Agricultural Botany: An Enumeration and Description of Useful Plants and Weeds, which Merit the Notice, Or Require the Attention, of American Agriculturists |
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... species which agree with each other in the structure or essential characters of the flower and fruit : sometimes a genus comprizes but a single species . Germ . The growing part of a bud . Germen . The old name for the ovary ...
... species which agree with each other in the structure or essential characters of the flower and fruit : sometimes a genus comprizes but a single species . Germ . The growing part of a bud . Germen . The old name for the ovary ...
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... or spatulate , like a spatula ; obovate - oblong , or larger and rounded at the end , and tapering to the base . Species . The lowest permanent division little stars . Stellular pubescence . of natural objects , GLOSSARY xxvii.
... or spatulate , like a spatula ; obovate - oblong , or larger and rounded at the end , and tapering to the base . Species . The lowest permanent division little stars . Stellular pubescence . of natural objects , GLOSSARY xxvii.
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... species , frequent in our wood- lands , and moist low grounds ; but they have not been found trou- blesome . * TRIBE III . HELLEBOREAE . DC . Calyx mostly petaloid . Petals irregular , often bilabiate or tubular , nectariferous ...
... species , frequent in our wood- lands , and moist low grounds ; but they have not been found trou- blesome . * TRIBE III . HELLEBOREAE . DC . Calyx mostly petaloid . Petals irregular , often bilabiate or tubular , nectariferous ...
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... species with stem - clasping leaves ) , - which yields the most efficacious and soothing of all anodynes , -is often seen in the flowerbeds of our gardens . I believe there was an attempt made , near New York , some 30 or 40 years ago ...
... species with stem - clasping leaves ) , - which yields the most efficacious and soothing of all anodynes , -is often seen in the flowerbeds of our gardens . I believe there was an attempt made , near New York , some 30 or 40 years ago ...
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... species ( B. vulgaris , R. Br . probably naturalized , ) growing along our streams , which is sometimes used as a ... species , or Varieties , are more or less cultiva- ted , in the Kitchen Garden , or " Truck - patch . " tRacemes ...
... species ( B. vulgaris , R. Br . probably naturalized , ) growing along our streams , which is sometimes used as a ... species , or Varieties , are more or less cultiva- ted , in the Kitchen Garden , or " Truck - patch . " tRacemes ...
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