Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society

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Page 52 - Everywhere about us are they glowing, Some like stars, to tell us Spring is born; Others, their blue eyes with tears o'erflowing, Stand like Ruth amid the golden corn...
Page 280 - RUST, SMUT, MILDEW, AND MOULD. An Introduction to the Study of Microscopic Fungi.
Page 284 - Montreal Horticultural Society and Fruit Growers' Association of the Province of Quebec.
Page 185 - Hall it was voted that a committee of three be appointed by the chair to prepare resolutions in memory of Daniel Waldo Lincoln; and Charles M.
Page 183 - Haley, be placed upon the records of the Society, and that a copy be sent to his family.
Page 148 - The thinness of the rind of a St. Michael's orange, and its freedom from pips, depend on the age of the tree. The young trees, when in full vigour, bear fruit with a thick pulpy rind, and abundance of seeds ; but as the vigour of the plant declines, the peel becomes thinner, and the seeds gradually diminish in number, till they disappear altogether. Thus, the oranges that we esteem the most are the produce of barren trees, and those which we consider the least palatable come from plants in full vigour.
Page 201 - Arboriculture; or, A Practical Treatise on Raising and Managing Forest Trees, and on the Profitable Extension of the Woods and Forests of Great Britain. By JOHN GRIGOR, The Nurseries, Forres.
Page 200 - Tropical Agriculture: a Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, Commerce and Consumption of the principal Products of the Vegetable Kingdom. By PL SIMMONDS, FLS, FRCI New edition, revised and enlarged, 8vo, cloth, 2is.
Page 282 - Popular Deciduous and Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, for planting in Parks, Gardens, Cemeteries, etc.
Page 234 - Horticultural Society, for the purpose of encouraging and improving the- science and practice of horticulture, and promoting the amelioration of the various species of trees, fruits, plants and vegetables, and the introduction of new species and varieties...

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