Preface List of Illustrations Blue to Purple Flowers Magenta to Pink Flowers White and Greenish Flowers Yellow and Orange Flowers Red and Indefinites Appendices: Fragrant Flowers or Leaves Unpleasantly Scented Plants and Shrubs Conspicuous in Fruit Plant Families Represented英文原著 · 《WILD FLOWERS》
"I am the white flower of twining, Little white flower by the river, Oh, flower that twines close by the river; Oh, trembling flower! So trembles the maiden heart."英文原著 · 《The Land of Little Rain》
Tendrils of another kind consist of modified flower-peduncles. In this case we likewise have many interesting transitional states. The common Vine (not to mention the Cardiospermum) gives us every possible gradation between a perfectly developed tendril and a flower-peduncle covered with flowers, yet furnished with a branch, forming the flower-tendril. When the latter itself bears a few flowers, as we know sometimes is the case, and still retains the power of clasping a support, we see an early condition of all those tendrils which have been formed by the modification of flower- peduncles.英文原著 · 《The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants》
This species shows an interesting transition from Coryphantha to Echinocactus. The woolly groove of the Coryphantha extends from the spine-bearing areola to the axil of the tubercle, where it expands into the flower-bearing areola. macromeris the groove extends only about half way down the tubercle and gives origin to the flower-bearing areola on the side of the tubercle; while in Echinocactus the flower-bearing areola becomes adjacent to the spine-bearing areola and the flower appears at the summit of the tubercle.英文原著 · 《The North American Species of》
"Now," said Oberon to this little sprite, "fetch me the flower called Love-in-idleness. The juice of that little purple flower laid on the eyes of those who sleep will make them, when they wake, to love the first thing they see. I will put some of the juice of that flower on my Titania's eyes, and when she wakes she will love the first thing she sees, were it lion, bear, or wolf, or bull, or meddling monkey, or a busy ape."英文原著 · 《Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare》
Don't you think those things ought to be off the table, Mr. Longueville? I don't like to see a lot of things I 'm not eating. And I told them to have some flowers--pray, where are the flowers? Do they call those things flowers? They look as if they had come out of the landlady's bonnet! Longueville, do look at those objects."
"They are not like me--they are not very fresh," laughed Bernard. "It 's no great matter--we have not got to eat them," growled Captain Lovelock.英文原著 · 《Confidence》
Those flower power skanks over there-- "Flower power skanks." See, these are words I recognize and hear.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
Or I didn't spend enough on flowers. If I spent more, she'd say: "Why waste your money? I don't need flowers, I'm dead." That sounds like Nana.美剧 · 《Friends》
No more these flowers or these flowers or these flowersThink of the money well save!!美剧 · 《Friends》
Well, they're paying you in flowers, so- Well, I would've blown the money on flowers anyway.美剧 · 《Modern Family》