Transactions and Proceedings: 1847-51The Society, 1896 - Gardening Includes list of members. |
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... practice to make , at a fair manufacturing profit , the best flower pot that could be produced . The late C. M. Hovey has often said to me , " Mr. Hews , I want all perfect pots . " Then he would go on to explain why he wanted all ...
... practice to make , at a fair manufacturing profit , the best flower pot that could be produced . The late C. M. Hovey has often said to me , " Mr. Hews , I want all perfect pots . " Then he would go on to explain why he wanted all ...
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... practice is to start the upper line with a full - length board , the next with a half length , the next a full length , and so on , downwards . Many use a narrow , tongued , grooved , and beaded vertical ceiling for the inner boards ...
... practice is to start the upper line with a full - length board , the next with a half length , the next a full length , and so on , downwards . Many use a narrow , tongued , grooved , and beaded vertical ceiling for the inner boards ...
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... practice to nail to the inner siding only , as the nails will push through and present a very unsightly appearance , allowing moisture to settle on the breaks thus made , and causing rust and premature decay ; also not giving sufficient ...
... practice to nail to the inner siding only , as the nails will push through and present a very unsightly appearance , allowing moisture to settle on the breaks thus made , and causing rust and premature decay ; also not giving sufficient ...
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... practice , assuming that sixteen - inch by twenty - four - inch glass is being used , for bars having a distance of about five feet between supports , one and three - fourths inch by one and one - eighth inch is ample , and for those ...
... practice , assuming that sixteen - inch by twenty - four - inch glass is being used , for bars having a distance of about five feet between supports , one and three - fourths inch by one and one - eighth inch is ample , and for those ...
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... practice , I use yellow pine exclusively for this purpose , as I realize the great difficulty in securing a straight line with cypress , under the peculiar exposures and conditions which surround the ridge of a glass house . The ridge ...
... practice , I use yellow pine exclusively for this purpose , as I realize the great difficulty in securing a straight line with cypress , under the peculiar exposures and conditions which surround the ridge of a glass house . The ridge ...
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Page 116 - Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Page 116 - And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
Page 38 - To bear all smooth and even, This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate pause; diseases desperate grown By desperate appliance are relieved, Or not at all.
Page 395 - Index Kewensis: an enumeration of the genera and species of flowering plants from the time of Linnaeus to the year 1885 inclusive, together with their authors' names, the works in which they were first published, their native countries, and their synonyms.
Page 95 - It shall be the duty of the county board of horticultural commissioners in each county, whenever it shall deem it necessary, to cause an inspection to be made of any orchards, or nursery, or trees, plants, vegetables, vines, or fruits, or any fruitpacking house, storeroom, salesroom, or any other place or articles in their jurisdiction, and if found...
Page 117 - For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree ; how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree...
Page 39 - Th' autumnal bulb, till pale, declining days ? The GOD of SEASONS ; whose pervading power Controls the sun, or sheds the fleecy shower : He bids each flower His quickening word obey, Or to each lingering bloom enjoins delay.
Page 36 - The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel, But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledged comrade.
Page 407 - List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta growing without cultivation in northeastern North America, prepared by a Committee of the Botanical Club, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Page 169 - He who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is the benefactor of mankind ; but he who obscurely worked to find the laws of such growth is the intellectual superior as well as the greater benefactor of the two.