The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, Volumen1Luthur Tucker, 1847 |
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... inches in diameter , left square for base and capi- tal , and hewn to an octagon in the shaft . The arch which runs at the top , from one to the other , is cut from two inch plank . Nothing is heavier and less agreeable than the common ...
... inches in diameter , left square for base and capi- tal , and hewn to an octagon in the shaft . The arch which runs at the top , from one to the other , is cut from two inch plank . Nothing is heavier and less agreeable than the common ...
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... inches long . Plant these bits of roots about an inch and a half deep in the rich , light s il of the hot - bed . In a fortnight's time , every bit will throw up a bud , make new roots , and become a distinct plant . When Deodara or ...
... inches long . Plant these bits of roots about an inch and a half deep in the rich , light s il of the hot - bed . In a fortnight's time , every bit will throw up a bud , make new roots , and become a distinct plant . When Deodara or ...
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... inches round . The fruit represented was so superb , that they doubted its being a correct portrait , until it had borne fruit in their own garden . If you three trees now in fruit , covering 55 feet of my wall , as firm and as ...
... inches round . The fruit represented was so superb , that they doubted its being a correct portrait , until it had borne fruit in their own garden . If you three trees now in fruit , covering 55 feet of my wall , as firm and as ...
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... inches growth , and the leaf is well expanded , the fig pushes from this new wood at the eye , formed at the foot ... inch or more , ( see cross cuts f , f , ) using your judg- ment as to the proper spot ; making sure there is an eye to ...
... inches growth , and the leaf is well expanded , the fig pushes from this new wood at the eye , formed at the foot ... inch or more , ( see cross cuts f , f , ) using your judg- ment as to the proper spot ; making sure there is an eye to ...
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... inch or two through the ground . They have then about two inches of what grows above ground , and about four or six inches of what grows be- low . The latter looks white and tempting ; I suppose people think that for the same reason ...
... inch or two through the ground . They have then about two inches of what grows above ground , and about four or six inches of what grows be- low . The latter looks white and tempting ; I suppose people think that for the same reason ...
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Página 537 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Página 10 - If it is a laudable ambition to " make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before...
Página 185 - ... and to work, produces, in the hands of a skilful mechanic, the most beautiful effects of light and shade. These effects are rendered more striking, if, after smoothing the surface of the wood with a double-ironed plane, it is rubbed with a little sulphuric acid, and afterwards anointed with linseed oil.
Página 441 - Our outward life requires them not, Then wherefore had they birth? To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth; To whisper hope — to comfort man Whene'er his faith is dim; For whoso careth for the flowers Will care much more for Him!
Página 491 - Sir Joshua Reynolds used to say, 'If you would fix upon the best colour for your house, turn up a stone, or pluck up a handful of grass by the roots, and see what is the colour of the soil where the house is to stand, and let that be your choice.
Página 42 - Kamchatkadales say, would disorder the stomach. It is sometimes eaten fresh in soups and sauces, and then loses much of its intoxicating property : when steeped in the juice of the berries of Vaccinium uliginosum, its effects are those of strong wine.
Página 185 - Trees offering this disposition are rare, and do not exist in the proportion of one to a hundred. The serpentine direction of the fibre, which renders them difficult to split and to work, produces, in the hands of a skilful mechanic, the most beautiful effects of light and shade. These effects are rendered more striking if, after smoothing the surface of the wood with a double-ironed plane, it is rubbed with a little sulphuric acid, and then with linseed oil.
Página 218 - Mandarins, although small, were extremely gay, particularly during the early months of the year ; and, what was of more importance to me, contained a number of new plants of great beauty and interest. On entering one of the gardens on a fine morning in May, I was struck with a mass of yellow flowers which completely covered a distant part of the wall ; the colour was not a common yellow, but had something of buff in it, which gave the flowers a striking and uncommon appearance. I immediately ran...
Página 43 - ... had I beheld such enormous trunks, — they looked more like living rocks than trees ; for it was only on the pinnacle of their bare and naked bark that foliage could be discovered, and that at such a distance from the eye that the forms of the leaves could not be made out.
Página 538 - Religion, poetry, and history have all equally celebrated them. The Arabs of all sects entertain a traditional veneration for these trees. They attribute to them not only a vegetative power which enables them to live eternally, but also an intelligence which causes them to manifest signs of wisdom and foresight, similar to those of instinct and reason in man.