The Trees of America; Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly DescribedHarper & brothers, 1857 - 520 páginas |
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... Mulberry - tree , SPAIN . BRITAIN AND ANGLO - AMERICA . Derivation . The specific name nigra is derived from the Latin niger , black ; referring to the colour of the fruit of this tree . Engravings . Nouveau Du Hamel , iv . , pl . 22 ...
... Mulberry - tree , SPAIN . BRITAIN AND ANGLO - AMERICA . Derivation . The specific name nigra is derived from the Latin niger , black ; referring to the colour of the fruit of this tree . Engravings . Nouveau Du Hamel , iv . , pl . 22 ...
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... 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 , " in ...
... 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 , " in ...
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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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... mulberry for the food of silkworms . The leaves are also eaten by cattle , sheep , and goats . The roots have an acrid , bitter taste , and are considered as an excellent vermifuge , when taken , in a powder , in doses of half a drachin ...
... mulberry for the food of silkworms . The leaves are also eaten by cattle , sheep , and goats . The roots have an acrid , bitter taste , and are considered as an excellent vermifuge , when taken , in a powder , in doses of half a drachin ...
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... Mulberry - tree , LOUDON , Arboretum Britannicum . FRANCE . GERMANY . ITALY . SPAIN . BRITAIN AND ANGLO - AMERICA . Derivation . The specific name alba is derived from the Latin albus , white ; in reference to the colour of the fruit of ...
... Mulberry - tree , LOUDON , Arboretum Britannicum . FRANCE . GERMANY . ITALY . SPAIN . BRITAIN AND ANGLO - AMERICA . Derivation . The specific name alba is derived from the Latin albus , white ; in reference to the colour of the fruit of ...
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