"Rhamnus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... RHAMNUS ALATERNUS.—Mediterranean region, 1629. This is an evergreen shrub, with lanceolate shining leaves of a dark glossy-green colour, and pretty flowers produced from March till June. There are several well-marked ...
— Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs • A. D. Webster
... the people of Rhamnus, who had a temple dedicated to that goddess, and made a condition that it should never be set up in Athens. In the museum of the Lateran at Rome there is a small but very beautiful antique statue of Nemesis, which is thought to be a copy of this famous ...
— A History of Art for Beginners and Students - Painting, Sculpture, Architecture • Clara Erskine Clement |
