In many gardens plants appear year after year from self-sown seeds, and it will therefore be evident that. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
And the second day they were deep in open fields where patches of self-sown grain rippled ripely under the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak 2250 AD]
He ate as he went, berries and handfuls of ripe grain pulled from the ragged self-sown patches in the old fields. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak 2250 AD]
It descends the river valleys for some distance into the plains and is planted or self-sown in many parts of India and Pakistan. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Most of the trees on the side of Chanctonbury and its neighbours were self-sown, children of the clumps which Mr. Goring planted. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
There had always been lilies there, self-sown from wind-dropped seed, floating red and white on the green plates of their leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Between the Acts] Reference
Fields of self-sown wheat and vines were growing there; also, there were trees known as maple, and they took specimens of all of them. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: The Saga of Global Warming] Reference
The old plants persisted several years, and seedlings have grown up from self-sown seed, and the plantation is now as attractive as ever. 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
Back in 1997 my dh cut down a little self-sown pine in our front yard that had grown too close to our foundation and we decided to use that one. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
They had found self-sown corn too, probably maize. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Lectures and Essays] Reference
On the left, the self-sown firs grow in close ranks. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance] Reference
There were self-sown wheat-fields and vines growing there. From Wordnik.com. [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference
Another surprise is the self-sown Lobelia by my stone bench on the patio. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
The candytuft which I transplanted is in full bloom, and so is the self-sown mignonnette. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening by Myself] Reference
"I know a patch of self-sown grass," sang one of the party, "whereon we might play a game.". From Wordnik.com. [Station Amusements] Reference
But where there is much seed in the land that has been self-sown, a less quantity will suffice. From Wordnik.com. [Clovers and How to Grow Them] Reference
The desolation of that garden, choked with weeds and a wild growth of self-sown crops, is indescribable. From Wordnik.com. [Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army] Reference
In very many instances, seed, of course, self-sown has become rooted and grown vigorously on unplowed land. From Wordnik.com. [Clovers and How to Grow Them] Reference
They had samples of self-sown grain, too, and the skins of animals which they had trapped or shot with bows. From Wordnik.com. [Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America] Reference
You often find the lintie's nest in the most solitary places -- in some small self-sown clump of trees by the brink of. From Wordnik.com. [Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2] Reference
About the first of May the verbenas begin to come up from their self-sown seeds, and when they are two or three inches high. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening by Myself] Reference
Maine, -- young trees in the southern sections said to have been produced from self-sown seed (M.L. Fernald); New Hampshire and. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of the Trees of New England] Reference
Here a multitude of self-sown firs sprang up in the enclosures, and Darwin went to examine into the cause of the strange phenomenon. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Charles Darwin] Reference
Hither, if originally self-sown, it must have been floated and flung ashore by the waves; and as the north-east coast, though washed by. From Wordnik.com. [Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
The whole surface of the streets, except narrow footpaths, were overrun with self-sown indigo, and tons of it might have been collected. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864] Reference
Swend; and all that he got, or all that he thought worth telling, was this curious fact about vines and self-sown corn growing so near to. From Wordnik.com. [The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest] Reference
Here self-sown magenta petunias made banks of colour against the old brick walls, and the evening light, just turning rosy, fell thereon. From Wordnik.com. [What Necessity Knows] Reference
Upon the one occasion when I did accompany the party, the discovery was made of those fields of self-sown wheat which you prize so highly. From Wordnik.com. [The Thrall of Leif the Lucky] Reference
It does extend the flowering season, but deadheaders miss self-sown hybrid seedlings, some of which can be magnificent in their own right. From Wordnik.com. [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference
He was self-conscious ill at ease with her now; anxious to show his sympathy, yet made awkward by his self-sown notion that he was antagonistic to her. From Wordnik.com. [Winding Paths] Reference
A crowd of wild and self-sown saplings had grown up, thicket-like with the entanglement of their young shoots. From Wordnik.com. [La faute de l'Abbe Mouret] Reference
Fields of self-sown wheat and vines were growing there; also, there were trees known as maple. ". From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Earth] Reference
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