The Every-day Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in Past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months, & Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanack; Including Accounts of the Weather, Rules for Health and Conduct, Remarkable and Important Anecdotes, Facts, and Notices, in Chronology, Antiquities, Topography, Biography, Natural History, Art, Science, and General Literature; Derived from the Most Authentic Sources, and Valuable Original Communications, with Poetical Elucidations, for Daily Use and Diversion, Volume 2Gale Research Company, 1967 - Days |
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Page 235
... Trees . Mr. Arthur Aikin , in his " Natural History of the Year , " narrates the first vital function in trees on the conclusion of winter . This is the ascent of the sap after the frost is moderated , and the earth sufficiently thawed ...
... Trees . Mr. Arthur Aikin , in his " Natural History of the Year , " narrates the first vital function in trees on the conclusion of winter . This is the ascent of the sap after the frost is moderated , and the earth sufficiently thawed ...
Page 237
... tree by counting the number of concentric circles of which the trunk is composed . A tree , therefore , properly speaking , is rather a congeries of a multitude of annual plants , than a perennial individual . " The sap in trees always ...
... tree by counting the number of concentric circles of which the trunk is composed . A tree , therefore , properly speaking , is rather a congeries of a multitude of annual plants , than a perennial individual . " The sap in trees always ...
Page 1261
... trees , they bring home , at dead of night , or morning's earliest dawn , from sixteen to twenty well - sized trees , besides a profusion of branches . The trees they instantly plant in two rows ; one on each side of the street , just ...
... trees , they bring home , at dead of night , or morning's earliest dawn , from sixteen to twenty well - sized trees , besides a profusion of branches . The trees they instantly plant in two rows ; one on each side of the street , just ...
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