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... natural order ( a widely different one from that to which the true tea belongs ) , and brewed tea from it to a great extent . The plant is also said to be diuretic , and might prove useful in medicine ; for this purpose the young leaves ...
... natural order ( a widely different one from that to which the true tea belongs ) , and brewed tea from it to a great extent . The plant is also said to be diuretic , and might prove useful in medicine ; for this purpose the young leaves ...
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... natural state have poor woody bitter stems and leaves , and useless spindle - shaped roots . Our culti- vated potato , with all its varieties , comes from the tiny and bitter root of the wild potato , which has its native home on the ...
... natural state have poor woody bitter stems and leaves , and useless spindle - shaped roots . Our culti- vated potato , with all its varieties , comes from the tiny and bitter root of the wild potato , which has its native home on the ...
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... nature that its employment as food has always hitherto been despaired of . The Journal de Chambery states that this bitter principle is moved by boiling , much in the same manner as the potato is cooked . The dahlia root may therefore ...
... nature that its employment as food has always hitherto been despaired of . The Journal de Chambery states that this bitter principle is moved by boiling , much in the same manner as the potato is cooked . The dahlia root may therefore ...
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... nature of the dust . Hitherto the great objection to sawings of wood , as manure , has been their slow decomposition . Immediate activity is necessary to give value to manure , and this is what sawdust does not possess . Excrementary ...
... nature of the dust . Hitherto the great objection to sawings of wood , as manure , has been their slow decomposition . Immediate activity is necessary to give value to manure , and this is what sawdust does not possess . Excrementary ...
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... natural functions , restores the health and plumpness of persons weak- ened by long illness or excessive labour , reanimates the strength of debilitated children and weakened systems . It is made by Hayet , and sold in packets of 250 ...
... natural functions , restores the health and plumpness of persons weak- ened by long illness or excessive labour , reanimates the strength of debilitated children and weakened systems . It is made by Hayet , and sold in packets of 250 ...
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Page 168 - The clover in this season is extremely rich and strong, and the sight of the wild cattle grazing in full liberty on such pasture is very beautiful.
Page 1 - Drawing of every British Plant. Edited and brought up to the Present Standard of Scientific Knowledge by T. BOSWELL (formerly SYME), LL.DFLS, &c. With Popular Descriptions of the Uses, History, and Traditions of each Plant, by Mrs. LANKESTEB, Author of " Wild Flowers Worth Notice," " The British Ferns,
Page 17 - It contains a complete Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Dictionary of the Landed Commoners of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, and gives a Brief Notice of the Descent, Birth, Marriage, Education, and Appointments of each Person...
Page 157 - Weissenfeld, who has bought it from the originator, and from several experiments deduced the following results : — 1. It is not only possible to produce every variety of paper from the blades of Indian corn, but the product is equal, and in some cases even superior, to the article manufactured from rags. 2. The paper requires but very little size to render it fit for writing purposes, as the pulp naturally contains a large proportion of that necessary ingredient, which can at the same time be easily...
Page 158 - Indian corn paper, (maishalm papier, as the inventor calls it,) is now in course of construction at Pesth, the capital of the greatest Indian corn growing country in Europe. Another manufactory is already in full operation in Switzerland, and preparations are being made on the coast of the Mediterranean for the production and exportation on a large scale of the pulp of this new material.
Page 163 - ... and of which an unlimited supply may be obtained. I will now enumerate a few of the different substances which I have examined for the purpose of discovering a proper substitute for rags. Rags containing about 50 per cent. of vegetable fibre, mixed with wool or silk, are regarded by the paper-makers as useless to them, and several thousand tons are yearly burned in the manufacture of prussiate of potash. By a simple process, which consists in boiling these rags in caustic alkali, the animal fibre...
Page 16 - Published annually. THE SHILLING BARONETAGE. Containing an Alphabetical List of the Baronets of the United Kingdom, Short Biographical Notices, Dates of Creation, Addresses, &c. 32mo, cloth, is. Published annually. THE...
Page 12 - Questions, Complete, Is. The Cheap Edition of this valuable School Book is now ready. It has been carefully revised and brought up to the present time. It is well printed and strongly bound. " Published in a compact form, neatly bound, and being condensed without being abridged, comes before us in a greatly improved form. Few books contain so much information in so small a space.
Page 6 - THE METHOD BY WHICH THE CAUSES OF THE PRESENT AND PAST CONDITIONS OF ORGANIC NATURE ARE TO BE DISCOVERED...