Country Life: A Handbook of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Landscape GardeningJ. P. Jewett, 1859 - 814 páginas |
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... grass ; avoid sharp points for the same reason ; give as much variety to the outline as you can , making your curves easy and graceful . TO STAKE OUT a Round Bed . — Select a point for the centre , where drive a round stake ; take a ...
... grass ; avoid sharp points for the same reason ; give as much variety to the outline as you can , making your curves easy and graceful . TO STAKE OUT a Round Bed . — Select a point for the centre , where drive a round stake ; take a ...
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... grass for the first time . It will depend upon the set the grass got last year , and on the kind of spring and summer , whether there will be a crop of Aftermath or Rowen succeeding the hay . The field was laid down to Grass and Clover ...
... grass for the first time . It will depend upon the set the grass got last year , and on the kind of spring and summer , whether there will be a crop of Aftermath or Rowen succeeding the hay . The field was laid down to Grass and Clover ...
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... grass stand till nearly ripe seeds show at the bottom of the head ; it will not do to wait longer than this , as the head continues to grow long after , and the lower seeds , which are the best , would ripen and fall before any others ...
... grass stand till nearly ripe seeds show at the bottom of the head ; it will not do to wait longer than this , as the head continues to grow long after , and the lower seeds , which are the best , would ripen and fall before any others ...
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... Grass and Roots could turn on water when he pleased , he could in times of drought secure his Grass from danger . In the late autumn he could so apply it as to stimulate and keep green the late Grass fields ; and by allow- ing it to ...
... Grass and Roots could turn on water when he pleased , he could in times of drought secure his Grass from danger . In the late autumn he could so apply it as to stimulate and keep green the late Grass fields ; and by allow- ing it to ...
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... grass - lands in July after haying , when the hot sun burns up the roots and pre- vents the growth of Rowen , or to the young Grass and Clover which follow a grain crop , secure a second crop equal to or larger than the first , and ...
... grass - lands in July after haying , when the hot sun burns up the roots and pre- vents the growth of Rowen , or to the young Grass and Clover which follow a grain crop , secure a second crop equal to or larger than the first , and ...
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Página 651 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays; Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, •An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers...
Página 651 - And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings; He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best ? Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back with a ripply cheer. Into every bare inlet and creek and bay ; COMMIT TO MEMORY.
Página 334 - That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a
Página 651 - Tis enough for us now that the leaves are green ; We sit in the warm shade and feel right well How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell ; We may shut our eyes, but we cannot help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing ; The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near, That maize has sprouted, that streams are flowing. That the river is bluer than the sky, That the robin is plastering his house hard by...
Página 651 - We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers. The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys ; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace.
Página 651 - That skies are clear and grass is growing; The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near, That maize has sprouted, that streams are flowing, That the river is bluer than the sky, That the robin is plastering his house hard by; And if the breeze kept the good news back, For other couriers we should not lack; We could guess it all by yon heifer's lowing, — And hark!
Página 52 - ... observations, the drained soil at 7 inches in depth was 10° warmer than the undrained at the same depth. The undrained soil never exceeded 47°, whereas after a thunder-storm the drained reached 66° at 7 inches, and 48° at 31 inches. Such were the effects at an early period of the year on a black bog. They suggest some idea of what they are, when in July or August thunder-rain at 60° or 70° falls on a surface heated to 130°, and carries down with it into the greedy fissures of the earth...
Página 651 - Thrilling back over hills and valleys; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives...
Página 652 - Tis as easy now for the heart to be true As for grass to be green or skies to be blue, — 'Tis the natural way of living: Who knows whither the clouds have fled?
Página 121 - If the cubic feet of air to be heated per minute be multiplied by the number of degrees it is to be warmed, and the result be divided by twice the difference between the temperature of the house and that of the surface of the pipes, the result will be the feet of surface of iron pipe, &c., required. Thus, if 1000...