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 520
... wood , and pith , with medullary rays , being fully developed , and the yearly growths distinctly stratified . The ex- ternal form of the trunk is conical , not cylindrical , and branch- ed , not simple . The leaves are articulated with ...
... wood , and pith , with medullary rays , being fully developed , and the yearly growths distinctly stratified . The ex- ternal form of the trunk is conical , not cylindrical , and branch- ed , not simple . The leaves are articulated with ...
Pagina 528
... wood for the preparation of gunpowder . Before the introduction of coke into our iron - works , such immense quantities of wood were annually converted into charcoal , that Evelyn , in his Sylva , expressed a fear that the demands of ...
... wood for the preparation of gunpowder . Before the introduction of coke into our iron - works , such immense quantities of wood were annually converted into charcoal , that Evelyn , in his Sylva , expressed a fear that the demands of ...
Pagina 529
... 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 second affords a very light white timber , now chiefly used ...
... 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 second affords a very light white timber , now chiefly used ...
Pagina 530
... wood of the alder is valued for works exposed to the action of water , especially such as are constantly submerged . Before the iron manufacture was so much improved , alder was in much request for water - pipes , on account of the ease ...
... wood of the alder is valued for works exposed to the action of water , especially such as are constantly submerged . Before the iron manufacture was so much improved , alder was in much request for water - pipes , on account of the ease ...
Pagina 531
... wood is esteemed for making trenchers , bowls , spoons , ladles , & c . and the knobby excrescences afford a beau- tifully veined wood . It is also prized as fuel , forms good charcoal , and yields an excellent lamp - black for making ...
... wood is esteemed for making trenchers , bowls , spoons , ladles , & c . and the knobby excrescences afford a beau- tifully veined wood . It is also prized as fuel , forms good charcoal , and yields an excellent lamp - black for making ...
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
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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.