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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... tree rises to the height of forty or fifty feet in the West Indies , hav- ing a trunk as large as the size of a man's body , covered with a dark brown bark , sending out many branches towards the tor , which extend wide every way ...
... tree rises to the height of forty or fifty feet in the West Indies , hav- ing a trunk as large as the size of a man's body , covered with a dark brown bark , sending out many branches towards the tor , which extend wide every way ...
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... tree , is a tree growing from twenty to thirty feet in height ; the branches and twigs are di- varicate or flexuose , roundish , smooth , and even flowers , in racemes from the crowded leaves , simple , spreading , ma- ny - flowered ...
... tree , is a tree growing from twenty to thirty feet in height ; the branches and twigs are di- varicate or flexuose , roundish , smooth , and even flowers , in racemes from the crowded leaves , simple , spreading , ma- ny - flowered ...
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... trees that already bear fruit , when intended to change the sorts , or have different sorts on the same tree , or to renew any par- ticular branch of a tree ; the operation being performed on the young shoots of the year , or of one or ...
... trees that already bear fruit , when intended to change the sorts , or have different sorts on the same tree , or to renew any par- ticular branch of a tree ; the operation being performed on the young shoots of the year , or of one or ...
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... trees are planted in a particular manner , in. halves of a bullet , joined by a bar or chain . The diameter of a leaden bullet , weigh ing one pound , is 1.69 inches , according to Sir Jonas Moore ; or , by a table in Muller's " Treatise ...
... trees are planted in a particular manner , in. halves of a bullet , joined by a bar or chain . The diameter of a leaden bullet , weigh ing one pound , is 1.69 inches , according to Sir Jonas Moore ; or , by a table in Muller's " Treatise ...
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... trees or shrubs , and natives of the West- Indies . BUNIAS , in botany , a genus of the Te- tradynamia Siliquosa . Natural order of Siliquosa . Crucifera , Jussieu . Essential character silicle deciduous , four - sided , muricated with ...
... trees or shrubs , and natives of the West- Indies . BUNIAS , in botany , a genus of the Te- tradynamia Siliquosa . Natural order of Siliquosa . Crucifera , Jussieu . Essential character silicle deciduous , four - sided , muricated with ...
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