American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... branches towards the tor , which extend wide every way ; leaves oblong , heart - shaped , alternate , nearly four inches long , and two broad near the base , ending in acute points ; the branches have a nap scattered over them ; they ...
... branches towards the tor , which extend wide every way ; leaves oblong , heart - shaped , alternate , nearly four inches long , and two broad near the base , ending in acute points ; the branches have a nap scattered over them ; they ...
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... branches and twigs are di- varicate or flexuose , roundish , smooth , and even flowers , in racemes from the crowded ... branch- ing ; flowers in a spike remote from each other ; two of the stamens in the jaws of the corolla , and two in ...
... branches and twigs are di- varicate or flexuose , roundish , smooth , and even flowers , in racemes from the crowded ... branch- ing ; flowers in a spike remote from each other ; two of the stamens in the jaws of the corolla , and two in ...
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... branches are pro- duced spikes of white flowers , growing in whorls round the stalks . It grows in sheltered places ... branch of a tree ; the operation being performed on the young shoots of the year , or of one or two year's growth ...
... branches are pro- duced spikes of white flowers , growing in whorls round the stalks . It grows in sheltered places ... branch of a tree ; the operation being performed on the young shoots of the year , or of one or two year's growth ...
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... branches near the ground : for half stand- ards , at the height of three or four feet ; and for full standards , at ... branch- ed at the base ; leaves in pairs at each joint , resembling grass leaves , but when the plant is in flower ...
... branches near the ground : for half stand- ards , at the height of three or four feet ; and for full standards , at ... branch- ed at the base ; leaves in pairs at each joint , resembling grass leaves , but when the plant is in flower ...
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... joined by a chain three or four feet apart . Branch - bullets , two balls joined by a bar of iron , five or six inches apart . Two- headed bullets , called also angles , twe halves of a bullet , joined by a bar or BUL BUL.
... joined by a chain three or four feet apart . Branch - bullets , two balls joined by a bar of iron , five or six inches apart . Two- headed bullets , called also angles , twe halves of a bullet , joined by a bar or BUL BUL.
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