| 单词 | privet |
| 例句 | They planted it with trees—hazel, alder, birch, and dogwood—as well as privet hedges and holly bushes. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A blackbird dropped down onto a privet hedge and, finding no satisfactory foothold, flew away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They were partly screened by the ruins of the privet but he knew they had minutes at most and maybe no minutes at all. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z However, their hopes for that night were disappointed, for the rain returned before dusk, settling in on a northwest wind and carrying up the hill the sweet-sour smell of flowering privet from cottage hedges below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And when she waited for him behind the privet she was very near to panic. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I walked through gas station and motel forecourts and across restaurant parking lots, clambered over concrete barriers, crossed lawns, and pushed through neglected ranks of privet or honeysuckle at property boundaries. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He noticed how the wind from the south bent over the new little leaves of the tall privet bush. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Outside the sun hung low over the privet hedges. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The doors faced out on a barren, floodlit terrace—black cinder, privet in concrete urns, a statue artfully broken in white pieces on the ground. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The yard was so massed with tall privets that he couldn’t see much of the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a tall hedge in front of one of the gardens, with a low wall at its foot, and she sat there tucked closely in under the privet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We rumble past privet hedges and under topiary arches to arrive at secluded lakefront homes where girls wait with satchels, standing very straight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It is out there in the privet hedge that lines the avenue. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She could hear the wind in the tall privet in the yard, and the wind and the darkness were full of Ethel—fat, sloppy Ethel oozing near like a jellyfish. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The air had a sweet burn of frost, and Charley, moving ahead, saluted in detail a whole row of clipped privet, and he steamed as he went. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “We set out to lower the wall and the privet hedges,” Ms. Wetenhall added, “and now people say we’re like a club without dues.” Palm Beach Gets a Younger Groove 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z If you don’t get out of Tucson, eat at Café Poca Cosa, whose Mexican-inspired menu changes daily, or the Arizona Inn, a gracious old hotel of pink adobe and privet hedges. Linda Ronstadt’s Borderland 2013-12-27T17:32:15Z The stucco front, the creosoted gate, the privet hedge, the green front door. Sound of the suburbs 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z But over the years, “invasive plants encroach, privet and wisteria, thistle and honeysuckle. The backyard steadily shrinks.” Jamie Quatro’s First Novel Centers on Religious and Sexual Passion 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z "Three of the most common ornamental species that are actually invasive are burning bush, privet, and barberry, but there are dozens of others." So, what is ungardening anyway? 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Built in 1897, the airy Arts and Crafts style-house bears little resemblance to the gloomy fortress seen in the documentary, when the privet loomed like a green tidal wave. G’night Forever, Little Edie! Grey Gardens Is Empty at Last. 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Behind the privet hedge, besides the daffodils There’s pansies, thyme, and rosemary. Our Year in Poems 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z They wanted to live in a landscape of grassy dunes, not of lawns and privet. Tour a Modern Hamptons Home 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z In a poem called “Apology” she writes: I thought you were born to privilege, some inherited advantage — like an estate framed in privet hedge, or a better-feathered shuttlecock for badinage, or other French pretensions. Books of The Times: Stealthy Insights Amid Short Phrases 2010-03-05T00:07:00Z Earthbound at the Country Club Only afterward did I realize that the invitation for Tommy Hilfiger’s show was a plastic swatch of privet contained in a clean white box. Fashion Review: Earthbound at the Country Club 2010-09-14T14:46:00Z He won't suddenly moonwalk past a privet hedge, say, or disrupt a violin recital by blowing off in the punch bowl. Agatha Christie's Poirot: time to bid adieu 2013-06-08T05:00:00Z Examples include the introduction of Caulerpa taxifolia into the Mediterranean, the introduction of oat species into the California grasslands, and the introduction of privet, kudzu, and purple loosestrife to North America. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z After half a century, the prison was abandoned and the land — apart from a police shooting range — was reclaimed by pines and privet, dewberry and muscadine vines. Inside the 'Stop Cop City' forest camp, the latest epicenter of activism over policing 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The sites were relatively undisturbed by humans and didn’t have common invasive plants such as Chinese privet. Bee and butterfly numbers are falling, even in undisturbed forests 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z One of the auction staff described how "the privet hedge was left bare of every leaf because the people who attended wanted to say to their friends they had something from the house". Edith Thompson: The wife who was executed for her lover's crime 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z I discovered gardening and cut down the privet hedge, because I read you could rejuvenate it. Why gardening offers a ‘psychological lifeline’ in times of crisis 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The understory is overwhelmed by privet, burning bush, Japanese holly and Asian bush honeysuckle, and the edges by bamboo groves and Callery pear. Opinion | Ah, to see native flora in our local lands 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Ms Hedges-Stocks admitted she knew more about privet hedges than speculating on the stock market. GameStop frenzy prompts Hedges-Stocks viral surname mix-up 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z On the morning of 29 May 2008 a park ranger discovered a woman's body behind a privet hedge in the middle of Queen's Park, Glasgow. Diary of my daughter's murder: 'We were in hell on earth' 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z I now find myself entranced by all the different varieties of privet hedge, intrigued by people’s choice of gravel size and paving pattern, captivated by the clusters of cacti perched on windowsills. Museum of Covid-19: the story of the crisis told through everyday objects 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z The branches become smothered in frothy, white blooms which, unfortunately, smell very much like privet blooms. A lesson from Miss Kim: Give other lilac species a try 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Forested wetlands, primarily in Clear Creek and Dickinson Bayou, have been inundated with invasive species such as Chinese tallow or privet, inhibiting their natural abilities for drainage and flood protection. Texas Gulf wetlands face population, development challenges 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The old garden was a dull confection of clipped privet hedges, and the narrow steps connecting it to the president’s office were an awkward spot for addressing crowds. Irvin Williams, White House gardener who made Rose Garden bloom, dies at 92 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Most people come to Bekonscot for containment and trimmed privets, for a place forever amber. Shrinking the world: why we can't resist model villages 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z This is the Hamptons, and it is privet, whose very name sounds like “private,” that keeps prying eyes from seeing what the rich and famous are up to. A Hamptons Question: Do Good Hedgerows Make Good Neighbors? 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z One of them, Asian privet, now infests more than a million acres in the state, The Athens Banner-Herald reported . Asian privet, other plants are invading more Georgia ground 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Outside, fresh siding went up and flower beds were filled with uniform rows of privet and pink roses. In Georgia, Sean Hannity is just another landlord hiking the rent 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z So he kept the stacked-stone walls and Chinese elm, trimmed the privet hedge, added boxwood, then replaced a neglected lawn and overgrown shrubs with sedums, echeverias, aeoniums and agaves mulched with gravel. Looking for drought-garden inspiration? This L.A.-area tour is for you 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z It plays its home games between two long rows of privet Ligustrum, or, for easier pronunciation, “hedges,” and not “shrubs.” After years of making us sort of look, Georgia is making us really look 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Around 60 goats trampled in and around the thick grove of invasive plants such as privet, honeysuckle vines, bamboo and poison ivy that surrounds a collection pond. How goats are cleaning up a Murfreesboro cemetery 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Cogongrass is only at No. 12 on the Dirty Dozen list in Georgia, but it’s spread widely in some states that didn’t act to stop it before if got to be unmanageable, like privet. Asian privet, other plants are invading more Georgia ground 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z It was one of the first steps to eliminate exotic species such as privet, native to China, along with the same plant that forms the hedges in the University of Georgia’s football stadium. Nature center timber harvest part of managed forest project 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Todd says the pine trees haven’t thrived because of overcrowding and shading by invasive plants, such as privet, chinaberry, periwinkle and bamboo. Hot Springs National Park using goats to eat invasive plants 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Baby Doe had played among the pines and oaks of New England; she was dusted with traces of privet hedges and cedar-of-Lebanon, which are not native but are often planted in the suburbs. Detectives try to ID little girl left dead on Deer Island 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Castillo is part of the largely unseen, mostly Latino, workforce toiling all summer clearing plates in the restaurants, scrubbing the mansions and maintaining their privet hedges. The workers catering to the Hamptons' super-rich: 'This is not paradise for me' 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z There’s also litter, evidence of years of campfires, fishing and partying and invasive privet. Future charted for Hill’s Island, a gem in the Cumberland 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z Autumn brings magnolia, persimmons, privet sprigs and rosemary. Studio Choo designers share floral tips in 'The Wreath Recipe Book' 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Box, yew, privet and many other plants are used for ornamental hedging; in the United States the osage orange and honey locust are favourite hedge plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Its Egyptian name is Khenna, its Arabic name Al Khanna, its Indian name Mendee, while in England it is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, where it is naturalized, Jamaica mignonette. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Down below, amid that immemorial acrid smell of privet, two little girls were busily digging in the front garden. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z In February, the privet is as green as anything else. Future charted for Hill’s Island, a gem in the Cumberland 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z The backyard privacy so typical of Greenwich, enforced by privet hedges, is notably absent. | Cos Cob, Conn.: Cos Cob, Conn./Living In: A Stroll or Sail Away From Anywhere 2012-04-07T03:17:17Z Then a little branch of privet comes and touches M. Flammarion's hand, apparently arriving from somewhere near the window. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Smaller hedges may be formed of evergreen privet or of tree-box. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The whole of Falmouth is thickly studded with clumps of acacia, privet, and prickly pear; all of which are of the thorny family, and if report be true, serve the inhabitants instead of pins. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z “You could have teams working on privet for the next 20 years.” Future charted for Hill’s Island, a gem in the Cumberland 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z Like snickering truants they skirted the balustrade, the shadowy privet hedge, the masses of juniper and bay and box, till they reached the point where the winding stairway dropped down between its high brick walls. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z A brick path, damp and faintly green with moss, ran down to a green gate set in a ragged privet hedge that was always dusty and choked with dead twigs. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z The gate in the privet hedge of The Witan had had little rest all the afternoon. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Between two clipped privet hedges now; we will close our eyes for life's sake to life's patches. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z Another tiny berry, though still green, grew in great profusion—it would soon be black—the fruit of the privet. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z A few miles west, where Hamptons lanes are lined with Bentleys and Maseratis and high privet hedges, that amount might buy one person one lobster dinner with a nice bottle of local white. Dot Earth Blog: On the Merits of Parks and Bluefish 2011-08-19T21:36:03Z No changes had been made in its exterior, everything was exactly as when I saw it last, even to the peculiar scrimpiness about the piece of privet hedge beside the gate. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z From the window she could see over the privet hedge and down the road, but there was no sign of Edgar yet. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z “Sandal-buds”: the sandal is a low tree, like a privet, and has a great fragrance. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z In privet also the leaves fall after the production of new ones in the next year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z With this he struck into an alley formed by thick hedges of privet, which brought them to the back part of the house. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z Beyond the garden there were the meadows, only separated from Mr. Raymond's lawn by a low privet hedge; and beyond the meadows the roofs and chimneys of Conventford loomed darkly in the distance. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Then she descended again, opened the front door, closed it softly behind her again, passed through the door in the privet hedge, and walked out on to the dark Heath. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z It was a bright little tight little garden, with flower borders round a square lawn, and ground for vegetables beyond a privet hedge. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z He leads the way along a narrow privet alley that winds its surreptitious way towards an alcove. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z Yet somehow there had been a settled look about that figure that had passed the opening of the privet and been gone all in a moment. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z The larv�, however, are to be met with in abundance in privet hedges. Butterflies and Moths (British) The cart drew on to the left; Lady Tasker trailed after it; and suddenly it stopped before a high privet hedge with a closed green door in the middle of it. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Nor did she hear a sound from that direction as she passed out through the trimly cut privet hedge and took the shell walk to the boathouse. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway The August afternoon was very hot; no wind ruffled the quiet blue-green water; there were no waves; the leaves of the privet hedge upon the side of the cliffs were motionless. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath In the tenth part of a second I had turned my head to the right inside my little screen of privet. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Even in the centres of large towns we may see them resting on the topmost twigs of a privet hedge, their beautiful green tint closely resembling that of the surrounding leaves. Butterflies and Moths (British) She made a charming picture as she walked slowly the length of the privet hedge and then turned towards the copper beech again. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z After all, the privet was thick and Tony might not have seen. The Gay Adventure A Romance They stood together, perhaps a dozen seconds, watching the capricious scraps of colour rise, float over the privet hedge on balanced wings, dip abruptly down and vanish on the farther side below the cliff. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath Round tubs, with more privet, blocked either end. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z One of the best is a low hedge kept closely clipped, of yew, holly, privet, or beech—the first is, of course, slow in growth. Roses and Rose Growing The copper beech, the high privet hedge and the willows beyond it, shut out both light and air. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z The kiss was too late to be checked, and unhappily was bestowed upon a bunch of privet. The Gay Adventure A Romance "For goodness sake don't screech like that," Reggie reproved her, with an apprehensive glance at the thick privet hedge that separated his mother's premises from those next door. A Traitor's Wooing The winding lane led through the trees to the house and on either side were rows of tall, uncut privet hedge. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery The insects feed upon ash, lilac, privet and jasmine leaves, and are found more rarely on elder, rose, apple and poplar trees. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" A belated peasant might be on his way home by the lane that skirted the privet hedge. Bye-Ways But when he turned to the hedge he was surprised to see his love with her head pushed right through the privet, scarlet from excitement. The Gay Adventure A Romance And then boxes and boxes on a brick parapet, with hardy Golden Glow, scarlet geraniums, California privet, and even a venturesome Crimson Rambler. Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half The window where they stood was shaded on the outside by privet and althea bushes: it opened to the ground, and a sandy little footpath ran directly to the river, where her boat was moored. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. He drew in a deep breath of the flower and privet laden air. The "Genius" One winter's day Hugh Fraser, Kate, and I, in our walk, passed along the lane by the now ragged privet hedge through which I had so often observed the doctor's agonies. Bye-Ways The garden-hedge is of privet—a pretty fence, and fast growing, but not formidable to a four-year-old. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) In the middle of the plot stood the privet shrub, trimmed to make it impersonate a young tree. Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half The road here drew in its shoulders, and crept through between the landward extremity of the mill and a little garden enclosure, with a small house and a large signboard within its privet hedge. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers Gathering it up again was hopeless, and it made such a mess on the gravel-walk, that the old woman was thankful her misfortune happened behind the privet hedge, where nobody was likely to come. The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock I looked over the privet hedge, seeing only the rank and frost-bitten grass, the wild bushes and narrow mossy paths. Bye-Ways She looked at the close hedge of privet and laurel fencing in the garden; her eyes longed to see something more than the shrubs before they turned from that limited prospect. Shirley Our gardener, when he came to dig up from their winter bed by the back fence the privet shrubs that grow on our roof garden in summer, reported that one was missing. Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half Where the wahoo reds And the sumac spreads Tall plumes o'er the purple privet, I beg a kiss Of the wind, tho I wis Right well he never will give it. Nirvana Days There she stayed till it was dark, in a favourite place—a circular garden of her contriving, with a pond, and a golden privet hedge, so arranged as to throw yellow reflections in the water. Love and Lucy The doctor's hall door banged, and, peering through the privet hedge that protected his meagre domain, I perceived him come out into the air bareheaded. Bye-Ways A homely garden, where berries and roses grew together and privet hedges sheltered peas and lettuce, and tulips and wall-flowers did not disdain the proximity of household vegetables. An Orkney Maid The yielding branches of the privet were bowed down with their plumy panicles, and swayed heavily from side to side, drunk with gladness and plenty. Dr. Sevier In appearance, the caterpillar differs but little from that of the common privet sphinx-moth, after it has descended to the ground, previously to its undergoing the change into the chrysalis state. Notes and Queries, Number 81, May 17, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc At the sides of the house were bushes of lilac and guelder-rose and privet, entirely hiding the farm buildings behind. The Rainbow The tiny lawn was smooth as velvet, and a row of tall white lilies, flanked with fragrant lavender, filled up the one narrow bed that ran by the side of the privet hedge. Lover or Friend He was never tired of digging and planting and watering the long strip at the back, or of clipping the privet hedge that screened his green mat at the front. The Combined Maze They were sitting out in the garden after dinner, on that comfortable seat by the privet hedge which Beth overlooked from her secret chamber. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Guelder rose and dog rose and privet blossom side by side with elder and spindle wood; above holly and hazel and buckthorn stand up gnarled and wind-driven yews, bent over the road from the south-west. Highways and Byways in Surrey A private road of about half a mile long, hedged on either side by privet and hawthorn and golden furze, leads to the avenue proper, the entrance gate which is flanked by two handsome deodars. Mrs. Hungerford Notable Women Authors of the Day All over China, but especially in this part of Szechuan, there grows a tree of the large-leaved privet species. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia A winding driveway between privet hedges, led up from the main road half a mile away, through a maze of giant forest trees amid which the place was set. In Her Own Right And then the old tavern came into sight behind its new hedge of privet. Athalie The privet hedge surrounding this oasis proved to be very thin and there were no convenient little bushes. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany A private road, about half a mile long, hedged on either side with privet, hawthorn and golden furze, leads to the avenue proper, the entrance gate of which is flanked by two handsome deodars. Mrs. Hungerford Notable Women Authors of the Day From the ox grew a very few seeds of millet, and from the horse one or two lentils and a few oats; from the pig a species of dogwood, privet, mallow, radish, and common locust. Seed Dispersal A tall hedge of privet divided the lawns from the vegetable garden in which a man was working methodically. The Tragic Bride At the lower end of the park they sat down, near a little building hidden behind maples and privet, where the fishing nets and oars of the boats were kept. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 Some resembled privet, but most of them were like pomegranate with larger reddish blossoms that seemed to drip blood. Hunters Out of Space We pushed through a little gap in the privet hedge and found ourselves under the acacia tree with Miss Ponsonby peering anxiously at us from above. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 His gray hackles stiffened and his thick-set eyebrows bristled outward like bits of frosted privet. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights A blackbird broke into a whistle in the privet hedge and brought her heart to her mouth. The Tragic Bride Oh! by the way, Miss Wilson, we wondered if you would mind our man coming in one day to dig up the privet hedge? The Privet Hedge Walter, however, did not wait to hear the virtues and vices of privet hedges discussed. Walter and the Wireless Besides the above-mentioned flowers, we saw wild roses and buttercups and flox and privet, and whole acres of the wand-like lily. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 As they entered the Ocean Drive through an archway of privet, Miss Wellington indicated a road which dived among the hills and disappeared. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport Very cautiously she cut across to the left and into the shelter of the privet hedge, along which she stole until she reached their level. The Tragic Bride Then they went down the drive, leaving her there in the doorway staring at the privet hedge. The Privet Hedge Two parallel rows of ragged, untrimmed privet designated the tortuous way of the drive to the unused porte-coch�re. The Paternoster Ruby She sat at the open window, seeing only the high, green privet hedge that enclosed the front garden, the little wicket-gate, and the blue sky beyond. Olive A Novel He pointed to a well-trimmed privet hedge in a front garden opposite. Salthaven She could bear it no longer, but turned and groped her way back along the privet hedge to the door from which she had first come. The Tragic Bride When she reached the open road and was free from the heavy shadow of the privet hedge, she felt her self-confidence gradually coming back to her. The Privet Hedge The "brown-haired one" turned as his companions disappeared around a hedge of privet and came slowly back to the steps. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia And I found Fulton sitting on a garden bench in a recess of clipped privet, Hurry on his lap. We Three Just to the left of the kitchen wing is a little plot shut in by privet bushes and a trellis, which is where he says the fine herbes are meant to grow. The House of Torchy In front was the neatest of neat little gardens, surrounded by a well-clipped privet hedge, and the greenest of green gates. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea Before those new houses came, you need not see anything beyond the privet hedge unless you wished—— But now the outside was close upon her. The Privet Hedge It is as common in Japan as our privet or hawthorn. In the Eastern Seas We could hear the buggy boys just beyond the tall privet hedge. We Three “Papa,” it would be, “did you give orders for that beautiful privet hedge to be cut down!” Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel So you can tell your friend with the face privet that we got to the country after all. Shorty McCabe on the Job Mrs. Bradford, waiting for her lunch, also looked at the wheel-marks left by the passing of the workman's barrow over the place where the privet hedge used to be. The Privet Hedge In front and to one side, Tessibel's new privet hedge shone a dark, dusky green, and the flower beds were beginning to show orderly life through the blackish mold. The Secret of the Storm Country The houses are fancifully painted, and half hidden behind a privet hedge and a row of elms. Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London A faintness came upon him, and, overcome by the pain and loss of blood, he sank down all dizzy behind the high privet, a cold sweat on his forehead. Orrain A Romance Meanwhile Captain Runacles, who watched these operations from the other side of the privet hedge and picked up many scraps of rumour from the antique Simeon, was consumed with scorn and envy. The Blue Pavilions The three coming up the path; the clear sky; the man with the barrow wheeling cement over the forlorn dismantled part of the garden where the privet hedge had been. The Privet Hedge His stands on a small brick foundation, a few feet behind a privet hedge in front, with a brick wall along the side in which he has cemented a few huge conch shells. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives The wood of a low tree, the Santalum Album, resembling the privet, and growing on the coast of Malabar, in the Indian Archipelago, etc. The Arabian Nights Entertainments Every shadow in the winding walk, every recess in the over-grown privet, hid a secret enemy to him. Orrain A Romance Tristram, who was supposed to be at work clipping the privet hedge around the apiarium, was engaged in the summer-house, at the far end of it, upon business of his own. The Blue Pavilions But at last they reached the gate of the Cottage, and as they walked up the drive they saw that a man was at work taking up the privet hedge. The Privet Hedge The Chinese privet, of twenty feet stature, in perennial leaf, was saving its flowers for May. The Amateur Garden Brilliant moonlight bathed the little lawn with its bordering of high privet hedges. The Golden Scorpion I find these eggs not only on the mulberry-tree, but on the peach, the cherry, the willow, the Japanese privet, and other trees. Social Life in the Insect World Nor, though thirsty, did he turn aside to the porch of the Fish and Anchor Inn; but kept along the privet hedge until he came to the second blue gate. The Blue Pavilions When Caroline reached the Cottage she was surprised to see the front door standing wide open, for the storm swept full across the garden from the south now that the privet hedge was taken up. The Privet Hedge In this country we make hedge fences of worthless osage orange, privet, or honey locust which steal nourishment from the soil, add little to the beauty of the landscape, and give us no return whatsoever. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the sixth annual meeting Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 Stuart ran across the room, jerked open the curtains and stared out across the moon-bathed lawn, its prospect terminated by high privet hedges. The Golden Scorpion Already crocuses, mauve, white, and yellow, glimmered along a dripping privet hedge which crowned the brick and granite wall bounding the domain of Seagrave. The Danger Mark Directly opposite, the two blue roofs ranged themselves side by side, with long strips of garden and a thick privet hedge between them and the road. The Blue Pavilions The mist crept steadily along inland, muffling the church, the trees beyond—almost hiding the privet hedge from Miss Ethel as she glanced out of the window. The Privet Hedge The only touch of colour in the landscape was the vinous purple of the twigs, and a few green leaves of privet from which rose spikes of berries black as crape. Leaves from a Field Note-Book A slight breeze had arisen and it rustled in the feathery foliage of the acacias and made a whispering sound as it stirred the leaves of the privet hedge. The Golden Scorpion The deciduous plants tried were the buckthorn, Osage orange, honey-locust, privet and barberry. The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Sophia crept towards the house, while Tristram seized his opportunity and slipped away to the safe side of the privet hedge. The Blue Pavilions As they crossed the garden the privet hedge loomed like a wall, and above it could be seen the dim outline of brickwork left jaggedly unfinished. The Privet Hedge But listen,—a clipped privet hedge, bluestone drive, flower gardens, and a perfectly good double-breasted mansion standin' back among the trees. On With Torchy Charles's voice hailed over the dark hedge of privet. Hetty Wesley Efficiency may also be thus imparted to small-growing hedge plants, such as privet, barberry and small evergreens, which will require but little labor in pruning and would become handsome ornaments. The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside This path, bordered on each side by high privet hedges of the most beautiful green, soon brought them to a stile. Jack Sheppard A Romance As she went, she noticed for the first time a little flag flying on the roof-beams of the new house that was being built just over the privet hedge. The Privet Hedge I loved to see the ladies stepping primly down the garden path in their best gowns, between the stiff borders of box and privet, stopping to admire mother's hollyhocks or laburnum bushes. The Little Colonel's House Party Had he scaled the privet hedge in the night, and robbed the garden of its cabbages? Verner's Pride A hedge here, a path there, bordered with privet or rhododendron; a comfortable looking farmhouse, commodious barns and well-fenced pastures, where we passed a few men who touched their caps and stared after us. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment Before her was a high hedge of privet; beyond it, among the trees, the chimneys of a red brick house. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters Only one light glimmered above the privet hedge from an upper room in the Cottage. The Privet Hedge A small flower-bed intervened between the path and the high privet hedge. The Green Eyes of Bâst Professor Kelton's house was guarded on all sides by trees and shrubbery, and a tall privet hedge shut it off from the Lane. A Hoosier Chronicle A short, steep terrace descended to a formally planted plot, now flowerless, enclosed by low privet hedges. The Three Black Pennys A Novel The cropped enclosure which surrounded it, a great square of green fenced with high, well-trimmed privet, was good to look upon, level and smooth. Twelve Men What were those three men doing a few yards beyond the privet hedge? The Privet Hedge As to her extraordinary activity and agility," Gatton continued, "we must remember that a privet hedge is not like a stone wall. The Green Eyes of Bâst The lawn was always fresh and crisp, the borders of privet were neatly trimmed and the flower beds disposed effectively. A Hoosier Chronicle A new garden can be subdivided and made livable in a few months with trellis screens, where hedges, even of the quick growing privet, would take years to grow. The House in Good Taste Then we were out through the stable-door and the privet gate at a smart trot, only to burst into a headlong gallop a little farther on down the road. Twelve Men Before Mrs. Bradford could reply about the Warringborns, there came a sound of voices in the great field which stretched park-like beyond the privet hedge. The Privet Hedge The stranger soul from that fair house hath fled; And she, like privet pale, or white May-bloom Untimely plucked, lies on the meadow, dead. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series Tea looks not unlike privet and grows or is made to grow like box to a height which can be conveniently picked over. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People It was what the Senior Surgeon said as he stepped out of the cream pitcher that summoned the amazing apparition from a ragged green hole in the privet hedge. The White Linen Nurse Behind the privet hedge fencing off the paradise, on this good Sunday morning, lurked Amos Entwistle. Lancashire Idylls (1898) In so doing, her glance fell on the square board over the privet hedge, and that seemed somehow the visible sign of everything else that was happening in her life. The Privet Hedge The lawn terraces were green, broken only by plots of spring flowers; the walks were walled in box and privet; the house, of the pillared colonial type, crowned a series of terraces. The Port of Missing Men Only the inner end of the farther terrace, under the orchard wall, was hidden by a high screen of privet. The Tree of Heaven The Californian privet is excellent for this purpose. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. This oasis was enclosed by a high fence on the inside of which ran a hedge of lilacs, privet, and osage orange. The Mettle of the Pasture Then Miss Ethel began again—talking on to try and banish the insistent vision in her mind's eye of that square board over the privet hedge, which she knew herself foolish to dwell upon. The Privet Hedge Here the moon shone into a diminutive garden with box-bordered flower-beds, and half a dozen bee-skips in row against a hedge of privet, and at the end of the gravelled walk a white gate glimmering. True Tilda Nicky and Veronica talked together in the twilight, sitting on the seat under the orchard well behind the privet screen. The Tree of Heaven Someone was sauntering down the road on the other side of the high privet hedge. The Obstacle Race Blackberries are found in extraordinary numbers on this limestone soil, and the hedges are full of elder-berries, as well as the little black fruit of the privet. A Cotswold Village At the far end of Thorhaven towards the north was a little square house surrounded by a privet hedge. The Privet Hedge As they passed the bend in the lane my brother saw the face of the dying man in the ditch under the privet, deadly white and drawn, and shining with perspiration. The War of the Worlds Trust not too much to colour, beauteous boy; White privets fall, dark hyacinths are culled. The Bucolics and Eclogues She went through the field to the privet hedge, clambered into the middle of it, and reclined upon the thick boughs. A Pair of Blue Eyes The front garden was a small square with a privet hedge. Sons and Lovers Neither of them uttered a sound as they looked at the square board which rose slowly above the privet hedge. The Privet Hedge My brother saw dimly through the dust that two men lifted out something on a white stretcher and put it gently on the grass beneath the privet hedge. The War of the Worlds Off we went, dodging laurels and privets, and poured out on to the lawn, a disordered company. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu The ordinary privet or prim holds its leaves well into winter in the North. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) She enjoyed the afternoon very much, particularly the latter part of it, when Mr. Burmistone, who was passing, came in, being invited by Octavia across the privet hedge. A Fair Barbarian You see, the privet hedge hid all those streets from the garden. The Privet Hedge She was twisting and untwisting a string of white tulle round a sprig of privet flower. Mary Olivier: a Life And the clipped privet bush by the trellis and the may tree by the gate. Life and Death of Harriett Frean The so-called Californian privet holds its leaves rather longer and stands better along the seashore. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) As she spoke they were passing the privet hedge which surrounded Miss Bassett's house and garden; and a sound caused both to glance around. A Fair Barbarian To be sure, a privet hedge partly masked the house and its ground from the pottery-yard and works: but only partly. England, My England She caught up one red rose, winked the moisture from her eyes, and gazed—rapt, lips parted, color high—out at the close-clipped lawn behind the privet hedge. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors Summer": "A butterfly, Black and scarlet, Spotted with white, Fans its wings Over a privet flower. A Study of Poetry For closely clipped or sheared hedges, the best plants are arbor vitae, retinospora, hemlock, Norway spruce, privet, buckthorn, box, osage orange, pyracantha, Citrus trifoliata. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) A privet hedge, broken by a drive, closed in the withdrawn orderly habitation. The Happy End There was a pleasant garden at the back, and the scent of a privet hedge in it has never to this day left me. The Early Life of Mark Rutherford (W. Hale White) She dropped the glass of jelly on the thick carpet of the privet. Over the Pass The bungalow was situated about a couple of hundred yards from the summit, almost hidden by the high privet hedge which I had noticed from the sea. A Rogue by Compulsion Other plants that hold their leaves and are good for hedges are the common box and the privets. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The pigeon hung with broken wings in the branches of a privet hedge. Three short works The Dance of Death, the Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller, a Simple Soul. Along the bottom of the lawn ran a neatly trimmed privet hedge. Quill's Window The young women looked out of their windows at night, and wondered how they'd feel if a troubadour were suddenly to sing to them from behind the privet hedges. Spring Days It stood in a very lonely position, high up on a piece of rising ground, and half hidden from the sea by what seemed like a thick privet hedge. A Rogue by Compulsion I cannot say that I enjoyed leaving her behind me in the gathering dark, the wind blowing her about with no more reverence than if she had been a bush of privet. Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood Have you never noticed the delicious smell which comes from beds of mignonette, thyme, rosemary, mint, or sweet alyssum, from the small hidden bunches of laurustinus blossom, or from the tiny flowers of the privet? The Fairy-Land of Science Behind a thick hedge of privet were the cabins of the house servants. Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter As he appeared at the rustic gate in the privet hedge, Herminia looked out, and changed color with pleasure when she saw him push it open. The Woman Who Did "No. She must have climbed the garden fence and hidden behind the privet bush." A Daughter of the Land Whoever has seen the privet almost universally grown in hedges is familiar with the general aspect of this much-branched shrub. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors And breaking through the low privet hedge which separated the domains, she vanished beneath him with a low gurgling sound. The Burning Spear A thick hedge of privet, cut into fantastic shapes by some disciple of the school of Len�tre, screened it from the slopes that ran up towards the green glacis of Cape Diamond. The Golden Dog They had reached the privet hedge, and turned. The Lion's Skin Behind is a garden about the size of a good drawing-room, with an arbour, which is a complete sentry-box of privet. Our Village Then he comforted her; went to fetch water in her can to make rivers on the sand path, or broke off branches from the privet hedges to plant trees in the beds. Madame Bovary Going to the privet hedge, he looked aver. The Burning Spear There was her lonely little grave, the shadow of the privet hedge falling across it. One of Ours I find her settled on a privet in the enclosure. The Life of the Spider The garden, with its sentry-box of privet, exists no longer; an iron mission-room stands in its place, with the harmonium, the rows of straw chairs, the table and the candlesticks de circonstance. Our Village Bassett lounged outside the neat privet hedge which it was Harrison Miller's custom to clip with his own bachelor hands, and waited. The Breaking Point I turned around, and there, sitting on the top of a privet hedge, was the gray parrot, Polynesia. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle There, as he walked about, Claude stopped to look at a grave that stood off by itself, under a privet hedge, with withered leaves and a little French flag on it. One of Ours Orde walked with him down the deep-shaded driveway with the clipped privet hedge on one side, to the iron gate that swung open when one drove over a projecting lever. The Riverman |
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