The Cultivator, Volumen3

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New York State Agricultural Society, 1846
 

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Página 27 - Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow ; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Página 34 - With food at will; lodge them below the storm, And watch them strict : for from the bellowing east, In this dire season, oft...
Página 145 - This fertility is owing to the alkalies which are contained in the lava, and which, by exposure to the weather, are rendered capable of being absorbed by plants.
Página 20 - Salt, or other salt of equal quality, exclusive of the pickle made of fresh water as strong as salt will make it ; and to each barrel of beef of the...
Página 271 - Very irregularly placed minuter filaments are sometimes seen branching from the main trunk, like boughs from the principal stem. This exterior polish varies much in different wools, and in wools from the same breed of sheep at different times. When the animal is in good condition, and the fleece healthy, the appearance of the fibre is really brilliant ; but, when the sheep has been half starved, the wool seems to have sympathized with the state of the constitution, and either a wan pale light, or...
Página 39 - A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening adapted to North America with a view to the improvement of country residences comprising historical notices and general principles of the art, directions for laying out grounds and arranging plantations, the description and cultivation of hardy trees, decorative accompaniments to the house and grounds, the formation of pieces of artificial water flower gardens, etc., with remarks on rural architecture; 2d ed.
Página 277 - ... the deposition of a more indurated form of carbon gradually becomes more considerable, the sugar and soluble matter at first increasing, then gradually diminishing, to give way to the deposition of woody substance...
Página 39 - The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America: or, the Culture, Propagation, and Management, in the Garden and Orchard, of Fruit Trees generally ; with Descriptions of all the finest Varieties of Fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this Country.
Página 340 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
Página 47 - A perfect touch will be found with a thick, loose skin, floating, as it were, on a layer of soft fat, yielding to the least pressure, and springing back towards the fingers like a piece of soft, thick, chamois leather, and covered with thick, glossy, soft hair.

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