Cottage Gardener and Country Gentleman's Companion, Volume 3Wm. S. Orr, 1850 - Gardening |
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... never rose above 64.2 , nor fell below 41.1 ° . The highest temperature of which we have any record as occurring on any of these days was on the 6th , in the year 1834 , when the thermo- meter reached 77 ° in the shade . The only ...
... never rose above 64.2 , nor fell below 41.1 ° . The highest temperature of which we have any record as occurring on any of these days was on the 6th , in the year 1834 , when the thermo- meter reached 77 ° in the shade . The only ...
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... never shed their seed in this country until they have been frosted . The gardener should always bear in mind that it would be a very erro- neous conclusion , because a seed does not germinate at the accustomed time , that therefore its ...
... never shed their seed in this country until they have been frosted . The gardener should always bear in mind that it would be a very erro- neous conclusion , because a seed does not germinate at the accustomed time , that therefore its ...
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... never be allowed to lie about afterwards ; place them at once on the bed prepared for them , and let them be lightly covered over with good decomposed vegetable soil . Leaf- mould and old tan are both very good for this pur- pose ; put ...
... never be allowed to lie about afterwards ; place them at once on the bed prepared for them , and let them be lightly covered over with good decomposed vegetable soil . Leaf- mould and old tan are both very good for this pur- pose ; put ...
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... never came to our office . SETTING CUCUMBERS ( A Country Subscriber ) .— It is not neces- sary to impregnate the flowers of the cucumber for the purpose of obtaining its fruit , but it is when seed is your object . The potato murrain ...
... never came to our office . SETTING CUCUMBERS ( A Country Subscriber ) .— It is not neces- sary to impregnate the flowers of the cucumber for the purpose of obtaining its fruit , but it is when seed is your object . The potato murrain ...
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... never fell below 33 ° , and at twelve inches from the surface never was lower than 36 ° . In clayey or wet soils the freezing will pene- trate to seven inches in severe winters . In every instance we speak of the soil dug level ; if ...
... never fell below 33 ° , and at twelve inches from the surface never was lower than 36 ° . In clayey or wet soils the freezing will pene- trate to seven inches in severe winters . In every instance we speak of the soil dug level ; if ...
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Page 131 - But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten : as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves : so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
Page 101 - O that men would therefore praise the Lord for His goodness, and declare the wonders that He doeth for the children of men...
Page 326 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it Love-in-idleness.
Page 241 - Be merciful after thy power. If thou hast much, give plenteously; if thou hast little, do thy diligence gladly to give of that little: for so gatherest thou thyself a good reward in the day of necessity.
Page 37 - Is not this the carpenter's son ? is not his mother called Mary ? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas ? And his sisters, are they not all with us ? Whence then hath this man all these things ? And they were offended in him.
Page 271 - Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, And the spirit shall return to God who gave it.
Page 88 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Page 177 - WISDOM crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets : she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Page 296 - And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
Page 243 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun : which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course.