| 单词 | snapdragon |
| 例句 | It was brimming with buckets of orange lilies, purple stock, yellow spray roses, red carnations, baby snapdragons...and lavender, lavender, lavender. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They tipped the dirty water away onto the base of a clump of snapdragons which, Nettle said, made him homesick for his parents’ back garden. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Mama’s flowers were poked into every corner and onto every surface—bachelor’s buttons, snapdragons, asters, Shasta daisies, and huge buckets of sunflowers. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Sidewalks are filled with more than a dozen different public art pieces and copious flowers in all seasons, from beds of petunias in summer to snapdragons in the dead of winter. A Southern Town That’s Been Holding On to Its Charm, for More Than a Century 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Once home, we planted the snapdragons and put the paper bag of tulip bulbs in the refrigerator for eight weeks. Goal: Garden in a Weekend 2010-06-18T16:17:00Z Cut snapdragon stems at an angle, and insert them into the foam. Colorful Easter Table Decorations 2010-03-22T21:31:00Z After being sentenced to winter double jeopardy, I had earned some daisies, snapdragons and crocuses. Pursuits: Chasing Elusive Flowers in South Africa 2014-04-23T16:27:31Z We bought our tulips and snapdragons at the same time. Goal: Garden in a Weekend 2010-06-18T16:17:00Z I brought flowers – tulips, snapdragons or sweet peas – whatever looked freshest at the florist. Ode to joy: how to find happiness in balloons and rainbows 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z By late summer, the snapdragons, tulips, alliums and larkspur of spring will be a memory, replaced instead by walls of flower-rich vegetation. The delightful demands of the cutting garden 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z On planting day, the bulbs were spaced 8 inches apart between the existing snapdragons. Goal: Garden in a Weekend 2010-06-18T16:17:00Z Flowers available in fall include ranunculus, anemones, snapdragons, and a host of dried florals and botanicals. Frightful florals for your fall table | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z She added two genes from a plant called a “snapdragon”. US Approves Purple Tomatoes With Changed DNA 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Right now, the cool season flowers — snapdragons, strawflowers, sweet peas and poppies — are transitioning to ranunculus and anemones and summer annuals like dahlias, zinnias and cosmos. 'All the neighbors know who she is': How one woman built a flower farm across eight yards 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z The author is a big fan of planting flowers among your vegetables, like carpeting edges of growing beds with flowering alyssum and interplanting cosmos, snapdragons and zinnias to promote biodiversity and support pollinators. Tips from 'Plant Grow Harvest Repeat' to extend your garden's growing season 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z There was a friend who brought us a vase of snapdragons and she waved at me through the window and left them on the porch. How Nicole Chung rewrote her memoir on grief after losing a second parent during COVID 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z His quest — and his gift of sunflowers and snapdragons — found a receptive audience. Flow of Russian gas and cash entangled German state in dependent web 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Like snapdragons, another flowering plant that prefers cooler temperatures, annual stock grows upward and flowers in colors such as pink, white and purple. Plants (beyond pansies) that will thrive in cooler weather 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z An example of this can be seen in snapdragons when red-flowered plants and white-flowered plants are crossed to produce pink-flowered plants. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Other edible flowers include violas, snapdragons, lavender and — Cunningham’s current experiment — fuchsias. How to grow a cocktail or tea garden for standout drinks with the freshest flavors | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z In and around the stadium, the focus is on California, including California sycamores, coast live oaks, blue hesper palms and island snapdragons. How SoFi Stadium's landscape designer is transforming Los Angeles' urban grid 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Going with something off the beaten path, such as lavender snapdragons or hydrangea, can be a less expensive — and more creative — option. How to save on those Valentine’s Day chocolates and flowers 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Much of that bounty — from celery to snapdragons — came from the sweeping square miles of what is now the thoroughly suburbanized South Bay and southeast L.A. Before Pearl Harbor, L.A. was home to thriving Japanese communities. Here’s what they were like 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The snapdragon gene in Martin’s tomato, for instance, is known as a transcription factor: essentially, a kind of volume knob that regulates how much of something a particular gene will produce. Learning to Love G.M.O.s 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z At one man’s grave, “I heard his widow telling his little nephews who will never meet him how to squeeze snapdragons to make them smile,” she said. Public swarms Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day for the first time since the pandemic 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Their woodlands theme box uses bleeding heart, hosta and columbine; an indoor “jungle box” includes monstera and elephant’s ear; and a “Southern belle” box mixes foxglove, snapdragon, sweet potato vines and dusty miller. Going beyond the traditional window-box garden 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Examples of these types of flowers include snapdragon, orchid and sweet pea. Some plants recover quickly after crushing blows 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Two years after the army's evacuation, the entire perimeter wall of the barracks was covered with more than twenty different species: among them, capers, snapdragons, lots of spreading pellitory, and several small ferns. Nature surrounds us, even in quarantine 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z Even Martin’s purple tomato would have been harder to make without using the transcription factor from snapdragons — although it would theoretically be possible. Learning to Love G.M.O.s 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z When selecting cut flowers, keep in mind that iris, tulips, snapdragons and daffodils have an extremely short vase life — less than a week. Stop the wilt: How to make cut flowers last longer | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z When selecting cut flowers, keep in mind that iris, tulips, snapdragons and daffodils have an extremely short vase life - less than a week. Flowers looking tired? How to extend their vase life 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Seattle studio Of the Earth prints photos they’ve taken around the Pacific Northwest on homemade paper embedded with seeds like daisy, snapdragon, poppy, thyme and chamomile. Bring back the handwritten note! Cool stationery will help. | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z They pitchforked the pine straw around the snapdragons and verbena by the Saddlebrook sign. Their neighbor was arrested on terror charges. This is how a ‘typical American community’ reacted. 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z But because the plant contained a pair of genes from a snapdragon — that’s what spurs the tomatoes to produce more anthocyanin — it would be classified as a genetically modified organism: a G.M.O. Learning to Love G.M.O.s 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z He writes that “a snapdragon is now called an antirrhinum, a word no one can spell”—let alone pronounce—“without consulting a dictionary,” and that “forget-me-nots are coming more and more to be called myosotis.” Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z In the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain, wild snapdragons bloom each spring. How Snapdragons Beckon Bees With More Than One Color 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Using petunias, snapdragons, marigolds, geraniums and other annuals grown on-site in nine greenhouses, crews replant the flower beds each spring, always in a different theme. Road Report: Three Courses To Put On Your Spring Bucket List - Golf Digest 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Many old-fashioned flowers, like sweet peas and snapdragons, zinnias and delphiniums, produce more flowers the more you cut them. Grow your own fragrant, pretty flower bouquets 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z When cheaper imports started entering the market, the farm switched to growing lilies, snapdragons and other flowers that are harder to ship. A Start-Up That Aims to Bring Back the Farm-to-Vase Bouquet 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z A variety of so-called long-tubed flowers, including penstemon, Indian paintbrush, clover, wild indigo, monkshood, bluebell, snapdragon, larkspur, and foxglove, require long-tongued bumblebees for pollination. Warming world has shrunk bee tongues 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Bees follow the patterns as if they were arrows on billboards and enter the mouths of the snapdragon. How Snapdragons Beckon Bees With More Than One Color 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z He developed more than 20 varieties of snapdragons for large-scale production and was a past president of the former National Snapdragon Society. Washington-area obituaries of note 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z People could now pick up their black sea bass alongside their baskets of pea shoots and snapdragons — all they had to do was pay upfront and take what the ocean provided. Getting the Catch Directly to the Restaurant 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Regions of color divide the long rows, the plantings forced into flower: towering blue larkspur and lupines, spikes of pink foxglove, variegated snapdragons. ‘Groundbreakers’ Pays Tribute to Female Landscape Designers 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The purple pigment is the result of the transfer of a gene from a snapdragon plant - the modification triggers a process within the tomato plant allowing the anthocyanin to develop. GM purple tomatoes heading for shops 2014-01-24T22:00:08Z But how did the snapdragon cousins create accented patterns that appeared to be equally effective in the same environment? How Snapdragons Beckon Bees With More Than One Color 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z The problem with the Snapdragon product brand is that a snapdragon is actually a flower. Qualcomm Buffs Up Its Master Brand 2013-05-06T13:13:10Z They’re now showing a clip of the movie off a snapdragon chip. Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs Delivers Opening Keynote at CES (Live) 2013-01-08T02:45:25Z A high wall bright with snapdragon bounded the garden on the side of the Cathedral, and beyond it loomed the south transept and a grove of mighty elms. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Out came the obstruction, hardly bigger than a snapdragon seed, surely the tiniest little imp of a particle that ever hampered the circulation of a mighty machine. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z To find out how color differences in these snapdragons arose, scientists compared the genomes of the subspecies in a study published Thursday in Science. How Snapdragons Beckon Bees With More Than One Color 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z When the first dryness of summer is beginning to make itself felt, the tall wandlike sprays of the little lilac snapdragon begin to appear along our dusty roadsides. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z For some, smartphones will be the only device they ever use to access the Internet he says.Now some spin on Qualcomm’s snapdragon mobile chip. Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs Delivers Opening Keynote at CES (Live) 2013-01-08T02:45:25Z The clock struck ten; Mrs. Worfolk gave portentous utterance to the information that the snapdragon was burning beautiful; there was a rush for the pantry where the ceremony was to take place. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Now she plants 15 blooms, including sunflowers, dahlias, zinnias, gladiolas, snapdragons and peonies. | Mattituck: Berries, Ripe for the Picking 2011-06-25T01:46:16Z The key difference between the two most prevalent subspecies lie in how the snapdragon developed a yellow accent on a magenta flower. How Snapdragons Beckon Bees With More Than One Color 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z The flowers of this pretty snapdragon are usually white, and the lower lip, with its great palate often dotted with dark color, takes up the major part of the blossom. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z It reminds him of many a pleasant Christmas night in the grand servants' hall at the Court, under holly and mistletoe, besides bowls of steaming punch and dishes of blazing snapdragon. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z When the lower lip is pressed against the upper, so as to leave only a chink between them, the corolla is said to be personate, as in snapdragon, and some other Scrophulariaceae. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Look at them—my tall hollyhocks, my bush roses, my snapdragon there. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z On one side of the mountainous landscape, one subspecies of snapdragon has magenta lips with yellow accents. How Snapdragons Beckon Bees With More Than One Color 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Thus the Antirrhinum, or snapdragon, is completely closed, and only a somewhat powerful insect can force its way in. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z It reminds him of many a pleasant Christmas night in the grand servants’ hall at the Court, under holly and mistletoe, besides bowls of steaming punch and dishes of blazing snapdragon. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z There was a big chimney at either end, in the picturesque but impractical early fashion, and a bricked-up terrace across the front overflowing with simple flowers: petunias, snapdragon, larkspur. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z In the study, bumblebees visited snapdragon flowers with striped petals more often than white or pink petals. Bumblebees like stripy flowers 2010-10-12T07:10:00Z Scrophulariace�, commonly known as snapdragon, on account of the peculiarity of the blossoms, which, by pressing between the finger and thumb, may be made to open and shut like a mouth. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli In the courtyard there is a border of hollyhocks and snapdragon and asters. The Unveiling of Lhasa They went into the larger wall-garden and walked along the wide herbaceous borders through a blaze of snapdragons that here all day had been swallowing the sunshine. Plashers Mead A Novel The face of it was grey and sombre, but all along the top of it, in the crannies of the coping stones, orange wallflowers and sulphur-coloured snapdragons shone among the haze of feathery-flowered grasses. Man and Maid We walked out into the garden, which was especially noticeable for those flowers which have always been called old-fashioned—I mean hollyhocks, sweet-william, snapdragons, and Canterbury bells, which were laid out in regular beds. The Last Generation A Story of the Future The lesser snapdragon grows in sandy soil, and is found in cornfields in the south of England and Ireland. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli There were no pleasant games of snapdragon, or touch, nor even a gossip over the tea table for the young-lady foxes. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series But such is not the case; the more pernicious and baffling weeds, like snapdragon or blind nettles, being more local and restricted in their habits, and unable to fly at all. A Year in the Fields On the stalks of larkspur and phlox she laid a mass of pink snapdragons and white candytuft, tucking in here and there sprays of just-opening baby’s-breath to give a misty look to the basket. The Camerons of Highboro Geraniums, phlox, mignonette, roses, snapdragons, and pansies made the beds gay, while at the back of them great bushes of Michaelmas daisies and chrysanthemums stood erect, neatly tied up to stakes. The Making of Mona But it was the general unconsciously powerful indifference of manner, that advised him to prefer, in reply to her question: 'The snapdragon, yes, beyond the shadow of a doubt. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Since the elucidation of the nature of colour in the sweet pea phenomena of a similar kind have been witnessed in other plants, notably in stocks, snapdragons, and orchids. Mendelism Third Edition Madame Sand walked in her garden daily among her marigolds, snapdragon and ranunculus, making curious speculations as to what might be in store for herself and her possessions. Famous Women: George Sand A stranger, if he noticed it, might at the most admire its warm tones, and the tufts of hawkweed and snapdragon which are scattered on its ledges. Waiting for Daylight The honeysuckle, bereft of its trellis, wandered helplessly over the ground, and amid a rank growth of weeds sprang a host of yellow snapdragons. Aunt Jane of Kentucky Miss Ruyter, of associating ladies with flowers, and that gorgeous three-bird snapdragon always looks to me like some brilliant belle, who holds her glittering sceptre and wields it, capriciously perhaps, but always charmingly.' Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Patience is required to pot four or five hundred snapdragons; but patience is required, after all, in most things that are rightly performed. Penguin Persons & Peppermints When she was thoroughly bored Gabrielle would sometimes try this experiment, just in the same way as she made the snapdragons put out their tongues. The Tragic Bride Oswald noticed that every one round the table where H.O.'s boots were dignifiedly respected as they lay, was a horrid pale colour, like when the salt is thrown into snapdragons. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune Between the lamp and the prism I interpose a snapdragon light. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The wood blazed up, and presently something in the basin caught fire, and Edmund saw that it was a sort of liquid that burned like the brandy in a snapdragon. The Book of Dragons Some which were left entirely to their own way, like the snapdragons, seemed to thrive best of all. Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes Some of the women helped Maria in the kitchen, others wandered about in the old-fashioned garden, where dahlias, sweet alyssum, marigolds, ladies' breastpin and snapdragons still bloomed in the bright September sunshine. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' Wallflowers and pansies and snapdragons and primroses, and lots of things, keep green all the year unless it's too frosty. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune Stocks—What I said about snapdragons on page 64 might well be repeated here. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse She was attended by twelve snapdragons, a score of hobgoblins, and innumerable gnomes, elves, ghouls, and hoodoos. Second Book of Tales Perhaps two of the smallest flowers of that snapdragon which I see growing in the hedge would fit me. Wonder-Box Tales The following lists of flowers for borders may be suggestive: Perennials.—Bleeding-heart, carnations, chrysanthemums, columbine, coreopsis, dahlias, gaillardias, golden glow, iris, larkspur, oriental poppies, peonies, phlox, pinks, platycodon, snapdragon. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools Nasturtiums, asters, cosmos, snapdragon, stock, late-blooming cornflowers—up they all come, all the annuals, and the biennials that have had their season. More Jonathan Papers In some parts of England the snapdragon is supposed to possess a like virtue, and also the elder tree. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales At that very instant the earth opened and, with a sickening groan, swallowed up the dead witch and all her elves, gnomes, imps, ghouls, snapdragons, and demons. Second Book of Tales There was a fine array of poppies, larkspurs, phlox and snapdragons; the oleander in its green tub was all a-bloom, and there were six newly opened buds on the rose-bush. Little Maid Marian Clean towels served for tablecloths, flowers—tiger-lilies, snapdragons, pinks, poppies, roses, and cornflowers rioted in colour over the rim of a looted vase. The Red Horizon The purple aleurone color of maize seeds is attributed by R. A. Emerson to five distinct factors, while E. Baur found four factors responsible for the red color of snapdragon blossoms. Applied Eugenics The foundations of masonry which supported them and the drums of their gigantic columns are tufted with wild palm, aloe, asphodel, and crimson snapdragon. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series In one place clusters of rare and deeply crimsoned snapdragons, in another patches of aromatic thyme and wild strawberries keep up the charm of the place. Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath A great, gaunt cow had taken the last delectable bite from my pansy bed and was sticking out a greedy tongue to lap in the snapdragons. I Married a Ranger To the east, separating the lawn from the walk, which is west of the canna beds, is a border of dusty miller next the grass and one row each of blue anchusa and red snapdragon. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 In her sheer white frock, through which gleamed her neck and arms, her hands full of pink and white snapdragon, she was worth consideration. Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular Down from the architrave, to make the vignette perfect, hang tufts of crimson snapdragons. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series The school-boys stirred up snapdragon again, and with the blue light upon his features the tutor made so horrible a grimace that MacGreedy swallowed the raisin with a start. The Brownies and Other Tales "None of your mumping, you old snapdragon; but tell me the truth, have they secured him hard and fast?" Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One I don't know when I left off feeding snapdragons: I think calceolarias helped to break me off the habit, for I found they had no throats to swallow with. An Englishwoman's Love-Letters Not a wall but flaunted red valerian and snapdragon. The Spinners The temples are overgrown with snapdragons and mallows, yellow asters and lilac gillyflowers, white allium and wild fig. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series The tendency to arrange itself in spikes is to be noted as a degradation of the veronic character; connecting it on one side with the snapdragons, on the other with the ophryds. Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers I use snapdragon for caps, too.—Now she has on a red and gold cap. Lewis Rand The sea-coast far below our feet, the dried, arid vegetation of the sandy way, the rank yellow snapdragon lining the paths.... Robert Browning Sesame, not unlike snapdragon gone to seed, only stronger in build, was set against the houses. 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 Am I right in supposing that anybody here has played at snapdragon? The Chemical History of a Candle It is the gory horn of the snapdragon. The Light in the Clearing "Little Miss Randolph puts snapdragon caps upon them and gives them scarfs of ribbon grass." Lewis Rand It was Mr. Britling who reopened the correspondence by writing a little apology for the corner of the small snapdragon bed, and this evoked an admirably touching reply. Mr. Britling Sees It Through In the beds were asters, celosia, balsam, nasturtiums, marigold, zinnia, carnation, schizanthus, sweet peas, dahlias, gladiolus, candytuft, lilies, scabiosa, stocks, salvia, snapdragon, phlox, mignonette, four o'clocks and petunias. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. It is too bad that we have not got further than my game of snapdragon; but we must not, under any circumstances, keep you beyond your time. The Chemical History of a Candle Night wears on, we sit, we take a panal, which is as quick work as snapdragon, and far more elegant; again we stroll. The Bed-Book of Happiness It would be too like playing at snapdragon. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) So to-night there were none of those external indications of Christmas which are so frequent at "good" Jewish houses; no plum-pudding, snapdragon, mistletoe, not even a Christmas tree. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People I must speak especially about snapdragon or butter and eggs. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. I do not know a more beautiful illustration of the philosophy of flame, as to a certain part of its history, than the game of snapdragon. The Chemical History of a Candle Of human faces I remember none Amid the garden; but myself alone With creeping-jenny, sunflower, marigold, snapdragon— These all my love, these now all my light, Bringing their kindness to any painful night. Poems New and Old This time it was served in the dining-room, which was decorated with yellow snapdragons. Entertaining Made Easy "I thought snapdragons were just common weeds," commented James. Ethel Morton's Enterprise After this show the table was restored for snapdragon, and a brew of milk punch was prepared in which we drank the health of Campbell's party and of our good friends in the Terra Nova. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Great purple snapdragons hung from clefts in the rocks, inula flashed gorgeously yellow, white melilot raised its graceful drooping blossoms, and hemp-agrimony made the bees sing a drowsy song of the brimming cup of summer. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine The dove chariots are thrown away, And the little girls wander slowly through the garden, Sucking the salvia tips, And squeezing the snapdragons To make them gape. Men, Women and Ghosts Decorate the table with a central wooden bowl containing some simple flowers such as daisies, honeysuckles, snapdragons, nasturtiums, or whatever flowers are in season. Entertaining Made Easy "We can put golden glow or that tall yellow snapdragon at the back of the yellow bed and tall larkspurs behind the blue flowers." Ethel Morton's Enterprise These are salvias, pentstemons, and antirrhinums, or snapdragons, planted very thick for the purpose. The Damnation of Theron Ware The flowers against the house showed gay perennial colors, the stocks and larkspur and snapdragons succeeded the retreating flood of the lilacs. Java Head Some perennials may be treated as annuals by starting the seeds early; Chinese pink, pansy and snapdragon are examples. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Old-fashioned bouquet of garden flowers in old-fashioned vase—snapdragons, lark-spur, coreopsis, babies' breath, mignonette—old-fashioned stiff little artificial bouquets in white lace paper for favors. Entertaining Made Easy "Don't forget the yellow columbines," Dorothy reminded them, "and the yellow snapdragons." Ethel Morton's Enterprise Others, like the yellow snapdragon and the scarlet poppy, will have none of it, but love a dry and dusty fallow or a cornfield that has run to waste, shimmering with heat and drought. The Naturalist on the Thames He looked at the lovely hothouse flowers and then glanced ruefully at his own humble offering—sweetwilliam chiefly, snapdragon, stocks, and nasturtium. The Heavenly Twins He mentions with appreciation roses, lilies, snapdragons, but to him they are all passion-flowers. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century The immense gardens are riotous with color—roses of a dozen hues, snapdragons, lavender, pansies, poppies. Autobiography of a Yogi As such, I have chosen the common snapdragon of the gardens, Antirrhinum majus. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation At its foot are the two most beautiful flowers, though not the most effective, the small yellow snapdragon, or toad-flax, and the forget-me-not. The Naturalist on the Thames All she knew was that, now she lived at Undern, she never went out in the green dawn or came home wreathed in pansy and wild snapdragon. Gone to Earth The snapdragon and the herb-betony had the reputation of averting the most subtle forms of witchcraft, and dill and flax were worn as talismans against sorcery. The Folk-lore of Plants Then the King said: "And now, Baby Charles, let us hear the boon ye were to crave of us at wassail as the guerdon for the holder of the lucky raisin in Master Sandy's snapdragon." The Children's Book of Christmas Stories This is what in the usual descriptions of this snapdragon, is called its sporting. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Possessing the kindest heart in the world, and ever ready to run her nimble feet off to do any one a good turn, she was at the same time a veritable little "snapdragon." Katherine's Sheaves There were some plants growing on the coping—snapdragon and valerian—which gave it a look of age and settled use. Watersprings The snapdragon, which in years gone by was much cultivated for its showy blossoms, was said to have a supernatural influence, and amongst other qualities to possess the power of destroying charms. The Folk-lore of Plants There was no pretence at a garden—not so much as a rose tree or a snapdragon; the vines, of daintiest green but sternly utilitarian, clambered up to the door-lintel, invading the very roof. South Wind Summing up once more the results of our pedigree-experiment, we may assert that the striped variety of the snapdragon is wholly permanent, including the two opposite types of uniform color and of stripes. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Roses I saw, too, in great abundance; and tall snapdragons, and bushes of rosemary, and many flowers unknown to me. By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy But such is not the case; the more pernicious and baffling weeds, like snapdragon or blind nettles, are more local and restricted in their habits, and unable to fly at all. Winter Sunshine Two bees, as her body guard, placed upon her head for helmet a flower of the snapdragon. Piccolissima "Oh! no; sweets is the time of day in these here blowouts: syllabubs like blazes, and snapdragon as makes the flunkys quite pale." Sybil, or the Two Nations They are not of such a striking character as those of the snapdragon. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation The tea proceeded pleasantly, notwithstanding that the cake, being a little burnt, tasted on the outside like the latter plums in snapdragon. The Hand of Ethelberta Then he backs out, and the gaping mouth springs shut after him - for the linaria is akin to the snapdragon in the garden. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors All the flags of July were waving; the sun and the poppies flaming; white butterflies spiring up and twining, and the bees busy on the snapdragons. Saint's Progress From the Royal Arch News, the warhorse of the booze hoodlums, the snapdragon of the jungle, the siren of Hades. The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation This refers to the peloric race of the common snapdragon, or Antirrhinum majus of our gardens. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation He will have ripe gooseberries for supper, And then he will walk up and down the path By the wall, And admire the snapdragons and dahlias, Thinking how quiet and peaceful The garden is. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed The opium-poppy, the snapdragon, peas, the Nicandra, and many other garden-plants have not only dwarf varieties, but also some of intermediate height. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation On the other hand the dwarf varieties of numerous garden-plants, as for instance: of larkspurs, snapdragon, opium-poppies and others are quite stable and thence are obviously due to peculiar characteristics. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation A very nice instance of such an analysis of flower-colors is afforded by the ordinary snapdragon. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation The striped snapdragon shows a curve of its stripes with two summits, one corresponding to the average striped flowers, and the other to the pure red ones. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation |
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