The Trees of America; Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly DescribedHarper & brothers, 1857 - 520 páginas |
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... White , Soft , Silver 76 46 84 PISTACIA , generic characters of . 73 ... Mulberry , Black 95 171 Pistachio Nut - tree vera . 281 PLANERA , generic ... White , Yellow 325 Pride of China , Azedarach 66 Brousa 66 Chinese 66 Italian 66 Paper ...
... White , Soft , Silver 76 46 84 PISTACIA , generic characters of . 73 ... Mulberry , Black 95 171 Pistachio Nut - tree vera . 281 PLANERA , generic ... White , Yellow 325 Pride of China , Azedarach 66 Brousa 66 Chinese 66 Italian 66 Paper ...
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... mulberry . ) Properties and Uses . The wood of the horse - chesnut is white and very soft , and according to Loudon , when dry , weighs from thirty - five to thirty - seven pounds to a cubic foot . It is unfit for use where much ...
... mulberry . ) Properties and Uses . The wood of the horse - chesnut is white and very soft , and according to Loudon , when dry , weighs from thirty - five to thirty - seven pounds to a cubic foot . It is unfit for use where much ...
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... Mulberry - tree , BRITAIN AND ANGLO - AMERICA . Derivations . Several derivations have been given of the word Morus ... white mulberry , ( Morus alba , ) and its varieties , are considered much the best . In warm climates , such as ...
... Mulberry - tree , BRITAIN AND ANGLO - AMERICA . Derivations . Several derivations have been given of the word Morus ... white mulberry , ( Morus alba , ) and its varieties , are considered much the best . In warm climates , such as ...
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... white mulberry , by the earlier writers , as to render it next to an impossibility to ascertain the countries of which it is truly indigen- ous . It has been known from the earliest records of antiquity , being mentioned in " Holy Writ ...
... white mulberry , by the earlier writers , as to render it next to an impossibility to ascertain the countries of which it is truly indigen- ous . It has been known from the earliest records of antiquity , being mentioned in " Holy Writ ...
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... mulberry derives its fine colour from the blood of those two unfortunate lovers , Pyramus and Thisbe . He says , that it was for- merly snow - white , but that , when Pyramus , in despair at the supposed death of his mistress , fell ...
... mulberry derives its fine colour from the blood of those two unfortunate lovers , Pyramus and Thisbe . He says , that it was for- merly snow - white , but that , when Pyramus , in despair at the supposed death of his mistress , fell ...
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