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... trees , whose roots lengthen to such a degree as to hoist the trunk up into the air off the ground , with which it at first was level . 29. It is not , however , merely in length that the root increases ; if such were the case , all ...
... trees , whose roots lengthen to such a degree as to hoist the trunk up into the air off the ground , with which it at first was level . 29. It is not , however , merely in length that the root increases ; if such were the case , all ...
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... trees retain the original vigour of the variety , after the trunks have become de- bilitated ; or , to use his own words , the powers of life do not become expended so soon in roots as in bearing branches . ( See Hort . Trans , vol . ii ...
... trees retain the original vigour of the variety , after the trunks have become de- bilitated ; or , to use his own words , the powers of life do not become expended so soon in roots as in bearing branches . ( See Hort . Trans , vol . ii ...
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... trees and shrubs , they combine intimately with each other , and so form what is properly called the wood and inner bark ; in herbaceous and annual plants , they constitute a lax fibrous matter . No woody matter appears till the first ...
... trees and shrubs , they combine intimately with each other , and so form what is properly called the wood and inner bark ; in herbaceous and annual plants , they constitute a lax fibrous matter . No woody matter appears till the first ...
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... trees below the bark ( which inscriptions were effected by removing very broad spaces of the bark and wood ) being covered over in time by new bark and wood , so as to be no longer visible from the outside , sufficiently prove this . In ...
... trees below the bark ( which inscriptions were effected by removing very broad spaces of the bark and wood ) being covered over in time by new bark and wood , so as to be no longer visible from the outside , sufficiently prove this . In ...
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... trees or shrubs , in any of which they can be distinctly observed ; they are least apparent in annual and herbaceous plants , because their lines of separation are not de- fined , all the four parts adhering to each other so firmly as ...
... trees or shrubs , in any of which they can be distinctly observed ; they are least apparent in annual and herbaceous plants , because their lines of separation are not de- fined , all the four parts adhering to each other so firmly as ...
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2d Edition absorbing action alburnum appears Apple atmosphere bark become blossoms bottom heat branches buds calyx carbonic acid cause cellular circumstances cloth cold coloured consequence containing cultivated damp deciduous decompose degree ditto double flowers dryness earth effect Engravings epidermis exposed favourable flowers fluid FREDRIKA BREMER fruit gardener germination grafting grow growth healthy History Hort Horticultural illustrated inches injury J. C. LOUDON JOHN LINDLEY Knight leaf leaf-buds leaves London manure means moisture morocco nature numerous observed obtained operation organisable matter oxalic acid Peach Pear period perspiration Pine-apple pistil plants Plates pollen pots practice present principles produce propagation proportion quantity ripening roots SAMUEL LAING scion season seed seedling shoots soil species spring stamens stem summer surface temperature tion tissue Trans transplanting TREATISE trees varieties vegetable Vignette Titles vital vols WILLIAM HOWITT winter wood Woodcuts young
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