The Trees of America; Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly DescribedHarper & brothers, 1857 - 520 páginas |
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... roots , has an agreeable smell , and a very bitter taste , and , even under the same circumstances , as the heart - wood , it neither acquires the blue colour , nor the disagreeable smell . The bark of this tree is considered , by some ...
... roots , has an agreeable smell , and a very bitter taste , and , even under the same circumstances , as the heart - wood , it neither acquires the blue colour , nor the disagreeable smell . The bark of this tree is considered , by some ...
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... roots with an equal portion of dog- wood bark , in brandy , during eight days , and take this tincture as a remedy for the intermittent fever . The bark , reduced to powder , and given in substance to horses , appears to be a pretty ...
... roots with an equal portion of dog- wood bark , in brandy , during eight days , and take this tincture as a remedy for the intermittent fever . The bark , reduced to powder , and given in substance to horses , appears to be a pretty ...
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... root . Properties and Uses . The wood of the berberry is hard and brittle , of a yel- low colour , and contains a large white pith . It is of but little use in the arts except for dying . The inner bark , both of the stems and roots ...
... root . Properties and Uses . The wood of the berberry is hard and brittle , of a yel- low colour , and contains a large white pith . It is of but little use in the arts except for dying . The inner bark , both of the stems and roots ...
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... roots , are powerfully acid and astringent ; the bark is purgative and tonic ; and the berries , when bruised and steeped in water , make a refreshing drink , in fevers . The astringent principle is also so abundant in the bark , that ...
... roots , are powerfully acid and astringent ; the bark is purgative and tonic ; and the berries , when bruised and steeped in water , make a refreshing drink , in fevers . The astringent principle is also so abundant in the bark , that ...
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... roots , and flowers yellow , as in the preceding species . The leaves are much smaller and narrower , attenuate at the base , but nearly sessile . The flowers which put forth in May and June , are also smaller than those of the Berberis ...
... roots , and flowers yellow , as in the preceding species . The leaves are much smaller and narrower , attenuate at the base , but nearly sessile . The flowers which put forth in May and June , are also smaller than those of the Berberis ...
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