A Description and History of Vegetable Substances Used in the Arts, and in Domestic Economy, Volume 1Wells and Lilly, 1830 - Botany, Economic |
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... feet before it begins to decay ; and in some of the choicer trees , forty , fifty , or even sixty feet may be found without a single lateral branch , and of such diameter that , even at the smaller extremity , they will square to ...
... feet before it begins to decay ; and in some of the choicer trees , forty , fifty , or even sixty feet may be found without a single lateral branch , and of such diameter that , even at the smaller extremity , they will square to ...
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... feet in the cavity , and still a shell of timber on the outside , sufficiently vigorous for producing leaves and ... feet high before a bough or even a knot appeared , and the base of it squared five feet entirely solid ; the Queen's Oak ...
... feet in the cavity , and still a shell of timber on the outside , sufficiently vigorous for producing leaves and ... feet high before a bough or even a knot appeared , and the base of it squared five feet entirely solid ; the Queen's Oak ...
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... feet . In Holt Forest , Hampshire , there was an oak , which , at seven feet from the ground , was thirty - four feet in circumference in 1759 , and twenty years after , the circumference had not increased half an inch . Dr. Plott ...
... feet . In Holt Forest , Hampshire , there was an oak , which , at seven feet from the ground , was thirty - four feet in circumference in 1759 , and twenty years after , the circumference had not increased half an inch . Dr. Plott ...
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... feet in circumference at the base , and rise to the height of forty feet without a single branch . Beautiful as this species is , it produces , however , timber very inferior to our Quercus robur . It is probable that the species which ...
... feet in circumference at the base , and rise to the height of forty feet without a single branch . Beautiful as this species is , it produces , however , timber very inferior to our Quercus robur . It is probable that the species which ...
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... feet in height ; and it has not only been accurately described by M. Olivier , but was introduced by him into France , where it is cultivated as a garden shrub , and grows well in the open air . The gall is a morbid excrescence produced ...
... feet in height ; and it has not only been accurately described by M. Olivier , but was introduced by him into France , where it is cultivated as a garden shrub , and grows well in the open air . The gall is a morbid excrescence produced ...
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