The Natural History of Remarkable Trees, Shrubs, and PlantsJ. Cumming, 1821 |
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... threads How can this be explained ? Why not sprouts to both ends ? Why not fibrous threads from both ends ? To what is the difference to be re- ferred , but to the wise design of Providence , to the different uses which the parts are ...
... threads How can this be explained ? Why not sprouts to both ends ? Why not fibrous threads from both ends ? To what is the difference to be re- ferred , but to the wise design of Providence , to the different uses which the parts are ...
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... thread , which is used in the same manner as hemp . The points which rise on the branches , serve for nails , darts , and awls . If an incision be made in the tree , by cutting out the buds , a sweet and strong liquor flows from the ...
... thread , which is used in the same manner as hemp . The points which rise on the branches , serve for nails , darts , and awls . If an incision be made in the tree , by cutting out the buds , a sweet and strong liquor flows from the ...
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... thread , and the other in winding it upon a reel or spindle ; but this me thod has long given way to the use of a ... thread , which is more or less fine according to the dex . terity of the spinner and the nature of the ma- terial ...
... thread , and the other in winding it upon a reel or spindle ; but this me thod has long given way to the use of a ... thread , which is more or less fine according to the dex . terity of the spinner and the nature of the ma- terial ...
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... threads are divided by an instrument , called a reed , into two sets , each composed of every alternate thread , and while , by the working of a treadle , each set is thrown alter- nately up and down , the cross threads , called the ...
... threads are divided by an instrument , called a reed , into two sets , each composed of every alternate thread , and while , by the working of a treadle , each set is thrown alter- nately up and down , the cross threads , called the ...
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... thread and girths are likewise made of its materials : that all these are of constant and universal use , in navigation , commerce , husbandry , and do . mestic affairs ; that with this very bark , houses are made to shelter our ...
... thread and girths are likewise made of its materials : that all these are of constant and universal use , in navigation , commerce , husbandry , and do . mestic affairs ; that with this very bark , houses are made to shelter our ...
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Page iii - And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Page 141 - ... no vent but by the gutter, gradually ascends it, and from thence advances slowly to the extremity of the valley, where it is...
Page 24 - ... every branch from the main body throws out its own roots, at first in small tender fibres, several yards from the ground...
Page 139 - Every professed, inveterate, and incurable snuff-taker, (says Lord Stanhope) at a moderate computation takes one pinch in ten minutes. Every pinch, with the agreeable ceremony of blowing and wiping the nose, and other incidental circumstances, consumes a minute and a half. One minute and a half, out of every ten, allowing sixteen hours to a snuff-taking day, amounts to two hours and twenty-four minutes out of every natural day, or one day out of every ten.
Page 124 - Let India boast her plants, nor envy we The weeping amber, or the balmy tree, While by our oaks the precious loads are borne, And realms commanded which those trees adorn.
Page 142 - On the morning of the fourth day, we came out on a large plain, where were great numbers of fine deer; and in the middle stood a tree of unusual size, spreading its branches over a vast compass of ground.
Page xii - All these singularities contribute to one end. " As this plant blossoms late in the year, and, probably, would not have time to ripen its seeds before the access of winter, which would destroy them, Providence has contrived its structure such, that this important office maybe performed at a depth in the earth out of reach of the usual effects of frost...
Page 106 - The kernel is enveloped in a sweet pulp, under a thin green rind ; and the butter produced from it, besides the advantage, of its keeping the whole year without salt, is whiter, firmer, and, to my palate, of a richer flavour than the best butter I ever tasted made from cow's milk.
Page 157 - July and August. The largest leaves are about three inches long, and an inch and a half across the lobes : the glands of those exposed to the sun are of a beautiful red color ; but those in the shade are pale, and inclining to green.
Page 113 - Glasgow was sent by coach to London. It is difficult to ascertain precisely the time taken to bring this article to market; but it may be pretty near the truth to reckon it three years from the time it was packed in India till in cloth it arrived at the merchant's warehouse in London...