Senator Moyese had long been accustomed to search the mountains in autumn for seeds and roots of specimen flowers for his herbarium, of which he had made a hobby.
Whenever I find a new kind on the hills, I mark the place and have roots brought down in the fall.
You can't both have your plant grow, and keep tearing up the roots to see if they are growing.
Upon the sides of Latmos was outspread A mighty forest; for the moist earth fed So plenteously all weed-hidden roots Into o'er-hanging boughs, and precious fruits.
He had just passed the nearest radius to her circle and was proceeding along the tangent that he had laid out for himself, when the unwitting maid looked carefully down and saw a tangle of roots at her very feet.
I had better content myself with living on wild figs," and he went no more near the river, but stayed in the jungles and ate wild figs, and roots which he dug up with his paws.
I don't say that I had an easy task, for they tore up trees by their roots to try to protect themselves with, but, of course, it was no good.
Yonder stands an old tree: hew it down, and deep in the heart of the roots you will find something.
The villagers heard him, and thought, "There is a jackal among the sugarcanes; he will be scratching holes in the ground and spoiling the rootsof the plants.
In growing, the roots had pushed out the centre stone, which has not been replaced.
Had the master explained to us how nearly allied many of the Latin and Greek roots were to our familiar English words, I feel assured that so interesting and valuable a department of instruction would not have been neglected.
He sought rather, but as yet apparently in vain, to cause the roots of those very objections to strike into, and thus disclose to the man himself, the deeper strata of his being.
But Juliet was filled only with the thought of herself and her husband, and the tears of her friend but bedewed the leaves of her bitterness, did not reach the dry roots of her misery.
Does the length of itsroots alter the kind of the plant?
They haven't had anything to eat but berries and roots for seven days.
The mighty flood ran free, tearing up trees by their roots as it ran, detaching masses of rock, dissolving islands into swirling sand and drift, carving new channels, making and unmaking the land.
See what a warm undershirt of down this one wears at the roots of his feathers!
The stubs of the roots were towards them, while the upper end of the tree, which had been a large one, was lost in a drift more than forty feet distant.
The tangle of dead roots was quite dry, and kindled easily when the lantern-candle was held against it, so that it was scarcely a minute before a bright blaze was crackling.
Of course they followed, Tug going ahead with the lantern; but when they arrived at the great base of upturned roots they could not see where Aleck had leaped off, or that he had leaped off at all.
Braue followers, yonder stands the thornie Wood, Which by the Heauens assistance, and your strength, Must by the Roots be hew'ne vp yet ere Night.
No Gods, I am no idle Votarist, Roots you cleere Heauens.
Like the doctrine of evolution itself that of transmigration has its roots in the world of reality.
Like the doctrine of evolution itself, that of transmigration has its roots in the world of reality.
Some vegetable roots found in the hands of an Egyptian mummy, which must have been at least two thousand years old, were planted in a flower-pot, and they grew and flourished.
In the Neanderthaloids of Spy the teeth are small and the roots are of moderate size.
The grinding-teeth do not all show this massive size and columnar form, for about fifty per cent of the Krapina teeth have distinct roots and are more like normal modern grinders.
In collecting the plants, choose small specimens and obtain roots and all.
Old-fashioned remedies made from roots and herbs have been almost completely replaced by better habits of life and common-sense ideas.
Their provisions consisted of bread made of maize, and roots of various kinds, similar to those of Hispaniola.
But even now the situation is not altogether satisfactory, for the trees on the plain have more than once been cut down to the roots by frost, although, curiously enough, those planted on the hillsides have escaped damage.
I had one of these trees felled, but found the stones so much crushed and destroyed by the pressure of the roots that nothing remained worth moulding.
All broken roots must be cut off; and the ends of the larger ones, roughly severed with the spade or other implements employed in digging, should have their wounds smoothed with a sharp knife.
In this way all the roots can be saved and there will be no extreme taproot, and when shaken out of the boxes the plants are easily established in pots and ready for grafting.
Some of my correspondents in the South have expressed their surprise at not finding any trace of the original central roots on old pecan trees, when blown over by severe wind storms.
If taken up in the ordinary way from the woods, it requires almost two years to get them well rooted, and often the stocks die for want of roots after the grafts have really taken.
Even the oak will not thrive near the walnut tree; which, if it be true, may be owing to the interference of their roots in the subsoil; but it is certain that neither grass nor field nor garden crops thrive well under the walnut.
The seedlings produce such a mass of fine roots that they are readily transplanted without danger of loss.
This large and continuous pith in the hickories is another reason why the cions succeed best if set below the crown and in or on the fleshy roots having no pith.
Moringa, is known as the horse-radish tree, the bark of the roots being used as a substitute for horse-radish.
If he planted trees the holes must be made large; in setting them in, the fibres of the roots must be spread out and the soil placed round them carefully, and then be well watered that they might have every chance to live.
Far from showing the emaciation that usually results from prolonged inability to take food, the body was remarkably stout--a fact which shows that that tenacious will had its rootsin an abnormally firm vitality.
Sometimes he and Gourgaud amused themselves by extracting the square and cube roots of numbers; he also began to learn English from Las Cases.
There is no beach inside Barange, only the mangrove roots that writhe down to the water's edge like tangled pythons through the oozy bank of salt marsh.
The roots gave way and the tree came out, but all the hair came with it also.
Seeing two girls coming from the wigwams, he pulled up a wild plum-bush and placed it upon his head, the roots clasping about his chin.
And the second, who would remain in the land, remains there; for while his roots are in the ground he cannot depart from it.
Of these roots the natives make a great quantity of biscuits, dried either in the sun or by fire.
It has the drawback of being rather heating, but much is eaten of it, and of the rootsroasted and boiled, and in pots.
These roots are bread made without trouble, there being nothing to do but to take them out of the earth, and eat them, roast or boiled.
These roots last so long without getting bad, that on reaching Acapulco those that were left were quite good.
Two arquebus shots were fired, and the village was entered; but nothing more was found but biscuits in the houses, and roots tasting like oranges, and of the same colour.
The bear came immediately on being summoned, and dragged the coffer on to the bank of the island, where Shrikantha alighted, and all three animals waited on him, bringing him fruits and roots to eat.
Then he came back to his own country, with the goat that had carried his provisions, and made him dig roots out of the earth for him to eat.
And again we read: "At the family fires the father generally cooked the animals which he brought home, and the woman the roots which were her contribution.
The women chiefly collect roots and small animals; men go out hunting.
On the march the woman carries child, household effects, fire-stick, and digs for roots and vegetables.
According to Henderson, among some of the New South Wales tribes the women have to carry children and all burdens; they procure also roots and shellfish.
In the Port Essington tribes, the digging of roots and collecting of shellfish was the woman's task.
The digging for roots is also exceedingly hard work (Moore, Earl).
The other chief female occupation--collecting roots and small animals--required also a regular kind of labour.
However abundant animal food may be, a toilsome search for edible rootsgives almost constant occupation to a portion of every tribe.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "roots" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: nationality; parentage; pedigree; root; source; stock; strain
