Arbor Day: Its History, Observation, Spirit and Significance, Volume 3Robert Haven Schauffler |
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... earth too firmly . Whatever the cause , the acorns refused to sprout , and the townspeople sowed the same ground with rye and oats , and after the harvest they tried the acorn planting again — this time in another way — by plowing the ...
... earth too firmly . Whatever the cause , the acorns refused to sprout , and the townspeople sowed the same ground with rye and oats , and after the harvest they tried the acorn planting again — this time in another way — by plowing the ...
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... earth too firmly . Whatever the cause , the acorns refused to sprout , and the townspeople sowed the same ground with rye and oats , and after the harvest they tried the acorn planting again — this time in another way— by plowing the ...
... earth too firmly . Whatever the cause , the acorns refused to sprout , and the townspeople sowed the same ground with rye and oats , and after the harvest they tried the acorn planting again — this time in another way— by plowing the ...
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... Earth and Man , ' and to the admirable chapter on ' The Woods , ' more than to any other source , perhaps , we are indebted for the awakening of attention here to our destructive treatment of the forests and the necessity of adopt- ing ...
... Earth and Man , ' and to the admirable chapter on ' The Woods , ' more than to any other source , perhaps , we are indebted for the awakening of attention here to our destructive treatment of the forests and the necessity of adopt- ing ...
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... earth could never have pro- duced the necessaries of life , and that with their destruction we could not keep up the sustained growth of the plants that feed man and animals . There is no more suitable subject for practical oral lessons ...
... earth could never have pro- duced the necessaries of life , and that with their destruction we could not keep up the sustained growth of the plants that feed man and animals . There is no more suitable subject for practical oral lessons ...
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... earth in all lands . How many of these children in maturer years will learn from happy experience that there is a peculiar pleasure in the parentage of trees , forest , fruit or ornamental — a pleasure that never cloys but grows with ...
... earth in all lands . How many of these children in maturer years will learn from happy experience that there is a peculiar pleasure in the parentage of trees , forest , fruit or ornamental — a pleasure that never cloys but grows with ...
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