‘Verdant’ relates to which colour?
The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green is a novel by Cuthbert M. Bede, a pseudonym of Edward Bradley (1827–1889). It covers the exploits of Mr Verdant Green a first year undergraduate at Oxford University. Different editions have varying titles, including "Mr Verdant Green: Adventures of an Oxford Freshman". The same characters reappear in a sequel entitled "Little Mr Bouncer and his friend Verdant Green". The work was first published in three separate parts, in soft covers, by James Blackwood, during the 1850s (1853, 1854 and 1857). Notices in early copies of the book indicate
Verdant universities are other universities that have been labelled as a verdant or gumtree university. These include: Verdant universities The verdant universities are an informal group of Australian universities. They comprised universities founded in the 1960s and 70s and are sometimes called 'gumtree' universities. These universities were established in their state capitals, often next to native bush land (now nature reserves), and have lush vegetative campuses – which the naming 'verdant' refers to. They are predominantly the second or third established university in their state; the only exception is Macquarie, which is the third university in Sydney, but the fourth university in