International Exhibition, 1876, Volume 11U.S. Government Printing Office, 1884 |
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Page 312
... Quercus Egilops . Quercus Egilops pendula . Quercus agrifolia . Quercus alba . Querens aquatica . Quercus australis . Quercus Castanea . Quercus bambusaefolia . Castanea Chinensis . Castanea chrysophylla . Castanea pumila . Castanea ...
... Quercus Egilops . Quercus Egilops pendula . Quercus agrifolia . Quercus alba . Querens aquatica . Quercus australis . Quercus Castanea . Quercus bambusaefolia . Castanea Chinensis . Castanea chrysophylla . Castanea pumila . Castanea ...
Page 313
... Quercus Cerris variegata . Quercus cinerea . Quercus cinerea pumila . Quercus coccifera . Quercus coccinea . Quercus concordia . Quercus conferta . Quercus Damio . Quercus densifolia . Quercus Esculus . Quercus falcata . Quercus falcata ...
... Quercus Cerris variegata . Quercus cinerea . Quercus cinerea pumila . Quercus coccifera . Quercus coccinea . Quercus concordia . Quercus conferta . Quercus Damio . Quercus densifolia . Quercus Esculus . Quercus falcata . Quercus falcata ...
Page 370
... Quercus rubra ( red oak ) from Canton Ill . , containing 5.55 per cent . tan- nic acid . Quercus alba ( white oak ) , Canton , Ill . , containing 3.35 per cent . tannic acid . Quercus coccinea , Canton , Ill . , containing 7.78 per cent ...
... Quercus rubra ( red oak ) from Canton Ill . , containing 5.55 per cent . tan- nic acid . Quercus alba ( white oak ) , Canton , Ill . , containing 3.35 per cent . tannic acid . Quercus coccinea , Canton , Ill . , containing 7.78 per cent ...
Page 409
... Quercus macrocarpa , Michx . - Bur Oak ; Overcup Oak.- Western States . This species is rare in the Eastern States , but com- mon in Michigan , Illinois , Wisconsin , and Minnesota . It is a large tree , and when growing on low ground ...
... Quercus macrocarpa , Michx . - Bur Oak ; Overcup Oak.- Western States . This species is rare in the Eastern States , but com- mon in Michigan , Illinois , Wisconsin , and Minnesota . It is a large tree , and when growing on low ground ...
Page 410
... Quercus lobata , Nées . - California White Oak . - California . No. 277. Quercus undulata , Torr . - Rocky Mountain Oak . - Rocky Mountains . This is the common oak of the Rocky Mountains , usually small and scrubby , but sometimes ...
... Quercus lobata , Nées . - California White Oak . - California . No. 277. Quercus undulata , Torr . - Rocky Mountain Oak . - Rocky Mountains . This is the common oak of the Rocky Mountains , usually small and scrubby , but sometimes ...
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Page 88 - States, as may be by law required of him ; to make report, and give information to either branch of the legislature, in person or in writing (as he may be required), respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, or which shall appertain to his office ; and generally to perform all such services relative to the finances, as he shall be directed to perform.
Page 54 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through, the night that our flag was still there.
Page 54 - Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just ; And this be our motto :
Page 54 - O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 225 - That there shall be at the seat of Government a Department of Labor, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word...
Page 54 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave ; And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave.
Page 225 - to acquire and preserve in his Department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books and correspondence, and by practical and scientific experiments, (accurate records of which experiments shall be kept in his office) ; by the collection of statistics, and by any other appropriate means within his power...
Page 226 - He shall also make special reports on particular subjects whenever required to do so by the President or either house of Congress, or when he shall think the subject in his charge requires it.
Page 167 - An act to provide internal revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the public debt,
Page 95 - President be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to appoint, immediately after the passage of this act, two officers of the navy, of high rank, one officer of the corps of engineers of the army, one officer of the corps of topographical engineers of the army, and two civilians of high scientific attainments, whose services may be at the disposal of the President ; and an officer of the navy and an officer of engineers of the army, as secretaries, who shall constitute the Light-house Board...