The Botany of the Eastern Borders: With the Popular Names and Uses of the Plants, and of the Customs and Beliefs which Have Been Associated with ThemJ. Van Voorst, 1853 - 336 страници |
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... roots , excellent shelter for trout . Not many years ago , the whole course of it was infested with pike , but the visit of some otters , irrespective of the angler's art , has completely cleared them out , and thus allowed the trout ...
... roots , excellent shelter for trout . Not many years ago , the whole course of it was infested with pike , but the visit of some otters , irrespective of the angler's art , has completely cleared them out , and thus allowed the trout ...
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... root in . These parasitical bunches are young plants , and 6. Nasturtium præcox . - B . In a grass field near Swinton - hill , J. Hardy . -R . On the Tweed near Kelso , Dr. F. Douglas . VOL . I. D will detach themselves either when the ...
... root in . These parasitical bunches are young plants , and 6. Nasturtium præcox . - B . In a grass field near Swinton - hill , J. Hardy . -R . On the Tweed near Kelso , Dr. F. Douglas . VOL . I. D will detach themselves either when the ...
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... root - fibre has reached the soft ground , or when the parent leaf has decayed . See Hopkirk's Fl . Glott . p . 83 ; Fl . Berw . ii . p . 296 ; Don's Gard . Dict . i . p . 171 ; Rep . on Botany ( Ray Soc . 1849 ) p . 280 . 37. C. AMARA ...
... root - fibre has reached the soft ground , or when the parent leaf has decayed . See Hopkirk's Fl . Glott . p . 83 ; Fl . Berw . ii . p . 296 ; Don's Gard . Dict . i . p . 171 ; Rep . on Botany ( Ray Soc . 1849 ) p . 280 . 37. C. AMARA ...
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... roots for food , and soon nearly eradicated the plant . P. J. Selby . 3. S. noctiflora . - D . I have seen it in fields at West - Ord ; and it is a common - enough weed in corn - fields between Red - Houses and Thornton E. Mains . In ...
... roots for food , and soon nearly eradicated the plant . P. J. Selby . 3. S. noctiflora . - D . I have seen it in fields at West - Ord ; and it is a common - enough weed in corn - fields between Red - Houses and Thornton E. Mains . In ...
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... root as Cockeno ( p . 30 ) . Indeed Bailey makes Cockle the synonym of the Corn - Rose ; and Johnson defines it to be " a species of Poppy . " -The seeds are reckoned a remedy for toothache . 77. SAGINA PROCUMBENS . At the bottom of ...
... root as Cockeno ( p . 30 ) . Indeed Bailey makes Cockle the synonym of the Corn - Rose ; and Johnson defines it to be " a species of Poppy . " -The seeds are reckoned a remedy for toothache . 77. SAGINA PROCUMBENS . At the bottom of ...
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