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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... according to Gerard , were used , in his time , to season meat with , instead of a salad , like sorrel . The berries are not eaten raw , but are excellent , when preserved with their own weight of sugar or syrup , or candied . They are ...
... according to Gerard , were used , in his time , to season meat with , instead of a salad , like sorrel . The berries are not eaten raw , but are excellent , when preserved with their own weight of sugar or syrup , or candied . They are ...
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... according to Pallas , throughout the whole of Russia , and a great part of Siberia . According to Watson , it is common all over Britain , and in the south - western , north - eastern , and north - western counties of Ireland . The T. e ...
... according to Pallas , throughout the whole of Russia , and a great part of Siberia . According to Watson , it is common all over Britain , and in the south - western , north - eastern , and north - western counties of Ireland . The T. e ...
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... According to De Candolle , in 1831 , it was seventy feet high , and thirty - six feet in circumference at four feet from the ground , where it divided into large and perfectly sound branches . It is esti- mated as being nearly one ...
... According to De Candolle , in 1831 , it was seventy feet high , and thirty - six feet in circumference at four feet from the ground , where it divided into large and perfectly sound branches . It is esti- mated as being nearly one ...
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... According to Dr. Harris , a strip of the bark of the large linden in Cambridge , mentioned in a preceding page , two feet wide at the bottom , and extending to the top of the trunk , has been destroyed , and the exposed surface of the ...
... According to Dr. Harris , a strip of the bark of the large linden in Cambridge , mentioned in a preceding page , two feet wide at the bottom , and extending to the top of the trunk , has been destroyed , and the exposed surface of the ...
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... according to the exposure in which they grow . In dry and open places , they are only two inches in diam- eter ; but in cool and shady situations , they are twice the size . They are truncate at the base , somewhat cordate , and oblique ...
... according to the exposure in which they grow . In dry and open places , they are only two inches in diam- eter ; but in cool and shady situations , they are twice the size . They are truncate at the base , somewhat cordate , and oblique ...
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