Journal, Volume 3International Garden Club, 1919 |
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Page 8
... light yellow in the morning with only a little red at the base , but by mid- afternoon two - thirds of the flower may be a brilliant red . Ow- ing to varying exposures on different portions of the plant a riot of color is often produced ...
... light yellow in the morning with only a little red at the base , but by mid- afternoon two - thirds of the flower may be a brilliant red . Ow- ing to varying exposures on different portions of the plant a riot of color is often produced ...
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... light yellow distally , and bright light to dark brown toward the base . It is a very variable species in- habiting the mountain valleys of Southeastern New Mexico and adjacent Texas . Opuntia linguiformis is commonly grown on account ...
... light yellow distally , and bright light to dark brown toward the base . It is a very variable species in- habiting the mountain valleys of Southeastern New Mexico and adjacent Texas . Opuntia linguiformis is commonly grown on account ...
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... light soil , and comes up year after year , but is very much better not disturbed , when it decidedly increases . You promise heavens free from strife , Pure truth , and perfect change of will ; But sweet , sweet is this human life— So ...
... light soil , and comes up year after year , but is very much better not disturbed , when it decidedly increases . You promise heavens free from strife , Pure truth , and perfect change of will ; But sweet , sweet is this human life— So ...
Page 40
... chirp of a bird and the distant crow of a cock in some neighbour's yard ; the sky is pearly and grey , and soft light grey mists hang about , just BEAUTY OF CLIPPED PRIVET OAKLAND FARM enough to show up 40 INTERNATIONAL GARDEN CLUB.
... chirp of a bird and the distant crow of a cock in some neighbour's yard ; the sky is pearly and grey , and soft light grey mists hang about , just BEAUTY OF CLIPPED PRIVET OAKLAND FARM enough to show up 40 INTERNATIONAL GARDEN CLUB.
Page 93
... light dressing of super - phos- phate worked into the surface before planting will give the plants a start . Space the rows off , 6 feet apart , and plant the young plants out in double rows , one foot between the plants , and one foot ...
... light dressing of super - phos- phate worked into the surface before planting will give the plants a start . Space the rows off , 6 feet apart , and plant the young plants out in double rows , one foot between the plants , and one foot ...
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Page 37 - You say there is no substance here, One great reality above: Back from that void I shrink in fear And child-like hide myself in love; Show me what angels feel. Till then I cling, a mere weak man, to men. You bid me lift my mean desires From faltering lips and fitful veins To sexless souls, ideal choirs, Unwearied voices, wordless strains; My mind with fonder welcome owns One dear dead friend's remembered tones.
Page 36 - I can forgo, This warm kind world is all I know. You say there is no substance here, One great reality above: Back from that void I shrink in fear, And child-like hide myself in love : Show me what angels feel. Till then, I cling, a mere weak man, to men. You bid me lift my mean desires From faltering lips...
Page 277 - Laying out grounds, as it is called, may be considered as a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting; and its object, like that of all the liberal arts, is, or ought to be, to move the affections under the control of good sense...
Page 118 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
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Page 277 - If this be so when we are merely putting together words or colours, how much more ought the feeling to prevail when we are in the midst of the realities of things; of the beauty and harmony, of the joy and happiness of living creatures; of men and children, of birds and beasts, of hills and streams, and trees and flowers; with the changes of night and day, evening and morning, summer and winter; and all their unwearied actions and energies...
Page 37 - Back from that void I shrink in fear, And childlike hide myself in love : Show me what angels feel. Till then, I cling, a mere weak man, to men. You bid me lift my mean desires From faltering lips and fitful veins To sexless souls, ideal quires, Unwearied voices, wordless strains : My mind with fonder welcome owns One dear dead friend's remembered tones. Forsooth the present we must give To that which cannot pass away ; All beauteous things for which we live By laws of time and space decay. But oh,...
Page 327 - America, and other foreign countries and localities, certain injurious insects, including fruit and melon flies (Tephritidae), new to and not heretofore widely distributed within and throughout the United States, which affect and may be carried by fruits and vegetables commercially imported into the United States or brought to the ports of the United States as ships...