Hedges, Windbreaks, Shelters and Live Fences: A Treatise on the Planting, Growth and Management of Hedge Plants for Country and Suburban HomesOrange Judd, 1908 - 139 páginas |
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... foliage early in the summer , like most . of the thorns , from a fungous foe . The buckthorn is decidedly preferable to the hawthorn for general planting . It is free from blight and mildews , and I have never known it to be attacked by ...
... foliage early in the summer , like most . of the thorns , from a fungous foe . The buckthorn is decidedly preferable to the hawthorn for general planting . It is free from blight and mildews , and I have never known it to be attacked by ...
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... foliage gives it a more delicate appearance , the thorns are strong and the wood is stiff from the outset . A very young hedge of this sort will turn animals . About 1870 the honey locust was considered just the thing we had long sought ...
... foliage gives it a more delicate appearance , the thorns are strong and the wood is stiff from the outset . A very young hedge of this sort will turn animals . About 1870 the honey locust was considered just the thing we had long sought ...
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... foliage . The Osage orange has this one advantage , that it is free of insects , and in the hedge form I have found it to be entirely hardy in central New York . It is not given to suckering unless cut down , when it does incline to be ...
... foliage . The Osage orange has this one advantage , that it is free of insects , and in the hedge form I have found it to be entirely hardy in central New York . It is not given to suckering unless cut down , when it does incline to be ...
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... foliage is liable , with us , in common with that of other thorns , to mildew and turn black soon . after the period of flowering . It is a very long- lived plant ; Loudon says that it lives to be one hundred or two hundred years old ...
... foliage is liable , with us , in common with that of other thorns , to mildew and turn black soon . after the period of flowering . It is a very long- lived plant ; Loudon says that it lives to be one hundred or two hundred years old ...
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... foliage . Its thorns are the most perfect weapons known in nature , but unfortunately they are dangerous . When broken from the hedge they cannot be stepped upon with impunity by man or beast . The trimmings are not easily gathered and ...
... foliage . Its thorns are the most perfect weapons known in nature , but unfortunately they are dangerous . When broken from the hedge they cannot be stepped upon with impunity by man or beast . The trimmings are not easily gathered and ...
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Página 121 - With a sweet emotion ; Nothing in the world is single ; All things by a law divine In one another's being mingle— Why not I with thine...
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