My hellebore is a seedling from the big momma plant. From Wordnik.com. [July Bloom Day 2008-A Wide Variety « Fairegarden] Reference
The bloom time of the hellebore is a main attraction. From Wordnik.com. [Hellebo-R-Us « Fairegarden] Reference
The hellebore was a fantastic gift, hope it does well for you. From Wordnik.com. [Spring? « Fairegarden] Reference
Once a hellebore is a few years old, it just blooms more each year. From Wordnik.com. [Looking For Freckles « Fairegarden] Reference
The inside of a hellebore is the most mysterious of flowers, freckles or no?. From Wordnik.com. [Here, There And Everywhere « Fairegarden] Reference
The daughters of Prcetus, who supposed themselves to be cows, were cured by Melampus by means of hellebore, which is of a purging nature. From Wordnik.com. [Medical inquiries and observations, upon the diseases of the mind] Reference
There were the vegetable poisons known on Earth, such as hellebore, setterwort, deadly nightshade, and the yew tree. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
The powder from hellebore and sandarach alone answers. From Wordnik.com. [On Ulcers] Reference
When the iron or steel is red hot, strew hellebore on it. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
After the plants have begun to head use hellebore powder. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
Sugary, turn'd to the strange harshness of harsh hellebore. From Wordnik.com. [The Poems and Fragments of Catullus] Reference
Aristophanes in Vespis, drink hellebore, &c. and Harpax in the. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
Stronger; aloes, lapis Armenus, lapis lazuli, black hellebore. or 3. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
It is to be removed by smearing it with black hellebore on the finger. From Wordnik.com. [On Hemorrhoids] Reference
Gerarde, the old herbalist, tells us that the black hellebore is called. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
Of these, the bears enjoyed all the berries, hellebore and cow parsnip. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lure]
Theophrastus speaks of a shepherd that could eat hellebore in substance. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
Black hellebore grows in marshy grounds, and may be had at the herb shops. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
Sugary, turn'd to the strange harshness of harsh hellebore. From Wordnik.com. [Poems and Fragments] Reference
White hellebore is used to destroy currant worms and is usually dusted on dry. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
When the first few died, he had beaten me for letting them eat black hellebore. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
The first application of the principle was against chewing insects with hellebore. From Wordnik.com. [Apple Growing] Reference
= A hendiadys for 'Go drink all the mind-purging hellebore that grows in Anticyra'. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Poems of Ovid] Reference
You should put persons on a course of hellebore who are troubled with a defluxion from the head. From Wordnik.com. [On Regimen In Acute Diseases] Reference
To destroy the worm, steep one table-spoonful of hellebore in a pint of water, and sprinkle the bushes. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881] Reference
Has Nature also made health for the sake of hellebore, instead of producing hellebore for the sake of health?. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
For insects, bugs or worms that chew -- or eat portions of plants -- arsenate of lead, paris green or hellebore. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
The active principle in aloes is aloin; of jalap, jalapin; of white hellebore, veratria; and of colchicum, colchicin. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
It is also used in water, putting one ounce of hellebore in three gallons of water and then spraying it on the plants. From Wordnik.com. [The First Book of Farming] Reference
The Christmas rose, or hellebore, displays its white or maroon flowers in mid-winter when few other plants are in bloom. From Wordnik.com. [Beware of the Ten Prettiest - But Most Poisonous - Plants] Reference
Among small-fruit insects, the strawberry worms are readily destroyed with hellebore, an ounce to a gallon of warm water. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881] Reference
In one case he prescribed rust, probably the earliest use of iron as a drug, and he also used hellebore root as a purgative. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
If you think it necessary to give medicines, you may safely purge upwards by hellebore, but none of those should be purged downwards. From Wordnik.com. [On Regimen In Acute Diseases] Reference
Strew the roots of black hellebore, at night, in the places infested by these vermin, and they will be found in the morning dead or dying. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
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