 | Enos Bronson - 1809 - Страниц: 458
...delineation of its leaves only. Its flowers, in their perfect state, are among the loveliest oblects in the vegetable world; and appear, through a lens, like minute rubies and emeralds in constant motion from the least breath of air. It is the sweetest and most nutritious pasture for cattle;... | |
 | 1810 - Страниц: 438
...delineation of its leaves only — its flowers, in their perfect state, are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world ; and appear, through a lens, like minute rubies and emeralds in constant motion from the least breath of air. It is the sweetest and most nutritious pasture for cattle... | |
 | Jacob Green - 1814 - Страниц: 94
...when speaking of this, observes " its flowers in their perfect state are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world, and appear through a lens like minute rubies and emeralds, in constant motion from the least breath of air — It is the sweetest and most nutritious pasture for... | |
 | Quintin Craufurd - 1817 - Страниц: 416
...genus Agrostis of Linnaeus. " Its flowers, in their perfect state, are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world, and appear, through a lens, like minute rubies and emeralds in constant motion from the least breath of air. It is the sweetest and most nutritious pasture for cattle,... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - Страниц: 442
...(See last page ) The flowers nf this plant, in their perfect state, are among the loveliest ohjects in the vegetable world, and appear through a lens like minute rubies and emeralds in a constant motion from the least breath of air. It is the sweetest and most nutritious pasture for... | |
 | 1830 - Страниц: 634
...\\liich Sir W. Jones observes, " Its flowers, in their perfect state, are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world, and appear, through a lens, like minute rubies and emeralds, in constant motion from the least breaili of air. It is the sweetest and most nutritious pasture for cattle... | |
 | William Baxter - 1834 - Страниц: 348
..." Its flowers," says this elegant writer, " in their perfect state, are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world, and appear, through a lens, like minute rubies and emeralds, in constant motion from the least breath of air. It is the sweetest and most nutricious pasture for cattle... | |
 | John Jacob - 1836 - Страниц: 374
...which Sir VV. Jones observes, " Its flowers in their perfect state are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world, and appear through a lens, like minute rubies and emeralds in constant motion from the least breath of air. It is the sweetest and most nutritious pasture for cattle... | |
 | 1839 - Страниц: 786
...Sir WM. JONES observes : — " Its flowers, in their perfect state, are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world, and appear, through a lens, like minute rubies and emeralds, in constant motion from the least breath of air." Its usefulness, added to its beauty, induced the Hindoos,... | |
 | Lewis Weston Dillwyn - 1839 - Страниц: 88
...and Sir W. Jones says, that ' its flowers, in their perfect state, are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world, and appear, through a lens, like minute rubies and emeralds in constant motion from the least breath of air.' This figure is quoted with a query for Paspalum africanum... | |
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