The Passion Flower, Wydanie 2

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Anna Johnson Reid
S.C. Reid, 1835
 

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Strona 51 - As these bulbs in every respect resemble buds, except in their being produced under ground, and include the leaves and flower in miniature, which are to be expanded in the ensuing spring. By cautiously cutting in the early spring through the concentric coats of a tulip-root, longitudinally from the top to the base, and taking them off...
Strona 52 - Tulip to a gentle maiden, it is their intention to convey to her the idea that, like this flower, they have a countenance all on fire, and a heart reduced to a coal!
Strona 51 - Linneus termed the hybernacle, or winter lodge of the young plant ; as these bulbs in every respect resemble buds, except in their being produced under ground, and include the leaves and flowers in miniature which are to be expanded in the ensuing spring.
Strona 55 - Twere marvel if I had not loved. Long, long held by a spell too dear, Thy smile has kept thy loiterer here. Almost it seem'd enough for me Of Heaven to only gaze on thee.
Strona 52 - TWAS on the border of a stream, A gaily-painted TULIP stood ; And, gilded by the morning beam, Survey'd her beauties in the flood. And, sure, more lovely to behold, Might nothing meet the wistful eye, Than crimson, fading into gold, In streaks of fairest symmetry.
Strona 51 - By the careful dissection of a tulip-root during the winter, cautiously cutting through the concentric coats, longitudinally from the top to the base, and taking them off successively, the whole flower of the next summer's tulip, is beautifully seen by the naked eye, with its petals, pistil, and stamens.

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