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Page 6
To understand rightly the proper food of plants , the varieties of vegetables
necessary to be raised for the amelioration of the soil , and also the different
kinds of manures and composts adapted to the several kinds of land , requires a
minute ...
To understand rightly the proper food of plants , the varieties of vegetables
necessary to be raised for the amelioration of the soil , and also the different
kinds of manures and composts adapted to the several kinds of land , requires a
minute ...
Page 7
Hence it is necessary to good husbandry , that a careful exarnination should be
made into the chemical combination of the different plants , and this is the only
mode in which crops can be properly alternated . A merely theoretic agriculturist ...
Hence it is necessary to good husbandry , that a careful exarnination should be
made into the chemical combination of the different plants , and this is the only
mode in which crops can be properly alternated . A merely theoretic agriculturist ...
Page 8
Sir Humphrey , in the same part of his works , superadds some valuable remarks
concerning the organization of plants ; the effect of air , carth , and water , in
producing their different natures , the philosophy of fallowing and irrigation , and
also ...
Sir Humphrey , in the same part of his works , superadds some valuable remarks
concerning the organization of plants ; the effect of air , carth , and water , in
producing their different natures , the philosophy of fallowing and irrigation , and
also ...
Page 10
Several enterprising gentlemen of the northern as well as southern states ,
independently of these societies , have made extraordinary individual exertions
in the cause , by importing exotic plants , and the most approved stock .
Horticulture ...
Several enterprising gentlemen of the northern as well as southern states ,
independently of these societies , have made extraordinary individual exertions
in the cause , by importing exotic plants , and the most approved stock .
Horticulture ...
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The plants of our soil , the trees of our woods , the trefoil and the oak , also
decorated our churches , in like manner as the acanthus and the palm bad
embellished ihe temples of the country and the age of Pericles . Within a
cathedral was a ...
The plants of our soil , the trees of our woods , the trefoil and the oak , also
decorated our churches , in like manner as the acanthus and the palm bad
embellished ihe temples of the country and the age of Pericles . Within a
cathedral was a ...
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 21 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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