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Definition: Impatiens Balsamina
Garden
\Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin,
jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G.
garten; akin to AS. geard. See
Yard an inclosure.]
1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of
herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.
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2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
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I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy,
The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak.
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Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden
walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse.
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Garden balsam, an ornamental plant (
Impatiens Balsamina).
Garden engine, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering
gardens.
Garden glass.
(a) A bell glass for covering plants.
(b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal,
to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an
ornament in gardens in Germany.
Garden house
(a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl.
(b) A privy. [Southern U.S.]
Garden husbandry, the raising on a small scale of seeds,
fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.
Garden mold or
Garden mould, rich, mellow earth which is
fit for a garden. --Mortimer.
Garden nail, a cast nail, used for fastening vines to brick
walls. --Knight.
Garden net, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc.,
to protect them from birds.
Garden party, a social party held out of doors, within the
grounds or garden attached to a private residence.
Garden plot, a plot appropriated to a garden.
Garden pot, a watering pot.
Garden pump, a garden engine; a barrow pump.
Garden shears, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges,
pruning, etc.
Garden spider, (Zo["o]l.), the diadem spider (
Epeira diadema
), common in gardens, both in Europe and America.
It spins a geometrical web. See
Geometric spider, and
Spider web.
Garden stand, a stand for flower pots.
Garden stuff, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.]
Garden syringe, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling
them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.
Garden truck, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]
Garden ware, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
Bear garden,
Botanic garden, etc. See under
Bear, etc.
Hanging garden. See under
Hanging.
Kitchen garden, a garden where vegetables are cultivated
for household use.
Market garden, a piece of ground where vegetable are
cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.
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Impatiens
\Im*pa"ti*ens\ ([i^]m*p[=a]"sh[i^]*[e^]nz), prop. n.
[L., impatient.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, several species of which have very
beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules
burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable
force. Called also
touch-me-not,
jewelweed, and
snapweed.
Impatiens Balsamina (sometimes called
lady's slipper
) is the common garden balsam.
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Lady's slipper
\La“dy's slip”per\n. (Bot.)
Any orchidaceous plant of the genus
Cypripedium, the
labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the
United States, the garden balsam (
Impatiens Balsamina).
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