 | Elementary books - 1860 - 230 页
...itself. Here is a branch of it." " Ah, this is mistletoe" said his father, as he took it in his hand ; " it is one of those plants which do not grow in the ground by a root of their own, but fix themselves on other plants, and grow out of their branches. There was... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 374 页
...bears a ver-y sli-my white ber-ry, of which bird-lime may be made, whence the Lat-in name Vis-cus. It is one of those plants which do not grow in the ground by a root of their own, but fix themselves up-on oth-er plants ; whence they have been hu-mor-ous-ly... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 页
...rites. It bears a very slimy berry, of which bird-lime may be made (whence its Latin name of Viscus). It is one of those plants which do not grow in the ground by a root of their own, but fix themselves upon other plants, whence they have been styled parasitical,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1865 - 300 页
...incantations.4 It bears a slimy white berry, of which bird-lime6 is made, whence its Latin name of viscus. It is one of those plants which do not grow in the ground by a root6 of their own, but fix themselves upon other plants ; whence they have been humorously styled... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 280 页
...rites. It bears a very slimy berry, of which birdlime may be made (whence its Latin name of Visnis]. It is one of those plants which do not grow in the ground by a root of their own, but. fix themselves upon other plants, whence they have been styled parasitical,... | |
 | James Burns (publisher.) - 1867 - 232 页
...itself. Here is a branch of it." " Ah, this is mistletoe" said his father, as he took it in his hand ; " it is one of those plants which do not grow in the ground by a root of their own, but fix themselves oil other plants, and grow out of their branches. There... | |
 | John Aikin - 1868 - 384 页
...It bears a very slimy white berry, of which birdlime may be made, whence its Latin name of Fiwcu*. It is one of those plants which do not grow in the ground by a root of their own, but fix themselves upon other plants; whence they have been humorously styled... | |
 | John (uncle, pseud) - 1869 - 328 页
...the hill, and then down through the fields by the side of the stream." "Why, that is just the rour Bob has been, and he says it is dull, and that he...rooms at the feast of the birth of our Lord." " I went on, and then I saw a green bird fly to a tree, and run up the trunk like a cat." " That was to... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1869 - 150 页
...old in their religious rites and incantations. It bears a very slimy white berry, of which birdlime may be made. It is one of those plants . which do not grow in the ground by a root of their own, but fix themselves upon other plants ; whence they have been humorously styled... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1870 - 170 页
...old in their religious rites and incantations. It bears a very slimy white berry, of which birdlime may be made. It is one of those plants which do not grow in the ground by a root of their own, but fix themselves upon other plants ; whence they are humorously styled parasitical,... | |
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It is one of those plants which do not grow in the ground by a root of their own, but fix themselves upon other plants; whence they have been humorously styled parasitical, as being hangers-on, or dependents. 
