Sentence example with the word 'snapdragons'

snapdragons

Last update: October 3, 2015


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Among the land plants may be noted the blue anemone; the ranunculus along the road-sides, with a strong perfume of violets; the Malta heath, which flowers at all seasons; Cynomorium coccineum, the curious " Malta fungus," formerly so valued for medicinal purposes that a guard was set for its preservation under the rule of the Knights; the pheasant's-eye; three species of mallow and geranium; Oxalis cernua, a very troublesome imported weed; Lotus edulis; Scorpiurus subvillosa, wild and cultivated as forage; two species of the horseshoe-vetch; the opium poppy; the yellow and claret-coloured poppy; wild rose; Cartaegus azarolus, of which the fruit is delicious preserved; the ice-plant; squirting cucumber; many species of Umbelliferae; Labiatae, to which the spicy flavour of the honey (equal to that of Mt Hymettus) is ascribed; snapdragons; broom-rape; glass-wort; Salsola soda, which produces when burnt a considerable amount of alkali; there are fifteen species of orchids; the gladiolus and iris are also found; Urginia scilla, the medicinal squill, abounds with its large bulbous roots near the sea; seventeen species of sedges and seventy-seven grasses have been recorded.   [Please select]

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's boots were dignifiedly respected as they lay, was a horrid pale colour, like when the salt is thrown into snapdragons.   [Please select]

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Wallflowers and pansies and snapdragons and primroses, and lots of things, keep green all the year unless it's too frosty.   [Please select]

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"These are salvias, pentstemons, and antirrhinums, or snapdragons, planted very thick for the purpose."   [Please select]

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