Gardening: alternatives and connections

A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; h…

Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence,…

A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower.

A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.

A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.

Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus.

To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a ga…

To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is app…

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in commo…

An annual garden plant (Impatiens balsamina) with beautiful flowers; balsamine.

The Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam.

A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.