 ... torn off from the bottom and carried in the boat to the platform, where the weeds are twisted into conical mounds, about two feet in diameter at their base, and of the same height, terminating at the...  The Horticultural Register - Page 1061833Full view - About this book
 | Books - 1832 - 632 pages
...torn off from the bottom, and carried in the boat to the platform, where the weeds are twisted into conical mounds about two feet in diameter at their...drawn from the bottom of the lake, to which sometimes wood-ashes are added, though much more frequently omitted. The fanner has in preparation a number of... | |
 | 1833 - 444 pages
...torn off from the bottom, and carried in the boat to the platform, where the weeds are twisted into conical mounds about two feet in diameter at their...in a hollow, which is filled with fresh soft mud, and sometimes wood ashes. The farmer has in preparation a number of cucumber and melon plants, raised... | |
 | 1834 - 470 pages
...further supply of weeds is then drawn up from the bottom of the lake, and twisted into conical mounds, terminating at the top in a hollow, which is filled with fresh, soft mud. In these are placed cucumber and melon plants, which grow luxuriantly, and no further care is ne104... | |
 | 1836 - 284 pages
...torn off from the bottom, and carried in the boat to the platform, where the weeds arc twisted into conical mounds about two feet in diameter at their...drawn from the bottom of the lake, to which sometimes wuod-ashes are added, though much more frequently omitted. The farmer ha« in preparation a number... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - Geography - 1838 - 660 pages
...torn off from the bottom, and carried in the boat to the platform, where the weeds are twisted into conical mounds about two feet in diameter at their...and of the same height, terminating at the top in a shallow, which is filled with fresh, soft mud, drawn from the bottom of the lake. The farmer has in... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1838 - 534 pages
...they are twisted into conical mounds or baskets, about two feet diameter at the base, and the same in height, terminating at the' top in a hollow, which is filled with soft mud, and sometimes with woodashes. Theßoating gardener has in readiness a number of cucumber... | |
 | William Moorcroft, George Trebeck - Asia, Central - 1841 - 526 pages
...torn off from the bottom, and carried in the boat to the platform, where the weeds are twisted into conical mounds about two feet in diameter at their...frequently omitted. The farmer has in preparation a large number of cucumber and melon plants, which have been raised under mats, and of these, when they... | |
 | Companion - 1842 - 326 pages
...quantity of confervse and other plants is torn off from the bottom, where the weeds are twisted into conical mounds, about two feet in diameter at their...frequently omitted. The farmer has in preparation a large number of cucumber and melon plants, which have been raised under mats, and of these, when they... | |
 | 1845 - 558 pages
...quantity of confervse and other plants is torn off from the bottom, where the weeds are twisted into conical mounds, about two feet in diameter at their...drawn from the bottom of the lake, to which sometimes wood-ashes are added, though much more frequently omitted. The farmer has in preparation a large number... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...torn off from the bottom, and carried in the boat to the platform, where the weeds are twisted into conical mounds about two feet in diameter at their...height, terminating at the top in a hollow, which is tilled with fresh soft mud, and sometimes wood ashes. The farmer has in preparation a number of cucumber... | |
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