The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, Volumen1Luthur Tucker, 1847 |
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... means and leisure into the delights of gar- dening . Where peaches and melons , the richest fruits of the tropics , are raised with- out walls - where apples and pears , the pride of the temperate zones , are often grown with little ...
... means and leisure into the delights of gar- dening . Where peaches and melons , the richest fruits of the tropics , are raised with- out walls - where apples and pears , the pride of the temperate zones , are often grown with little ...
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... means , of- fers us new attractions , and attains grander results . Under the head of Climbing Roses , allow me to cull my own flowers , and select my plants from any of the families of the tribe , to accomplish my object . The Rose ...
... means , of- fers us new attractions , and attains grander results . Under the head of Climbing Roses , allow me to cull my own flowers , and select my plants from any of the families of the tribe , to accomplish my object . The Rose ...
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... mean tempera- ture is much higher than our own . I am not however alone in this belief with regard to naturalization ... means natu- ralized . In India , its native country , it is a peren- nial , and although it has now been cultivated ...
... mean tempera- ture is much higher than our own . I am not however alone in this belief with regard to naturalization ... means natu- ralized . In India , its native country , it is a peren- nial , and although it has now been cultivated ...
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... mean tempera- ture , we may rest assured that the Julibrissin will never really thrive here . On the other hand , if ... means is HYBRIDIZATION . If , for example , we fertilize the pistil of a tropical plant with the pollen of a plant ...
... mean tempera- ture , we may rest assured that the Julibrissin will never really thrive here . On the other hand , if ... means is HYBRIDIZATION . If , for example , we fertilize the pistil of a tropical plant with the pollen of a plant ...
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... means of parts , or modifications of parts , which may be the powers resident in itself , and unassisted , as in regarded as accessory , or quite unconnected with viviparous animals . obviously important functions . The first office ...
... means of parts , or modifications of parts , which may be the powers resident in itself , and unassisted , as in regarded as accessory , or quite unconnected with viviparous animals . obviously important functions . The first office ...
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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.