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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... plants belong- ing to the natural order of Columnifera , and the eighteenth class of Polyadelphia Dodecandria ... plant , requiring great heat , and much water : -and Wheler's Abroma , so called by Koenig , in compliment to Ed- ward ...
... plants belong- ing to the natural order of Columnifera , and the eighteenth class of Polyadelphia Dodecandria ... plant , requiring great heat , and much water : -and Wheler's Abroma , so called by Koenig , in compliment to Ed- ward ...
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... plant was cultivated by Bishop Compton , at Fulham , before 1680 . It is propagated by seeds , sown on a good hot - bed in spring , and previously soaked for twelve or fourteen hours in water . When the plants are two inches , each of ...
... plant was cultivated by Bishop Compton , at Fulham , before 1680 . It is propagated by seeds , sown on a good hot - bed in spring , and previously soaked for twelve or fourteen hours in water . When the plants are two inches , each of ...
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... plants . There is but a single species , which is a Mexican plant . ACALYPHA , in botany , a genus of plants belonging to the Monoecia Mono- delphia class , and the natural order of Tricocca , called the Tick - fruit . There are ...
... plants . There is but a single species , which is a Mexican plant . ACALYPHA , in botany , a genus of plants belonging to the Monoecia Mono- delphia class , and the natural order of Tricocca , called the Tick - fruit . There are ...
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... plants , and may be propagated ei- ther by seeds , which should be sown in a light dry soil towards the end of March , and left to grow , about six inches asunder , till autumn , when they should be trans- planted where they are to ...
... plants , and may be propagated ei- ther by seeds , which should be sown in a light dry soil towards the end of March , and left to grow , about six inches asunder , till autumn , when they should be trans- planted where they are to ...
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... plants are greatly injured by this , and by briny and spirituous compositions . ACAULOSE , or ACAULOUS , among bo- tanists , a term used for such plants as have no caulis or stem . See CAULIS . ACCEDAS ad curiam , in law , a writ ly ...
... plants are greatly injured by this , and by briny and spirituous compositions . ACAULOSE , or ACAULOUS , among bo- tanists , a term used for such plants as have no caulis or stem . See CAULIS . ACCEDAS ad curiam , in law , a writ ly ...
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