Transactions of the American Institute of the City of New YorkC. van Benthuysen., 1864 1st-32d 1841-1871/72 issued also as Legislative documents. |
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... leaves are about the size of tea leaves , and are extremely pleasant to the taste and smell , and we have no doubt they would make a tea quite as pleasant as much of the stuff sold here at a dollar a pound . A SEEDLING MAGNOLIA . Wm . S ...
... leaves are about the size of tea leaves , and are extremely pleasant to the taste and smell , and we have no doubt they would make a tea quite as pleasant as much of the stuff sold here at a dollar a pound . A SEEDLING MAGNOLIA . Wm . S ...
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... leaf , and that affects its vitality . What has that to do in producing the rot . The same thing occurred long before the rot was known . One man says positively , that he knows that the curl disease of peach trees is occasioned by a ...
... leaf , and that affects its vitality . What has that to do in producing the rot . The same thing occurred long before the rot was known . One man says positively , that he knows that the curl disease of peach trees is occasioned by a ...
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... leaves half inch across . He says : I inclose a stem of an English gooseberry ; it is early and vigorous in the spring , blossoms full , grows very encouragingly until some time in June ; then mildews , leaves crisp , fruit drops - none ...
... leaves half inch across . He says : I inclose a stem of an English gooseberry ; it is early and vigorous in the spring , blossoms full , grows very encouragingly until some time in June ; then mildews , leaves crisp , fruit drops - none ...
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... leaf , and then communicated through the stock to the root and tubers . " And so he writes four long pages to prove his theory , and that the cure of the disease is early planting . It is not a very new theory , nor is it in- fallible ...
... leaf , and then communicated through the stock to the root and tubers . " And so he writes four long pages to prove his theory , and that the cure of the disease is early planting . It is not a very new theory , nor is it in- fallible ...
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... leaf nearly , and the home- stead of the Holstein peasant is a paradise of blossoming fruit trees , promis- ing a bountiful bearing as a recompense for his industry . The farmers have taken advantage of the fine weather , and the ...
... leaf nearly , and the home- stead of the Holstein peasant is a paradise of blossoming fruit trees , promis- ing a bountiful bearing as a recompense for his industry . The farmers have taken advantage of the fine weather , and the ...
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