Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... earth , laying boards or tiles flat - ways on the top of the plants ; but the firft is found to an- fwer the purpofe moft effectually . The proper time for beginning this work is , when the leaves are al- moft full grown : that is ...
... earth , laying boards or tiles flat - ways on the top of the plants ; but the firft is found to an- fwer the purpofe moft effectually . The proper time for beginning this work is , when the leaves are al- moft full grown : that is ...
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... earth almoft to their tops , and about fix or eight inches each way diftant . In fevere froft , it will be proper to bestow fome covering on the plants . Medicinal uses . The roots and leaves of the wild fuccory , and feeds of the ...
... earth almoft to their tops , and about fix or eight inches each way diftant . In fevere froft , it will be proper to bestow fome covering on the plants . Medicinal uses . The roots and leaves of the wild fuccory , and feeds of the ...
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... earth , which , by boiling , became tough like bird - lime , and was used inftead of that fubftance to cover the ftocks of the vines for preferving them from the worms . It probably served in this office in a fort of double ca- pacity ...
... earth , which , by boiling , became tough like bird - lime , and was used inftead of that fubftance to cover the ftocks of the vines for preferving them from the worms . It probably served in this office in a fort of double ca- pacity ...
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... earth ; but which latter ages have fuppofed to be no other than our tobacco - pipe clay and fuller's Cimon Cimicifuga gainft their attacks , have fallen an eafy prey to the fharp piercing nature of the roftrum of the bug , and the ...
... earth ; but which latter ages have fuppofed to be no other than our tobacco - pipe clay and fuller's Cimon Cimicifuga gainft their attacks , have fallen an eafy prey to the fharp piercing nature of the roftrum of the bug , and the ...
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... earth is perceptible . The infufion is by age reduced to the fame ftate with the fresh decoction , and then they depofite nearly an equal quantity of mild earth and extractive matter ; fo that lime - water , as well as a chalybeate ...
... earth is perceptible . The infufion is by age reduced to the fame ftate with the fresh decoction , and then they depofite nearly an equal quantity of mild earth and extractive matter ; fo that lime - water , as well as a chalybeate ...
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