Outlines of Botany: Including a General History of the Vegetable Kingdom, in which Plants are Arranged According to the System of Natural Affinities, Volumul 2John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho, 1835 - 1190 pagini |
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Pagina 526
... common sweet gale ( M. Gale ) is prized by country people for its agreeable odour . It is also said to be inimical to vermin , and hence its use in decoctions to destroy fleas , and other similar pests of the body and the bed ; as well ...
... common sweet gale ( M. Gale ) is prized by country people for its agreeable odour . It is also said to be inimical to vermin , and hence its use in decoctions to destroy fleas , and other similar pests of the body and the bed ; as well ...
Pagina 529
... common here . The first is one of the more valuable , its wood being in much request by turners , and its lightness also recommends it for the construction of portable wooden ves- sels , such as butchers ' trays , troughs , & c . The ...
... common here . The first is one of the more valuable , its wood being in much request by turners , and its lightness also recommends it for the construction of portable wooden ves- sels , such as butchers ' trays , troughs , & c . The ...
Pagina 532
... common names for seeds , and the former having become the collective denomination of the cereal grains , by which the use of most others has been superseded . ( 1544. ) The food of the Balanophagi , it will hence be evident , was not so ...
... common names for seeds , and the former having become the collective denomination of the cereal grains , by which the use of most others has been superseded . ( 1544. ) The food of the Balanophagi , it will hence be evident , was not so ...
Pagina 535
... common in all parts of Asia Minor , especially in the neighbourhood of Smyrna and Aleppo . The galls , which are the result of the punc- ture of a small insect named Diplolepis gallæ tinctoriæ , ( vide Med . Bot . , clii . ) , are the ...
... common in all parts of Asia Minor , especially in the neighbourhood of Smyrna and Aleppo . The galls , which are the result of the punc- ture of a small insect named Diplolepis gallæ tinctoriæ , ( vide Med . Bot . , clii . ) , are the ...
Pagina 546
... common food : indeed , it seems to be more relished by the Europeans than the slaves ; the former consider it as a kind of dainty , and make it into puddings . Some persons compare its flavour to that of the truffle or chesnut , others ...
... common food : indeed , it seems to be more relished by the Europeans than the slaves ; the former consider it as a kind of dainty , and make it into puddings . Some persons compare its flavour to that of the truffle or chesnut , others ...
Termeni și expresii frecvente
1-celled abortion abound absent acrid adnate æstivation afford albumen albuminous seeds allies alternate angiospermous anthers Apopetalous angiospermous dicotyledons aromatic astringent axillary baccate bark bitter called calyx Cand Candolle capsular carpels cells chiefly colour common connate carpels corolla cotyledons deciduous decoction definite dehiscent dicotyledons differentially considered disk drupaceous eatable eaten embryo embryo straight equal in number erect esteemed exalbuminous exogenæ exserted exstipulate febrifuge filaments flavour fleshy flowers foliaceous fruit genera genus germen hence herbaceous hilum hypogynous imbricate in æstivation indehiscent inferior inflorescence juice Juss latter leaves Linneus lobes medicine monadelphous natives occasionally opposite ovarium ovary ovules pendulous perianth perigynous petals petioles pistilline placenta plants poisonous properties radicle rarely resembling resinous roots RULE seldom sepals shew shrubs simple solitary sometimes species stamens stamina stems stigma stigmata stipules style subtypes superior synpetalous trees tropical tube valvate in æstivation vegetable West Indies wood
Pasaje populare
Pagina 998 - The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed ; This more delusive, not the touch, but taste Deceived ; they, fondly thinking to allay Their appetite with gust, instead of fruit Chew'd bitter ashes, which the offended taste With spattering noise rejected : oft they...
Pagina 551 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renowned, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade High overarched, and echoing walks between...
Pagina 702 - My lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there ; I do beseech you send for some of them.
Pagina 545 - They gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard: then they bake it in an oven, which scorcheth the rind, and makes it black; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains a tender thin crust; and the inside is soft, tender and white, like the crumb of a penny loaf.
Pagina 759 - And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
Pagina 663 - fit dainties for ladies, they came so far, and cost so dear.
Pagina 545 - ... when wheat is at five shillings the bushel ; it is of a round shape, and hath a thick tough rind: when the fruit is ripe, it is yellow and soft, and the taste is sweet and pleasant.
Pagina 993 - Tory pleasant comedy, for they turned natural fools upon it for several days : one would blow up a feather in the air ; another would dart straws at it with much fury...
Pagina 990 - A custome lothsome to the eye, hatefull to the Nose, harmefull to the braine, dangerous to the Lungs, and in the blacke stinking fume thereof, neerest resembling the horrible Stigian smoke of the pit that is bottomlesse.
Pagina 549 - At Rome the fig was carried next to the vine, in the processions in honour of Bacchus, as the patron of plenty and joy; and Bacchus was supposed to have derived his corpulency and vigour, not from the vine, but from the fig. All these circumstances indicate that the fig contributed very largely to the support of man; and we may reasonably account for this from the facility with ; which it is cultivated in climates of moderate ! temperature.