants. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z A great white drift of bloom lay almost waist deep between them; the fragrance of oleander, too, was heavy in the room. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z Forming a background to this remarkable work of art are the public gardens of La Glorietta, with their oleander groves and towering palm trees. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Fragments of old china lurk in the discovered spaces underneath the denuded lilac bushes, and out by the oleander tub a cruel cat is worrying a large and discouraged rat. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z He threw open a glass door, exposing an oleander avenue. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z "Strange climate this: the roses are coming out first and the oleanders are again blossoming, and all the mountains of Styria around us are covered with snow." Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Cleves and Recklow, shoulder to shoulder, paced the moonlit path along the hedges of oleander and hibiscus which divided garden from jungle. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z This patio, or court, was surrounded by clustering columns of the most graceful proportions; while in the centre of it orange-trees and broad-leaved bananas, the oleander and the myrtle, bordered a fountain of exquisite design. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z That oleander tub reminds me of an ordeal that is ushered in with every change of season. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z The bunk beds were along one wall and our bed was along the opposite wall, with the foot of it near the east window that overlooked Featherbren's new lawn and his row of oleanders. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Armstrong watched Emory’s hasty departure and Helen’s slow return to the house from his unintentional place of concealment behind the oleanders, where his footsteps had been arrested by the sound of voices. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z The odor of the orange-flower and the oleander load the air, and, except my vagabonds under the window, there is not an element of the picture devoid of interest and beauty. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z The river bank where we rode was clothed with oleander, prickly pear, and other flowering shrubs which I could not name. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z We tell him the oleander will be blighted by the frost, and he pays no heed. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z There stately the oleanders grow, And one long gray wall is aglow With golden oranges burning between Their dark stiff leaves of sombre green. Hospital Sketches 2011-02-16T03:00:37.920Z Swinton took a deep draft of the perfumed air that drifted lazily from pink-cheeked oleander and jasmine; then he cursed, for a brackish taint of hookah killed in his nostrils the sweet perfume. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z As in a dream she saw the carpeted steps over which her dress rustled, the tall oleander trees standing in the hall, the faces of the servants bowing as she went by. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z Down at the river-bed great oleanders were spreading their sheets of bloom, like the rhododendrons in our climate, but they were too distant to form a feature in the prospect. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Next we take to tears, and declare that we love that oleander as one of the family, and it breaks our heart to see it perish for want of care. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Then, suddenly, the Bacchante, bending back her head with its dark locks, made him dream of devouring caresses in a wood of oleanders, in the midst of a storm, to the confused accompaniment of tabours. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Gardens flamed with poinsettias and roses, and a shaded grove of mango and India trees at the end of the lawn, was edged with moon flowerets and oleanders. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z An oleander blossomed profusely by the side, and tropical creepers of wonderful beauty festooned the posts and balconies with their hanging verdure and their trumpet-shaped flower-bells. The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z The blooming oleanders and hydrangeas were a delight to the eye. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open "Having written the letters of the mantra, let him strike them with oleander flowers, "Each enumerated with a letter. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy To-day these deliciously cool areas which lie within the palace are planted with orange-trees, tall scarlet verbenas, pink oleanders, hibiscus, rosebushes, and honeysuckles. The Story of Malta Its front was gay with pink oleanders in green tubs and the yard spotted with annual encampments of geraniums and marigolds. The Valiants of Virginia The oleander hedge Swayed to the line of gums with leaves on edge. Provocations "I knew we should like this," Michael said to Stella, as they leaned against tubs of rosy oleanders on a lizard-streaked wall, and watched some great white oxen go smoothly by. Sinister Street, vol. 1 He was just crossing the threshold when a well-known voice struck his ear, proceeding from the corner where the little wine cask lay, covered up by green oleander bushes. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II Another pace forward and he turned sharply to the left, parted a tangle of oleanders, and looked out upon the broad space in front of the house. The Firebrand In one of the most sequestered nooks of Sorrento, almost escarped out of the rocky cliff, and half hid in the foliage of orange and oleander trees, stood the little villa of the Princess Sabloukoff. The Fortunes Of Glencore Along the paths oleanders were set out in unpainted wooden tubs and the rose bushes had gone so long untrimmed that they were now of great size and covered with tiny white and yellow flowers. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines During tea-time they would sit with their mother beneath an almond tree, while beyond in sunlit air vibrant with the glad cicadas butterflies wantoned with the oleanders, or upon the wall preened their slow fans. Sinister Street, vol. 1 A land steam, a cold cake, a received egg check, an oleander. Geography and Plays It just missed El Sarria and kindled to dusky purple a blossom of oleander that touched his cheek as he stooped. The Firebrand A stray white sail or so was to be seen, but there was barely wind to shake the olive leaves, and waft the odors of the orange and the oleander. The Fortunes Of Glencore Its fine Courthouse, its beautiful new schoolhouse, its pretty homes, its residence streets with their rows of blooming oleanders, pink and white, make it an attractive town. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Higher it spread, obscuring the masses of oleander, and arbutus, and poinsettia in the gardens, and the sepia tints of the rocks above. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Had you stayed but as long as the bee pauses on an oleander blossom, you would have heard— Nita.—Buzzing, signior? The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life The Scot followed down a flight of steps, beneath blossoming oleander bushes, and found himself presently upon a narrow terrace-walk, divided from a neighbouring garden by a lattice of green-painted wood. The Firebrand She stepped out in the big darsena with a sigh of pleasure, and walked across the lawn, stopping to put a spray of white oleander in her belt. Shadows of Flames A Novel The dark-leaved laurel, the oleander, the cactus and the magnolia cluster around each rugged rocky eminence, and hang in graceful drapery over the glassy water. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) The day was warm and bright, and the mulatto women with baskets of cakes, figs, pomegranates, bananas, crape myrtles and oleanders, filled the air with their musical negro cries as they vended their wares. A Daughter of the Union One day she came to the riding-school with her eyes like stars and her cheeks like the oleanders in your sitting-room. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Not since he had left the oleanders and jasmines of New Orleans had he smelled such delicious odours as those of sea-girdled Havre. Fairfax and His Pride They had passed Pallanza, and were running near enough the shore to see the ghostly loveliness of white roses and oleanders pouring above the walls of villa gardens. Shadows of Flames A Novel The roadway was lined with trees that seemed like magnolias, oranges, and oleanders. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar The laurel and arbutus, and even the oleander, were there, gracefully blending a varied foliage, and contrasting in their luxuriant liberty so pleasantly with the dull uniformity outside. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance 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 You should smell the jasmine and the oleanders of New Orleans. Fairfax and His Pride There was a bowl of white oleander—the Marchesa's favourite flower—in the centre. Shadows of Flames A Novel Here have become acclimatized, and grow in the open air, such plants as magnolias, oleanders, tulip trees, bignonias, myrtles, camellias, mimosas and many tender fruit-trees. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Through the flowery grass and amongst the thick oleanders flowed a clear brook. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) Though the villa gardens were wholly neglected, they were still rich in flowers which wanted no care, lilies, lavender, old-fashioned roses, oleanders red and white, and magnolia-trees. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June But Francis had long been peeping between the leaves after a handsome female, who sate at the end of the green-house under a blooming oleander, and seemed to be reading diligently in an old manuscript. Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians She gave Sophy a little nosegay of white oleander and stephanotis, and kissed her cheek in greeting. Shadows of Flames A Novel They rose, leaving the Botanical Gardens, the spotted orchids and air plants and oleanders, for the Quinta. The Bright Shawl The oleander stood beside the door-step in the rough front yard, where common flowers and flourishing weeds made about an even mixture. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 Her horse was fastened in a thicket of oleanders, whose flowers and leaves formed a screen such as Cupid himself might have planted. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 At length Rasselwitz appeared with the gardener, who hung a large mirror-lamp of Venetian glass upon a branch of the oleander, and again retired. Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians At the foot of the priestly trees two oleanders in full bloom spread their pinky skirts, like court ladies kneeling in perfumed humility before stern spiritual directors. Shadows of Flames A Novel Through windows deep set in adobe casement and flush with the street, you catch glimpses of inner patios where oleanders and roses are still in bloom. Through Our Unknown Southwest And the door was closed, and the garden empty, and the clothes-line gone, the oleander gone. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 Tall mulberry trees, umbrageous planes, and ash trees glance down upon thickets and hedges of blossoming myrtles, oleanders, and the aguus cactus. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century At this hour, however, the little gardens and splendid oleanders lay hot and deserted in the dusty afternoon. Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 The Key West oleander is not a plant, nor a shrub; it is a tree. Campaigning in Cuba The banquet hoard and oleanders have been removed, every trace of the funeral has been carefully obliterated. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Evidently some ancestral field or garden of lauriers or oleanders gave the descriptive title which in time, as was common, became the sole family name. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time An oleander, the only one of your seeds that prospered in this climate, grows there; and the name is now some week or ten 82 days applied and published. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) Masses of oleander, of great beauty, with their red blossoms, fringed the river, and tracked out its course into the distance. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century But as the American parted a clump of oleanders and laden rosebushes that hid the little lake, he stopped, his eyes wide on something just beyond. The Missourian A banquet board in the form of a horseshoe, the sides of which run to the rear and are hidden by the oleanders. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature A little further on, and what is this with large pink flowers in such abundance?—the oleander in full flower. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 Beautiful trees of every description, olive and orange trees, oleanders, and others, grew to the very base of the mountain, and sent up a delicious perfume. Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia It was laden with the scents of exotic, flowering trees; he recognized the smooth, heavy odor of oleanders and the clearer sweetness of orange blossoms. Wild Oranges The room gave upon a broad sunlit terrace with a balustrading of yellowish stone, on which there stood great oleanders. The Passionate Friends The fire now and then casts a red light upon the oleanders, which separate the space surrounding the fireplace from the background. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature This has frequently happened when freshly cut branches of cherry, yew, oleander, and other plants have been thrown where dairy cattle could get at them. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle The river, that by means of innumerable drains waters almost all these gardens, falls into a deep ravine, bordered on both sides by white and black poplars, osiers, flowering oleanders, and other leafy trees. Pepita Ximenez Nothing could be close by but scattered huts and such wreckage as that looming palely above the oleanders. Wild Oranges There is a terrace in front of it where lilies and oleanders grow and roses riot over an old stone wall, and the air is rich with the scent of them. East of the Shadows I’ve broke my back for years luggin’ round your old oleander in a tub, but never will I tackle one of them trees,” and he looked up defiantly into the glossy boughs overhead. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife You never saw such oleanders in your life. Love and Lucy Beside a very lowly mud cabin was a tall oleander, branches and leaves hidden in gorgeous bloom, imparting a cheerful, joyous aspect even amid all this squalor and poverty. Aztec Land He was suddenly conscious of the odorous pressure of the flowering trees, of the orange blossoms and the oleanders. Wild Oranges Slender stems of oleander Cast their prim array of shadows On the primly close-cropped greensward. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays Think of my little scraggly geraniums and oleanders and cactuses I’ve carried round in my hands all winter and been proud on. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife Tia Luz had lit the lamp in the sala, and the light streamed across the patio where the night moths fluttered about the white oleanders. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Sweet peas, camellias, poppies, and pansies abound, while oleanders grow to the height of elm trees, and are covered with a profusion of scarlet and white flowers. Aztec Land The bay was ablaze with sunlight, the morning well advanced, when the ketch floated back to her anchorage under the oleanders. Wild Oranges At the top of one hill you would discover an old house with red tiled roof and a garden full of roses, geraniums, mimosa, Jasmine and oleanders. Getting to know Spain And then think of geranium and oleander trees just as common as our maples and loaded with flowers. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife It was a charming little house, with beautiful trees—oleander, orange, and fig—growing all around the spacious court. The Masked Bridal They had gone only a short distance, when they met six shepherds, all dressed in black sheepskins and with crowns of bitter oleander and cypress on their heads. The Story of Don Quixote The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders. Wild Oranges They knew the habits of caterpillars, and especially they had knowledge about the wonderful silver chrysalis which pins itself to the pointed leaves of the oleander. Lotus Buds She had a ball of pink oleander flowers in her hands and white flowers in her hair. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India We cross a dozen murmuring watercourses embowered in the dark, glistening foliage of the oleanders glowing with great soft flames of rosy bloom. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit Bessie Rathbun's cheeks were about the color of an oleander blossom, her small red mouth was about the color of a cranberry, and her two wide-open eyes about the color of her slippers. Harper's Young People, October 12, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The path zigzagged down through the olive trees between thin chortling glitter of irrigation ditches that occasionally widened into green pools, reed-fringed, froggy, about which bristled scrub oleanders. Rosinante to the Road Again Then we have oleanders, crimson and pink and white, and little young hibiscus trees, crimson and rose and cream. Lotus Buds It had orange trees and oleanders in big green tubs, but no grass nor flowers. The Manor House School We cross it by the double arch of a dilapidated Saracen bridge, looking down upon thickets of oleander, willow, tamarisk and woodbine. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit On every side outspread the fatal flood of the rose-red oleanders, unbroken except toward the north-west. In the Morning of Time Not without a feeling of regret I left my little room among the white myrtle blossoms and the oleander flowers. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 The barge is covered with crimson trappings, and hundreds of wreaths of white oleander hang curtain-wise round what is within—the god and goddess decked with jewels and smothered in flowers. Lotus Buds We find rows of lemon-trees on the Corso; and the cactus, or Indian fig, flourishes in the environs,—the bright oleander thriving in the open air. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Parched oleanders in pots one would pass, and old balconies with wilting flowers hanging down over the stone, and perhaps an umbrella with a little silver handle, set out to dry. Tatterdemalion Nothing anywhere about them but the endless gray stems and pallid slim leaves of the oleander, with their rose-red roof of blossom. In the Morning of Time Near them was a small “motte” of the Nerium oleander, a shrub about twelve feet high, loaded with beautiful blossoms. The Giraffe Hunters And the baker’s boy, who was now the baker’s young man, came by with the standard bread and saw some one crying among the oleanders, and went to say, ‘Cheer up!’ to whoever it was. The Magic World To the list of shrubs which most struck us, I may also add the brilliant flowering oleander, and the tamarisk. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. The villa itself is of a delicate salmon color, and the garden close to the lake is gay with many flowers, petunias and pink and white oleanders being most in evidence. In Château Land She went to the window and looked out over wet green lawns with hedges and oleanders. Juggernaut Near them was a grove of oleander bushes, loaded with beautiful blossoms. The Giraffe Hunters So when she stood up, out there among the oleanders, some one on the terrace cried, ‘There she is!’ and instantly a flight of winged arrows crossed the garden. The Magic World Ah, shall I see thee, while a flush Of startled pleasure floods thy brow, Quick through the oleanders brush, And clap thy hands, and cry: 'Tis thou! Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold I had barely time to throw myself flat on my face behind a clump of oleanders. Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant Huge pink and white oleanders, planted in tubs, stood on either side the walks. Nine Little Goslings Dolly's heart beat and her breath came quick as she passed through the little garden, sweet with roses and oleander and orange blossoms. The End of a Coil He walks smilingly and pensively among the olive-trees of the Academia, plucking a rose here and an oleander there; but for the rest, the solemn wizardries of Nature are regarded with an urbane contempt. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations The more I reflected as I stood beneath the great oleander, the more puzzled did I become. The Stretton Street Affair Here and there the ground was covered with flowers of richest shades and sweetest fragrance, and great branches with clustering blossoms of crimson oleander and myrtle lay around. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Dr. Pouloux has made a study of the hydro-alcoholic extract of oleander and reports that it exerts a marked effect on the heart of frogs and rabbits, arresting them in systole. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines The spring was surrounded by oleanders, which at this time of the year in Palestine are robed in their richest bloom. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History As we sauntered on, we came by-and-by upon a well which was hidden from sight by a cluster of oleander trees. Chinese Folk-Lore Tales With the bright moon shining across the huge oleander beneath which I had again taken cover, I listened intently. The Stretton Street Affair No, no; I will tame those dark eyes to look into mine, and train those crimson, oleander lips to bear me rich kisses of love. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Island of scented orange-groves, of waving palms, of dark dwarf pines—black shapes in many a cloud of green—of the rose, the camellia, the oleander, the passion-flower. As We Sweep Through The Deep When the sun rose over the hills, water was again trickling from the stream behind the dwelling of Hadassah; the oleanders were not yet dead, they would bloom into beauty again. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History Many other plants are also known to produce cutaneous irritation in certain subjects; among these may be mentioned the nettle, primrose, cowhage, smartweed, balm of Gilead, oleander, and rue. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Then Manuel, not to be outdone, wove a garland of pink oleander, and she threw it about her throat and sang on. The Pretty Sister Of José 1889 I will raise this crimson oleander to my lips, and greet him with a smile. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus The palm-trees are at their best, and along the road leading down to the bathing place one walks under the shadow of oleanders in full and fragrant blossom. Faces and Places On the eve of that day of sore trial, the spring behind the dwelling had quite dried up: not a single drop gushed forth from the hill to revive the fading oleanders. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History Firs and stunted oaks, brushwood, oleanders or rhododendrons, and other shrubs are thick wherever they can hold, and form no inconsiderable obstacle—two to four feet high—to anyone's passage. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula "It is all yours, senor," he said, with a gesture including the little house and all the grape-vines and orange blossoms and oleanders. The Pretty Sister Of José 1889 He saw the oleander and the myrtle both entwined upon her bosom, and this he understood not. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Before he allus put me in mind o' one o' them oleander slips that you used to cut off an' hang ag'in' the house in a bottle o' water so 's they 'd root. The Uncalled A Novel The terrace was delightful, with geraniums and oleanders in large pots, and a beautiful view over the sea. A Patriotic Schoolgirl So genial is the climate, that myrtles, magnolias, oleanders, and aloes grow in profusion, and fill the air with their fragrance. A Yacht Voyage Round England Dama Ecciva broke off some oleander blossoms and flung them at the royal birds with teasing motion, watching them contentedly as, one by one, they floated away with ruffled plumage and sounds of protest. The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Nika did not respond, but restlessly plucked the petals of a lovely oleander, and as she flung them to the floor murmured: 'Thus would I pluck her life—her life, and end it in nothingness.' Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus On either side grew oleander, acacia, laurel, paw-paw, and many flowering shrubs; while in the distance, against the sky, I could see a tall tree scathed by lightning, and leafless. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting Nor must the passion-flower be forgotten—and against its mystic darkness set the china pink clusters of the oleander. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Nerium oleander.—This is a well-known plant, often seen in cultivation, and seemingly a favorite with many. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Her mother had hydrangeas and an oleander; but they were put in the end of the stable for winter. A Little Girl of Long Ago I will see thee at the Temple service: an oleander in thy bosom, I come to thee; a myrtle flower, thou comest to me. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus There were some points of resemblance between Mrs. Budlong and the oleander in the green tub beside which she was sitting. The Dude Wrangler The loveliness of the oleander blossoms and the sunset over the garden made a harmony with her dream. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette Here are two beautiful lines from the Grecian Ode:— 'Those sinuous streams that blushing wander Through labyrinthine oleander.' The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 And I am tired of staying on this old sand-bar: it just makes me sick to smell the oleanders. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Yellow iris stud the ground, and crimson and white oleander grow between. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus The oleanders are coming out and geraniums in all cottage windows, and golden corn like Etruscan jewelry over all the fields. Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston To Bakuma there was no joy in the prospect of the sight of her old home; the bitter taste of the oleander was in her mouth as she trudged despondently with downcast head. Witch-Doctors Passed through a defile, on issuing from which we observed a little stream with oleander, in pink blossom, thirty feet high, and in great abundance. Byeways in Palestine It was forlorn enough, though it was a pretty place, all overgrown with oleanders and cape-jessamines. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 The only indigenous tree upon the islands, I believe, is the cedar; the oleander, which now grows everywhere, having been introduced by Mr. Tucker. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner Mind! take care! you are crushing these little oleanders—and now the strawberry plants—the whole heap. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Quickly he slipped through the windows and crouched under the shadow of a big oleander. The Daffodil Mystery The copious stream was much choked near its source, which rises from the ground, by a thick growth of reeds, oleanders in blossom, and gigantic peppermint with strong smell. Byeways in Palestine The perfume of mimosa and roses and oleander came to him in long waves, subtle and yet invigorating. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo The ocean to our left lay at the bottom of a fifty-foot rocky cliff; to the right was a thick line of oleander trees, heavy with bloom. The White Invaders In the depth, is a river meandering among fragrant oleanders; on the left, the valley is intersected by a range of distant mountains; on the right is a beautiful bay of the Mediterranean. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 The awning was up; there was strong sun and pleasant wind: from hidden gardens they smelled the oleanders. The Lovely Lady Such a harmony of ruddy tints, from the darkest buds of the oleander, through gradations on the rocks, to the most delicate pink, was truly a feast of nature for the eyes. Byeways in Palestine They found a table on the terrace in a retired corner, surrounded with flowering cactus plants and drooping mimosa, and overhung by a giant oleander tree. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo Ahead of us, to the right within the line of oleanders, the glowing white figure of an apparition was visible. The White Invaders A silence followed during which Constance studied the lake; when she turned back, she found Tony arranging a spray of oleander that had dropped from her belt in the band of his hat. Jerry Junior A silence followed, during which Constance studied the lake; when she turned back, she found Tony arranging a spray of oleander that had dropped from her belt in the band of his hat. Jerry Flowering oleander and fruit trees imparted liveliness to the scene outside, our several parties in variegated costumes adding not a little to the same. Byeways in Palestine Some of them were on the second story and some were on the third, but all had French windows opening onto long verandas on which were placed large pots of geraniums or oleanders. The Jolliest School of All There was a rustling; the shadowed oleanders parted and figures leaped upon us! The White Invaders Her eye fell first upon the crowd, and she was disposed to close it again; but in the act she caught sight of the Signorina Americana dressed in white, smiling above a bouquet of oleanders. Jerry Junior Her eye fell first upon the crowd, and she was disposed to close it again; but in the act she caught sight of the Signorina Americana dressed in white, smiling above a bouquet of oleanders. Jerry All the streams are fringed with oleander; and, in the extreme heat of the day, the horses enjoyed not only their drinking, but their wading through the rolling water. Byeways in Palestine The frequent fissures of this defile were filled with rich woods of oleander and shrubs of every shade of green, from which rose acacia, and other trees unknown to Tancred. Tancred Or, The New Crusade There was a fine array of poppies, larkspurs, phlox and snapdragons; the oleander in its green tub was all a-bloom, and there were six newly opened buds on the rose-bush. Little Maid Marian Tony dropped his paper and sprang to his feet, his face assuming a shade of pink only less vivid than the oleanders. Jerry Junior Tony dropped his paper and sprang to his feet, his face, assuming a shade of pink only less vivid than the oleanders. Jerry As we proceeded, there were several other streams issuing from the hills, some of them falling in pretty cascades into thickets of oleander below. Byeways in Palestine From a defile in the mountains issued a stream, which wound about in the plain, its waters almost hid, but its course beautifully indicated by the undulating shrubbery of oleanders, fig-trees, and willows. Tancred Or, The New Crusade The gardener plucked many flowers for them, so that they returned to Vallanza with armfuls of roses, lilies, oleanders, and jessamine. The Lady Paramount He saw a gentleman descend, a gentleman clothed as for a wedding, in a frock coat and a white waistcoat, in shining hat and pearl gray gloves and a boutonnière of oleander. Jerry Junior He saw a gentleman descend, a gentleman clothed as for a wedding, in a frock coat and a white waistcoat, in shining hat and pearl grey gloves and a boutonnière of oleander. Jerry We were soon again upon sandstone cliffs, but wildly broken, and descending into lower ground with its juniper and oleander. Byeways in Palestine In the morning the hawks, or a visit to some green valley, which was blessed with a stream and beds of oleander, and groves of acacia or sycamore. Tancred Or, The New Crusade And everywhere that they can find a footing, oleanders grow, the big double red ones, great trees of them, such wonder-worlds of colour, such fountains of perfume. The Lady Paramount The only flowers were three oleanders in tubs, and these partook of the general tidiness. The Story of the Big Front Door Constance turned to the visitor, and swept him with an appreciative glance, her eye lingering a second on the oleander in his buttonhole. Jerry Then, after a long rest, he left the friendly oleanders, and struck out with brave strokes for the coveted object. Raftmates A Story of the Great River Billy did not get into much mischief during the remainder of the day, except chewing up the dish-rags which were hung on the lilac bush to dry, and all the flowers off the oleander. Billy Whiskers The Autobiography of a Goat Then as the sun sank, the crags burned deeper with scarlet blushes as of blood, and with passionate bloom as of pomegranate or oleander flowers. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series They seemed to be running away from Helen, for a second after they had vanished behind Mrs. Ford's oleanders she came around the house. The Story of the Big Front Door A thin little stream threaded the ravine, and on its banks grew clumps of the tamarisk, the oleander, and the thuya, making an oasis grateful to the eyes. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World When Winn reached the oleanders he was considerably below the raft, and of course nearly twice as far from the canoe as when he started. Raftmates A Story of the Great River The stream overhung with trees and bordered with oleanders and shrubs of which I have forgotten the names, and crossed by old arches still; and around, the desolate tokens of what once was. Daisy in the Field She released his arm and sank down on a marble seat behind the flowering oleanders. The Danger Mark The gardens will grow anything, and plots of land are divided by oleander hedges of many colours.” We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys Then, on a level with my eye, is one mass of pink and green—brilliant verbenas, petimas, roses and oleanders seem really to glow in the morning light. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 The sun burned a pink into the blossoms of the oleander hedges, and the wind blew life into the swaying branches of the pepper-trees, but neither seemed to make her any better. The Story of Dago There are hollows, in little known recesses of the mountains, of a terribly beautiful character, and the sides of the brooks, which are covered with oleanders, are indescribably lovely. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 The beautiful oleander, magnificent rose and sweet-scented geranium, here united their fragrance, while the scarlet verbenum and brilliant heliotrope added beauty to the scene. Tempest and Sunshine Bowers of olive and oleander deck the base of the hills whose sides yield abundant harvest. A Life of St. John for the Young She beheld a lovely avenue formed of orange trees and red and white oleanders trimmed to a perfect archway. A Little Florida Lady Lancelot's watering-can had diffused its final shower, and the oleanders and pomegranates, grateful for the refreshing coolness, were giving out their most delicious odors. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax We were delighted with the flush of beautiful flowering, from the oleander bushes in the central court, and the vine-hung alleys in the garden behind. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 425 Volume 17, New Series, February 21, 1852 Beyond the bridge they passed across a lower level, jungle clad with delicate bamboos and dhak, and sweet-scented shrubs, and clusters of gorgeous oleanders. Caste Her gardens were stately with oleanders and pomegranates, brilliant with jonquils and hyacinths, myrtle and gardenia. Literary Hearthstones of Dixie Far away below you lies Rapallo in the crook of the bay among the oleanders and vines. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition The late oleanders smelt very sweet; the moon was so full that one could distinguish the peculiar greyish-pink of the blossoms. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Briggs's father had thrust this stick into the ground at that spot, and said to Domenico's father, who was then the gardener, "Here we will have an oleander." The Enchanted April The one who came last night is in the next room and you must take her out through the bathroom door, for there is cover of the crotons and oleanders, and then to the road. Caste No mortal artist could have planned that mysteriously beautiful profusion of flowers—lily and violet, rose and oleander, palm-tree and passion-vine, and the olive branches and orange blossoms interlacing in the moon-light above them. Beth Woodburn Pietrasanta is set at the foot of the Hills of Paradise, littered with marble, planted with figs and oleanders, full of the sun. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition A marble nymph, with broken arm, looked sadly that way from her sun-dried fountain; some roses were blooming still, some red oleanders, amid the ruin. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe Briggs was listening with a patience she thought rather nice, seeing that it was his oleander and his own father's story. The Enchanted April From the cover of an oleander a slight girlish form rose up and came to the door saying, "It is Bootea, Sahib; do not be angry,—there is something to be said." Caste Throughout nearly its whole course it is fringed by thickets of cane and oleander, while above, its banks are clothed with forests of oak. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Toward evening, after dinner, as they sat on the terrace of the villa, in the shade of oleanders and laurels, Muzio began to narrate his adventures. A Reckless Character And Other Stories Sometimes we stopped at the little yellow towns and saw quite closely their queer old defences and belfrys and clock towers, and guessed at the pomegranates and oleanders behind their high courtyard walls. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') And Briggs's father left the stick in the ground as a reminder to Domenico's father, and presently—how long afterwards nobody remembered—the stick began to sprout, and it was an oleander. The Enchanted April "Now we will go back," Nana Sahib was saying as the French General brought Elizabeth from among the oleanders and crotons. Caste Here the Mediterranean birds sang with poignant sweetness while the new-budded limbs of the oleanders tilted suddenly under their weight as they circled from covert to covert. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem At back, double doors, wide open, disclose a brilliantly lit conservatory and hall with palms and oleanders in bloom. The Man from Home He had a weakness for being able to 'see out,' if it was only the corner of a barren 'compound' and a few dusty oleanders. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Later as he passed through the gardens, a white oleander blossom fell, and he picked it up and drew it through his coat. The Firing Line All your little Rose asks is the right to an occasional Wednesday matinée when business droops like a sick oleander. A Hoosier Chronicle As for Pretoria itself, it is a pretty and well-wooded little place, with pink and white oleander trees in blossom, fir-trees, gums, and weeping-willows along the streams and round the little bungalow houses. With Rimington Some of the trees in the forest close by are very fine, especially the camphor-wood, and the great red, purple, and copper-coloured oleanders, which grow in clumps twenty and thirty feet in height. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months It was in Limasol, a pleasant place overlooking the sea and the ships, a square white house set deep in myrtle woods and oleanders. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay He listened; the perfume of the oleanders enveloped him; high under the stars the fronds of a royal palm hung motionless. The Firing Line Once they had sat enfolded in each other's arms under a flowering oleander. Sister Teresa About midnight, at the Camp of the Zouaves, a humble post on the road embankment, overlooking a dry valley whence rose the feverish perfume of oleander, we changed horses. Atlantida The wide front gates stood open, the big-eyed poplars beamed above the oleanders and the myrtle, while the thrushes and the redwings twittered and caroled their greetings from on high. Sandy In the front yard are young orange, olive and fig trees, with two splendid oleanders fifteen feet high, one on each side the door. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 They went together in a double chair, spinning noiselessly over the shell road which wound through oleander and hibiscus hedges. The Firing Line The third sat in the shallop's stern, and as it glided from us, thrice waved oleanders. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Each had a scrap of garden clinging to it along the lake-side, in which the green of the magnolias contrasted with the grey aspens and the warmer oleanders. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 The villa nestled on the hillside below him in a terraced garden of oleander and magnolias, very pretty to the eye. Clementina He dares not walk abroad without a bodyguard, and cannon are concealed among the oleanders that surround his house. The White Morning The resting eye broods o'er the running grass, Or nodding gestures of the bowed wild oats; Watches the oleander lancers pass, And the bright flashing of the oriole notes. The California Birthday Book You have the oleander and cactus around your feet, while the snow-peaks high above your head are rose-colored morning and evening by a southern sun. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 The other day, on the island of San Lazaro, at the Armenian Convent, where Lord Byron used to go, I thought of you, seeing the garden full of immense oleanders in full bloom. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II There were two large oleanders in tubs at the foot of the front steps. People Like That Sometimes a letter, written and addressed with laborious carefulness, had followed her to remote foreign stations, and brought pleasant memories of dewy heather and fragrant birches as she read it among waving oleanders and palms. Geordie's Tryst A Tale of Scottish Life The carob tree, white poplar, a thorn bush, and the oleander are found in some localities. A Trip Abroad Wild oleanders bloomed every where by the roadside. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy The oleanders in the big green tubs looked wilted though abundantly watered that morning. The Mettle of the Pasture I loved thee, Atthis, in the long ago, When the great oleanders were in flower In the broad herded meadows full of sun. Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics Enrica stood by with downcast eyes—a spray of pink oleander swaying from the terrace-wall in the light breeze above her head, for background. The Italians In a room which opens out into the oleander bushes, the trickling fountains, and the sandstone cupids of that garden, the first four acts ripened during four weeks of work. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Orange and lemon trees dipped their golden fruit into the crystal flood; while at the sides flower-beds, filled with fragrant roses, balsams, oleanders, etc., extended to the stairs leading to the reception-room. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy Along the pavement were set huge green boxes, in which white oleanders grew, and flaming pomegranates, and crepe myrtle thickly roofed with pink. The Mettle of the Pasture Sleep thou in the bosom Of the tender comrade, While the living water Whispers in the well-run, And the oleanders 5 Glimmer in the moonlight. Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics And he wore in his hat a sprig of crimson oleander. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections The rather large oval basin was surrounded with carefully kept orange-trees, interspersed with laurels and oleanders; a smooth gravel walk upon which an arbor opened ran around the fountain. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes He struggled in a hemorrhage for a moment, and then crossed over to the waiting figures among the oleanders. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories Again, the Moors ascribe great magical efficacy to what they call "the sultan of the oleander," which is a stalk of oleander with a cluster of four pairs of leaves springing from it. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul The ponds are all decorated with fresh-cut grass, laurel leaves, and cypress branches, myrtle and oleander, many roses and wild flowers. A Tramp's Sketches Were it not for the flowering oleanders and hibiscus in front and the silvery gleam of temple domes beyond, one might suppose oneself near the banks of Father Thames. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil "Are the old oleanders in the garden yet?" asked Mrs. Laudersdale. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Then something came over him, for he sat up rigid, pointing out his hand at the empty space, and muttered, 'There stands—mother—now—under—the—oleanders. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories The sun was intensely hot, but there was the shade of walnut-trees, of which I took advantage, although it is said to be poisonous, like that of the oleander. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Upon this, one evening, she buried the box of trinkets at the foot of the oleanders, and disappeared the next, and no trace of her was found. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Pomegranates and oleanders grew in the valley, wild vines twined themselves round the shrubs and trees, and larches covered the slopes of the hills. A Woman's Journey Round the World Surrounded by pomegranate trees, magnificent oleanders, cocoa-nut trees with their large fruit some thirty feet from the ground, the aloe and innumerable, and to me strange, tropical plants, I could scarcely believe it was December…. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II But she knew that he loved the path between the pink walls of oleander, and preferred to come by it, though it was longer. The Port of Adventure A tall oleander hedge curved along the club drive. Joe Burke's Last Stand A little further on, and what is this with large pink flowers in such abundance?—the oleander in full flower! Heroes of the Telegraph It had an open space in front of the building, just like one of the courtyards, with pink and white oleanders all over the place. Two Years in the Forbidden City Poinsettias and oleanders were blazing in coverts, and there was a paradise of tinted water-lilies in the slacker reaches. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies "Here's Nick—Mr. Hilliard," Harp announced, nodding his gray head in the direction of the oleander path, to which Carmen's back was turned as she stood. The Port of Adventure A little further on, and what is this with large pink flowers in such abundance? - the oleander in full flower. Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin She leaned her head out of the window to catch a glimpse of the oleanders on Bayou Road, when her attention was caught by a conversation in the car. The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories An oleander, the only one of your seeds that prospered in this climate, grows there; and the name is now some week or ten days applied and published. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 The child had been well trained somewhere, for there was a cracked dish full of oleander blossom on the drawers'-head, and the pillow-slips on the bed were as clean as I could wish. Prester John There is a row of geraniums along the front of the stage and a big oleander on the side. The University of Hard Knocks One or two half-savage herdsmen in sheepskin kilts, &c., ask for cigars; partridges whirr up on either side of us; pigeons coo and nightingales sing amongst the blooming oleander. Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin When her work in the kitchen was all done, she went out to cover the oleanders against frost, and to take a last look at her chickens. The Song of the Lark But very early in the day she saw the father hurrying up the oleander avenue. Remember the Alamo Here, along the parapet, were stationed half a dozen shapeless fragments of sculpture, with a couple of meagre orange-trees in terra-cotta tubs, and an oleander that never flowered. Roderick Hudson They hid Jim on the stage back of the oleander commencement night. The University of Hard Knocks She and Felix have something pleasanter to talk about, out under the oaks, or back in the shadow of the oleanders. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories This morning Thea saw to her delight that the two oleander trees, one white and one red, had been brought up from their winter quarters in the cellar. The Song of the Lark This avenue was hedged on each side with oleanders, and they met in a light, waving arch above her head. Remember the Alamo They spent a couple of days on the Lake of Como, at a hotel with white porticoes smothered in oleander and myrtle, and the terrace-steps leading down to little boats with striped awnings. Roderick Hudson They hung it on the wall near where the oleander stood that night. The University of Hard Knocks The olive twigs glisten in the rays: the flowers of the pomegranate and oleander are only veiled as with bluish mist in their scarlet and rose. Hauntings There is hardly a German family in the most arid parts of Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, but has its oleander trees. The Song of the Lark At eleven o'clock, to lessen her stiffening of joints, she walked twice the circumference of the fenced-in inclosure, finally sitting again, this time beneath a gaunt oleander that was heavy with bud. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Before one of the private houses a rheumatic-looking oleander was in the supremest moment of its full bloom. Star-Dust When I came home, tardily, that afternoon, the picnickers had not returned, though the oleanders and crape-myrtles on the grounds next ours cast shadows three times their length across our lawn. Strong Hearts While there are many named varieties of the oleander, but two are often seen in general cultivation. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Pomegranates and oleanders are in full bloom here and there, and the general aspect is bright and cheerful. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" She moved about the loggia, now looking down the road, now gathering a bunch of rose-pink oleanders for her white dress. Eleanor In the garden the great bunches of grapes hung gold against the trellises, and the red flowers of the oleander glistened in the sunbeams. Rico and Wiseli There were white and pink oleanders before the door, geraniums in the window, testifying to the fact that winter this year, at all events, had not yet begun. The Roof of France In the evening after dinner as they sat on the terrace of the villa in the shade of the oleanders and laurels, Muzzio began to relate his adventures. Dream Tales and Prose Poems A fixed determination to stare at the oleanders below seemed the only spirit animating this parent. Three Weeks And in front of them, springing from a pot on the loggia, the straggly stem and rosy bunches of an oleander. Eleanor At the bottom of the valley flows a little stream that supplied the inhabitants with water, and irrigates wild fig-trees and pink-flowered oleanders. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Pink and white oleanders bloom before every door; the quince, the mulberry, the peach, ripen in every garden. The Roof of France At the base of the fan runs the Aliso, without haste, bordered on either bank by oleanders growing like rushes. The Isle of Unrest The lovers woke early, and had their breakfast on the loggia overlooking the oleander garden. Three Weeks He gathered a spray of oleander that grew near him, and laid it on her hand, like a caress. Eleanor The banks are thickly clothed with the oleander and plane-tree, the wild olive and almond, and many flowering-shrubs of great variety and elegance. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time In front of the pleasant Hôtel de Luxembourg are fountains and gardens, bright with oleanders and pomegranates; and the town is open and airy, but the heat is very oppressive. The Roof of France The subtle scent of flowering bushes filled the air with a cool, soft flavour, almost to be tasted on the lips, of arbutus, myrtle, cistus, oleander, tamarisk, and a score of flowering heaths. The Isle of Unrest The Residency is a fine large building in an advanced stage of decomposition; the glorious vegetation around it—cotton-trees, caoutchouc-figs, and magnificent oleanders—making the pile look grimmer and grislier. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I The garden was now a desolation, save for a tangle of oleanders and myrtle in its midst. Eleanor About nine o'clock fireworks were ignited by the king's own hand,—a very beautiful display, representing, among other graceful forms, a variety of shrubbery, which gradually blossomed with roses, dahlias, oleanders, and other flowers. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Not for Mr. Simon P. Rattray did the oleanders blossom in the big green tubs and the wall-flowers and mignonette in the windows. Crowded Out! and Other Sketches Two dusty oleanders planted in half casks stood beside the doorway. L'Assommoir On either side of the door stood tall oleanders in small casks, their leaves covered thick with dust. L'Assommoir At this gateway, however—through which appeared a courtyard aglow with oleanders and murmurous with running water—they were received with some state. Eleanor Wide tracts of waving corn and avenues of oleanders screened from view the distant city, with its pagodas and palaces. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Clumps of oleanders showed pink showers of blossoms. The Woman with the Fan He often dreamed that Amparito had changed into the red-flowered oleander of the wild palace garden, and in every flower of the oleander he used to see Amparito's red lips and white teeth. Cæsar or Nothing Presently three more workmen entered together, and finally a crowd of blouses passed in between the dusty oleanders. L'Assommoir The grapes were hanging in clusters in the streets, and the brilliant oleander was in full bloom everywhere. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 I could squeeze along two years without the gladiola and the oleander in the large tub. Remarks He lurks among the reeds, beside the marsh, Red oleanders twisted in His hair, His eyes are haggard and His lips are harsh, Upon His breast the bones show gaunt and bare. India's Love Lyrics What enchanted Laura was the wild garden at Don Calixto's house, with its pomegranates and laurels, its tower above the river, full of climbing plants and oleanders. Cæsar or Nothing But on some days full of the faint smell of oleanders, when the wind was wilful among complaining palm leaves, I would stand before you wondering if you ever had been a stranger to me. The Fugitive The lake shone clear, and its banks were green; the oleanders were in blossom, the lilies had sprung up in the pleasant season when the earth rejoices. Historical Miniatures If I should give my little boy a new hatchet and he should cut down my beautiful oleander, I would give him a bicycle and a brass band and a gold-headed cane. Remarks Sense wiles are comparable to the evergreen oleander, fragrant with its multicolored flowers: every part of the plant is poisonous. Autobiography of a Yogi Along the mountain stream that slipped silverly away in the valley below, there were oleanders in bloom, such as we had left in Bermuda the April before. Familiar Spanish Travels In grazing, camels brought from India sometimes are poisoned by eating the oleander bush and other plants which the native camel avoids. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute The real plant of oleander standing in the window enriches the whole group of lines very happily. The Two Paths I descended the stairs with the oleander this morning, though the oleander got there a little more previously than I did. Remarks The oleander, juniper and some few other plants have ternate whorls as a specific character. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation It was a charming spot, the banks above and below being overhung with oleander, white rose, honeysuckle and clematis. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain Then he crept out of the oleanders and walked along the river-bank in no haste, masking his face with a fold of his toga. Caesar Dies Olympia seated herself at the piano, and, slipping out, as he supposed, unseen, Jack strolled off into the fragrant alleys of oleander and laurel. The Iron Game A Tale of the War Parties desiring a good, secondhand oleander tub, with castors on it, will do well to give us a call before going elsewhere. Remarks A hundred or more yards along the latter there was a copse of oleander and luxuriant filbert bushes over-ridden by fig trees. The Prince of India — Volume 02 The plain is now roseate with blooming oleanders, but almost entirely uncultivated. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain She was dressed in a very common black holuku, with a red bandana round her throat, round which she wore a lé of immense oleanders, as well as round her hair, which was cut short. The Hawaiian Archipelago It was nearly six o'clock when the carriage entered a solemn aisle of pines ending in a labyrinth of oleanders and the tropic-like plants of the South. The Iron Game A Tale of the War I do not know which I dislike most, foreign usurpation or the oleander. Remarks We had the additional fun here of catching fish in the river with a hook and line attached to a stick cut from an oleander bush. Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns Our way was overhung with hedges of pomegranate, myrtle, oleander, and white rose, in blossom, and occasionally with quince, fig, and carob trees, laced together with grape vines in fragrant bloom. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain She had a large retinue, and her female attendants all wore leis of oleander. The Hawaiian Archipelago H. bows her head and rolls the bread-twist into little pellets: G. stares at the oleanders. Soldiers Three She invokes the shell as the cradle of Aphrodite, hears in its murmurs the song of the sea nymphs, the humming of bees amid the oleander's aeolian whispers, and the soft confessions of a mermaid. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Snowy oleanders, yellow asters, and purple phlox crowded together in a space no larger than Miss Hazy's front yard. Lovey Mary Farewell to the glare of the white crags, the tawny wastes of dead sand, the valleys of oleander, the hills of myrtle and spices! The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain The moon at its zenith sheds its light over the thicket of laurel and oleanders, and floods a Doric temple on the left. A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music There were oleanders, with their heady southern perfume; there were pomegranate-blossoms, like knots of scarlet crepe; there were white carnations, sweet-peas, heliotrope, mignonette; there were endless roses. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box I pointed, and seeing himself observed a man stepped out of the shadow of some oleanders. The Eye of Zeitoon But presently, through the faint fragrance of oleanders, other sounds began to penetrate,—the strains of the waltz to which they had danced only the night before. Their Mariposa Legend; a romance of Santa Catalina Here and there, clear, swift rivulets came down from Lebanon, coursing their way between thickets of blooming oleanders. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain "You have an orange grove, back yonder, haven't you?" he asked, abruptly, nodding toward a landward stretch of ground shut off from the lawn by a thickset hedge of oleander. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story The skies were never more beautiful that May, the blossoms of the oleanders and the almond trees never more lovely. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women There was something suggestive in his choice of lurking place, for every part of the oleander plant is dangerously poisonous; it was as if he had hidden himself among the hairs of death. The Eye of Zeitoon In two irregularly shaped triangular galleries adjoining, Shodo Hirata maintains the standard of the first gallery, not to forget, either, Toyen Oka with his oleander bush and the cat on the picturesque fence. The Galleries of the Exposition They are barren and stony, with a white, chalky soil; but the valleys were filled with myrtle, oleander, and lauristinus in bloom, and lavender grew in great profusion on the hill-sides. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain Not without a feeling of regret I left my little room among the white myrtle blossoms and the rosy oleander flowers with the almond smell. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Rico tacks his card to garden walls splashed with the cool shadows of rose-pink oleanders dropping their blossoms into white and green ripples, melting into blue. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women In Sacramento they feature it more and an Easterner who saw them picking it in branches instead of single flowers, exclaimed: "Why, they think they're oleanders." Vignettes of San Francisco Edging the mound there were wild aloes and the wild oleander. In the Wilderness Hero, when the corpse of her lover was cast ashore by the waves, buried him under an oleander bush, where she was accustomed to sit daily, and lament over his untimely fate. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain In the garden, rose-bushes, myrtles, oleanders, and camellias grew with a rank and untrained luxuriance, and all were matted together with vines of honeysuckle and clematis. Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida All the way from Milan as far as Verona, and beyond, there have been nothing but blossoms,—masses of blossoms,—oleander, peach, and almond. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Branches of oleander swung in the air, devout cries hailed the approach of the Black Madonna's canopy, and hoarse voices swelled to a roar the measured litanies of the friars. The Valley of Decision The small boy replied with a smile almost as sturdy as his legs, which he now permitted to convey him with decisive firmness through the wild aloes and oleanders to the summit of the tumulus. In the Wilderness The flowers of the oleander gave out a delicate, almond-like fragrance, and grew in such dense clusters as frequently to hide the foliage. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain |
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