Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833 - Almanacs, English |
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... TREES . -In the interior of forests and crowded plantations the wind can exert a far less mechanical effect on individual trees than in exposed situations , and therefore while they are positively determined to push upwards to the light ...
... TREES . -In the interior of forests and crowded plantations the wind can exert a far less mechanical effect on individual trees than in exposed situations , and therefore while they are positively determined to push upwards to the light ...
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... trees , bushes , and weeds , from which this baneful parasite is propa- gated and spread . The trees , usually accused , are the Maple , ( Acer campestre ) ; the Ash , ( Fraxinus excelsior ) ; and the Elm , ( Ulmus ) ; -- the shrubs ...
... trees , bushes , and weeds , from which this baneful parasite is propa- gated and spread . The trees , usually accused , are the Maple , ( Acer campestre ) ; the Ash , ( Fraxinus excelsior ) ; and the Elm , ( Ulmus ) ; -- the shrubs ...
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... tree is supposed , in former ages , to have prevailed in Ireland as an aboriginal , by the number discovered in a fossil state ; though , at present , there are said to be none but planted yews in that county . Those trees , situated in ...
... tree is supposed , in former ages , to have prevailed in Ireland as an aboriginal , by the number discovered in a fossil state ; though , at present , there are said to be none but planted yews in that county . Those trees , situated in ...
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