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... plants described in this work was the tobacco plant with its medicinal virtues fully enumerated for the healing of wounds as well as for internal complaints , uses that have since been superseded by others of a more social order . Then ...
... plants described in this work was the tobacco plant with its medicinal virtues fully enumerated for the healing of wounds as well as for internal complaints , uses that have since been superseded by others of a more social order . Then ...
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... plants happily were reduced to a medicinal value . One of the most delightful features of the old English herbals is to be found in the colloquial phraseology applied to plants . Pigeon's Grass ' was the name given to Vervain ...
... plants happily were reduced to a medicinal value . One of the most delightful features of the old English herbals is to be found in the colloquial phraseology applied to plants . Pigeon's Grass ' was the name given to Vervain ...
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... Plants in Closely - Glazed Cases , and it was not long before plants were safely trans- ferred by something resembling a postal system all over the world . Chinese bananas were intro- duced into Samoa and Fiji , tea plants were con ...
... Plants in Closely - Glazed Cases , and it was not long before plants were safely trans- ferred by something resembling a postal system all over the world . Chinese bananas were intro- duced into Samoa and Fiji , tea plants were con ...
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amongst ancient appeared architecture arrangement artificial artistic avenues beauty became beds birds built canals Capability Brown centre century charm Chinese Chinese gardens cloister colour court cultivation Cut-work cypress decorative delight Dutch effect Egypt England English gardening fact fashion flowering plants flowers fountain French fruit grass Greece Greek green grotto ground groves Hampton Court hedges Helen Allingham herbs hills history of gardening horticulture idea Italian Italy land landscape later lawns lines manner marble medieval ment modern motive nature never ornament painting palace paradise park parterres period Persia Persian garden phase picture plants pleasure Pliny Pope Reginald Blomfield religious Renaissance Roman Rome roses scene scheme scientific seats shade side space spirit style surroundings symbolism taste temple terraces tion topiary tradition trees Tudor period variety VAUX-LE-VICOMTE Versailles villas violets walks walls wild Younger Pliny