Useful and Ornamental PlantingBaldwin and Cradock, 1832 - 151 pages |
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... considerable thickness , becoming hard , rough , or granulated , as seen in the trunk of elm , oak , and most kinds of forest - trees , and in the trunk of the apricot , pear , & c . , among fruit - trees . When in this latter state ...
... considerable thickness , becoming hard , rough , or granulated , as seen in the trunk of elm , oak , and most kinds of forest - trees , and in the trunk of the apricot , pear , & c . , among fruit - trees . When in this latter state ...
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... considerable length of time , and they require particular care in sowing . The soil of the beds ought to be of a light sandy nature , enriched with the vegetable mould of decayed tree leaves , or well decomposed dung . If a proper ...
... considerable length of time , and they require particular care in sowing . The soil of the beds ought to be of a light sandy nature , enriched with the vegetable mould of decayed tree leaves , or well decomposed dung . If a proper ...
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... considerable . Ever since the accumulation has been prevented by having a squad of women and boys , to clear away and brush after the woodcutters or pruners . The expense of this operation has been overpaid by the increase of growth ...
... considerable . Ever since the accumulation has been prevented by having a squad of women and boys , to clear away and brush after the woodcutters or pruners . The expense of this operation has been overpaid by the increase of growth ...
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... considerably lessen the cost of fallowing . The choice of the crop to be employed must be determined by the condition ... considerable extent have had their origin , as regards this mode of rearing oak trees , we have ventured to state ...
... considerably lessen the cost of fallowing . The choice of the crop to be employed must be determined by the condition ... considerable extent have had their origin , as regards this mode of rearing oak trees , we have ventured to state ...
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... considerable care in taking it up to preserve its roots from injury . The structure and the functions of the roots of trees , as connected with the produce and support of the plant were before described , and clearly point out the ...
... considerable care in taking it up to preserve its roots from injury . The structure and the functions of the roots of trees , as connected with the produce and support of the plant were before described , and clearly point out the ...
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Page 28 - To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice : and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him : for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
Page 7 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 33 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 27 - And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock : and I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, "and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 37 - If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep...
Page 40 - Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, have they not sped ? have they not divided the prey ; to every man a damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil...
Page 37 - Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart to work all manner of work of the engraver. And of the cunning workman and of the embroiderer, in blue and in purple, in scarlet and in fine linen and of the weaver, even of them that do any work and of those that devise cunning work.
Page 30 - And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
Page 45 - Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges ? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock ? 8 Say I these things as a man ? or saith not the law the same also?
Page 37 - And Delilah said unto Samson, " Hitherto thou hast mocked me and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound.