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Page 347 - That no lands acquired under the provisions of this act shall in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor.
Page 347 - ... years from the date of such entry; and if, at the expiration of such time, or at any time within five years thereafter, the person making such entry, or, if he or she be dead, his or her heirs or legal representatives, shall prove by two credible witnesses that he or she or they have planted...
Page 230 - ... drooping, and tail set low; in short, they are almost in every respect contrary to what I apprehend a well-formed sheep should be; and it is to be lamented that more attention has not been paid to the breeding of useful stock in an island so fruitful in pasturage as Ireland.'?
Page 181 - England to Wisconsin. A well-known tree of the Northern States, extending northward to Hudson's Bay, and southward along the mountains to North Carolina. It is one of the most graceful of spruces, with a light and spreading spray, frequently branching almost to the ground. The wood is coarse-grained, but is used in great quantities for rough work. The oark is very extensively employed in tanning.
Page 176 - Ait. — Canoe Birch ; Paper Birch. — Northern and Northeastern United States. A large and handsome tree, growing to the height of 70 feet, and with a diameter of 3 feet. It is limited to the northern portions of the country, ranging from Maine to Wisconsin on the northern border, and extending far northward into Canada. It has a brilliant white bark, from which Indians and traders construct canoes. The thin, external sheet of the bark forms the basis of a great variety of Indian fancy-work. No....
Page 347 - ... who, at the end of the third year of his or her residence thereon, shall have had under cultivation, for two years, one acre of timber, the trees thereon not being more than twelve feet apart each way, and in a good, thrifty condition, for each and every sixteen acres of said homestead, shall, upon due proof of said fact by .two credible witnesses, receive his or her patent for said homestead.
Page 184 - New England to Wisconsin. This tree is well known in cultivation, but in a native state is rarely found south of New York. In Canada and along the lakes, it is known as the White Cedar, which is the name given in New Jersey to the Cupressus thyoides.
Page 183 - Lind. — The Noble Fir. — Oregon. This is one of the magnificent conifers of our country. It is a majestic tree, forming vast forests on the mountains of Northern California and Oregon. The Indians give it the name of Big Tree. The timber is said to be of excellent quality. It is nearly related to A. Fraseri, but has cones five times as large. No. 387. Abies bracteata, Hook.
Page 152 - Magnolia glauca, or White Bay, grows and matures its flowers and fruit in some portions of Massachusetts, where it attains only the size of a large shrub. It, however, steadily increases in size in situations farther south, until in Georgia and Florida it attains the size of a large tree. In some places, the same plant appears as a shrub or a tree, under different circumstances, in closely contiguous localities. Dr. Chapman, who made the collection of the trees of South Florida, says: "I was much...
Page 127 - They kill their prey by inserting into it their proboscis, which ejects a most powerful poisonous liquid into the wound. The victim thus pierced dies in a very short time. They then leisurely suck out the juices and drop the empty skin.