The Woodlands: Or, A Treatise on the Preparing of Ground for Planting, on the Planting, on the Cultivating, on the Pruning, and on the Cutting Down of Forest Trees and Underwoods ... the Trees Being Arranged in Alphabetical Order ... |
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... BLACK WALNUT and WILD Cherry ; but that still it is frequently used for such articles , but particularly in the making of bedsteads . MICHAUX adds , that this tree has grown for some time in France ; but that it never has been known to ...
... BLACK WALNUT and WILD Cherry ; but that still it is frequently used for such articles , but particularly in the making of bedsteads . MICHAUX adds , that this tree has grown for some time in France ; but that it never has been known to ...
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... WALNUT trees ; but , when I have described the uses of the AMERI- CAN WALNUT Wood , the rapidity of the growth of ... BLACK WALNUT ( Juglans Nigra ) ; and the other the Butter - Nut ( Juglans Cathartica ) . The seed of the first comes in ...
... WALNUT trees ; but , when I have described the uses of the AMERI- CAN WALNUT Wood , the rapidity of the growth of ... BLACK WALNUT ( Juglans Nigra ) ; and the other the Butter - Nut ( Juglans Cathartica ) . The seed of the first comes in ...
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... BLACK WALNUT of America is famous for its timber , and also for its immense size ; and for the soundness and durability of its wood . I have frequently seen this tree sixty or seventy feet high , and so large round the trunk , that I ...
... BLACK WALNUT of America is famous for its timber , and also for its immense size ; and for the soundness and durability of its wood . I have frequently seen this tree sixty or seventy feet high , and so large round the trunk , that I ...
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... WALNUT , he says , that the wood of the BLACK WALNUT is more compact , heavier , and much stronger ; that it is susceptible of a finer polish , and that , it is not , like the EUROPEAN WALNUT , liable to be injured by worms . He adds ...
... WALNUT , he says , that the wood of the BLACK WALNUT is more compact , heavier , and much stronger ; that it is susceptible of a finer polish , and that , it is not , like the EUROPEAN WALNUT , liable to be injured by worms . He adds ...
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... Nut pronounced . The BLACK WALNUT will yield to nothing but a very stout and heavy hammer ; and when you have got the kernel out , it is so oily and so " rancid , " that to eat half a dozen is sufficient to make any common person sick ...
... Nut pronounced . The BLACK WALNUT will yield to nothing but a very stout and heavy hammer ; and when you have got the kernel out , it is so oily and so " rancid , " that to eat half a dozen is sufficient to make any common person sick ...
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The Woodlands: Or, a Treatise on the Preparing of Ground for Planting, on ... William Cobbett No preview available - 2018 |
The Woodlands: Or, a Treatise on the Preparing of Ground for Planting; On ... William Cobbett No preview available - 2015 |
The Woodlands: Or, a Treatise on the Preparing of Ground for Planting; On ... William Cobbett No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
acorns acre Alder AMERICAN Ash trees bark beautiful beds BEECH BIRCH BLACK WALNUT botanical characters bottom branches CEDAR CHESNUT colour cone coppice covered deciduous distances earth empalement England feet high female flowers Firs five four feet garden ground grow growth HAZEL hedge HICKORY hoops hop-poles hundred katkin land large trees leaf leaves limb LIVE OAK Locust Locust tree manner directed MAPLE MICHAUX says month of October nearly never nursery OAK Quercus oblong ORIENTAL PLANE ornamental paragraph petals piece plantation plants poles POPLAR pretty produce pruning raised reader rods roots roundish sand Sassafras seed seed-bed shoots side side-shoots soil sowing sown spring stamina stand stem stigma SUGAR MAPLE summer summits taken thing timber tion tree throws trench trunk TULIP TREE TUPELO twenty underwood WALNUT weather weeds WHITE WILLIAM COBBETT WILLOW wood young trees