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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... fruit , and a thin rind , which separates spontaneously from the pulp . It is cultivated in China , where the fruit is chiefly consumed in presents to the officers of state , whence its name . Its sin- gularity consists in the rind so ...
... fruit , and a thin rind , which separates spontaneously from the pulp . It is cultivated in China , where the fruit is chiefly consumed in presents to the officers of state , whence its name . Its sin- gularity consists in the rind so ...
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... fruit . If well cultivated , it is generally both in flower and fruit at the same time . On this account , and its dwarfy habit , it is a very common object in houses and gardens . It is said to be employed by the Chinese gardeners as ...
... fruit . If well cultivated , it is generally both in flower and fruit at the same time . On this account , and its dwarfy habit , it is a very common object in houses and gardens . It is said to be employed by the Chinese gardeners as ...
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... fruit was originally sent , by the Spaniards , to the West Indies , and the continent of America . In the midst of a forest , on the banks of the Cedeno , Baron Humboldt , in 1800 , found wild orange- trees , laden with large and sweet ...
... fruit was originally sent , by the Spaniards , to the West Indies , and the continent of America . In the midst of a forest , on the banks of the Cedeno , Baron Humboldt , in 1800 , found wild orange- trees , laden with large and sweet ...
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... fruit in abundance . It is said that these plants were procured from a wreck on the coast in that quarter , in the time of Henry VII . In the south of Devonshire , and particularly at Saltcombe , one of the warmest spots in England , it ...
... fruit in abundance . It is said that these plants were procured from a wreck on the coast in that quarter , in the time of Henry VII . In the south of Devonshire , and particularly at Saltcombe , one of the warmest spots in England , it ...
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... fruits . The orange has also been an object of culture for a long time in Carolina and Georgia ; and in 1762 , it will be seen by the London " Annual Register " for that year , that there were four barrels of this fruit shipped from ...
... fruits . The orange has also been an object of culture for a long time in Carolina and Georgia ; and in 1762 , it will be seen by the London " Annual Register " for that year , that there were four barrels of this fruit shipped from ...
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