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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... roots are branched , and yet but sparingly supplied with fibres . The bark of the trunk is smooth , grayish , and somewhat resembles that of the beech , and is disagreeably bitter when chewed to a pulp . The leaves vary from six to ...
... roots are branched , and yet but sparingly supplied with fibres . The bark of the trunk is smooth , grayish , and somewhat resembles that of the beech , and is disagreeably bitter when chewed to a pulp . The leaves vary from six to ...
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... roots spread out in every direction , and covered with a mixture of leaf mould and sandy loam . The soil ought to be made firm to the fibrous roots , not by treading , but by abundant watering , and , if the plant be large , by fixing ...
... roots spread out in every direction , and covered with a mixture of leaf mould and sandy loam . The soil ought to be made firm to the fibrous roots , not by treading , but by abundant watering , and , if the plant be large , by fixing ...
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... roots was used by them in Flor- ida , in combination with snake - root , as a substitute for the Peruvian bark , in the treatment of intermittents . " If fever's fervid rage Glow'd in the boiling veins , " * * * * * * * * * " They woo'd ...
... roots was used by them in Flor- ida , in combination with snake - root , as a substitute for the Peruvian bark , in the treatment of intermittents . " If fever's fervid rage Glow'd in the boiling veins , " * * * * * * * * * " They woo'd ...
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... root is eaten as a great dainty by beavers , which are sometimes caught by means of it . Michaux tells us that it is ... roots , like all the species of the magnolia , are branched , and sparingly supplied with fibres . The bark of the ...
... root is eaten as a great dainty by beavers , which are sometimes caught by means of it . Michaux tells us that it is ... roots , like all the species of the magnolia , are branched , and sparingly supplied with fibres . The bark of the ...
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... roots , is the most desirable site . Propagation and Culture . In nurseries , this species should always be propa- gated by seeds , although it may be multiplied by layers . In either case the plants are kept in pots until required for ...
... roots , is the most desirable site . Propagation and Culture . In nurseries , this species should always be propa- gated by seeds , although it may be multiplied by layers . In either case the plants are kept in pots until required for ...
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