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Example sentences for "chrysanthemums"

Lexicographically close words:
chronometrical; chrysalides; chrysalids; chrysalis; chrysanthemum; chryselephantine; chrysoberyl; chrysolite; chrysolites; chrysophanic
  1. He gives finishing little fillips to the white chrysanthemums massed in the central epergne on the long silver plateau, and bestows a last cautious survey upon the cut-glass and silver radiating over the dull white damask.

  2. And now he mused as he stared at the tangled tracery of ferns against the high bank of wine-red autumn foliage, the royal cluster of white chrysanthemums and the big jar of American Beauties.

  3. She and Betts liked to keep the house vases filled with what they could find in the storm- battered garden, lifted the flattened chrysanthemums with reverent fingers, hunted out the wet violets.

  4. Only the cosmos bushes, tall and wavering, were in bloom, with a few chrysanthemums and late asters, the air was colder here than it had been out under the bright November sun, and the path under the trees was green and slippery.

  5. And she watched the tangled sunflowers, dying, the chrysanthemums coming out, and the dahlias.

  6. It was sunny, and the white chrysanthemums frilled themselves in the warmth.

  7. Houses containing large-flowered Japanese chrysanthemums will require to be kept dry, airy and moderately warm to prevent "damping-off" of petals.

  8. Propagate chrysanthemums in cool-house or vinery under hand lights or frames.

  9. Continue the final potting of chrysanthemums as the plants become ready.

  10. Cuttings of border chrysanthemums may now be dibbled in a warm spot out of doors.

  11. The last of the pot chrysanthemums should be housed by the end of the first week.

  12. Towards the end of the month many of the main stock of chrysanthemums will be ready for the final potting.

  13. Transfer chrysanthemums to sheltered positions out of doors, and provide means of protecting them from frost and cutting winds.

  14. Chrysanthemums unfurl to-day, To-morrow the last flowers are blown.

  15. Then all her hearers wept In sorrow unrestrained; and I the more, Weeping until the pale chrysanthemums Upon my darkened robe were starred with dew.

  16. In setting the table have a pumpkin vase of ferns and yellow and white chrysanthemums for the centerpiece.

  17. In the center five ragged yellow chrysanthemums were fastened together with a wide yellow ribbon and wired to a slender upright, which they entirely concealed.

  18. Decorate the rooms with pumpkin vases filled with chrysanthemums and have a bowl of orange fruit cup set inside of a large pumpkin for the guests' refreshment during the evening.

  19. Then I've arranged those white chrysanthemums right against these crimson curtains.

  20. There are vases of fire-colored nasturtiums and many-hued chrysanthemums the arrangement of which has cost the little artist an afternoon's study, but which I pronounce to be perfect.

  21. Just the kind of fading light and hush one thinks of going in--I don't know why, but I don't like chrysanthemums any more.

  22. The chrysanthemums spread their flattered heads, And scurry off before the wind.

  23. A Woman Standing by a Gate with an Umbrella Late summer changes to autumn: Chrysanthemums are scattered Behind the palings.

  24. Terror Because of the long pallid petals of white chrysanthemums Waving to and fro, I dare not go.

  25. And she watched the tangled sunflowers dying, the chrysanthemums coming out, and the dahlias.

  26. You can wind up your floral year with asters and mallow and chrysanthemums and cosmos all blooming at once.

  27. Can we get blossoms on chrysanthemums the first, year?

  28. The aster will begin to blossom in August and will continue until light frost and the chrysanthemums will begin a trifle later and will last a little longer unless there is a killing frost.

  29. She was noticing that the chrysanthemums were a little blackened by the frost; and hardly attended to the fact that he did not answer.

  30. I noticed it when I brought the chrysanthemums up yesterday morning.

  31. Some of the finer pieces have floral and emblematic incisions, and upon the mingled blue and plum are chrysanthemums and vines in lacquer.

  32. One vase has birds and flowers freely disposed over its surface; another has reserved panels with birds and chrysanthemums in relief, and a third has birds and flowers on a ground of gold, and set in an open border.

  33. The Chrysanthemo-Paeonian is so called from the prevalence of chrysanthemums and paeonies on the ground, and the Green and Rose from the predominating colors.

  34. He will find chrysanthemums on members of the Green family, and paeonies on members of the Rose.

  35. If one were to pass his life in moving in a palace car from one plush hotel to another, a bunch of chrysanthemums in his hand would seem to be a good symbol of his life.

  36. Chrysanthemums in pots require plenty of water while in bloom, and when their beauty declines, the plants should be taken to a warm part of the garden, or placed in a light shed, to complete their maturity.

  37. Encourage the chrysanthemums in pots with alternate applications of manure water, repot the strongest, and allow them all plenty of room, or the leaves are liable to injury.

  38. A pot of mignonette in the window, a small painting of exquisite chrysanthemums on the wall, a daily bunch of fresh roses, were the food she brought for his poet soul.

  39. Yellow chrysanthemums in her glossy hair, a special diet of milk and curds and sweet cakes fried in ghee, and the outspoken congratulations of relatives, male and female, mark her entrance into the estate of womanhood.

  40. Beyond is the garden itself, filled not with the roses and chrysanthemums of winter Lucknow, but with the perpetual summer foliage of spreading rain trees, palms, and long fronded ferns, with fluffy maidenhair between.

  41. The garden was again glowing with yellow chrysanthemums as it had been on that long ago day when the gypsy girl and the little lad Tirol had first found the beach gate and the home which Nan had little dreamed was to be her own.

  42. The two girls were up early and as soon as they were dressed, Nan drew her friend to the wide open window and they looked out at the garden, where masses of yellow chrysanthemums were glowing in the sunlight.

  43. Ida returned with long-stemmed chrysanthemums towering over her brown curls, and made a second trip for some hydrangeas which she had found at Estelle Monks' below.

  44. As Ida went tripping off, her little white ankles gleaming, Winona entered with two jars of chrysanthemums which she placed, one on the table and one on the mantel, slowly, frowning.

  45. Save for chrysanthemums guano is little needed now.

  46. A frame for Margaret carnations, early asters, and experiments in seedling Dahlias and chrysanthemums will be quite enough.

  47. In this latter lovely subject the white chrysanthemums are huddling below the protecting snow shelter of rice straw, one or two of the flowers peeping out, their leaves being reddish on the rim and light green within.

  48. The classic way to represent this subject is with small, yellow chrysanthemums clinging to a straggling bamboo fence, with a few of their leaves which have begun to turn crimson.

  49. Father Dormer was at home, so his housekeeper announced, and she was shown into a small square room with a round table in the centre, and a vase of bronze chrysanthemums on the table.

  50. She sighed once or twice rather heavily, gazing thoughtfully at the bronze chrysanthemums the while, as if seeking inspiration from their feathery brown faces.

  51. Irish bog-oak frames, its two bronze jars with pink chrysanthemums in them, its collection of bog-oak pigs of all sizes.

  52. Denis, what do you think of the way these chrysanthemums have faded?


  53. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chrysanthemums" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.