| 单词 | banksia |
| 例句 | While the pincushion Protea flower was recognizable from grocery story bouquets, other examples, such as the furry, pinkish teddy bear banksia, seemed straight out of science fiction. Leaning into the mystery on a weekend getaway to Santa Cruz, Calif. 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Cone of a giant banksia: This southwestern Australian native offers up to 4,000 individual flowers at once, all embedded on a long rod sprouting up from the middle of a foliage cluster. See Bizarre Seeds and Fruits from around the Globe 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Farther up the slope are leggy shrubs with flowers resembling bright plastic hair curlers: banksias, I think. Identification, Please 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z In the centre is the Quinta, or summer-house, which you reach by a very long verdant tunnel, formed of Pacific roses and the clustering yellow banksia. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z It was an elegant paper; stripes of white satin alternated with a wide white rib, upon which were flung at regular intervals delicate bouquets of banksia roses and violets. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z With its cargo of humans reaching arms and legs toward the sunset, it was reminiscent of the needlelike petals of the banksia flowers. Leaning into the mystery on a weekend getaway to Santa Cruz, Calif. 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Some of the floral displays were truly gorgeous, embracing the flaring warratah and the glowing banksias, decked with curious and lovely foliage. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The forests also included plants allied to cypresses, banksia, maples, poplars, mimosa, custard apples, gourds, and melons. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight Farther on we reached the real bush, full of flowers, the ground being covered with the red and white epacris, and with various banksias, hoyas, and other flowers. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' As Gould points out, they are to the fauna what the eucalypts, banksias, and melaleucas are to the flora of Australia. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia They were white cluster roses and yellow banksias, which had strayed far along the balustrade, clambering among the stone pillars. The Daughters of Danaus "I have seen one banksia the Macartney is a name that tells me nothing." Queechy, Volume II And then, while these were clearing themselves away, the double banksia roses came out, and the big summer roses suddenly flaunted gorgeously on the walls and trellises. The Enchanted April The trees seemed to consist chiefly of white gum, peppermint, and banksias, and all looked rather ragged and untidy. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The Duchess mounted the double staircase where the banksia already hung in a golden curtain over the marble balustrade. Lady Rose's Daughter And Nora pulled off a twig from the banksia rose outside, and began to chew it energetically with her firm white teeth, by way of assisting her thoughts. Lady Connie "Better than any climbers I ever saw except the banksia." Queechy, Volume II The surface at the summit of the cliffs was broad and consisted of large blocks of sandstone, separated by wide fissures full of dwarf bushes of banksia and casuarinae. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Everything here, whether called banksia or anything else, seems to run to bottle-brush just as in Western Australia. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The most common kinds of wood are the casuarina and eucalyptus, to which Mr. Grimes adds the banksia, mimosa and some others; but the timber is rarely sound, and is not large. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 With the banksia and xanthorrhoea always in sight, the idea of hopeless sterility is ever present to the mind, for these productions, in sandy soils at least, grow only where nothing else can vegetate. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 Roses were here too the air was full of the sweetness of damask and Bourbon varieties and a few beautiful banksias, happily placed, contrasted without interfering with them. Queechy, Volume II This high ground was thickly wooded with stringybark trees of large dimensions, and a few other eucalypti, together with banksia and casuarinae. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 It is curious how all, even the smallest of the bush flowers, run to bottle-brush just as readily as the great banksias and eucalypti, and what strange little bottle-brushy appendages they all have. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The timbers were cut from the largest kind of banksia, which had been found more durable than mangrove; and the planking was of cedar. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 In all this district the vegetation was of the worst description--the trees, which grew only in the valleys, were small kinds of banksia, wattles, and drooping gums--not large enough to furnish building materials. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea The clouds of yellow banksia, hanging over the statued wall that girdled the fountain-basin, were breaking into bloom; and the nightingales were singing with a prodigality that was hardly worthy of their rank and dignity. Eleanor Casuarinae and banksia growing on grassy slopes were the next marks of a different country from that of the swamps, and at less than a mile from this point we came upon the river. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 The boat was 28 feet 7 inches long, head and stern alike, fitted to row eight oars, with banksia timbers and cedar planking. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders This unfavourable description of soil is covered with a coarse scrub, and an immense forest of banksia trees, red gums, and several varieties of the eucalyptus. The Bushman — Life in a New Country The country then became sandy, producing little besides scrub and a few banksia trees. Journals of Australian Explorations This peculiarity has been remarked of other plants, besides the species of banksia. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales We easily found a ford and, on proceeding, entered upon a tract of white sand where banksia and casuarinae were the chief trees. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 She rested her broom against the thick trunk of the old banksia, and rubbed her two hands together, and came to the top of the steps to say good-bye. Sisters The banksia is a paltry tree, about the size of an apple-tree in an English or French orchard, perfectly useless as timber, but affording an inexhaustible supply of firewood. The Bushman — Life in a New Country The country consists of elevated sandy downs covered with heathy bushes and a few small banksia trees, it being only on the alluvial flats of the river that there is any grass or good soil. Journals of Australian Explorations The country is described as being composed of ridges of white and red sand, intersected by swamps of tea-tree, pandanus, and banksia, the crest of the ridges being generally surmounted by a patch of scrub. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland In the bank of this I found a stratum of alluvium; but beyond it the soil was granitic, and banksia was seen there for the first time after crossing the river. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 The big room, once the study, and still shaded by the old banksia rose, had been turned into as luxurious a bedroom as Cherry could make it. Sisters It was scarcely possible to see more than fifty yards ahead of you, so thickly grew the banksia trees. The Bushman — Life in a New Country Martie began to chew the fresh sprout of a yellow banksia rose. Martie, the Unconquered He was come to say good-night rather later than usual, and he ran up to his sister with a little bouquet of yellow banksia and forget-me-nots. Nuttie's Father We generally found the south-eastern slope of such heights very indistinct, and the ground soft, boggy and covered with banksias. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Hanging on his arm, she went back into the old sitting room again, under the banksia rose; went up the brown stairway to the old, clean, woody-smelling bedroom. Sisters Luckily he espied a banksia tree which seemed easy to ascend; but just as he reached it the bull was upon him. The Bushman — Life in a New Country As the party drove on they stumbled upon a little native boy lying fast asleep beneath the shade of a magnificent banksia. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant Elspeth had brought her a spray of white banksia roses, but otherwise she wore no ornament. We Two, a novel The banksia, the casuarina, and the hardy xanthorrhoea reminded us of former toils on the opposite side of these ranges. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 "You might just as well cut it down at the roots and plant another double banksia." Sisters The gum-trees do not produce bread, nor the banksias shoulders of mutton; and, consequently, their hopes have been miserably disappointed, and they loudly proclaim their wants and sorrows in the streets. The Bushman — Life in a New Country Nature was reviving; and among the evergreen foliage of the coniferae which formed the border of the wood, already appeared the young leaves of the banksias, deodars, and other trees. The Mysterious Island A shout of joy directed our attention among the boughs of a low banksia tree, where our unfortunate friend Tom sat painfully perched, only just out of reach of danger. The Bushman — Life in a New Country Beyond it the country appeared open and good, consisting of what is termed forest land with casuarinae and banksia growing upon it. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 At half-past eight she came out into the garden, to find her father somewhat ruefully studying the tumbled ruins of the yellow banksia rose. Sisters Thick woods of banksia, wattle, and eucalypti, closed in the view on every side; but occasionally we ascended a gentle slope, and then looking back we could see a beautiful picture before us. 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