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Definition of Sweetbriers
1. sweetbrier [n] - See also: sweetbrier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweetbriers
Literary usage of Sweetbriers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roses, and how to Grow Them: A Manual for Growing Roses in the Garden and by Leonard Barron (1906)
"sweetbriers like a heavy rich soil. Prune by removing some of the oldest shoots.
... sweetbriers have fragrant foliage and decorative fruits. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"The recent introduction of the Marquis of Penzance Hybrid sweetbriers is a valuable
addition to our collection. All of fhe lu varieties given in the ..."
3. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"It comes on apace; my sumachs and sweetbriers tremble. — Eh, Mr. Poet, is it you ?
How do you like the world to-day ? ~~ "~~ Poet. ..."
4. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"Her angel face, and tresses bright Within the basin gleamed. Her light hem as we
moved along 1 To hear the music of her voice The coy sweetbriers half ..."
5. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by John Gibson Lockhart (1837)
"A few sweetbriers, alders, honeysuckles, laburnums, &c., should be thrown in.
A verdant screen may be made in this way of the wildest and most beautiful ..."
6. Roses, and how to Grow Them: A Manual for Growing Roses in the Garden and by Leonard Barron (1906)
"sweetbriers like a heavy rich soil. Prune by removing some of the oldest shoots.
... sweetbriers have fragrant foliage and decorative fruits. ..."
7. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"The recent introduction of the Marquis of Penzance Hybrid sweetbriers is a valuable
addition to our collection. All of fhe lu varieties given in the ..."
8. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"It comes on apace; my sumachs and sweetbriers tremble. — Eh, Mr. Poet, is it you ?
How do you like the world to-day ? ~~ "~~ Poet. ..."
9. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"Her angel face, and tresses bright Within the basin gleamed. Her light hem as we
moved along 1 To hear the music of her voice The coy sweetbriers half ..."
10. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by John Gibson Lockhart (1837)
"A few sweetbriers, alders, honeysuckles, laburnums, &c., should be thrown in.
A verdant screen may be made in this way of the wildest and most beautiful ..."
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