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... covered with a coating of damp clay , on which the women make fires for household purposes , the flames appearing at night from the river to be suspended high in the air . . . The Mauritia affords to the Guaranis not only a se- cure ...
... covered with a coating of damp clay , on which the women make fires for household purposes , the flames appearing at night from the river to be suspended high in the air . . . The Mauritia affords to the Guaranis not only a se- cure ...
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... from Triticum chiefly by its more numerous awns . The glumes - the external chaffy covering of the grain - in Ægilops are generally terminated by three or four awns , prolongations of EXPERIMENTS ON WHEAT . 29 their ribs , and the.
... from Triticum chiefly by its more numerous awns . The glumes - the external chaffy covering of the grain - in Ægilops are generally terminated by three or four awns , prolongations of EXPERIMENTS ON WHEAT . 29 their ribs , and the.
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... covered with a short , soft down , of which the other kinds are entirely , or almost entirely free . Differences in the length and stout- ness of the straw are also taken into account by agriculturists in distinguishing the different ...
... covered with a short , soft down , of which the other kinds are entirely , or almost entirely free . Differences in the length and stout- ness of the straw are also taken into account by agriculturists in distinguishing the different ...
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... covered by snow in winter , like wheat or barley , and receives no other supplies of moisture than it may obtain from the atmosphere , in a climate , however , which is one of the most rainy in the world . An attempt made by Sir Joseph ...
... covered by snow in winter , like wheat or barley , and receives no other supplies of moisture than it may obtain from the atmosphere , in a climate , however , which is one of the most rainy in the world . An attempt made by Sir Joseph ...
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... sown thick , and the herbage ploughed The seed is a small nut , not down as a manure . so large as a grain of wheat , and of a triangular 80 BUCKWHEAT . form , the outer covering membranaceous ,. FIG . 8. - BUCKWHEAT .
... sown thick , and the herbage ploughed The seed is a small nut , not down as a manure . so large as a grain of wheat , and of a triangular 80 BUCKWHEAT . form , the outer covering membranaceous ,. FIG . 8. - BUCKWHEAT .
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The Wealth of Nature. Our Food Supplies from the Vegetable Kingdom John Montgomery (Minister of the Free Church at Innerleithen.) Affichage du livre entier - 1870 |
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abundant acid acrid almond apple arrowroot article of food Asia beautiful belongs boiled botanists branches bread Britain called carrot CHAPTER chiefly climate colour common common turnip contains continent of Europe crop cultivated in Britain date palm drupe duced eaten edible England esculent esteemed Europe extensively cultivated feet flavour fleshy flowers fruit fungi gardens genus gooseberry grain grows inches Indian juice kidney bean kinds known leaves lentil maize manna mucilaginous mushroom native of Britain natural order nearly allied North America northern nutritious nuts obtained orange palm panicle peas peculiar perennial plant plant plum pods poisonous potato produced pulp quantity resembling rind ripening root sago salad Salep Scotland SEA-KALE seeds similar soil sometimes south of Europe sown species spinach starch stem succulent sugar sugar-cane sweet tivated tree tubers turnip varieties vated vegetable vine West Indies wheat whilst wild wine yields young
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