She did not know that a helianthus was a sunflower till her mother told her, and she had never seen the dear, blue, bell-shaped flowers that always grow in old-fashioned gardens, and are called Canterbury bells. ❋ Sara Cone Bryant (N/A)
She did not know that a helianthus was a sunflower until her mother told her so, and she had never seen the dear, blue, bell-shaped flowers that always grow in old-fashioned gardens, and are called Canterbury bells. ❋ Sara Cone Bryant (N/A)
Powis Castle artemesia, feverfew, Regina heuchera and helianthus maximillian, not sure about the spelling on that one, and of course the wonderful plaque. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The ground was enamelled with lilies, the helianthus and cineraria flourished, and the deep-green leaves and blue blossom of the lupin contrasted with the prickly stem and scarlet flower of the euphorbia. ❋ Unknown (2007)
On the wetter slopes, fields were laid out like checkerboards, lined with eucalyptus and agave, and those that had been left fallow were thick with cosmos and zinnias, helianthus, bidens, and calceolaria, all yellows and golds and reds. ❋ Wade Davis (1996)
Red, not very reliably, came from sunflower helianthus; a purplish color was made from Crozophora tinctoria or Heliotropium europaeum. ❋ Wheaton Barbara Ketcham (1983)
The last thing Margery thought of, as she went to sleep at night, was the dear, smooth little garden, with its funny footpath, and with the little sticks standing at the ends of the rows, labelled "lettuce," "beets," "helianthus," and so on. ❋ Sara Cone Bryant (N/A)
Important September blooming flowers are phlox, Japanese anemones; perennial asters, or Michaelmas daisy, so-called because they are supposed to be at their best on Michaelmas Day, September 29th; helleniums, helianthus, hardy chrysanthemum, pyrethrum uliginosum, boltonia. ❋ Various (N/A)
Peonies come up year after year, iris takes care of itself, helianthus or perennial sunflower bobs up each year. ❋ Ellen Eddy Shaw (N/A)
Princes may be jealous of her progress and tyrants read in her rise their own downfall; but the great heart of the people of every land and clime is hers; to her they turn their faces as the helianthus to the rising sun, -- she is their beacon light, their star of hope, guiding them to the glories of a grander day. ❋ Unknown (1919)
And some day, from these castles in the clouds he comes -- these day-dreams, golden as the dawn, become the halo of a mortal man, to whom her heart turns as the helianthus to the sun. ❋ Unknown (1919)
The last thing Margery thought of, as she went to sleep at night, was the dear, smooth little garden, with its funny foot-path, and with the little sticks standing at the end of the rows, labeled ` ` lettuce, '' ` ` beets, '' ` ` helianthus, '' and so on. ❋ Unknown (1907)
Helenium autumnale helianthus species hellebore for insects hemerocallis species hemlock ❋ Unknown (1906)
As naturally as the helianthus to the sun, did the faces of Elsie's little ones turn to her when in her loved presence. ❋ Martha Finley (1868)
A white form appears upon the terrace amid the flowers to which night has only left a vague outline, without diminishing their delicious perfumes; the dahlias mingle with the mentzelias, with the helianthus, and, beneath the occidental breeze, form a waving basket which surrounds ❋ Jules Verne (1866)
So the tiger-lily and the columbine must be sought in the mountains, the rose and sweetbrier on low ground, the night-shades and the helianthus in the timbered cañons and gulches. ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)
