house-leek

Saussure found that the oak, the horse-chesnut, and other plants, absorb oxygen and give off carbonic acid in less volumes than the oxygen, while the house-leek and the cactus absorb oxygen without evolving carbonic acid.

Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson

In a little “hole” in the wall, beneath the salt-box, lay a bottle of holy water to keep the place purified; and against the copestone of the gable, on the outside, grew a large lump of house-leek, as a specific for sore eyes and other maladies.

The Lianhan Shee 1921

I care for it as the old house-leek would if she could feel.

Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm J��hann Sigurj��nsson 1899

The blue turf smoke rises here and there, -- now from a cabin with house-leek growing on the crumbling thatch, now from one whose roof is held on by ropes and stones, -- and there is always a turf bog, stacks and stacks of the cut blocks, a woman in a gown of dark-red flannel resting for a moment, with the empty creel beside her, and a man cutting in the distance.

Penelope's Irish Experiences Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

"He hasn't seen the house-leek rocks, nor the old cider mill, nor the artichoke flat, nor the sap-house, nor the colts."

When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine 1887

Presently we turned up byways, over which the prickly-pear and red valerian broke in profuse and unprecise beauty -- fleshy-leaved creepers, too, as of a house-leek turned passion-flower, over-crowned all with scarlet blotches of cunningly placed colour.

Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

Green grows the house-leek on the roof forever, and let the moss flourish on the thatch.

Brave Men and Women Fuller, O E 1884

Green grows the house-leek on the thatch, and sweet is the honeysuckle at the porch, and dear are the gilly-flowers in the front garden; but best of all is the good wife within, who keeps all as neat as a new pin.

Brave Men and Women Fuller, O E 1884

On some old roofs, which have decayed, and upon which detritus has accumulated, wallflowers may be found; and the house-leek takes capricious root where it fancies.

The Open Air Richard Jefferies 1867

Green grows the house-leek on the roof forever, and let the moss flourish on the thatch.

Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs 1867