"Nectary" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... From the nectar'd cup, l. 268. The anthers and stigmas of flowers are probably nourished by the honey, which is secreted by the honey-gland called by Linneus the nectary; and possess greater sensibility or animation than other parts of the plant. The corol of the flower appears to be a respiratory organ belonging to these anthers and stigmas for the purpose of further oxygenating ...
— The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society - A Poem, with Philosophical Notes • Erasmus Darwin
... pain the pollen beat From me to thee, for oft these pollens be Fine dust from wars that poets wage for thee. But, O beloved Earthbloom soft a-shine Upon the universal jessamine, Prithee abuse me not, Prithee refuse me not; Yield, yield the heartsome honey love to me Hid in thy nectary!" And as I sank into a suaver dream The pleading bee-song's burthen sole did seem, "Hast ne'er a honey-drop of love for me In thy ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877, Vol. XX. No. 118 • Various |
