10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORTUS SICCUS»
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The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases
1758 — 60 I ran from auction to auction, became a critick in shells and fossils,
bought a hortus siccus of inestimable value, and purchased a secret art of
preserving insects: Johnson, Idlerf No. 64. [T.] 1763 I have been here [Cambridge
] time ...
Charles Augustus Maude Fennell,
1891
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The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic ...
One to Denis Murry, gardener to W. H. Greene, Esq., for second-best carrots; and,
in botany, for est collection of native plants, and hortus siccus of mosses. Notice
was given that gardeners, applying for their prizes, will be required to produce ...
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The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic ...
One to Denis Murry, gardener to W. H. Greene, Esq., for second-best carrots; and,
in botany, for best collection of native plants, and hortus siccus of mosses. Notice
was given that gardeners, applying for their prizes, will be required to produce ...
John Claudius Loudon,
1836
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The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic ...
H Hortus Siccus to illustrate each of the Twenty-four Classes of IAnneeus, and
the principal Orders in each Class ; which might be done, exclusive of binding, for
any sum from St. to 20/. A Hortus Siccus to illustrate the Classes and Orders of
the ...
John Claudius Loudon,
1827
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Flowers Of The South: From The
Hortus Siccus Of An Old ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Vincenzio Da Filicaia,
2010
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A dictionary of quotations from various authors in ancient ...
Out of condition to fight." Applied either to an individual who is sick, or wounded,
or to a corps which has been so defeated, fatigued, or reduced by sickness, as to
be unable again to go into battle. — M.D. 1516. Hortus siccus. (Lat.) — Literally ...
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Pharmaceutical Journal;: A Weekly Record of Pharmacy and ...
The object of the hortus siccus is to illustrate the plant in the most perfect manner
possible. Such plants, accordingly, as grasses and ferns, should be procured in
every stage, from youngest to oldest. Cotyledons, root-leaves, sprays showing ...
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Transnationalism and American Literature: Literary ...
To answer these questions, I now turn to the more specialized definition of the
hortus siccus. The New York Review reconfigured Southey's naturalizing
metaphors when it reviewed John Dwight's translations of German poetry, which
appeared ...
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Beta maritima: The Origin of Beets
Roccabonella explained that the drawing called “Hortus siccus” or “Herbarium
siccum” (dry herbal). The first known example, limited to medical plants, is the
Hortus siccus of Gherardus Cibo dated 1532, now stored at the Biblioteca
Angelica in ...
Enrico Biancardi, Leonard W. Panella, Robert T. Lewellen,
2011
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Outlines of Botany: a Sketch of the Linnaean Arrangement of ...
VI.—. HORTUS. SICCUS. In the study of Botany it will be found very
advantageous to prepare a book or folio of dried specimens of plants. Such a
book is called Hortus Siccus, a dry garden. Select from the plant a flourishing and
vigorous piece ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORTUS SICCUS»
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hortus siccus is used in the context of the following news items.
AT THE GALLERIES: Facchin reflects natural world
Hortus Siccus, in the gallery at the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts near Canning to Aug. 16, is the product of Facchin's two-month stay as artist ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jul 13»
The Paper Garden by Molly Peacock: review
She set about creating a paper hortus siccus and aimed for 1,000 flowers. When, in 1783, failing eyesight forced her to give up, she was just 15 ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 11»
Art Review | 'Mrs. Delany and Her Circle'
Mrs. Delany observed their dissections of flowers and learned the art of the “hortus siccus,” or pressed-flower composition. These experiences ... «New York Times, Oct 09»