The Horticultural Register, Volume 3J. Paxton, 1834 - Horticulture |
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... means be lost sight of , particularly such as commit the greatest depredations in our orchards and gardens . It is too late now to sit down content- ed with the supposition that they are generated by an eastern or southern wind , and ...
... means be lost sight of , particularly such as commit the greatest depredations in our orchards and gardens . It is too late now to sit down content- ed with the supposition that they are generated by an eastern or southern wind , and ...
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... means of pressure , a small stream of hydrogen gas was made to pass into the balloon , which gas was immediately ignited by an electric spark . As the combustion proceeded , globules of water were deposited upon the inner surface of the ...
... means of pressure , a small stream of hydrogen gas was made to pass into the balloon , which gas was immediately ignited by an electric spark . As the combustion proceeded , globules of water were deposited upon the inner surface of the ...
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... means take any from the plant , unless decayed , as it is very evident every leaf is necessary for the welfare of the plant which is growing in a climate not at all congenial to its nature . The fruit blossoms should be impregnated as ...
... means take any from the plant , unless decayed , as it is very evident every leaf is necessary for the welfare of the plant which is growing in a climate not at all congenial to its nature . The fruit blossoms should be impregnated as ...
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... means good bog earth ) half decayed leaves sifted , and sandy loam all in about equal quantities , and well blended . The plant was then placed on the shelf of pine bark pit . The mould was kept just moist , and the plant took to it and ...
... means good bog earth ) half decayed leaves sifted , and sandy loam all in about equal quantities , and well blended . The plant was then placed on the shelf of pine bark pit . The mould was kept just moist , and the plant took to it and ...
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... means of the hints sub- joined to my descriptions . It is not the nomenclature of a parrot that I wish them to acquire , but a real science , and one of the most delightful possible . I go on , therefore , to our sixth tribe , before I ...
... means of the hints sub- joined to my descriptions . It is not the nomenclature of a parrot that I wish them to acquire , but a real science , and one of the most delightful possible . I go on , therefore , to our sixth tribe , before I ...
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Page 130 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Page 360 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 51 - And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes like the warbling of music, than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air.
Page 50 - I do hold it, in the royal ordering of gardens, there ought to be gardens for all the months in the year; in which severally things of beauty may be then in season.
Page 51 - Then the strawberry leaves dying, with a most excellent cordial smell. Then the flower of the vines : it is a little dust like the dust of a bent, which grows upon the cluster in the first coming forth.
Page 95 - The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth. By its heat are produced all winds, and those disturbances in the electric equilibrium of the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to those of terrestrial magnetism and the aurora.
Page 50 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
Page 50 - God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks...
Page 157 - And foorth they passe with pleasure forward led, Joying to heare the birdes sweete harmony, Which, therein shrouded from the tempest dred Seemd in their song to scorne the cruell sky. Much can they praise the trees so straight and hy, The sayling Pine...
Page 184 - But what are the spots? Many fanciful notions have been broached on this subject, but only one seems to have any degree of physical probability, viz. that they are the dark, or at least comparatively dark, solid body of the sun itself, laid bare to our view by those immense fluctuations in the luminous regions of its atmosphere, to which it appears to be subject.