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... Trees , Big Pine , Dutch Flat , Big Oak Flat , Black Bear , Buck Eye , Hay Fork , Happy Camp , Horse- town , Fair ... Tree , Moonshine , Sugar Loaf , Fair Weather , Red Bud , Robin's Nest , and Blue Glass . From the Western States we ...
... Trees , Big Pine , Dutch Flat , Big Oak Flat , Black Bear , Buck Eye , Hay Fork , Happy Camp , Horse- town , Fair ... Tree , Moonshine , Sugar Loaf , Fair Weather , Red Bud , Robin's Nest , and Blue Glass . From the Western States we ...
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... tree , to wake up the wrong passenger , to pull up stakes , to be a caution , to fizzle out , to flat out , to peter out , to fix his flint , to be among the missing , to give him Jessy , to see the elephant , to fly around , to spread ...
... tree , to wake up the wrong passenger , to pull up stakes , to be a caution , to fizzle out , to flat out , to peter out , to fix his flint , to be among the missing , to give him Jessy , to see the elephant , to fly around , to spread ...
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... Tree , a native of South America and the West India Islands . From being cultivated in Jamaica , it is often called Jamaica Pepper . 2. The " sweet - scented shrub " ( Calycanthus floridus ) is also known as Carolina Allspice , the bark ...
... Tree , a native of South America and the West India Islands . From being cultivated in Jamaica , it is often called Jamaica Pepper . 2. The " sweet - scented shrub " ( Calycanthus floridus ) is also known as Carolina Allspice , the bark ...
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... tree , which extends from New England to Wisconsin and Kentucky . It is rare in a wild state , but common in cultivation . — Gray . Balsam Fir . ( Abies balsamea . ) A slender tree growing in cold , damp woods and swamps , from New ...
... tree , which extends from New England to Wisconsin and Kentucky . It is rare in a wild state , but common in cultivation . — Gray . Balsam Fir . ( Abies balsamea . ) A slender tree growing in cold , damp woods and swamps , from New ...
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... Tree . To make a circular incision through the bark so as to kill the tree . See Girdle . To bark off Squirrels . A common way of killing squirrels among those who are expert with the rifle , in the Western States , is to strike with ...
... Tree . To make a circular incision through the bark so as to kill the tree . See Girdle . To bark off Squirrels . A common way of killing squirrels among those who are expert with the rifle , in the Western States , is to strike with ...
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