The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... soil towards the end of March , and left to grow , about six inches asunder , till au- tumn , when they should be transplanted where they are to remain ; or by roots , which may be planted either in spring or autumn for the third sort ...
... soil towards the end of March , and left to grow , about six inches asunder , till au- tumn , when they should be transplanted where they are to remain ; or by roots , which may be planted either in spring or autumn for the third sort ...
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... soil , and the animal remains con- tained therein , were removed . This cemetery having been for ages appropriated to the reception of the dead , in one of the most populous districts in Paris , was eminently well calculated to exhibit ...
... soil , and the animal remains con- tained therein , were removed . This cemetery having been for ages appropriated to the reception of the dead , in one of the most populous districts in Paris , was eminently well calculated to exhibit ...
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... soil of Arabia . ÆSCHYNOMENE , a word from the Greek , signifying to be ashamed , because it retreats from the touch : bastard sensitive plant , in botany , a genus of the Diadelphia Decandria class and order , and of the natural order ...
... soil of Arabia . ÆSCHYNOMENE , a word from the Greek , signifying to be ashamed , because it retreats from the touch : bastard sensitive plant , in botany , a genus of the Diadelphia Decandria class and order , and of the natural order ...
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... soil is similar to that of the lower region . The air here is cool and refreshing , and every breeze is loaded with a thousand perfumes , the whole ground being covered over with the richest aromatic plants . Many parts of this region ...
... soil is similar to that of the lower region . The air here is cool and refreshing , and every breeze is loaded with a thousand perfumes , the whole ground being covered over with the richest aromatic plants . Many parts of this region ...
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... soil ; and their independence is secured , and their patriotism animated , by obtaining from their native spot all the requisites for easy and vigorous subsistence . Not only to raise vegetables for the use of man , but those animals ...
... soil ; and their independence is secured , and their patriotism animated , by obtaining from their native spot all the requisites for easy and vigorous subsistence . Not only to raise vegetables for the use of man , but those animals ...
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