The Natural History of SelborneW. Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... trees are perfect alembics ; and no one that has not attended to such matters can imagine how much water one tree will distil in a night's time , by condensing the vapour , which trickles down the twigs and boughs , so as to make the ...
... trees are perfect alembics ; and no one that has not attended to such matters can imagine how much water one tree will distil in a night's time , by condensing the vapour , which trickles down the twigs and boughs , so as to make the ...
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Gilbert White. pheasants also in woods sleep on trees to avoid foxes ; * while pea - fowls climb to the tops of the highest trees round their owner's house for security , let the weather be ever so cold or blowing . Partridges , it is ...
Gilbert White. pheasants also in woods sleep on trees to avoid foxes ; * while pea - fowls climb to the tops of the highest trees round their owner's house for security , let the weather be ever so cold or blowing . Partridges , it is ...
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... trees as well as yours ) ; I might then have seen very large trees of my own raising . But I did not begin with beech till 1741 , and then by seed ; so that my largest is now at five feet from the ground , six feet three inches in girth ...
... trees as well as yours ) ; I might then have seen very large trees of my own raising . But I did not begin with beech till 1741 , and then by seed ; so that my largest is now at five feet from the ground , six feet three inches in girth ...
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