Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems (1902)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York; London : Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 329
rring to old Gerardes quaint words about thePoppy, — namely, Being of many variable coloursand of great beautie, although evill smell, our gentle-women doe call them Jone Silverpin. Constantreference is made by older writers to their vile scentwhich apparently every one loathed. But nowadaysI find… … Sun-dial with Poppies in Garden of Horace Howard Furness, Esq.,Wallingford, Pennsylvania. In German bake-shops you may find, and in theso-called Vienna Bakeries of our American cities, The Setting of Sun-dials 243 a certain roll glazed with yolk of egg, and bestrewnplentifully with tiny purplish…
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