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Page 27
... earth was loosened in most places twelve or fourteen inches from the surface , and though not so thoroughly pulverized as it pro- bably would have been by a perfect subsoil plough , yet , in my very hard stony subsoil , I am inclined to ...
... earth was loosened in most places twelve or fourteen inches from the surface , and though not so thoroughly pulverized as it pro- bably would have been by a perfect subsoil plough , yet , in my very hard stony subsoil , I am inclined to ...
Page 29
... earth and the consequent removal of the water and admission of the air , besides affording room for the expansion of the roots , without doubt by a chemical action , assists the nourishment and growth of the plant . The great objection ...
... earth and the consequent removal of the water and admission of the air , besides affording room for the expansion of the roots , without doubt by a chemical action , assists the nourishment and growth of the plant . The great objection ...
Page 42
... earth , and arrived here in December . They were then placed in a cellar and the roots covered with earth . The latter part of May last , ( not so early by a month as would have been best , ) the branches and stocks were cut into what ...
... earth , and arrived here in December . They were then placed in a cellar and the roots covered with earth . The latter part of May last , ( not so early by a month as would have been best , ) the branches and stocks were cut into what ...
Page 55
... earth about two feet deep ; the spring following , I set them in a nursery , about nine inches apart in a row , the rows about two feet apart ; in the fall , dig them up and bury them again in the earth . The next spring I set them out ...
... earth about two feet deep ; the spring following , I set them in a nursery , about nine inches apart in a row , the rows about two feet apart ; in the fall , dig them up and bury them again in the earth . The next spring I set them out ...
Page 96
... earth with small spoon - shaped shov- els fastened upon handles , made of four or five feet in length , from poles or the limbs of trees , with no means of steadying them except the grasp of the hands . To balance such an instrument ...
... earth with small spoon - shaped shov- els fastened upon handles , made of four or five feet in length , from poles or the limbs of trees , with no means of steadying them except the grasp of the hands . To balance such an instrument ...
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