 | 1853 - 640 pages
...BRITAIN. CLASS I. DICOTYLEDONS. SUB-CLASS II. CALYCIFLOR.E. Order XXII. Leguminosae, or the Pea Tribe. " HERE are sweet-peas on tiptoe for a flight, With wings...catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings." KEATS. THIS large and most interesting order has representatives in almost every region... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent - 1823 - 498 pages
...Flying-flowers ; and indeed they are always produced in the finest flower-gardens." " Here are sweet-peas 6n tip-toe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush,...catching at all things To bind them all about with tiny rings." KEATS. In his Calendar of Nature Mr. Hunt speaks of Sweetpeas, as looking like butterflies... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent - 1825 - 516 pages
...may be called Flying-flowers ; and indeed they are always produced in the finest flower-gardens." " Here are sweet-peas on tip-toe for a flight, With...catching at all things To bind them all about with tiny rings." KEATS. In his Calendar of Nature Mr. Hunt speaks of Sweetpeas, as looking like butterflies... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1825 - 414 pages
...DELICATE PLEASURE. SWEET-PEA.—Lathyrus Odoratus. " Here are sweet-peas on tip-toe for a flight, The wings of gentle flush, o'er delicate white, And taper...catching at all things To bind them all about with tiny rings." Keats. From the charms this flower displays both in fragrance and colour has arisen the... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1829 - 442 pages
...Order Papilionacei, or Lrguminosee. A Genus of the Diadclphia Decandria Class. Here are Sweet Peas on tiptoe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper lingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. KEATS. THE Sweet Pea, the emblem... | |
 | Young lady - 1829 - 542 pages
...white Garden Pea (Lathyrus odoratus), which gardeners call the Painted Lady : — Here are iweet peas on tip-toe for a flight; With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white. Painted Lady is a name very commonly given to red and white flowers. Some of the Pinks are so called... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1832 - 244 pages
...two-flowered. The LathyruS, odoratVS. blossoms are beautifully rich in coloringDEPARTURE. Here are Sweet Peas, on tiptoe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush...catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. Keats. SENTIMENT. I must go o'er the sea to other lands ; It is the call of duty ; but... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1832 - 338 pages
...white, etc., all in the same flower. It is much cultivated by the market florists. Here are Sweet Peas, on tip-toe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper 6ngen catching at all things, To bind them all about, with tiny rings. Keats. PEACH BLOSSOM. (For Amygdalus,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1836 - 434 pages
...blue, lilac, rose, white, &c. all in the same flower, very fragrant. DEPARTURE. Here are Sweet Peas, on tiptoe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush...catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. KEATS. SENTIMENT. I must go o'er the sea to other lands : It is the call of duty ; but,... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1837 - 264 pages
...white, etc., all in the same dower. It is much cultivated by the market florists. Here are tweet peas, on tip-toe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush...white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To blnd them all about, with tiny rings. Kcati. PEA, WlLD. VETCH, OE VtCtA. (See note on Pea, everlasting.)... | |
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Here are sweet peas, on tip-toe for a flight: With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. 
