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... allowed to get wet , as such tall young plants are very subject to canker and mildew , and will require attention to keep them clear and healthy . Surface stirring , with very small quarter or half - inch hoes , or pointed sticks , will ...
... allowed to get wet , as such tall young plants are very subject to canker and mildew , and will require attention to keep them clear and healthy . Surface stirring , with very small quarter or half - inch hoes , or pointed sticks , will ...
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... allowed space , the branches , which are of a gigantic size , spread horizontally , and the tree assumes a somewhat pyramidal shape , the branches being disposed in distinct layers or stages , and diminishing in extent as they approach ...
... allowed space , the branches , which are of a gigantic size , spread horizontally , and the tree assumes a somewhat pyramidal shape , the branches being disposed in distinct layers or stages , and diminishing in extent as they approach ...
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... allowed , that a paral- lelogram is the best form , and there seems no reason to depart from it . Admitting such , it would seem the best policy , under the present conditions of fruit culture , to make the side walls ( running north ...
... allowed , that a paral- lelogram is the best form , and there seems no reason to depart from it . Admitting such , it would seem the best policy , under the present conditions of fruit culture , to make the side walls ( running north ...
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... allowed them as the state of the weather will allow of , but they must not be permitted to suffer from frosty winds . As soon as they grow so as to get crowded , a bed of light rich soil should be got ready for them in a sheltered place ...
... allowed them as the state of the weather will allow of , but they must not be permitted to suffer from frosty winds . As soon as they grow so as to get crowded , a bed of light rich soil should be got ready for them in a sheltered place ...
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... allowed to melt away of itself is enough . When dung is employed the introduction of ammonia is not necessary , for dung , as the source of heat , gives off ammoniacal fumes during its decomposition . What gardeners call scorching the ...
... allowed to melt away of itself is enough . When dung is employed the introduction of ammonia is not necessary , for dung , as the source of heat , gives off ammoniacal fumes during its decomposition . What gardeners call scorching the ...
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Seite 311 - Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
Seite 15 - ... that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction,' and had lately declared, that 'the whole world was made for man, but only the twelfth part of man for woman;' and, that 'man is the whole world, but woman only the rib or crooked part of man.
Seite 15 - ... me go with him to Norwich, promising to convey me back, after a day or two; this, as I could not refuse, I was not hard to be persuaded to, having a desire to see that famous scholar and physician, Dr. T. Browne, author of the " Religio Medici," and " Vulgar Errors,
Seite 196 - Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Seite 121 - tis true, as you say, that I've injured a letter, I'll change my note soon, and I hope, for the better. May the just rights of letters as well as of men, Hereafter be fixed by the tongue and the pen ; Most devoutly I wish that they both have their due, And that I may be never mistaken for u.
Seite 57 - The works of the Creator, and the mimic labours of the creature, were all objects of his pursuit. He unfolded the perfection of the one, and assisted the imperfections of the other.
Seite 169 - Boil eighteen pounds of white powder sugar, with six gallons of water, and two whites of eggs well beaten ; then skim it, and put in a quarter of a peck of elder-flowers from the tree that bears white berries ; do not keep them on the fire. When near cold, stir it, and put in six spoonfuls of...
Seite 311 - You might observe I sent a plate of victuals behind the screen. There skulked the biographer, ant Johnson, whose dress was so shabby, that he, durst not make his appearance. He overheard our conversation ; and your applauding his performance, delighted him exceedingly.
Seite 261 - Kewensis," of which a new and enlarged edition was given to the world by his son, Mr. William T. Aiton. In this work, originally issued in 1789, is given an account of the several foreign plants which had been introduced into the English gardens at different times, amounting to 5,600 in number ; and so much was it esteemed that the whole impression was sold off within two years. Mr. Aiton did not long survive this publication, for he died in 1793, in the sixtythird year of his age, and lies buried...
Seite 283 - Who some time made the Points of Husbandry; By him then learn thou mayst, here learn we must, When all is done, we sleep and turn to dust ; And yet, through Christ, to heaven we hope to go : Who reads his books, shall find his faith was so.