It is perhaps some species of iris, or perhaps of larkspur or of pansy.
There is a species of Larkspur which represents the hyacinth of the poets in preserving the memory of this event, the Delphinium Ajacis-- Ajax's Larkspur.
I snipped off a larkspur blossom of china-blue And held it, A blossom against the sky .
See where the larkspur lifts among The thousand blossoms finely sung, Still blossoming in the fragrant scrolls!
The poppy tosses here its torch, And the tall bee-balm flaunts its fire, And regally the larkspur lifts The slender azure of its spire.
People on this occasion wore chaplets of mugwort and vervain, and they looked at the fire through bunches of larkspur which they held in their hands, believing that this would preserve their eyes in a healthy state throughout the year.
They thought that such as looked at the fire holding a bit of larkspur before their face would be troubled by no malady of the eyes throughout the year.
In the towns about Würzburg the bonfires used to be kindled in the market-places, and the young people who jumped over them wore garlands of flowers, especially of mugwort and vervain, and carried sprigs of larkspur in their hands.
Do you think Koswell and Larkspurwould give aid to those other rascals?
And tell him that Bart Larkspur will help him, too," supplemented that individual.
Dudd, you met Koswell and Larkspur the other day," went on Dick, sitting down on the rustic bench.
While the steam tug was laid up for repairs, several of the party took a walk and looked for Koswell, Larkspur and Darkingham.
They kept on a run, and on turning a corner of rocks, plumped fairly and squarely into Koswell, Larkspur and Darkingham, who were talking earnestly among themselves.
Say we gave Koswell and Larkspur something to remember us by," remarked Sam, grimly.
Koswell and Larkspur are bad eggs--and if they can drag you down with them they will do it.
Larkspur fell back on Darkingham, and for the moment there was great confusion.
But the rascals overreached themselves, and when they were exposed Koswell and Larkspur became so frightened that they ran away from Brill and refused to return.
Wonder what has become of Koswell, Larkspur and that Darkingham," said Sam.
They were Koswell, Larkspur and the fellow who had been running the motor boat.
It isn't fair for you to go back on your word, and take up with Koswell and Larkspur again.
What followed, came with such swiftness that both Koswell and Larkspurwere taken completely off their guard.
Say, that looks like the motor boat Koswell, Larkspur and that stranger had!
Then he told of the meeting with Koswell, Larkspur and Darkingham; and the two went off to consult with Josiah Crabtree.
What the critic wants to know is why Lord Arthur chose that very moment to come in--the very moment when Lady Larkspur was left alone in the oak-beamed hall ofLarkspur Towers.
But it may well be that Lord Larkspur has an intrigue of his own with his secretary, Miss Devereux, and, if their big scene is to take place on the stage too, the hall has got to be cleared for them in some way.
Larkspur bit me again this morning for the third time.
There is a set of verses in the Financial Supplement which Lord Larkspur wanted to--(She wanders vaguely round the room.
I've just run down to tell Lord Larkspur to-- Miss D.
Lady Larkspur (folding her hands over her chest and gazing broodingly at the footlights).
One day in late summer Phœbe fairly radiated joy as she hurried up the hill and ran down the road to the garden where Mother Bab was gathering larkspur seeds.
In the woods near Wawona I saw it twining around a very tall white larkspur and the combination was exceedingly pretty.
I recall as our "sights" chiefly the tiny larkspur wreaths before named, and miniature trees carefully manufactured of grass-spires.
They are, however, perhaps most easily distinguished in the branching or autumnal Larkspur (Delphinium consolida).
The branching Larkspurhas a fusiform or tap root, as shown in fig.
The flowers of the other kinds of Larkspur resemble this one in their general appearance, though they differ in the minor details.
In any event he had told him, and Brunner now knew why they had insisted that the Coalition strike Dutch Larkspur first, and why they were now being instructed to withdraw.
She took off her hat; the cool air from the fan came about her face, carrying to Herrick's nostrils a scent of larkspur and verbena and candy-tuft (how she clung to those garden flowers!
She gave away to one then more than one bought of larkspur and ramble-roses, and Jeannette and the big brother looked on leniently.
The bees droned, and the wheeling buzzard suddenly dropped like a plummet a hundred yards through the larkspur blue.
I've just run down to tell Lord Larkspur to---- Miss D.
There is a set of verses in the Financial Supplement which Lord Larkspur wanted to----(She wanders vaguely round the room.
Lady Larkspur (folding her hands over her chest and gazing broodingly at the footlights).
What the critic wants to know is why Lord Arthur chose that very moment to come in--the very moment when Lady Larkspur was left alone in the oak-beamed hall of Larkspur Towers.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "larkspur" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
