American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Arts |
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... inches , each of them should be transplanted into a sepa rate pot of light earth , and plunged into hot - beds of tanner's bark , and shaded from the sun . They will flower the se- cond year , and sometimes ripen their seeds in England ...
... inches , each of them should be transplanted into a sepa rate pot of light earth , and plunged into hot - beds of tanner's bark , and shaded from the sun . They will flower the se- cond year , and sometimes ripen their seeds in England ...
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... inches long , a native of the East Indies . The eyes are large , and the nostrils conspicu- ous : the body , which is of a moderate width for about the third of its length , gradually decreases or tapers towards the extremity : both ...
... inches long , a native of the East Indies . The eyes are large , and the nostrils conspicu- ous : the body , which is of a moderate width for about the third of its length , gradually decreases or tapers towards the extremity : both ...
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... inches asunder , till autumn , when they should be trans- planted where they are to remain or by roots , which may be planted either in spring or autumn for the third sort ; but the others must only be removed in the spring , because ...
... inches asunder , till autumn , when they should be trans- planted where they are to remain or by roots , which may be planted either in spring or autumn for the third sort ; but the others must only be removed in the spring , because ...
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... inches broad in the mid- dle , cream - coloured flowers , and large oval fruit , containing a thick , luscious pulp , called natural marmelade . This trec is planted for the fruit in Jamaica , Barba- does , Cuba , and most of the West ...
... inches broad in the mid- dle , cream - coloured flowers , and large oval fruit , containing a thick , luscious pulp , called natural marmelade . This trec is planted for the fruit in Jamaica , Barba- does , Cuba , and most of the West ...
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... inch in diameter must pass from the ear of one head through the pedestal under the floor , and go up to the mouth of the other . When a person speaks low into the ear of one bust , the sound is reverberated through the length of the ...
... inch in diameter must pass from the ear of one head through the pedestal under the floor , and go up to the mouth of the other . When a person speaks low into the ear of one bust , the sound is reverberated through the length of the ...
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