The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly Described. Illustrated by Numerous EngravingsHarper, 1846 - 520 páginas |
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... employed for making joiners ' tools ; and the bark is also used in some parts of the country , like that of the cinchona , in the case of intermittent and remittent fevers . It is aromatic and pungent , apparently more so than the other ...
... employed for making joiners ' tools ; and the bark is also used in some parts of the country , like that of the cinchona , in the case of intermittent and remittent fevers . It is aromatic and pungent , apparently more so than the other ...
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... employed in joinery for the interior of houses , and for cabinet - making ; and , from its size and lightness , large trunks are selected for scooping out into canoes . Many of the inhabitants of the Alleghanies gather the cones about ...
... employed in joinery for the interior of houses , and for cabinet - making ; and , from its size and lightness , large trunks are selected for scooping out into canoes . Many of the inhabitants of the Alleghanies gather the cones about ...
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... odour , and an infusion of it in some spirit- uous liquor , is employed as an excellent sudorific in rheumatic affections . Magnolia conspicua , THE CONSPICUOUS - FLOWERED MAGNOLIA . Magnolia 18 MAGNOLIA AURICULATA .
... odour , and an infusion of it in some spirit- uous liquor , is employed as an excellent sudorific in rheumatic affections . Magnolia conspicua , THE CONSPICUOUS - FLOWERED MAGNOLIA . Magnolia 18 MAGNOLIA AURICULATA .
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... employed in wide boards , and exposed to the weather , is , that it is liable to shrink and warp , by the alternations of moisture and dryness ; but this defect is , in a great measure , compensated by its other properties , and may be ...
... employed in wide boards , and exposed to the weather , is , that it is liable to shrink and warp , by the alternations of moisture and dryness ; but this defect is , in a great measure , compensated by its other properties , and may be ...
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... employed in the construction of houses , for rafters , and for joists of the upper stories , for which purposes it was esteemed , on account of its lightness and strength , but as the timber has become scarce , pine and spruce have ...
... employed in the construction of houses , for rafters , and for joists of the upper stories , for which purposes it was esteemed , on account of its lightness and strength , but as the timber has become scarce , pine and spruce have ...
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