History of Cultivated Vegetables: Comprising Their Botanical, Medicinal, Edible, and Chemical Qualities; Natural History, Etc., Etc, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1827 - Botany, Economic |
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... species into another . That it will degenerate , from neglect of cultivation , there can be no doubt ; but that it should be entirely transmuted , seems entirely against the great law of nature , as it was first ap- pointed by the Great ...
... species into another . That it will degenerate , from neglect of cultivation , there can be no doubt ; but that it should be entirely transmuted , seems entirely against the great law of nature , as it was first ap- pointed by the Great ...
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... species than those that came of themselves ; for culture giveth but an adventitious nature , which is more easily put off . ” The same author says , in his sixth Century , " The rule is certain , that plants for want of culture ...
... species than those that came of themselves ; for culture giveth but an adventitious nature , which is more easily put off . ” The same author says , in his sixth Century , " The rule is certain , that plants for want of culture ...
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... species of corn , or a grass brought to this state of perfection by the industry and ingenuity of man , we must acknowledge it as a peculiar blessing to this country , and holding a rank next to that of wheat and barley . To the ...
... species of corn , or a grass brought to this state of perfection by the industry and ingenuity of man , we must acknowledge it as a peculiar blessing to this country , and holding a rank next to that of wheat and barley . To the ...
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... species of oat - grass , six of which are native plants . Of the varieties of cultivated oats there are several , that were introduced in earlier days than we have the means to ascertain . Oats are not used in the armorial bearings ...
... species of oat - grass , six of which are native plants . Of the varieties of cultivated oats there are several , that were introduced in earlier days than we have the means to ascertain . Oats are not used in the armorial bearings ...
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... species of corn , Avoine , or Aveine , from the Latin avena . The old English name Haver we deem to be a corruption of the same word ; for what reason it has since been changed into Ote , and then Oat , we are unable to account . The ...
... species of corn , Avoine , or Aveine , from the Latin avena . The old English name Haver we deem to be a corruption of the same word ; for what reason it has since been changed into Ote , and then Oat , we are unable to account . The ...
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