Country Life: A Handbook of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Landscape GardeningDinsmoor, 1866 - 912 páginas |
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... whole satisfaction in his flowers to be destroyed by the trouble of taking care of them . The utmost that the Tulip demands is to have the bed in a rather high and airy situation , sheltered from the prevalent winds , and on a light ...
... whole satisfaction in his flowers to be destroyed by the trouble of taking care of them . The utmost that the Tulip demands is to have the bed in a rather high and airy situation , sheltered from the prevalent winds , and on a light ...
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... whole of it may be cut before the mid - forenoon , there being about two acres in the field . After dinner turn it thoroughly ; at four rake it ; put the hay into cocks that will contain about fifty pounds dry hay . Cover with hay ...
... whole of it may be cut before the mid - forenoon , there being about two acres in the field . After dinner turn it thoroughly ; at four rake it ; put the hay into cocks that will contain about fifty pounds dry hay . Cover with hay ...
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... farm does not include the whole of the high land , as shown by the boun- dary fences xx ; a is the brook . Now dig the main drain b , 500 feet long ; start it at the upper end y , 39 the 100 feet , which gives at the Dig the 58 SEPTEMBER .
... farm does not include the whole of the high land , as shown by the boun- dary fences xx ; a is the brook . Now dig the main drain b , 500 feet long ; start it at the upper end y , 39 the 100 feet , which gives at the Dig the 58 SEPTEMBER .
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... . We cannot convey a clearer idea of the manner in which the surface of the water mead- ows should be laid out , than by supposing that the whole was ploughed lengthway and laid into twice - gathered lands or 7 THE FARM . 73.
... . We cannot convey a clearer idea of the manner in which the surface of the water mead- ows should be laid out , than by supposing that the whole was ploughed lengthway and laid into twice - gathered lands or 7 THE FARM . 73.
Página 74
... whole land is ploughed ; this will leave the middle higher than the sides of the land . Repeat the process with b and c , and the field upon completion of ploughing will be thrown into C three ridges and four hollows . " Along the ...
... whole land is ploughed ; this will leave the middle higher than the sides of the land . Repeat the process with b and c , and the field upon completion of ploughing will be thrown into C three ridges and four hollows . " Along the ...
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Página 645 - 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; 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...
Página 645 - 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 645 - 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...
Página 330 - 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 646 - Tis the natural way of living: Who knows whither the clouds have fled? In the unscarred heaven they leave no wake; And the eyes forget the tears they have shed, The heart forgets its sorrow and ache...
Página 645 - 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 645 - 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...
Página 645 - 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...
Página 715 - He wooed the several trees to give him one. First he besought the ash ; the voice she lent Fitfully with a free and lashing change Flung here and there its sad uncertainties : The aspen next ; a fluttered frivolous twitter Was her sole tribute : from the willow came, So long as dainty summer...
Página 422 - what is sauce for the goose, is sauce for the gander," is at the bottom of this mistake, leading to the application to ornamental trees, of the processes that have been thought beneficial to fruit trees, forgetting the fact that the finest specimens of ornamental trees are those discovered by explorers in places before unvisited, the spontaneous growth of unscraped, unwashed nature. But what is the fact with regard to fruit trees ? Has even this argument, poor as it is, any ground to start from...