| 单词 | saxifrage |
| 例句 | And in confirmation, a little Arctic flower, a purple saxifrage, blossomed improbably where the witch had planted it as a signal in a cranny of the rock. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The grots and rocky walls were already starred with saxifrages and stonecrops. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Desiccated husks of spring wildflowers — saxifrage, penstemon and daisy — crunched underfoot. Explorer: In Utah, a 100-Mile Trek With a 4-Year-Old Boy 2013-06-14T20:06:25Z A salad of wild garlic, golden saxifrage, wood bittercress and cherry blossom anyone? TV review: Horizon: What Happened Before the Big Bang? and Wild Britain with Ray Mears 2010-10-12T07:00:00Z Springy moss, purple and yellow saxifrage, and a type of buttercup stay within centimetres of the ground. Naked geology, dazzling light… my journey into the Arctic 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z Glints of colour, purple saxifrage, sphagnum moss, the reddening leaves of the bilberry. The place where wolves could soon return - BBC News 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z There is a long chapter on the study of heredity in British plants discussing celandines, poppies, watercress, violets, pansies, campions, clovers, vetch, trefoil, raspberry, blackberry, saxifrage. A Point Of View: Fly, Fish, Mouse and Worm 2013-06-14T16:55:00Z I photographed at least 15 species of flowering plant which include some very attractive saxifrages and wintergreens. Operation Iceberg diary: Part 1 2012-07-11T08:54:55Z Even at these heights I found both yellow and white saxifrages and a blue gentian. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Rae had earlier found that bunches of the arctic saxifrage made excellent fuel when dried, and as there were neither trees nor shrubs the hills and valleys were scoured for this useful plant. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z The green moss-like saxifrages are also a very distinct group, with dense tufted leaves which appear greener in winter than in summer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z We have several species of saxifrage, most of which are plants of exceeding delicacy and grace, and with small flowers. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Here, too, there was little turf and no heather, but only stone-crop and saxifrages, with cruel quagmires and bogs in the hollows. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z I was surprised to find growing at this height a tiny yellow saxifrage. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Rae was equal to the occasion, and he set the discontented hunters at work scraping under the snow for saxifrage, their sole supply of fuel. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Whit′low-grass, a small British saxifrage: the small Draba verna of America. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z In appearance these delicate herbs resemble the saxifrages, and they affect much the same sort of places, decking mossy banks and stream borders with their beautiful scalloped leaves and small white flowers. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z I don't believe she knows the difference between a saxifrage and a sedum; and you can't trust to servants. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z There was also a beautiful little white saxifrage with yellow and brown spots inside the flower, a delightful pink androsace, and dwarf delphiniums with their single deep-blue flowers. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z To complaints he tersely said: "No saxifrage, no tea." True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z On a wet bank was the design of golden saxifrage, glistening unholily as if varnished by its minister, the snail. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z He stands at the entrance of a cave with pointed rocks above, and saxifrage and ferns delicately drawn are growing in their crevices. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z Mock′-or′ange, an ornamental shrub of the saxifrage family—also Syringa. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z There grew close to the camp a few gentians with their curious square leaves, also a dwarf blue delphinium and a little white saxifrage. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z A black, bare, bleak-looking rock it was, but canopied over with the greenest of green moss and trailing saxifrages, bearing tiny flowerets of pink and white and blue. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z I recollect the saxifrage that grew among the rocks, the spring that pushed its way over the salt pebbles to the waters of the cove, and the sweet notes of the little brown shore birds. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z He hastily gave her a hybrid plant which his eagle eye had discerned among the growth of silene acaulis and saxifrage, a real miracle developed under the breath of angels. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Looking upwards, the wild flowers can be seen hanging to the banks and cliffs—saxifrages, heath, broom, and golden gorse. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z There were also white pincushions of a kind of tiny saxifrage. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z He could love and admire every tiny flower, every moss or lichen or tender and beautiful saxifrage that clad the rocky uplands. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z Growing with it will be the saxifrage, whose name means that it breaks rocks. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z "Always the same?" said Seraphita, laughing, Minna having left them; the girl was climbing a crag where she had seen some blue saxifrages. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z On this rockery dwelt ferns that loved moisture, and creeping saxifrages, with pretty flowerets of deepest crimson, but not a bit bigger than a bee’s head. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Among the smaller flowers were the large pink saxifrage, while the deep reddish-purple primula covered every open space. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z They feed upon such alpine plants as stonecrop and saxifrage and are well adapted by their structure and habits to the bleak surroundings of the mountain tops. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z See how he stands spellbound before saxifrages which cling to a dripping rock. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z They all three fixed their eyes on the pretty saxifrage, still quite fresh, which under the gleam of the lamps shone amid the clouds of smoke like another light. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z A little later the post brought him little plants of mossy and silvery saxifrages, and a few small bulbs. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z Here at the very top were growing some delightful little dwarf forget-me-nots—not an inch high—also many white and yellow saxifrages. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z High above the hardiest saxifrage tower the three thousand feet of everlasting snows that crown Mount Ararat. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Lichens, stunted grass, saxifrage, and a feeble willow, are the plants of Melville Island, but in sheltered nooks there are found sorrel, poppy, and a yellow butter-cup. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z On landing, it was perceived, that the lively colour which had imposed upon them, was occasioned only by one small plant, not unlike some sorts of saxifrage. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z In the Alps of Middle Europe the eye is at once attracted by gentians, saxifrages, rhododendrons, primroses of different kinds, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The primulas, however, had many of them already gone to seed, but the saxifrages still covered the rocks, and it was a delight to wander along and note the different varieties. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z The large-leaved saxifrages, sometimes called megaseas, merit a good deal more attention than they receive. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them I gave her some of that new saxifrage I raised. Plashers Mead A Novel I’m afraid I did some damage to the bulbs as well as myself, but you had told me that the saxifrages were partial to boots. Lady Cassandra She was on her way, I suppose, to some wild garden, probably for lupine and starchy saxifrage leaves and rootstocks. My First Summer in the Sierra Ivy, saxifrage and wild roses vie with each other in concealing the ruins. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 No rockery is complete without several specimens of the family of saxifrages. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them But in his catalogue of achievements I find new lilies, new conifers, fuchsias, agaves, cacti, begonias, saxifrage, dahlias, convolvuli, tropaeolums, tacsonias—a multitude, in fact, beyond reckoning. The Woodlands Orchids Low bent the golden saxifrage; Its yellow bells like bangles The foxglove fluttered. Days and Dreams Poems Like the Indians, we ought to know how to get the starch out of fern and saxifrage stalks, lily bulbs, pine bark, etc. My First Summer in the Sierra In the centre of this place was a small and antique Temple of Venus, overtopped by a single palm-tree, while burning-red saxifrage grew in the now empty niches of its outer walls. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 A dry sunny situation suits the saxifrages best. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them In addition to the plants mentioned above, hardy ferns grow well, and so do lilies of the valley, and stonecrops and saxifrages. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes In half-an-hour's time they had pulled all Edward's cherished sedums and saxifrages up by the roots and turned over most of the smaller rocks without discovering the treasure. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920 We should boil lupine leaves, clover, starchy petioles, and saxifrage rootstocks like the Indians. My First Summer in the Sierra It has much the appearance of a saxifrage. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha The mossy saxifrages are suitable for the edges of the box, and are always ornamental; their charming white flowers, supported on red stalks, appear about May. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them The earth may be kept level, or heaped up at one or both ends, and a few stones added to make a tiny rockery, in which you can grow small saxifrages and other rock plants. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes The vegetable productions which they observed, were chiefly the dwarf willow, sorrel, poppy, saxifrage, and ranunculus. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Frequently in its place social grasses clothe the mountain-sides; and yellow violets, primulas, anemones, delphiniums, currants, and saxifrages remind us of regions more akin to our own. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Acres of yellow poppies, wild geraniums, bluish in color, saxifrage, magenta colored epilobium, moccasin plants and a hundred others with familiar faces. The Boy Scouts on the Yukon To fight off despondency, they held to a nightly schedule of lectures and discussions in their rude shelters, until speech became an agony because of throats poisoned by eating of caterpillars, lichens and saxifrage blossoms. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 On the islands there were recent traces of both reindeer and bears; and I amused myself picking some pretty arctic flowers, such as anemones, poppies, and saxifrage, which grew in sheltered nooks amongst the rocks. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 Mignonette, geranium, wandering Jew, and saxifrage grow well in small spaces. Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers The road from Gubbio, immediately after leaving the city, enters a narrow Alpine ravine, where a thin stream dashes over dark, red rocks, and pendent saxifrages wave to the winds. New Italian sketches Then upon thyme and tansy think, On fields of sainfoin, ruddy pink, On dells deep down and rocks upreared, On lad's-love and on old-man's-beard, On spearmint and on silver sages, On colewort and on saxifrages! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 We may compare the learned saxifrage, stone-breaker, of which the Spanish doublet is sassafras. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) As soon as the cold decreased, the commander made an excursion across Melville Island, on which the vegetable productions were dwarf willow, sorrel, moss, grass, and saxifrage. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold It is so nice to be able to find anything that is in the least new to you, and interesting; my rocks are quite proud of rooting that little saxifrage. Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston The ice-plant, which is also called a saxifrage, may now be seen in many a garden to which it has been brought from the Kerry mountains, and it is known as London Pride. A Child's Book of Saints There are also numerous small herbaceous plants of the saxifrage family, some forming dense mats to the exclusion of other plants. The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' And then the path grew steeper and runnels of water dripped down the rocks, all covered with ferns and saxifrage. Brave and True Short stories for children by G. M. Fenn and Others The roses smell so delicious in the dusk; and oh, father, there are two whole flowers on the little pink-belled saxifrage you brought home from Norway!” A Houseful of Girls Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, opposite golden saxifrage—in the dark and rocky hollow lanes. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Caius turned as he knelt upon the grass, and, holding the emerald moss and saxifrage plants in his hand, looked up at her. The Mermaid A Love Tale Here bloom poppies, with dandelions, buttercups, and saxifrage, though to the best of my knowledge the flowers are all devoid of perfume. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club They said that they and some of their comrades had been a long way from home gathering saxifrage, and that they had met one of the young ladies of the town. A Dozen Ways Of Love Then had come brilliant spots and splashes of color on the summer slopes—purple butterwort, golden ragweed, aconite, buttercup, deep crimson mossy patches of saxifrage, rosy heather, catchfly, wild geranium, cinnamon rose. Days of the Discoverers Despite the predominance of foodstuffs there were a few flowers in the garden, clumps of forget-me-not and narcissus, purple iris, golden saxifrages and scarlet anemones. The Luckiest Girl in the School There were harebells and saxifrage in the moss, and underneath the bushes there was scented woodruff, and there was also sweet wild thyme. The Story of Bawn I took it for a saxifrage, but could find nothing under that head which exactly answered to it. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427 Volume 17, New Series, March 6, 1852 That saxifrage, indeed, is one of my happiest devices. About Orchids A Chat There were flowers in bloom, poppies of gold, dandelions and buttercups, saxifrages of purple, white and yellow. Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories These, with the exception of a few saxifrages and daffodils of the variety muticus, were about the last flowers I saw there. Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 At Arles, indeed, I saw the little saxifrage blossoming on the steps of the Amphitheatre, and fruit-trees in flower amid the tombs. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe His present ambition is to grow every possible saxifrage. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 Filled with earth, each bears a showy plant—lobelia, pyrethrum, saxifrage, or what not, with the utmost neatness, making a border; and they last eternally. About Orchids A Chat On the cliffs above my pasture are masses of moss, holding, as a pincushion holds a breastpin, little early saxifrage plants. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers The white stars of the saxifrage appeared in the woods; the white daisies were in the grass. Macleod of Dare It was smaller and heavier, sparkling with flowers like saxifrages of flame, opening in the pierced wall. The Cathedral I have no doubt he will do some good work with his saxifrages. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 Nodding anemones within the wood Shake off the winter's sleep, and haste to greet; Where in the autumn the blue asters stood, The saxifrage creeps out, with downy feet. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Doris brought in the first violets on the fifteenth, with a few wisps of saxifrage and ragged robin. Kit of Greenacre Farm The other March flower mentioned is the saxifrage. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. The sides were plastered with a kind of viscous clay found in one of the ponds, and the top covered with tufts of the purple saxifrage. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 Only where tiny streams trickled and sang through rocks and shallow courses, grew ferns and the huge leaves of the saxifrage. The Rules of the Game In July, resurrection comes to Herschel,—saxifrages, white anemones through the snow, the whoop of the mosquito-hawk, and the wild fox dodging among the dwarf-junipers and uncovered graves! The New North Already have the stones fulfilled their purpose, and the ivy, the brier, and the saxifrage have found a home amongst them. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 There is an old tale to the effect that the saxifrage roots twine about rocks and work their way into them so that the rock itself splits. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. The vegetation was tolerably luxuriant in some places upon the low land which borders the sea, consisting principally of the dwarf-willow, sorrel, saxifrage, and poppy, with a few roots of scurvy-grass. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 Briars, saxifrages, and pellitories—indeed, all weeds that root themselves in the crevices and at the base of old buildings—have besieged these venerable walls. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 Is not ——'s last novel a better antidote against melancholy, stupendously absurd as it is, than foalfoot or plantain, featherfew or savin, agrimony or saxifrage, or any other herb in old Robert Burton's pharmacopoeia? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 The list includes bloodroot, cowslip, houstonia, saxifrage, dandelion, chickweed, cinquefoil, strawberry, mouse-ear, bellwort, dog's-tooth violet, five species of violet proper, and two of anemone. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Candytuft, dwarf phlox, stonecrop, morning glory, saxifrage, bleeding heart, rock cress, myrtle, thrift, columbine, bell flower, and moss pink. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Little primulas and saxifrages sheltering in cracks in the rocks, with nothing but bunches of brown leaves to show them up. Ski-running In summer it is covered with green mosses, grey lichens, various hardy plants, especially wild saxifrage. An Antarctic Mystery In Germany, too, a species of wild radish is said to reveal witches, as also is the ivy, and saxifrage enables its bearer to see witches on Walpurgis Night. The Folk-lore of Plants It has a flower," he said, "like the bird's-eye and leaves like the saxifrage, and it looks as if it had gold dust on its top leaves. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales Then a little later came the violets, blue and white, anemones, sweet- william, columbine and saxifrage. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers The saxifrages and the creepers on the house were his favourite plants. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Plants were chosen for trial at hazard, with the exception of two species of saxifrage, which were selected from belonging to a family allied to the Droseraceae. Insectivorous Plants In several saxifrages—not very distant relatives of Drosera—the viscid glands equally manifested the power of absorption. Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism "A flower like the bird's-eye and leaves like the saxifrage," repeated the children; and they ran into the wood and the fields to look for the goldpowder. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales From the rocks that look boldly up the loch the heather and the saxifrage reflect themselves in the still water. The Lilac Sunbonnet By May he was strong enough to walk from the terrace to the lawn and his beloved saxifrages, and to remount the steps to the house without help. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 But more evidence is necessary before we fully admit that the glands of this saxifrage can absorb, even with ample time allowed, animal matter from the minute insects which they occasionally and accidentally capture. Insectivorous Plants By this time the hepatica, anemone saxifrage, arbutus, houstonia, and bloodroot may be counted on. Wake-Robin And now, let's see about the goldpowder," he said for the third time, "which has flowers like the bird's-eye and leaves like the saxifrage. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales Lichens, stunted grass, saxifrage, and a feeble willow, are the plants of Melville Island, but in sheltered nooks there are found sorrel, poppy, and a yellow buttercup. Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage Then a short expedition around the garden, to inspect the creepers, tend the saxifrages, or see how the more exposed shrubs could best be sheltered from the shrivelling winds. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 It is not to be confused with the saxifrage or stone-breaker. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors I quite agree with what you say of almost certainty of Glacial epoch having destroyed the Spanish saxifrages, etc., in Ireland. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 The bird's-eye collects dew and water in its leaves, and is in itself a tiny, clear rivulet; but the saxifrage can break mountain rocks. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales A gentle slope of grass was close to her, and on it grew, at some little distance from her, a tuft of deep purple, the beautiful Alpine saxifrage, which she well knew by description. The Heir of Redclyffe There the local flora was represented by a wide carpet of samphire, a small umbelliferous plant that keeps quite nicely, which also boasts the names glasswort, saxifrage, and sea fennel. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea This deceitful appearance is caused by a small plant resembling saxifrage, which is abundant, growing in large patches on a species of crumbling moss. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 But again—the London Pride grows here, and so does another saxifrage very like it, which we call Saxifraga Geum. Madam How and Lady Why "I gathered them for you," said Minna, offering the bunch of saxifrages to the being she adored. Seraphita Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, opposite golden saxifrage, — in the dark and rocky hollow lanes. The Natural History of Selborne There was no heath there, but - First, a little grass slope, covered with the prettiest flowers, rockrose and saxifrage, and thyme and basil, and all sorts of sweet herbs. The Water-Babies All three gazed at the pretty saxifrage, which was still fresh, and now shone in the light of the two lamps like a third luminary. Seraphita Minna had left them for a moment to gather the blue saxifrages growing on a rock above. Seraphita So saying, he gave her the hybrid plant his falcon eye had seen amid the tufts of gentian acaulis and saxifrages,—a marvel, brought to bloom by the breath of angels. Seraphita |
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