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Instead of taking a single bud , a stem containing two , three , or more buds , is placed in circumstances fitted for the maintenance of its life . In this case , the chances of success are increased by the additional number of buds ...
Instead of taking a single bud , a stem containing two , three , or more buds , is placed in circumstances fitted for the maintenance of its life . In this case , the chances of success are increased by the additional number of buds ...
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No one can have studied the economy of the vegetable kingdom without having remarked that there is a strong tendency to cohesion in bodies or parts that are placed in contact with each other . Two stems are tied together for some ...
No one can have studied the economy of the vegetable kingdom without having remarked that there is a strong tendency to cohesion in bodies or parts that are placed in contact with each other . Two stems are tied together for some ...
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Guettard states that he found Cornus Mascula perspire twice its own weight in a day ; and Mr. Knight has remarked a Vine in a hot day losing moisture with such rapidity that a glass placed under one of its leaves was speedily covered ...
Guettard states that he found Cornus Mascula perspire twice its own weight in a day ; and Mr. Knight has remarked a Vine in a hot day losing moisture with such rapidity that a glass placed under one of its leaves was speedily covered ...
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It is upon this same principle , that if deciduous plants are taken from the ground in the summer , they are put into pots and placed in a hot - bed to recover ; not for the sake of the heat , but because the atmosphere of a hot - bed ...
It is upon this same principle , that if deciduous plants are taken from the ground in the summer , they are put into pots and placed in a hot - bed to recover ; not for the sake of the heat , but because the atmosphere of a hot - bed ...
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Eye small , with a closed calyx , placed in a narrow basin , surrounded by several unequal plaits . Stalk short , slender , in a funnel - shaped cavity , even with the base . Skin pale yellow , with numerous small pearl - coloured ...
Eye small , with a closed calyx , placed in a narrow basin , surrounded by several unequal plaits . Stalk short , slender , in a funnel - shaped cavity , even with the base . Skin pale yellow , with numerous small pearl - coloured ...
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Page 509 - OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES, DEFECTS, AND INJURIES, | IN ALL KINDS OF FRUIT AND FOREST TREES." WITH AN ACCOUNT OF | A PARTICULAR METHOD OF CURE, | PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF GOVERNMENT.
Page 577 - ... sowing of seed for general crops until June or July. If a small quantity of each esteemed variety be sown two or three times in these months, they will produce a plentiful supply for use in autumn and the early part of winter. One ounce of good Endive-seed will produce about five thousand plants. When the plants...