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Page vii
... Plants . 169 CHAPTER XIII . SCIENCE . Knowledge is Power . - The new Flower . - A Thing of Beauty . - Ap- pearance contrasted with Perfume . - The Fox is the Finder .. 179 CHAPTER XIV . A SECOND DIGRESSION - FAIRY TALES FOR LITTLE FOLKS ...
... Plants . 169 CHAPTER XIII . SCIENCE . Knowledge is Power . - The new Flower . - A Thing of Beauty . - Ap- pearance contrasted with Perfume . - The Fox is the Finder .. 179 CHAPTER XIV . A SECOND DIGRESSION - FAIRY TALES FOR LITTLE FOLKS ...
Page xiii
... plant cabbages , and the tradition is that they grew and came out cabbages , and did not , as they usually do , spread themselves and be- come very fine but rather loose leaves . The soil was deep , a well having been sunk on the ...
... plant cabbages , and the tradition is that they grew and came out cabbages , and did not , as they usually do , spread themselves and be- come very fine but rather loose leaves . The soil was deep , a well having been sunk on the ...
Page xv
... plant a pea and induce it to come up a bean , or convert a carrot into a turnip . As for planting , any fool can do that , and as for making it grow , the wisest man in the land . can not effect it . These and a few other similar ar ...
... plant a pea and induce it to come up a bean , or convert a carrot into a turnip . As for planting , any fool can do that , and as for making it grow , the wisest man in the land . can not effect it . These and a few other similar ar ...
Page xvii
... plants , and had not the remotest notion of modes or seasons of planting ; but , now that there was a possibility that these imaginings might be realized , I was so charm- ed , that I resolved to record my experiences for the guidance ...
... plants , and had not the remotest notion of modes or seasons of planting ; but , now that there was a possibility that these imaginings might be realized , I was so charm- ed , that I resolved to record my experiences for the guidance ...
Page 98
... plant the kitchen garden im- mediately . My ideas on the subject were vague . I knew what I wanted , but had not an accurate con- ception how those wants were to be converted into realities . I must have a choice , yet ample supply ...
... plant the kitchen garden im- mediately . My ideas on the subject were vague . I knew what I wanted , but had not an accurate con- ception how those wants were to be converted into realities . I must have a choice , yet ample supply ...
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