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... half of which goes to Australia . The extent of this waste - material trade , if I may so term it , may be estimated by the number of per- sons engaged in it in London , as gleaned from the pages of the Post - Office Directory . This ...
... half of which goes to Australia . The extent of this waste - material trade , if I may so term it , may be estimated by the number of per- sons engaged in it in London , as gleaned from the pages of the Post - Office Directory . This ...
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... half botanist , half savant — having discovered , in November last , a native plant which furnished an infusion resembling exactly in colour , aroma , and taste , the infusion of black China tea , came to Paris , and wrote thus to the ...
... half botanist , half savant — having discovered , in November last , a native plant which furnished an infusion resembling exactly in colour , aroma , and taste , the infusion of black China tea , came to Paris , and wrote thus to the ...
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... . Two centuries and a half this root was recommended by old Gerarde , Herbal , " to be eaten as a " delicate dish , " but ago in his " not as a common food ; and within little more 36 WASTE AND UNDEVELOPED SUBSTANCES . New edible roots.
... . Two centuries and a half this root was recommended by old Gerarde , Herbal , " to be eaten as a " delicate dish , " but ago in his " not as a common food ; and within little more 36 WASTE AND UNDEVELOPED SUBSTANCES . New edible roots.
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... half a pound . Hence the experiment was dropped . O. tuberosa is extensively cultivated in Bolivia for its numerous tubers , which are like small potatoes , and about an inch in diameter . They have a slightly acid flavour , which is ...
... half a pound . Hence the experiment was dropped . O. tuberosa is extensively cultivated in Bolivia for its numerous tubers , which are like small potatoes , and about an inch in diameter . They have a slightly acid flavour , which is ...
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... so much so , that half their fertilising value is not unfrequently lost . Indeed , it is impossible to estimate the loss arising from this source . Now , if the mixing of the two together will 48 WASTE AND UNDEVELOPED SUBSTANCES .
... so much so , that half their fertilising value is not unfrequently lost . Indeed , it is impossible to estimate the loss arising from this source . Now , if the mixing of the two together will 48 WASTE AND UNDEVELOPED SUBSTANCES .
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