The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, Volume 7Luthur Tucker, 1852 |
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... grow freely in any rich , light , loamy soil ; and requires a considerable , rather abundant supply of water . In the natural arrangement it ranks under Ranuncu- laces ; and in the Linnæan , under Polyandria poly- gynia . - Jour . Hort ...
... grow freely in any rich , light , loamy soil ; and requires a considerable , rather abundant supply of water . In the natural arrangement it ranks under Ranuncu- laces ; and in the Linnæan , under Polyandria poly- gynia . - Jour . Hort ...
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... grow freely in almost any sort of soil , especially sandy peat . In summer an ample sup- ply of water is required , and air at all times when the weather is favorable . To prevent the leaves from being scorched by the sun , it will be ...
... grow freely in almost any sort of soil , especially sandy peat . In summer an ample sup- ply of water is required , and air at all times when the weather is favorable . To prevent the leaves from being scorched by the sun , it will be ...
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... grown by the yard ; contrast the difference between what we call exhibition plants on the two sides of the Atlantic , and ... grow to be cut back by the knife and thrown away ; let us see plants grown in pots without long unsightly stems ...
... grown by the yard ; contrast the difference between what we call exhibition plants on the two sides of the Atlantic , and ... grow to be cut back by the knife and thrown away ; let us see plants grown in pots without long unsightly stems ...
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... grows fifty plants has no chance with a nurseryman , who grows a thousand . Again , there is no distinction as to what ... grow it , and all the vigilance and care it is possible for man to bestow on it , in keeping in perfection for the ...
... grows fifty plants has no chance with a nurseryman , who grows a thousand . Again , there is no distinction as to what ... grow it , and all the vigilance and care it is possible for man to bestow on it , in keeping in perfection for the ...
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... grow in the Society's Garden . It will amusement of fly - fishing is one which holds a probably be a hardy evergreen tree , concern . first place in the opinion of every one who un- ing which Nuttall , who knew it in its native ...
... grow in the Society's Garden . It will amusement of fly - fishing is one which holds a probably be a hardy evergreen tree , concern . first place in the opinion of every one who un- ing which Nuttall , who knew it in its native ...
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Page 285 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree : and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 283 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Page 278 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Page 281 - I will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Page 281 - Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou ? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Page 418 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 282 - A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Page 27 - Sirrah had been unable to manage, until he came to that commanding situation. But what was our astonishment when we discovered by degrees that not one lamb of the whole flock was wanting ! How he had got all the divisions collected in the dark, is beyond my comprehension. The charge was left entirely to himself from midnight until the rising...
Page 282 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Page 312 - ... in order to give him habits of thought and mental discipline for the pulpit; yet, this is not half as ridiculous, in reality, as the reverse absurdity of attempting to educate the man of work in unknown tongues, abstract problems and theories, and metaphysical figments and quibbles.