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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... produces any thing like the original ; and but very few that are good . But trees or stocks raised in this manner , or being budded with the proper sorts , the buds produce invariably the same kind of tree , fruit , flower , & c ...
... produces any thing like the original ; and but very few that are good . But trees or stocks raised in this manner , or being budded with the proper sorts , the buds produce invariably the same kind of tree , fruit , flower , & c ...
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... produce durable stones , of the size and colour wanted , and the nearer to the place of erection the better ; next to inquire concerning the price of the carriage ; if these come with in the maximum limit of what the proprie- tor would ...
... produce durable stones , of the size and colour wanted , and the nearer to the place of erection the better ; next to inquire concerning the price of the carriage ; if these come with in the maximum limit of what the proprie- tor would ...
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... produces a great diversity in the heights . There are some advantages in high pitched roofs ; they discharge the rain with greater rapidity ; snow continues to lie a much shorter time on their surface , and they are less liable to be ...
... produces a great diversity in the heights . There are some advantages in high pitched roofs ; they discharge the rain with greater rapidity ; snow continues to lie a much shorter time on their surface , and they are less liable to be ...
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... produced upon foot - stalks , which are two inches long . These flowers are larger than those of the first sort , of a bright yel- low colour . They appear in July , Au Some of these gust , and September . plants are shrubs , but most ...
... produced upon foot - stalks , which are two inches long . These flowers are larger than those of the first sort , of a bright yel- low colour . They appear in July , Au Some of these gust , and September . plants are shrubs , but most ...
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... produced sin gly on short peduncles : it is found at Cayenne . B. carthaginensis is a shrub , branching and spreading on every side , in manner of the common bramble ; ra- cemes short , aggregate , and axillary on the young branches ...
... produced sin gly on short peduncles : it is found at Cayenne . B. carthaginensis is a shrub , branching and spreading on every side , in manner of the common bramble ; ra- cemes short , aggregate , and axillary on the young branches ...
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