| 单词 | palmetto |
| 例句 | The Japanese were snaking through the low palmettos toward the last few marines on Wake Island. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Now, the whole family joined the dance, leaping, screaming, and racing past parked cars and the weird shadows cast by palmettos. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On the window, a palmetto bug looked like it was trying to decide if it wanted to snoop around the dirty streets or stay put. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z They were riding down a street lined with sharply spined palmetto trees. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The arriving students were milling about, some roaming at random, some in clusters, but as I approached, there seemed to be a distinct clearing around the palmetto. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Surrounding the walls was a ditch filled with those prickly palmetto palms that had sliced them when they ran from Nathan’s house. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Her beige apron with the green palmetto trees was around her waist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Inside, the apartment was filled with smoke that smelled like an acrid palmetto brushfire. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Mama sent Doc off to find her some saw palmetto to make tea. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Mama’s saw palmetto was in there, along with catgrass and mint leaves. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We crossed lines in sand drawn through palmetto scrub, lines down the middle of highways, soup-kitchen lines, lines of worry, souls lined up awaiting the burning tongue of salvation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I scooted away from it because palmetto bugs looked like mutant roaches, and even though they didn’t bite, they were still freakishly big. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Soon, they were creeping down an infrequently traveled dirt road lined with palmettos and mossy live oaks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She mouthed a few words I couldn’t hear, then threw a rose made of woven palmetto leaves into the water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The graveyard faced east, all the stones and markers laid out in a fan shape bordered with saw palmetto and evergreen trees. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Stands of palmettos and live oaks met the car as the road ribboned out straight in its last sprint to the barrier islands. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Early that morning, Mama wove palmetto leaves into roses for us to wear at the funeral. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They hurried across the field, past the sharp edges of the palmetto palms, and deep into the darkness of the woods. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought Mama her favorite apron, the one with the palmetto trees on it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The ocean breeze swept away the muggy heat of the summer afternoon, and it was pleasantly cool under the shade of the palmetto trees. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I was about to give up and go back for Ricky when I spied a narrow corridor of freshly stomped palmettos not far away. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Circling above the palmetto trees were two large eagles. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I’d seen both Doc and Mama weave strips of palmetto leaves and sea grasses into baskets and other shapes: flowers, crosses, and such. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We walk around the back of the building and find four locked steel doors and nothing but ranch land, patches of palmettos dotting an expanse of gold-green grass. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z In the courtyard a couple cooing on the bench beneath the palmetto saw us coming and bolted, so that’s where we sat. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Joe noted the scant dozen of shame faced houses scattered in the sand and palmetto roots and said, “God, they call this a town? Why, ’tain’t nothing but a raw place in de woods.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Florida, with its wild palm scrub, its palmetto bugs, its hills of fire ants and heaps of molehills, permeates the art that people create. Florida Women Are No Joke. I Should Know. 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z He was mad about flowers and tropical shrubs and plants, palm trees, palmettos and hardwoods, birds and butterflies. An Urban Painter’s Fantastic Floral Visions 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z During the day, she shapes topiary and rinses fungicide residue from palmettos so they can be passed off as organic. In Nell Zink’s ‘Avalon,’ a Young Woman Is Too Busy for Revenge 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z The line showcases Southern icons such as palmetto trees and julep cups. Father's Day Gift Guide 2010-06-14T17:36:00Z Another rising star: Fletcher Williams III, whose work uses palmetto roses to explore black entrepreneurship and ingenuity, he said. America’s Art Scenes Off the Beaten Track 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Native azalea, in its final blush, peeked out near great patches of dwarf palmettos. Among the Majestic Trees in Congaree, Slipping Into Silence 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z From the blast site, a field of palmettos stretches nearby. In Florida, Solemn Shadows of the Early Underground Railroad 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Lush palmetto trees frame the front door and a vaulted ceiling greets you on entry. What $300,000 Buys In Homes Across America 2010-09-24T17:35:00Z Undergrad summers were spent tending to hives in the orange groves and palmettos of Florida, in the sunflowers of North Dakota, in the snowberry-covered mountains of Washington and in the almond trees of California. | Wild Blossom Meads 2011-01-06T14:00:24Z On a humid afternoon in June 1954, my parents married in a whitewashed Methodist church in my mother’s hometown in rural south Georgia, rosette windows and palmettos framing the front doors. Review | Amor Towles’s ‘The Lincoln Highway’ is a long and winding road through the hopes and failures of mid-century America 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Reservations for the eight rustic loft cabins that nestle in the palmettos on the bay side are about as hard to get as Super Bowl tickets. Undiscovered Beaches 2011-06-01T13:20:03.727Z The tiny cottages — painted colorful hues and surrounded by lush palmettos, banana plants, hibiscus and sprawling live oak trees — are largely clustered in the blocks west of the boardwalk and main downtown area. Savoring the old-school charm of Carolina Beach, one of North Carolina’s oldest beach towns 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z This pumpkin celebrates South Carolina by copying the palmetto tree and crescent moon seen on the state flag. Halloween Pumpkins 2010-09-17T16:13:00Z The street was lined with palmetto trees—pronounced pal-metto, not palm-etto, she told me—and alongside the house was a pristine white cottage to which she gave me the key. My Friend Dorothea Benton Frank 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z There were flying palmetto bugs eating the ants, and a lizard eating the palmetto bugs. Rachel Feinstein Unveils the Darker Side of Fantasyland 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Enormous palmetto bugs lived under her bed, scurrying into the open after she doused the lights. If travel plans go wrong, can you get a vacation do-over? 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Instead of the promised homes, they were made to sleep on dirt in small huts fashioned from palmetto and brush. Abraham Lincoln’s disastrous effort to get Black people to leave the U.S. 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z A palmetto tree and crescent moon — emblems of South Carolina — hang from a chain around her neck. Perspective | Nikki Haley’s blurry presidential ambition 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z My patients often ask me about two popular oral supplements: Nutrafol, which contains saw palmetto, and Viviscal, which contains a compound of marine extracts and polysaccharides. Advice | Ask a Doctor: What treatments work for women with thinning hair? 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z In the middle of the 20th century, this flat peninsula was a swampy, mosquito-infested spit of mangrove and palmetto scrubland inhabited by a handful of cattle ranchers. After Hurricane Ian, a low-lying Florida city starts to rebuild. Should it? 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Between visits to my mother’s family in South Carolina and weaving hats from palmetto fronds at day camp, summer slipped by too fast. Opinion | This is already a summer I’d like to forget 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Lahiri's only big mistake was a tee shot into a palmetto bush on the par-3 eighth, forcing him to take a drop near the concession area that led to double bogey. Cameron Smith wins The Players with big putts and gutsy shot 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Lahiri’s only big mistake was a tee shot into a palmetto bush on the par-3 eighth, forcing him to take a drop near the concession area that led to double bogey. Cameron Smith wins The Players with big putts and gutsy shot 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z He was in under the edge of a palmetto bush right of the 12th fairway, with no option but to go sideways to the fairway. Players Championship gets 4 hours of play and Monday finish 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z He hit his drive on the 12th into the base of a palmetto bush, leaving no shot except sideways if he could even get a club on the ball. More delays at Players Championship as Monday finish looms 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Webb Simpson one-putted his last seven greens, five of them for birdie, one for bogey on the 18th after hitting his tee shot into a palmetto bush. Rory McIlroy part of 3-way tie for lead in the Bahamas 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z “I grew up in Miami, where I developed a deep fear of palmetto bugs and cockroaches,” Wynn said. Cicadas, snakes, mice — phobias of insects and other things can shrink people’s lives 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z A Senate committee chose a more symmetrical palmetto tree over a more natural look. Open carry, hate crime bills clear deadline in SC Statehouse 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z The public revolted, especially at the palmetto tree that was far from robust. Palmetto pride: South Carolina state flag sparks debate 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The public revolted, especially at the palmetto tree that was far from robust. Palmetto pride: South Carolina state flag sparks debate 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z All night the palmetto sky Was seized with the aurora And alchemy of the remarkable. Poem: A New Day Dawns 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Her work included a study of palmettos near her home at 71 Rutledge Ave. and possibly field research on the Isle of Palms. Editorial Roundup: South Carolina 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z But a proposed redesign of the beloved palmetto tree on the flag hasn’t exactly made hearts swell with state pride. South Carolinians Mock Redesigned Palmetto Tree on Proposed State Flag 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z And the palmetto tree honored the material that soldiers used to hastily construct a fort. Palmetto pride: South Carolina state flag sparks debate 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z And the palmetto tree honored the material that soldiers used to hastily construct a fort. Palmetto pride: South Carolina state flag sparks debate 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The state previously used a design that depicted a palmetto tree and a crescent moon, and the historians wished to honor the state’s heritage by adopting a variation of it. South Carolina debuts new state flag and the public hates it 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Apparently, her tree sketch resulted in a more sparse looking palmetto than many favor, and as a result of that feedback, Mr. Malyreck and others plan to return to the drawing board for more tweaks. Editorial Roundup: South Carolina 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z The palmetto is a revered symbol of the defeat of the British fleet at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island. South Carolinians Mock Redesigned Palmetto Tree on Proposed State Flag 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z An oak hammock is filled with saw palmetto in Florida. Our favorite photos from 2020: how Guardian US saw the year 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z But when the distributor Baker worked with took note of saw palmetto’s demand in Europe during the 1990s, they pivoted. The strange, booming market of Florida's palmetto berries 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Alexander, a Haitian immigrant who uses a French spelling of the family’s surname, went missing after going to pick palmetto berries Monday, officials said. Sheriff: Missing dad of Bengals player found safe in Florida 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z “As of yet, I would not confidentially try to grow palmetto palms native to the tropical southeastern United States outside in New York,” Mr. Forrest said. Sultry Nights and Magnolia Trees: New York City Is Now Subtropical 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z The fort was built of palmetto logs, which absorbed the impact of cannon balls, according to the State Legislature’s website. South Carolinians Mock Redesigned Palmetto Tree on Proposed State Flag 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z Instead, the group unfurled the official state flag, with its iconic palmetto tree and white crescent. Competing groups stage Confederate flag events at SC capitol 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Mockingbirds announce the first signs of light as Elbin Sales Pérez disappears into a tightly knit maze of saw palmetto, a creeping, palm like shrub that blankets Florida. The strange, booming market of Florida's palmetto berries 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Kizzire was so nervous on the opening tee shot at the Honda Classic that he hooked it into a palmetto bush and had to go back to the tee. Kizzire’s tour education includes a tough round with Woods 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z In the past, shrimpers and their families would spend days decorating their boats with hundreds of ribbons, palmetto fronds, papier-mâché sculptures, plywood crosses and painted signs honoring Catholic saints. Old shrimping tradition fades on Louisiana’s troubled coast 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z But Mr. Emerson said that Ms. Jervey’s sketch proved difficult to translate into a palmetto tree “that looks similar to what people are used to.” South Carolinians Mock Redesigned Palmetto Tree on Proposed State Flag 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z Fifteen years later, the South Carolina Palmetto - or, technically, the Sabal palmetto - was made the official tree. Official ‘picnic cuisine’ among dozens of S Carolina symbols 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Unlike the area’s more prominent crops that grow on farms, palmetto berries grow in flatwoods or prairies set deep in the heart of the state. The strange, booming market of Florida's palmetto berries 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Luckily for her, palmetto bugs generally don’t bite, and if they do, their bites aren’t harmful. A cockroach crawled into a Florida woman’s ear. It took nine days to get it out. 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z They’re the collective sounds of primal anguish after reading a Florida woman’s account of waking up with a palmetto bug in her ear. Florida woman’s gruesome roach-in-ear tale goes viral 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Others said it looked like one of the palmettos battered by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. South Carolinians Mock Redesigned Palmetto Tree on Proposed State Flag 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z “They’re actually running a business,” said Hill, who favors the palmetto honey, which she puts in her tea and her grandson’s oatmeal. Teen entrepreneurs find sweet success in honey business 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Throughout the south-east, saw palmetto formed a central staple for many Indigenous tribes and punctuated the records of colonial explorers through the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. The strange, booming market of Florida's palmetto berries 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z “We don’t have anything that says ‘Oh, hey, that represents Nebraska,’” said Mr. Harr, who cited South Carolina’s iconic palmetto tree and crescent as a successful state flag. Nebraska’s Flag Lacks Pizazz. The Hard Part Is Changing It. 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z He pushed his approach to the 18th so far to the right that it caromed off hospitality tents and bounced off a cart path into a palmetto bush. Golf Capsules 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z “It’s hard to come up with a quintessential palmetto tree that everyone will be in favor of.” South Carolinians Mock Redesigned Palmetto Tree on Proposed State Flag 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z To this day, she wears a silver necklace with an image of the palmetto tree, symbol of her state. Nikki Haley provides strong voice for Trump's foreign policy 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z But not until 1877 was saw palmetto introduced to the medical field. The strange, booming market of Florida's palmetto berries 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Their outdoor sign welcomed hunters and advertised a bacon palmetto burger. America’s Most Political Food 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z His is almost like a novelette, of course, with these words engraved by the image of a palmetto tree and crescent: “My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call.” Pat Conroy’s grave another chapter in storied life 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z The proposed redesign was bound to stir up passions in South Carolina, given the popularity of the palmetto, the official state tree, on clothing, beach towels and other goods, Mr. Malyerck said. South Carolinians Mock Redesigned Palmetto Tree on Proposed State Flag 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z One of the more important shots he hit Friday was with his putter - in a palmetto bush, 125 yards from the green. No games: Bryan tied for lead at Honda Classic 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z It has a Confederate battle flag on the plug of the hitch hole, a Confederate flag license plate holder and a Confederate flag-themed sticker of the South Carolina palmetto. Road Trip to Trump’s Inauguration: In a Hurry to Get There 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Minoxidil boosts the two-step treatment protocol from Scalp Med, which also includes herbs like saw palmetto, the uva-ursi leaf, pygeum tree bark extract and zinc. Eight beauty mistakes women make that can lead to thinning hair or hair loss 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Torrential rains and gusty winds have bent trees and sent broken palmetto fronds skipping along streets in Charleston’s historic district as the western edge of the eyewall of Hurricane Matthew spins past the city. The Latest: Days before vehicles back on Beaufort islands 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z But the panel acknowledged that “perhaps the most difficult task that the committee has faced in its work has been the adoption of an appropriate and historic palmetto to appear on the flag.” South Carolinians Mock Redesigned Palmetto Tree on Proposed State Flag 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z Currently it’s a simple sign with a palmetto tree saying “Welcome to Sullivans Island.” Sign of the Times? Ongoing debate over sign on sea island 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The spongy palmetto logs in the fort helped absorb the impact of British shells and the palmetto is now on the state flag. Carolina Day events mark patriot Revolutionary War victory 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z They pulled back the leaves of palmetto bushes and small trees. In Florida's Everglades, hundreds of snake hunters aim to bag pythons 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Rosewood burning Where Rosewood once stood is now little more than a rural scrubland along state road 24, a lonely highway in central Florida bordered by swamp, slash pine and palmetto. Rosewood massacre a harrowing tale of racism and the road toward reparations 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Men wore loincloths of palmetto, women skirts of Spanish moss. Parkland to show secrets of lost Tequesta 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z If they develop, will those palmettoes be preserved? Workers accused of illegally harvesting palmetto berries 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z More than 90 percent of the supplements contained saw palmetto. Men's Health Supplements Don't Benefit Prostate Cancer Patients: Study 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Or what it’s like to climb a palmetto tree. What Happens to People Who Die Alone? 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z It is different from the South Carolina state flag, which features a white crescent moon and palmetto tree against a field of indigo. These 5 states still use Confederate symbols in their flags 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Even as state officials lowered the U.S. flag and the state’s palmetto flag atop the capitol dome to half-staff in honor of the victims, the Stars and Bars remained at full height. S.C. governor: Confederate flag should be moved 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z This is how Polk County Public Defender Bob Young, whose office is now representing more than a dozen migrant workers accused of illegally harvesting palmetto berries, describes the situation. Workers accused of illegally harvesting palmetto berries 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Some neighborhoods are suburban sanctuaries filled with palmetto trees, late-model cars and spotless restaurants. South Carolina Police Shooting Seen as Crime-Fighting Gone Awry 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Some Ginkgo and saw palmetto products contained garlic whereas some garlic products contained no garlic at all. Cease-And-Desist Orders Hit Walmart, Walgreens And Others For Herbal Supplement Sales 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Finney, 83 and frail, arrived in court on the arm of his son, wearing a rep tie adorned with the palmetto and crescent design on the state flag. South Carolina Court Clears ‘Friendship Nine’ in 1961 Sit-In 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Suburbs colonized the former swamplands beyond the Miami airport, the orange and palmetto groves east of Tampa, and the farmland near Fort Myers. The Education of Jeb Bush 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z A short, scrubby palm, the saw palmetto gets its name from the fan-shaped, saw-tooth edged leaves. Workers accused of illegally harvesting palmetto berries 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Nestled in the marshy South Carolina coastline, it has ancient live oaks and twisting palmettos, cascading Spanish moss and views of the Coosaw River and the Atlantic beyond. Mark Sanford’s Path of Most Resistance 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Taking a penalty drop would leave him in a palmetto bush, so he opted to go back to the tee. Garrigus Lead Down to 1 Shot at Innisbrook 2014-03-16T00:29:51Z For their study, he and his colleagues looked at data from one of the clinical trials that tested saw palmetto for BPH. Saw palmetto seems safe in men with urinary problems 2012-10-19T19:11:43Z Barry said some men might still want to try saw palmetto, even if all they're getting is a placebo effect, where just the expectation of feeling better yields some improvement. Saw palmetto no better than placebo in men with BPH 2012-05-25T17:41:11Z In Florida, it is commonly referred to as the palmetto bug. City Room: Answers From Gary Braness: How Do I Deal With Pests? 2012-05-25T17:10:46Z At the entrance of the Charleston harbor a fort had been constructed of the palmetto tree, which resembles cork in its looks and action. The Little Washingtons' Travels 2012-04-26T02:00:23.713Z On the rocky slope beyond is a thick growth of palmettos, the dwarf palms whose inner stems the natives eat and from whose dried fronds baskets are made. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z There's also little known about whether saw palmetto might interact with any medications a man might be taking. Saw palmetto seems safe in men with urinary problems 2012-10-19T19:11:43Z Between these nomad colonies lies the bled, the immense waste of fallow land and palmetto desert: an earth as void of life as the sky above it of clouds. In Morocco 2012-03-05T03:00:11.463Z Others, again, have the carriage-road bordered by noble rows of cocoa-nuts or palmettos, whose long graceful branches bend to the breeze, which makes pleasing melody as it sighs among them. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z The defenses of the island were constructed primarily of palmetto logs. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z The other knee held down his thighs, and while he lay there incapable of defence, Hassan bound his arms tightly together with the cord of palmetto fibres. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Researchers found that urinary symptoms tended to improve, on average - but the benefit was no greater with saw palmetto than with the placebo. Saw palmetto seems safe in men with urinary problems 2012-10-19T19:11:43Z On the mountains are extensive forests of pine and a species of oak; and in various parts occur the locust, ironwood, cypress or Bermuda cedar, palmetto and many kinds of palms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Of the leaves of the cocoa-nut and palmetto they also made baskets; while the fibres were twisted into ropes. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z Figure 231 The silver palmetto tree identifies this as a South Carolina plate. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z With his hands he continually tested a cord twisted from palmetto fibres, as though doubtful of its strength. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Then, of course, there's the other question of whether there's any benefit to gain from using saw palmetto. Saw palmetto seems safe in men with urinary problems 2012-10-19T19:11:43Z On creeping forward to my marks, however, I could at first see nothing—only a few palmetto bushes some distance down the slope. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z It was like a tiny oasis, with a sand wall on one side of it, and a mass of palmettoes, oak trees and cocoanut palms encircling it on the other three sides. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z Figure 235 The palm tree, standing alone, although sometimes mistaken for the palmetto of South Carolina, is representative of the State of Florida. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z From the first to the second gate there was considerable territory converted at that time into gardens, and pasture land, and covered with palmettos. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Below, a small fountain splashed in a marble basin surrounded by palmettos, and a creeper covered a trellis with trails of dusky purple. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Here every little thicket or clump of brushwood holds some of the birds that have been driven forward, and even on the barest ground some have found refuge behind a tuft of grass or palmetto. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z They lugged the tent back among the trees to the low shell mound, where in the centre of a ring of pines and evergreen oaks his open-faced shack stood, thatched with palmetto fans. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Figure 204 Somewhat larger than many plates of the period, this brass specimen carries the South Carolina palmetto device. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z Beyond the beach was a calcareous desert, with a scrub of palmetto and evergreen, and patches of flowering coreopsis and blue squills. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z They went out to a seat on the veranda, which looked across a row of dusty palmettos and a strip of arid lawn that the glistening showers from the sprinklers could not keep green. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Crossing the Guadalete by the ford of Barca Florida, our route led through leagues of lovely park-like land—here straggling natural woods or ferny glades, anon opening out upon stretches of heath and palmetto. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Listening, she could hear the soft stirring of palmetto fronds in the forests; the celestial song of a little bird that sat on a sparkle-berry bush, its delicate long-curved bill tilted skyward. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Upon lawns of velvet smoothness rose wonderful trees,—the palm, towering into feathery crests; the lemon, drooping a grateful shade of snowy blossoms; and the palmetto,—all interlaced by climbing plants. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z The adult butterflies are lovers of the sun and are said to roost at night upon the tops of live oak and palmetto trees. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Our hats, made of palmetto and rye straw, were becoming and pretty without lace, tips, or flowers. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z “The swamps, and the trees with the marksmen hidden behind them; the river, and the palmettos; the swift rush of the soldiers through the trees, and then the crash of arms, and victory!” Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z From where she stood she could see a cove—merely a tiny crescent of sand edged by a thin blade of cobalt water, and curtained by the palmetto forest. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z We had reached the Battery, a beautiful spot with fine live-oaks and palmettos. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z Most of the British shot buried themselves in the palmetto logs and banks of sand from behind which Moultrie's men poured a fire which wrought havoc on the crowded decks. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z We even made palmetto jewelry of exquisite designs, intermingled with our hair, that we might keep even with the boys who wore “palmetto cockades.” The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z A large cockroach dropped from the palmetto ceiling, and scurried away, almost over his face; but he heeded it not. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z There was nothing whatever in sight except beach-grapes and scrubby tufts of palmetto, and flocks of grey, long-legged, long-billed birds running to avoid her. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z The palmettos were, as is their way, rustling and waving their leaves like ladies of olden times in swishing silks using their fans as practiced flirts. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z An entrance was formed by the arching palmetto, that classic tree, under whose branches Dudon the crusader was placed, when slain in Palestine. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z For in the cypress swamp the bloated grey death was awake and watching under the moon; and in the scrub palmetto the diamond-dotted death moved lithely. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z As they passed between the palmetto huts the forbidding inhabitants raised their heads to stare for a moment, then dropped them stolidly again. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Straight ahead of her, perhaps half a mile distant, stood a whitewashed bungalow under a cluster of palms and palmettos. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z But don't these palmetto trees have a strange swishy sound? Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z A velvet pall, revealing in silver lines the arms of the state, the palmetto, covered the sarcophagus. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Hammock, set with pine and palmetto, and intervals of evil-looking swamp, flanked the course. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z There seemed no end to the palmetto huts, not only filling a large open space but straggling into the surrounding foliage—the whole not devoid of a certain picturesqueness, but utterly, unqualifiedly, savage. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The moon glimmered on the Halifax; the palmettos sighed in the chilly sea-wind; the still, night air was scented with orange bloom and the odour of the sea. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Two large palmetto trees stood like sentinels on each side of the wrought-iron gate, which was hung from great square brick pillars. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z The dwarf palmetto, which forms such a characteristic growth in Florida, extends northward in the Mississippi basin to the southern border of the Ozark uplift. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z He soon had the few young women of our neighborhood dangling after him, like captured fish on a blade of palmetto. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z Charmingly picturesque wooden huts, thatched with palmetto, and as neat as you please, overshadowed by cocoa-nut-trees and exquisite flowering creepers, border either side of the road. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Willowmere lounged over to the rail and gazed wearily at the sand dunes and palmettos. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Just as Dee said that the palmetto trees made her feel like somebody was coming, somebody did come. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z The small jungle was tropical in nature: stately palmettos raised their plumed heads toward the brilliant blue sky, and the forest glades were painted bright with flowers. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z The black shadows rapidly lengthen on the grass, and the palmettos, yuccas, and evergreen oaks stand out in rich, deep tones against the sky that fades from crimson to salmon and grey. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z The lieutenant-colonel of the South Carolina Volunteers—their colonel, Butler, having been wounded, was not on the field—was carrying the blue palmetto flag of the regiment. Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life 2011-03-23T02:00:25.120Z The Orange Puppy had disappeared beyond the thicket of palmettos across the point. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z They were advancing in column of route when they were attacked by the enemy, who rose in a swarm out of the cover of long grass and palmettoes. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z As they approached, Bill saw that Osceola was steering for an encampment that covered about an acre, in a clump of palmettoes near the water. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z The principal industries are the manufacture of lumber, cotton, palmetto fibres, and cigars, the canning of oysters, and the building and repair of railway cars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The home of the noble and free; A palmetto wreath we’ll entwine Round the altar of young Liberty. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z And everywhere in the sunshine stretched the flat-woods, magnificently green—endless miles of pine and oak and palmetto, set with brilliant glades of vast, flat fields of wild phlox over which butterflies hovered. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z I crossed the little ridge among the stems of the palmettoes; it was the direct route to the shadowy side of the tank. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z He soon noticed that the dwellings were built of six upright poles, three on a side, and had gabled roofs of palmetto thatch. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z The town is on a broad sandy plain, bordered by groves and thickets of live-oak, palmetto, and the coast pine. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z At the top of the sheet, which was yellow and time-worn, were two lines, as follows: XLI. fathoms N. N. E. from this timber to palmetto tree. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z You’ll need at least eight hundred milligrams of saw palmetto a day. Gary Shteyngart: “Kokiri.” 2010-06-07T04:00:00Z “It may be proper to observe that the attack was not made from a hommock, but in a thinly-wooded country—the Indians being concealed by palmettoes and grass.” Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z After a free drop from the drain, Westwood was still surrounded by water oaks dripping with Spanish moss; pine trees; and palmetto bushes. Westwood Maintains One-Shot Lead at Players Championship 2010-05-09T01:20:00Z The walls were buttressed with palmetto logs, and the fort lost nearly all of its original features, but was made stronger than ever. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Walter had led the party little more than a quarter of a mile when he halted in front of a veritable hut in the midst of a palmetto thicket. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z That azaleas now bloom where crooked pines and palmettos once flourished may ruffle purists, but it does little to reduce a dramatic finishing kick that, for sheer drama, rivals anyplace, anywhere. Last 3 Holes at Sawgrass Still a Thrilling Finish 2010-05-06T00:45:00Z I could not be certain, however, as the three were well sheltered behind a clump of trees, and covered, also, by a thicket of dwarf palmettoes. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z The saw palmetto plant is often said to help hair growth, but there is little clinical evidence concerning its efficacy. 2010-01-16T06:30:00Z Behind the house, in a circular basin,—a depression often found on sandy plains,—was the garden, surrounded by a thick-set, fantastic palmetto hedge. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z We soon left the public highway, circling marshes and dodging palmettos. Florida: An Ideal Cattle State The thin fingers, hardened by much braiding of palmetto, withdrew themselves instinctively from the boy's dark curls. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches I hide under the palmettoes; they no me see. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Over a thousand persons, all foreign to the soil, were lodged in rude wooden huts roofed with palmetto leaves, the inside furnishing of which were of the simplest description. Donalblane of Darien It was more than a home-like looking place: it was fascinatingly cozy, with its roses and camellias and azaleas and a single protecting palmetto, and over-towering live oaks, and majestic pines. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories I find, too, that a great deal of the range offers a splendid hog feed from the cabbage palm, the seed of the palmetto and from the mast found in the shinnery. Florida: An Ideal Cattle State He took off his palmetto hat, made a pillow of it, and stretched himself out at full length, closing his eyes. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches His hopes were to get into the swamp, under cover of the palmetto thickets; once there, he might easily escape by hiding—at all events, he might get off for the time. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Many palmetto and palm trees lined the way. Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers The adorer of the warm woods had rather put his arm about a palmetto, and his cheek against its rough surface, than be softly met by the tenderest of women. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories These prairies stretch from the border of the pine woods and palmettos on relatively high ground to permanently wet swamps. Florida: An Ideal Cattle State Then he laid him down upon the coat again, and covered his face and head with his own broad-brimmed palmetto hat, Carl's hat having been lost. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches The dress I knew well—the blue cottonade trousers, the striped shirt, and palmetto hat. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Every now and then a more pretentious mansion appeared, built on some elevation which commanded a view of the water on either side, and surrounded by heavy clumps of cedar and fan-leaved palmettos. The Bachelors A Novel Thus in ten days he found himself in the land of the palmetto and the japonica. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories There is grave danger in any extensive drainage operations, as palmettos and pines will quickly invade such drained land, and thus destroy the grass. Florida: An Ideal Cattle State Here Judge Macon came forth again, looking somewhat like the sheeted dead in the extreme length of his linen garment, and armed with a large, palmetto fan. Shadows of Flames A Novel "I wish you would get a palmetto hat like mine," she went on with much more interest; "your bonnet is lovely, but it makes you seem old." East Angels He took the other two and put them under a clump of palmettoes, where they would make no new acquaintances while he was gone. Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 The palmetto logs of which it was composed were the best possible material, since they were too spongy to be shattered, and seemed to absorb the ponderous balls hurled against them. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Their grass cover is due to water relations, most of them being periodically overflowed—conditions that are inimical to pines and palmettos. Florida: An Ideal Cattle State The fortifications were low, composed of earth and palmetto wood, which is soft, and makes no splinters, and the merlons were extremely thick. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools I rather think she saw her meanings more than her trees," said Winthrop; "I venture to say she couldn't have told you whether they were cypresses or myrtles, palmettoes or gums; such people never can. East Angels Fish, fowl, turtle, and wild hogs supplied the English with abundant food; the palmetto leaf furnished a cover for their cabins. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Luckily, on the higher ground there was much more cover from low-growing shrubs and trees—palmetto, sassafras, several kinds of laurel, magnolia, and a great many sedges. The Thing in the Attic They hurried to the edge of the highway, careful to keep masked by the palmetto, and watched. The Flaming Mountain Up and down the great pine trunks ran the red and gray squirrels, the little brown hare scudded through the palmetto scrub, and the turkey-buzzards floated above our heads in long easy circles. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 The beautiful river with its clear brown water lay before him, wide as a lake; on the opposite shore the soft foliage of palmettoes, like great ostrich plumes, rose against the sky. East Angels The straight-stemmed palmettos stood out with picturesque clearness against the great level fields, with their straight furrows running out of sight. Strangers and Wayfarers Two pale bluish white eggs, generally with brown markings, are laid on the ground under logs, bushes, palmettoes, etc., in March and April. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season Sometimes a palmetto leaf whipped across his face, and once a thorny bush caught painfully and drew blood. The Flaming Mountain I forgot the feeling when I remembered why the kid wasn't watching the palmetto flats. To Remember Charlie By The stream wound on, the banks grew higher, palmettoes began to appear; they all leaned forward a little in the golden air, they formed the most graceful groups of curiosity. East Angels To the rear, in the direction of Dalgetty's movement, the ground became rough and wild, stones and sand and saw-grass and clumps of palmettos, climbing upward for a good two miles. The Sensitive Man After he had managed to fasten the bow of the sloop to one of the palmetto trees, Jack crawled aboard. Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes The jeep bounced as he drove into it, then swung until they were behind a screen of palmetto. The Flaming Mountain "Tough," I said, thinking of the kid sitting out there all day in his wheelchair, straining his eyes across the palmetto flats. To Remember Charlie By The shadow beneath the palmetto grew long over Scip’s fresh grave. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 Once his straining ears caught a sound of boots and he yanked Elena into the gloom under a palmetto. The Sensitive Man Here, too, were some young palmetto trees with the new leaves within easy reach. Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes Rick felt a giant hand pick him up, shake him, then slam him into a palmetto. The Flaming Mountain Usually it was nearer the west end of the strip where Joey could look across the crushed-shell square of the Twin Palms trailer court and the palmetto flats to the Tampa highway beyond. To Remember Charlie By He stood for a moment looking across the stark palmetto, over the dusty stretch of road, across the glare, to the town. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 As the two friends stood on the palmetto walls, looking at the fleet in the distance, the naval officer said, "Well, Colonel Moultrie, what do you think of it now?" Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools I noticed heaps an’ heaps o’ dry wood, broken branches, stems o’ palmetto leaves an’ such dandy trash for a quick fire. Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes Bruised and dazed, he grabbed the palmetto for support and lacerated his hands on the rough covering. The Flaming Mountain Joey would laugh at some of the droll things Doc said, but his eyes always went back to the palmetto flats and the highway, looking for Charlie. To Remember Charlie By The low, gray palmetto leaves were curled and faint. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 He puts spurs to his horse and gallops back to the palmetto fort. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools He was soon busily engaged in building his little fire, hoping no hostile eyes might detect the trailing smoke ascending above the tops of that palmetto clump. Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes For a moment Rick lay slumped at the base of the palmetto. The Flaming Mountain That's why I was worried about Joey when I came home the next evening and found him watching the sky instead of the palmetto flats. To Remember Charlie By But Zerviah sat down by him on the hot sand, beside a rather ghastly palmetto that grew there, and spoke to him very gently. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 What sort of men were in the palmetto fort? Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools We’ll tie her up to this nearby clump of mangroves, where you’ll notice there’s a bunch of tall palmetto trees growing, showing there must be ground, such as few of these islands can boast. Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes He saw palmetto and wild banana interspersed with Judas palms and other typical vegetation. The Flaming Mountain But at that instant a flash of something brown shot by, and Taltavull and his mount were bowled over amongst the palmettos. The Recipe for Diamonds The leaves of the palmetto over Scip’s grave seemed to uncurl, and grow lax, and soften. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 Do you know a good use for palmetto logs? Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools Set in among a grove of scrub palmetto trees was a spring. The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave They were all moving palmetto fans with the serene air of fat, ugly old goddesses who had passed out of the desire of man and had now returned to their own woman's sanity. The Co-Citizens The ground was awfully uneven, and the palmetto scrub so thick that one could not see where to tread. The Recipe for Diamonds The hot dust curdled in the shadow that coiled beneath the stark palmetto. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 The low palmetto cob house begins to thunder with its heavy guns. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools Johnny and Yank were backed up against the palmetto awning of one of the boats in an attitude of deadly and quiet menace. Gold Wait till we get down in South Carolina, anyhow, where we'll run across some palmetto trees. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida With clean ground beneath me, with only a thin screen of palmetto leaves between us, how better could I have planned! Wings of the Wind That palmetto always looked like a corpse, though there was life in it yet. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 Crash! crash! strike the enemy's cannon balls against the palmetto logs. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools They were queer craft, dug out from the trunks of trees, with small decks in bow and stern, and with a low roof of palmetto leaves amidships. Gold "Or a few coy mermaids," laughed Jack; "but then our friend here wouldn't find it quite so easy to climb to the top of a palmetto as to tumble overboard." Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida He crossed the corner of the demolished abode, made his way through a press of sere cabbage palmettos, and emerged suddenly on the blinding expanse of the sea. Wild Oranges He carried him out by starlight, and buried him under the palmetto. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 Once the broadsides of four vessels struck the fort at one time; but the palmetto logs stood unharmed. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools By a last effort Canondah drew her burthen out of the palmettos, and then threw herself down by the side of her friend. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 Its rooms surrounded a bright clean court, or patio, planted with creeping vines, palmettos, bananas, and some fragrant flowering shrubs. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Nest of threads from palmetto leaves, hanging from limb of mesquite, 10 feet above ground in the open woods. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Through the wooden shutter, Zerviah could see the lights, and the lonely palmetto, and the grave. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 Over 300 bullet-holes were counted in the walls of the barrack-room, and in many places the palmettos were shot away in patches. The History of the First West India Regiment Along a narrow path between the forest and the palmetto field above referred to, a female figure was seen tripping towards a small opening in the wood, formed by the uprooting of a mighty sycamore. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 Presently they returned with large trays made of fanlike leaves resembling the palmetto. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 In the returning throng were creoles with sky-blue costumes and palmetto hats; the Lafourche or Attakapas planter; representatives of the older régime and the varied newer populace. The Strollers At one moment, it seemed that I could look through one of the windows of the phantom building, and I saw the branches of a palmetto tree waving in the winter wind. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Some people here use the palmetto leaves for fans or brooms. Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Eastward the huge meadow sank down into bottoms, shaded by trees, and overgrown with reeds and palmettos, shining, as the wind stirred them, like sails in the sunshine. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 By-and-by palmetto cropped up, the fan-shaped dwarf palm, which makes ropes and twine, baskets, mats, dish-covers, leggings, hats, and girths. In the Tail of the Peacock Here he would meet with the famed magnolia, and its relative the tulip-tree; the catalpa and flowering cornel, the giant cypress and sycamore, the evergreen oak, the water-loving tupelo, and the curious fan-like palmetto. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt The vase-painters of the decaying period chiefly represent Phrygian dresses with gold fringes and sumptuous embroideries of palmetto and "meandering" patterns, such as were worn by the luxurious South-Italian Greeks. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Over fallen trees, through dense cane-brakes, through clumps of palmettoes and pawpaw thickets, I passed, dashing the branches from my path, and lacerating my skin at every step. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Didn't everybody know that Conrad, now but thirteen, was a regular solicitor for orders for Christmas-trees, palmetto palms, and gray moss from the woods for decorative uses on holiday occasions? Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales Topping a rise, the whole undulating country was r`tam and palmetto: occasionally a flock of goats moved on its face, tended by thin mahogany-coloured Arab boys in dirty woollen tunics. In the Tail of the Peacock From the walls of a great palace whose entablature, adorned with palmettoes, made a long, straight line against the flaming sky, there came a faint murmur of music. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt Then, he bound both shells tightly together with wisps of green palmetto leaves. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades In the dress of the Creoles the sky-blue colour predominates, and the hats are usually palmetto, or “grass,” or the costlier Panama, with broad sun-protecting brims. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Nothing is stirring in the sultry, penetrating heat; the palmetto thatch of clustering huts away beyond the opposite bank might contain no life for all of it they show. The Sign of the Spider He looked up with a haggard smile, then bent over the fire and poked the ashes with a pointed palmetto stem. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories This was a low figure, as the ground was full of palmetto roots, and not only were the trees to be cleared from the land, but all stumps to be burned out. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 Other smaller saplings were trimmed and laid across the slanting poles, and on them were piled layer after layer of fan-like palmetto leaves. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades Fortunately a belt of “palmetto” land, marking the limits of the annual inundation, extended northward through the woods, and parallel to the line of fence. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West The land was already wild; on either side of the bridle-path were great wastes of sand covered only by palmetto. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia Twenty minutes later the sun came out; the waters of the lagoon turned sky blue; a delicate breeze from the southeast stirred the palmetto fronds. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Like most of the high pine land in Florida, their tract was free from palmetto, and consequently much easier to clear than the low pine they had previously been at work upon. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 Each cut himself a long, green palmetto stem which would not take fire readily and sharpened one end to a point upon which he impaled a generous slice of steak. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades It was discreetly hidden by mango-trees and palmetto, and in the rear of the garden, steps cut in the living rock led down into the water. The White Mice Even the palmetto found scanty sustenance, and huge boulders, strewn as though some vast torrent had passed through the plain, alone broke the desolate flatness. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia That touch of blue sea beyond the red roofs and green palmetto fronds gave her mind wings for a moment and a world to fly through. The Ghost Girl When within three miles of the fort they encountered the Mexicans, strongly posted in Resaca de la Palma, a ravine three hundred feet wide bordered with palmetto trees. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) It was an unsavory mess, burnt and ash covered, which they at last pronounced done and deposited upon a clean palmetto leaf. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades Through orange trees and spreading palmettos, flowering bushes and a tangle of vines, they followed paths of pebbles, and wandered in a maze in which they lost themselves. The White Mice The chief communication from town to town is usually an uneven track, which none attempts to keep up, with deep ruts, and palmetto growing on either side, and occasional pools of water. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia Nest—In hollow stump or log, or on ground beneath bushes or palmettos. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 2 August, 1897 A moment later, in the silence, he heard a rustling of the palmettos near the bank of the bayou. The Fire People Three more torches of palmetto leaves were quickly made, lighted up, and, with extra handfuls of the green leaves, our party advanced towards the tree where they had first seen the bear. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades I learn in Florida that in order to transplant a good size palmetto, they are in the habit of digging down on one side and cutting the roots the year before removal. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. September 26, 27 and 28 1923 But if rains made a more substantial dwelling necessary the palmetto furnished material for posts, elevated floor, and thatched roof. Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola They went to Savannah, to the live-oaks and palmettoes and quiet old squares. The Job An American Novel Its banks were a tangled mass of tree roots, huge ferns, palmettos and some tall upstanding kind of water grass. The Fire People A thin wisp of smoke curled up above the thick growth of palmettos with which the point was covered. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades In mortal fear of discovery by the men in the boat, Joe flattened himself behind a palmetto log which had drifted to the other side of the island. Blackbeard: Buccaneer They found hiding places behind trees or on the ground sheltered by the saw palmetto and brush. Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola On his feet were short boots of goat-skin—dressed in imitation of cordovar leather—and covering his head was a broad-brimmed hat of common palmetto plait. The Tiger Hunter As they walked forward she kept continually stooping to touch objects on the ground—a stick, a handful of sand, a woodland flower, or a palmetto leaf. The Fire People Selecting a straight piece of the root of a scrub palmetto, which grew in abundance around the wall, he trimmed it with his knife into the desired shape and size. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades Young Jack Cockrell paid scant heed to these accustomed sights but walked as far as the wharf built of palmetto piling. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Others caught their feet in the heavy stems of the palmetto and, stumbling, fell an easy prey to their pursuers. Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola Here they formed an ambuscade in a thick grove of palmettos which nearly surrounded the narrow pass. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality I was half reclining under a fallen tree, with a clump of palmettos about me. The Fire People Inside the hut, the two workers had planted large posts of palmetto that effectually blocked the windows save for the cracks between the posts. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades If we ascended to the parapet, we saw nothing but uncouth State flags, representing palmettos, pelicans, and other strange devices. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 In a few minutes the two were seated on the cool inner verandah, looking out on the garden, with a great basket between them, heaped with delicate strips of palmetto leaf, white and smooth. Rita Here and there, embosomed by the cocoa-nut groves, they could see small villages and separate buildings, the cottages with high conical roofs, thatched with palmetto leaves. The Three Midshipmen The sail up was very beautiful, the green beyond description brilliant, and now and then the deeper shade of palmetto or live-oak. Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Grant up a palmetto tree, while in the background were a large number of deceased Northern invaders neatly racked up like cordwood. Cobb's Bill-of-Fare One State has a palmetto, another has a pelican, and the last that I can enumerate on this occasion, is one State that has the rattlesnake run up as an emblem. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 After crossing the beach on the shell road, we came to the forest of live-oaks, magnolias, palmettos, bay-trees, and others that one never sees in Maine or Michigan. Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida The men grumbled as they found their feet torn by the short palmetto which grew everywhere over the ground, frequently inflicting very disagreeable wounds on their almost bare legs. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting They all assemble with their baskets, which are shallow and without handles, made by themselves of the palmetto and holding from half a peck to a bushel. Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) We got to the top of it; thence descended the curious Mediterranean Stair — a zigzag, mostly of steps down a steeply falling slope, amid palmetto brush, aloes, and prickly pear. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 We turned a corner, came upon an open square, and paused beside a huge palmetto that grew near the centre. Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine At this angle, the road entered the wood, near to the ground this forest was absolutely impenetrable to the sight, by reason of the suffocating growth of briars, vines, palmettos and underbrush. The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster We kept to the south shore for some time, till we came to a cliff some twenty feet in height, covered at the summit with palmetto, pine, and cedar. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting Several hats were lying about; and we noticed that they were curiously fabricated from the leaves of the palmetto. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness St. Pierre lay under his palmetto thatch in the forest behind Grande Pointe, and could not sleep for listening to the wind, and wondering where his son was, in that wild Texas norther. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana A great concourse of barbarians was assembled in the open space before the chief building, which was of considerable size, built round after the manner of a dove-house, and completely thatched with palmetto leaves. Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine At Richmond, Va., a palmetto banner was unfurled, while bells, bonfires, and processions celebrated the event all over the South. History of the United States, Volume 3 From among a flock of turkeys, which flew up from a thick palmetto jungle, we knocked over four fat gobblers, sufficient for two substantial meals to our whole party. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting We carpeted the ground, which was quite dry, with green palmetto leaves, and that rendered it sufficiently comfortable for the present. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness And for every heart that was pierced there broke a dozen more in the shade of the southern palmetto, or in the shadow of the northern pine. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills The islands are covered with a dense growth of oak, pine, cypress, and palmetto trees, together with a jungle of luxuriant tropical vines and shrubs. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania These works were provided with bomb-proofs made of railroad iron or of palmetto logs and sand. History of the United States, Volume 3 The narrow strip of land outside was only a few feet in height, covered with pines, oaks, and palmettos. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting Mary and the two little ones rode in the cart, upon a soft seat made of palmetto leaves and Spanish moss. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness The camp was in a bend of the Del Norte, in a glade surrounded by tall cotton-woods, whose smooth trunks rose vertically out of a thick underwood of palmettoes and Spanish bayonet. The Scalp Hunters Here and there a solitary palmetto, with branchless stem and tufted crown, gives an African aspect to the scene. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico The sidewalks were thronged with ladies wearing secession bonnets made of cotton with palmetto decorations. History of the United States, Volume 3 As we got farther to the south, the banks were fringed with mangroves, and the cabbage-palm and palmetto made their appearance. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting The moment the bridle became free, the steed, already startled by the spur, bounded forward; and after half-a-dozen springs, both horse and rider disappeared behind the screen of the palmettoes. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Still thinking the same, after he has tied the animal to a palmetto shank near the middle of the brake, and there left it. The Death Shot A Story Retold There was a cabbage cut from the very top of a lofty tree, the palmetto; but that tree is too valuable to be cut down often for the purpose. Old Jack Wigwams in the South were of plaited rush or grass mats; of deerskins pinned on a frame; of tree boughs rudely piled into a cover, and in the far South, of layers of palmetto leaves. Home Life in Colonial Days He then chopped off a number of the large leaves from the summit for the purpose of forming a palmetto hut, which might afford us shelter. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting I was in a forest-plain, but I could find no path leading anywhere; and amid the underwood of palmettoes I could not see any great distance around me. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Let both rot where I suppose I must have dropped them—in the mud, or among the palmettoes. The Death Shot A Story Retold The bags for goods, and the tents, are of goats' and camels' hair; there are no palmetto trees in that country. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa The earliest recorded effort to manufacture straw head-wear is shown in a patent given to Mrs. Sibylla Masters of Philadelphia, for using palmetto and straw for hats. Home Life in Colonial Days By the light of the fire we then constructed a hut of palmetto leaves, placing Caesar in front to give us warning should danger approach, for neither Tim nor I was able to watch. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting Jasper, and the discovery of the remarkable qualities of palmetto logs as a material for fortifications. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 It is the tread of footsteps, accompanied by a swishing among the palmettoes, that form an underwood along the edge of the swamp. The Death Shot A Story Retold The Stars and Stripes were not displayed, but a white palmetto flag, after solemn prayer, was unfurled in its stead. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 On the top of the main building at the College was a statue of Washington, and over this statue some of the students hoisted a palmetto flag. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson On the opposite side, under a palmetto tree, are two children, the one white, the other a negro, typical of education in the Southern States. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 Then he had a glimpse of a dun colored object flitting through the scrub palmettoes under the pines. Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat Then there was the palmetto, with its tender succulent bud on the summit of the stem, used as a vegetable with meat. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco That tree is the palmetto, which, I have heard from those who have been in the West Indies, yields a cabbage most delicious to eat; these berries are also sweet and wholesome. The Settlers A Tale of Virginia As palmetto wood is soft and does not splinter, it was especially suited for the purpose. Hurricane Hurry The houses are mostly open at the sides, and thatched with palmetto leaves; but some are enclosed, and all are neat and clean. The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific This he stuck in the cleft of a dead palmetto leaf stem, which in turn he thrust in the ground in front of the tied-up motor boat. Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat It was built of palmetto logs, which are said to be the best thing in the world to shoot into if one wishes to recover the balls and use them again. Comic History of the United States Where the gorge debouched into the uplands its banks were high and naked, with here and there a few scattered palmettos that grew up from huge hassocks of bunch-grass. The Rifle Rangers On the south-west point of Sullivan’s Island was a strong fort, though composed only of earth and palmetto wood. Hurricane Hurry Right by the bunch o’ palmetto, jest whar I left him. The Lone Ranche Several times he stumbled over unseen roots of the ever-present saw palmetto. Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat Hugot is dressed after a somewhat similar fashion; but the material of his jacket and trousers is coarser, and his hat is of the common palmetto leaf. The Boy Hunters With lightning quickness a roll of palmetto mats came down on all sides of the house, completely covering the bamboo walls, and forming a screen impervious to both wind and rain. The Rifle Rangers It is crowned, however, with a leaf like that of the palmetto; but the tufts of the dragon tree resemble the yucca in growth. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 The palmetto spoken of is, in truth, not a “palmetto,” though a plant of kindred genus. The Lone Ranche Yes, we spent last night there, Mr. Sheriff, right where you see that palmetto. Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat The spot was open—only a few scattered palmettos growing over it—and the animals were picketed upon the grass near by. The Boy Hunters The men who were deployed along the hill lay hidden behind the hassocks of the palmettos, and from our position not one of them was to be seen. The Rifle Rangers When Sam waked it was nearly noon, and he ate a little of the palmetto cabbage left in his pockets, while the others slept. The Big Brother A Story of Indian War Solemn cypress trees mark the by-paths; delicate flowers bloom along their borders, and jessamine vines twine lovingly about the branches of palmetto and magnolia trees. An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith The last they saw of Barker he was pushing after his dogs, pellmell, doubtless in the belief that he would get on the track of Pete again when they arrived at the palmetto tree. Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat The fan-like leaves of palmettos and yuccas growing all around, gave a southern and tropical aspect to the scene. The Boy Hunters Rutter had hooked into the scrub palmettos, Staples had sliced into a pit, Ellins had topped short somewhere in the rough. Torchy As A Pa The country on approaching Selinunte is a dreary plain covered with the palmetto. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 These were constructed of yellow bamboo, tastefully twisted together in a kind of wickerwork, and thatched with the long tapering leaves of the palmetto. Around the World in Ten Days He pushed on through patches of the ever-present saw palmetto, with its queer roots thrust out of the ground, and as large as a man's leg. Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat Here there was no underwood, either of cane or palmettoes. The Boy Hunters There were a multitude of fresh tracks in the sand about the palmetto scrub. The Plunderer Palm leaves resembling the palmetto of Florida are frequently found in the same rocks with these skeletons. Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections This house is approximately 16 by 9 feet in ground measurement, made almost altogether, if not wholly, of materials taken from the palmetto tree. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 Rive the palmetto tree— Cursed fruit grows on it! The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The shore was covered with tropical vegetation, including cocoa-nut palms, loaded with fruit, with palmettoes, wild palms, and many plants of which Christy did not even know the names. Fighting for the Right Small circular islands of palmetto scrub dotted the monotonous scene and at rare intervals a clump of somber cypress told of the presence of water. The Plunderer Her seat is a piece of matting, but the principal covering for the floor of trodden mud is a layer of palmetto leaves. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond The platform is composed of split palmetto logs lying transversely, flat sides up, upon beams which extend the length of the building and are lashed to the uprights by palmetto ropes, thongs, or trader’s ropes. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 He seized an old palmetto hat, and leaving the stables, dived down a side street, and into a cheap restaurant near by. Ralph Granger's Fortunes He picked up a palmetto frond and fought away the flies. Never-Fail Blake The Indian pointed to a cluster of palmettos that reared its tops above the saw grass to the north. The Plunderer Three stones above a small hole in the ground serve as a cooking-range, while the fuel is abundant in the form of sun-dried thistles and other weeds, or palmetto leaves and sticks. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond The lodges of this party differed from those of the southern Indians in being covered above and around with palmetto leaves and in being shaped some like wall tents and others like single-roofed sheds. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 We were seated, just before sunset, outside of the hut built of palmetto logs, when Professor Farrago, addressing us both, began the explanation of our future duties. In Search of the Unknown "By the great palmetto! you are Colonel Passford's brother; and I think you must know Miss Florence Passford, who has been staying all winter with her uncle." Taken by the Enemy They were fifty yards from it when Willy began to fire and at the third shot a tiny buck leaped up and crashed down in the palmetto scrub, where it had fancied itself concealed. The Plunderer They are almost entirely enveloped in white h��ks, over the majority of which are thrown huge native sun-hats made of palmetto, with four coloured cords by way of rigging to keep the brim extended. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond These were made of small poles or sticks covered with, the leaves of the palmetto. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 "Good-morning," said a low voice from the door as I stood encouraging the camp-fire with splinter wood and dead palmetto fans. In Search of the Unknown When the trunks of the palmettos were lighted all were to yell as diabolically as possible, and fire at every Indian that showed himself. Captured by the Navajos He lay flat on his back, staring upward through the palmetto branches at the soft stars which were appearing in the magic purple velvet of the Southern night. The Plunderer Out of the region of magnolias, palmettoes and live-oaks you pass into the region of pines, and out of the region of pines into that of maples and elms. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' It is generally, however, chosen under the sheltering roof on the elevated platform, or, when made in the lodge, on palmetto leaves. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 A few minutes more of vigorous rowing brought us to a muddy landing under a cluster of tall palmettos, where a gasoline launch lay. In Search of the Unknown Those not able to do hard work stripped palmetto leaves to use in the place of tow for calking and rigging. Days of the Discoverers Having accepted this as a fact he closed his eyes to the soft, intimate stars above the palmettos and went to sleep. The Plunderer On the left bank stood two large palmetto shanties. Pieces of Eight Uses of the palmetto.—In this connection I call attention to the inestimable value of the palmetto tree to the Florida Indians. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 The village tavern, servilely bearing the king's arms thinly painted over the palmetto tree of South Carolina on its swinging sign-board, was a miserable doggery, full to overflowing with a riffraff of carousing soldiery. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady It is a curious piece of history that the palmetto buttons worn by the volunteer nullifiers were manufactured in Connecticut. General Scott It was a tiny lake bordered by a small, grass-grown prairie dotted with small clean clumps of palmetto, pine and cypress. The Plunderer "Now," said the "King," "do you see a sort of river there, overgrown with mangroves and palmettos?" Pieces of Eight Sticks, in the form of an X, were driven into the earth across the overlying logs; these were connected by a pole, and this structure was covered thickly with palmetto leaves. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 He had traveled about 50 yards off the road when he ran into a palmetto thicket, so he stopped and looked for a clear path. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects The Indians were concealed in the palmettoes, about two hundred yards distant. General Scott Three hundred yards away lay an island of palmetto shrubs with a few pines sprinkled among them. The Plunderer He was almost dead of fever when I found him in his little palmetto shack. Wilt Thou Torchy In most of these holes 489 I noticed bits of palmetto wood, about a fifth of an inch in length and in diameter the size of a large pin. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 They took a black-top road about 10 miles inland from the heavily traveled coastal highway that passes through sparsely settled areas of scrub pine and palmetto thickets. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects They set fire to the grass and palmettoes, but a sudden shift of the wind carried the fire in their direction. General Scott Then he disappeared behind an islet of palmetto scrub. The Plunderer Scrub palmettoes and grass overhung the bank above, which made him wonder if there was any danger of their catching fire. A Little Florida Lady The island seemed covered with a dense growth of palmetto and other trees and tangled shrubbery, with a few banana plants rising among them. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 People normally didn't go running off into palmetto thickets infested with rattlesnakes at night. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects With his dirk he cut a quantity of palmetto leaves and made himself a very comfortable bed, on which he was soon asleep, fearing no pirates. Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter At times they were lost from view hidden behind the islets of palmetto scrub, or in one of the rare clumps of pine or cypress with which the prairie was dotted. The Plunderer The breeze had grown stronger, and had carried the sparks upward to the palmettoes and pines, so full of oil. A Little Florida Lady Beyond these, well fenced with palmetto logs, lay a small garden. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 As soon as he'd told his story, they all went back into the woods, picking their way around the palmetto thicket. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects The white object, whatever it was, stood within the circle of the palmetto stems, yet not very deep within it—a dozen yards at farthest from the stream's edge. Poison Island There's a big bunch of palmetto scrub south of it. The Plunderer Again, it swelled upwards on the scrub palmettoes, and with a flash leaped skywards to the taller trees as if demons were lifting the flames to the very heavens. A Little Florida Lady Their vegetables are chiefly sweet potatoes, large and much praised melons and pumpkins, and, if I may classify it with vegetables, the tender new growth of the tree called the cabbage palmetto. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 About halfway through the palmetto thicket he saw a car stop on the highway. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects The texture of the palmetto wood suffered the balls to sink smoothly into it without splintering, so that the facing of the work held well. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence Presently he flung it open again and stood in the shade of a palmetto, waiting. The Plunderer At the word, to the horror of Beth who did not understand, the men set fire to the low palmettoes a short distance away where there was an open space. A Little Florida Lady After some days the sediment was taken from the water and spread upon palmetto leaves to dry. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 She drew her gown aside, and made room for him on the carved rustic settee, which was exceedingly uncomfortable to sit in, but which was in perfect harmony with the background of gigantic palmettos. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush In construction, the sides were palmetto logs, dovetailed and bolted together, laid in parallel rows, sixteen feet apart; the interspace being filled with sand. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence The rush carried them back to the fringe of palmetto scrub, and at the touch of sharp leaves on his back Roger leaped to one side and away from the scrub. The Plunderer My companion was wearing the Moorish gaiters of the sort his trackers used—things made of palmetto. Morocco From the swamp cane, and sometimes from the covering of the stalk of the fan palmetto, they manufacture flat baskets and sieves for domestic service. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 Only a few paces away stood a young man of dark but handsome features, clad in a well-worn suit of linen and a broad-brimmed palmetto hat. "Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War If thoughts of the palmetto clearing were in his mind, no one knew it. The Cromptons And suddenly Roger swung the rifle round and threw it out of reach in the palmetto scrub. The Plunderer The villages of Morocco are no more than collections of conical huts built of mud and wattle and palmetto, or goat and camel skins. Morocco At the same time some men had selected a place for the burial and made the grave in this manner: Two palmetto logs of proper size were split. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 Off to the west, in the curious chain of islands, lay the palmetto shelter of the horses. Diane of the Green Van Was he back in the palmetto clearing, standing in the moonlight with Dora, and exacting a promise from her which broke her heart? The Cromptons Above them swayed the shining green palmettoes Vocal and plaintive at the winds' caress; While, at the edge of sight, the fluent silver Of sea and bay framed the wide loneliness. Carolina Chansons Legends of the Low Country They obeyed with alacrity, and in two days the buildings of the fort were all thatched after the native fashion with leaves of the palmetto. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Over this palmetto leaves were placed and the grave was tightly closed by a covering of logs. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 It lay ahead, a fire-blot in the darkling swamp, a primitive mirage of primitive folk, of palmetto wigwams and log-wheel fires among the live oaks of a lonely island. Diane of the Green Van A log-house in a palmetto clearing, with a foolish old grandmother who did not know enough to ask or care what I was to Eudora. The Cromptons Dark orange flames came leering through the pines, And then the moon's face, struggling with a sneeze, Along the flat horizon's level lines Her nostrils fingered with palmetto trees. Carolina Chansons Legends of the Low Country Their villages were clusters of huts thatched with palmetto. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 The soil across which we traveled at first was a dry, dazzling white sand, over which, was scattered a growth of dwarf palmetto. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 When at length the glaring white light of the sun struck sparks from the dew upon the pine and palmetto, Diane was riding rapidly south in quest of the Florida flat-woods. Diane of the Green Van "We've nothing to do here; let's go back to the oranges and palmettos." The Cromptons Gray beach, gray twilight, and gray sea— How strange the scrub palmettoes down the coast! Carolina Chansons Legends of the Low Country These have usually been regarded as fossil palmetto stumps, the roots of trees which have been overwhelmed with sand and whose organic matter has been entirely removed and replaced by carbonate of lime. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky These are wide stretches covered with grass and with scrub palmetto and dotted at near intervals with what are called pine “islands” or “hammocks” and cypress swamps. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 And if Keela occasionally found a brace of ducks by the camp fire or a bass in a nest of green palmetto, she wisely said nothing, sensing the barrier between these two and wondering greatly. Diane of the Green Van When I asked for Jake I was told he was still in the palmetto clearing. The Cromptons The palmettos disappointed me; stiff and ungraceful, they have a bristling, defiant look, suggestive of Rebels starting up and defying everybody. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 Hats and bonnets of all sorts and sizes were made of straw or palmetto, and trimmed with the same. Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War While they were thus busy, their carelessly tended fire crept to one of the tinder-like palmetto lodges, and in a few minutes more the whole village was in flames. The Flamingo Feather Sometimes he stared sombrely at a ghostly palmetto, tall and dark against the sky. Diane of the Green Van It was an open space of two or three acres, cleared from tanglewood and dwarf palmettoes. The Cromptons The houses are mean and low, the walls generally made of mud or wattled, and their sides made up with boards: they are all thatched with palm or palmetto leaves. A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland Table-legs, bench-legs, and the bases of all culinary furniture, like the body of the camp, were made out of palmetto logs driven into the ground to support cedar planks for the tops. The Firing Line He heard the continuous beating of the kas-a-lal-ki, or Indian drum, and the rattle of the terrapin shells, filled with dried palmetto berries, that accompanied the dancing. The Flamingo Feather He hated the awful silence about him—the crash of his horse's feet through the matted brush and the twist of palmetto, resolved itself into dancing ciphers. Diane of the Green Van No contrast could have been greater than that between the scene on which he looked down—the park, the flowers, the fountains, and the people—and the palmetto clearing in far away Florida. The Cromptons It is also thatched with palm or palmetto leaves. A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland And it was seated at one of these tables, under the giant oaks, pines, and palmettos, that Shiela and Hamil ate their first camp-repast together, with Gray and his father opposite. The Firing Line We had been for some time plodding patiently along, when our attention was suddenly attracted by a slow but continued rustling amongst the palmettos. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 But with a quiver of impatience the horse had pawed the ground and the tiny bird flew off to a distant clump of palmetto. Diane of the Green Van "I'll wait and see, and if—" he said at last, as he began to pick his way over the palmetto stumps and ridges of sand till he came upon the clearing. The Cromptons On the day after the election, the palmetto and lone star flag was thrown out to the breeze from the office of the Charleston Mercury and hailed with cheers by the populace. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics If you like oily cabbage, the top of any palmetto will furnish it. The Firing Line The western bank was covered with a thick growth of palmettos, the favourite cover of deer; bears, and even panthers; and this cover we resolved to beat. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 A gorgeous butterfly, silver-spangled, winged its way over the saw palmetto and sedge between the trees to an inviting glade beyond, cleft by a shallow stream. Diane of the Green Van His thoughts flew back to the palmetto clearing, where he first saw the little girl and Judy. The Cromptons It was the growth of 'Coffin's Island,' which is usually of the highest grade.4.The palmetto is a straight, tall tree, with a tuft of branches and palm leaves at its top. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy "What luck!" cried Gray, lifting a blazing palmetto fan above his head. The Firing Line It was now time to proceed to the place of rendezvous, on the further side of the palmetto field, which was about half a mile wide. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 Swamp, jungle, pine and palmetto were vocal with the melody of many birds. Diane of the Green Van She was all eagerness and excitement, and was ready soon after breakfast for the drive to the palmetto clearing, and Amy seemed almost as excited and eager. The Cromptons Women plaited their hats from straw or palmetto leaf, and used feathers from barnyard fowls. Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War A few palmettos have been planted here for various agricultural reasons. The Firing Line Proceeding a short distance westward, we then took a northerly direction, along the edge of the palmetto field, with the marsh upon our right hand. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 Now the firelit palmetto roof of the wigwam he knew to be Diane's seemed somehow, to his distorted fancy, redder than the others—the color of blood. Diane of the Green Van The Harrises and the palmetto clearing stood in the way, and I let people think what they chose, hating myself with an added hatred for allowing a stain to rest on her birth. The Cromptons The tropical green grasses and water-plants hung their long, linear, hairlike sheaths in graceful curves, and patches of willow-palm and palmetto, in many an intricate curve and involution, made a labyrinth of verdure. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 "There may be a bandersnatch," he said doubtfully, dusting the ground with his palmetto fan. The Firing Line One of our companions, who had as yet never seen a bear-hunt, ran forward as fast as the palmettos would allow him, and was soon out of sight. 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