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... fruit trees , cause them to fhrivel up and perish . To cure this diftemper , they advife the burning of wet litter on the windward fide of the plants , that the smoke thereof may be carried to them by the wind , which they fuppofe will ...
... fruit trees , cause them to fhrivel up and perish . To cure this diftemper , they advife the burning of wet litter on the windward fide of the plants , that the smoke thereof may be carried to them by the wind , which they fuppofe will ...
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... fruit . It is an annual plant , with leaves fomewhat like thofe of the Spinach ; the stalk rites 24 feet high ; the upper part of the ftalk has flowers coming out in fmall heads at every joint , and is terminated by a little cluster of ...
... fruit . It is an annual plant , with leaves fomewhat like thofe of the Spinach ; the stalk rites 24 feet high ; the upper part of the ftalk has flowers coming out in fmall heads at every joint , and is terminated by a little cluster of ...
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... fruit trees . A mixture of blood with lime makes an exceedingly strong cement ; and hence it is of use in the preparation of fome chemical lutes , the making floors , & c . See ARCHITECTURE , 242 . ( 16. ) BLOOD , USES OF , IN DIET . As ...
... fruit trees . A mixture of blood with lime makes an exceedingly strong cement ; and hence it is of use in the preparation of fome chemical lutes , the making floors , & c . See ARCHITECTURE , 242 . ( 16. ) BLOOD , USES OF , IN DIET . As ...
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... fruit.- How nature paints her colours , how the bee Sits on her bloom , extrading liquid fweet . Paradife Loft . A medlar tree was planted by ; The spreading branches made a goodly show , And full of opening blooms was ev'ry bough ...
... fruit.- How nature paints her colours , how the bee Sits on her bloom , extrading liquid fweet . Paradife Loft . A medlar tree was planted by ; The spreading branches made a goodly show , And full of opening blooms was ev'ry bough ...
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... fruit te , doth make the fruit fairer . Bacon's Natural Hiflory . To his green ears your cenfure you would fuit , Not blaft the blossom , but expect the fruit . Dryden . ( BLOSSOM , in a particular fenfe , is restrain- ed to the flowers ...
... fruit te , doth make the fruit fairer . Bacon's Natural Hiflory . To his green ears your cenfure you would fuit , Not blaft the blossom , but expect the fruit . Dryden . ( BLOSSOM , in a particular fenfe , is restrain- ed to the flowers ...
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