botanising

We toyed with the idea of walking on: not yet, though – botanising at ground level, propped on one elbow, seemed a more rewarding way to while away a sultry afternoon.

Country diary: Westgate, Weardale

They were sitting by the roadside botanising flowers.

The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll

He flings out his lean botanising hands in an impotent gesture.

A Modern Utopia

In the afternoon Dr. Wetmore and I rode to the beautiful Puna woods on a botanising excursion.

The Hawaiian Archipelago

Excellent fishing, botanising, and geologising in this neighbourhood.

The South of France—East Half

Rich botanising is to be had on the swampy ground at the mouth of the right ravine.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

Arthur, taking Eiulo with him, proceeded upon a botanising tour about the neighbourhood, in the hope of making some discovery that might prove useful to us.

The Island Home

I shall therefore return towards Deeling, and devote a few days to botanising on Thuma-thaya.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

He himself was going to take charge of a botanising party on the Hersch-felsen, and a junior master was to superintend those who wished to fish in the lake; but

Chatterbox, 1905.

The attendant who was responsible was one of the hands employed on ditching and fencing, and possibly was not much experienced at river fording, and he said the Doctor delayed so long botanising that darkness was upon them by the time they reached the fording place.

Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864