Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri, Volume 36 |
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... soil and climatic conditions and our relation to the great markets encourage the appropriation of large areas of land to fruit - growing ? It seems appropriate to this occasion to recall the attention of horticulturists to the rapidly ...
... soil and climatic conditions and our relation to the great markets encourage the appropriation of large areas of land to fruit - growing ? It seems appropriate to this occasion to recall the attention of horticulturists to the rapidly ...
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... soil in existence that under the plow becomes more loose and mellow , yet , from its superior natural un- der - drainage , it can be worked after a week's rain with but a few hours of sunshine . This formation is of inexhaustible ...
... soil in existence that under the plow becomes more loose and mellow , yet , from its superior natural un- der - drainage , it can be worked after a week's rain with but a few hours of sunshine . This formation is of inexhaustible ...
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... soil of which has never been turned by the plow of the husbandman to kiss the sun of heaven . Then speak in words of praise of the grand central portion of this great State , an empire within itself . And last but not least , speak in ...
... soil of which has never been turned by the plow of the husbandman to kiss the sun of heaven . Then speak in words of praise of the grand central portion of this great State , an empire within itself . And last but not least , speak in ...
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... a hand in pre- senting the facts just as they are and just as others will find them when they try to raise fruit in the future on Missouri soil . Let us put our knowledge in such a shape that 30 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY .
... a hand in pre- senting the facts just as they are and just as others will find them when they try to raise fruit in the future on Missouri soil . Let us put our knowledge in such a shape that 30 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY .
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... soil of various fertilizers . " Potash , soda , magnesia , phosphoric acid , wood ashes , lime , nitrogen and other plant foods have been used repeatedly , separately and together , often in large quantities , and frequently on as many ...
... soil of various fertilizers . " Potash , soda , magnesia , phosphoric acid , wood ashes , lime , nitrogen and other plant foods have been used repeatedly , separately and together , often in large quantities , and frequently on as many ...
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Page 341 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 172 - God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
Page 152 - There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coming, my dove, my dear ; She is coming, my life, my fate ; The red rose cries, ' She is near, she is near ; ' And the white rose weeps, ' She is late;' The larkspur listens, ' I hear, I hear ;' And the lily whispers,
Page 214 - Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness ; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground. The animal is the novice and probationer of a more advanced order. The men, though young, having tasted the first drop from the cup of thought, are already dissipated : the maples and ferns are still uncorrupt ; yet no doubt when they come to consciousness they too will curse and swear.
Page 152 - For a breeze of morning moves, And the planet of Love is on high, Beginning to faint in the light that she loves On a bed of daffodil sky, To faint in the light of the sun she loves, To faint in his light, and to die.
Page 214 - See dying vegetables life sustain, See life dissolving vegetate again: All forms that perish other forms supply; (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die) Like bubbles on the sea of Matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
Page 298 - Botanically speaking, tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans and peas. But in the common language of the people, whether sellers or consumers of provisions, all these are vegetables...
Page 8 - The constitution provides that "this constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any regular meeting...
Page 176 - ... prepared for it), to remain within fifty feet of any road or highway crossing said track; shall from the first day of May until the first day of November...
Page 51 - While the euamour'd queen of joy Flies to protect her lovely boy, On whom the jealous war-god rushes , She treads upon a thorned rose, And while the wound with crimson flows, The snowy flow'ret feels her blood, and blushes ! * " Compare with this elegant ode the verses of Vi, lib.