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The glorious Botanical Garden is approached by a mighty avenue of colossal kanari-trees, over a hundred feet high, with yellow light filtering through the fretted roof of interlacing boughs, which suggests a vast aisle in some primeval forest.
I regret that I have not a supply of paper for botanical specimens, as many beautiful flowers appeared at the commencement of the rains. Few thorns and no gums form a strong contrast to the Soudan, where nearly every tree and shrub is armed." "AUG. 13TH. I had a long examination of a slave woman, Bacheeta, belonging to one of Koorshid's men.
Even the botanical names of the flowers themselves are of questionable value. The main thing is to recognize the flower as we recognize any other friend, and of course some name is necessary, but that this name be technical is, in most cases, not even desirable.
The curious were attracted to the Universities by ancient buildings rich with the tracery of the middle ages, by modern buildings which exhibited the highest skill of Jones and Wren, by noble halls and chapels, by museums, by botanical gardens, and by the only great public libraries which the kingdom then contained.
Very well," he said resolutely "that is settled then. Now as to the kind. I have only a botanical knowledge of flowers shall we say something in asters, perhaps, chrysanthemums or dahlias? What is your advice as to that?" "Well, I advise roses." "Roses good. I had forgotten them for the moment. White roses?" A little shiver ran through her. "No, no! Let them be the reddest you can find."
Mercado recalls both an honest Spanish encomendero of the region, also named Francisco, and a worthy mestizo Friar, now remembered for his botanical studies, but it is not likely that these influenced Domingo Lam-co in choosing this name for his son.
The air was charged with a peculiar but exceedingly pleasant fragrance, which no doubt emanated from these wonderful botanical curiosities; and after a short halt to take in the details of the extraordinary picture, Earle announced his determination to halt for the remainder of the day in the glade, in order that he might examine the flowers at leisure.
As we entered the park, I talked in a high style of my old friendship with Lord Mountstuart, and said, 'I shall probably be much at this place. The Sage, aware of human vicissitudes, gently checked me: 'Don't you be too sure of that. He made two or three peculiar observations; as when shewn the botanical garden, 'Is not EVERY garden a botanical garden? When told that there was a shrubbery to the extent of several miles: 'That is making a very foolish use of the ground; a little of it is very well. When it was proposed that we should walk on the pleasure-ground; 'Don't let us fatigue ourselves.
The Botanical Garden drove away these agreeable recollections; the demon of comparison brought before his mind the Botanical Gardens of Europe, in countries where great, labor and much money are needed to make a single leaf grow or one flower open its calyx; he recalled those of the colonies, where they are well supplied and tended, and all open to the public.
In this connection, I will quote just one instance, so as not to stray too far from the subject in hand. To this passion for the gallows, which has passed unnoticed by the country-folk, at least in my part, he adds another, an innocent botanical passion, which is so much in evidence that everybody, down to the youngest bird's-nester, knows all about it.
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