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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... pulp , and the oak cracks into splinters , as it dries , the heart of the pine remains fresh , and , em- balmed in its own turpentine , is quite elastic , and used by the country , people in place of candles . England , too ...
... pulp , and the oak cracks into splinters , as it dries , the heart of the pine remains fresh , and , em- balmed in its own turpentine , is quite elastic , and used by the country , people in place of candles . England , too ...
Page 146
... pulp , by beating with wooden mallets . When sufficiently re- duced , it is brought to the requisite consistency with water ; rice - starch , and the mucilaginous infusion of manihot - root ( Hibiscus manihot ) , are added by way of ...
... pulp , by beating with wooden mallets . When sufficiently re- duced , it is brought to the requisite consistency with water ; rice - starch , and the mucilaginous infusion of manihot - root ( Hibiscus manihot ) , are added by way of ...
Page 165
... pulp ; and fruits that have seeds or pips , and the pulp of a firmer consistency . With the ex- ception of the peach , the nectarine , and the almond , which form the genus Amygdalus , the whole of the stone - fruits are contained in ...
... pulp ; and fruits that have seeds or pips , and the pulp of a firmer consistency . With the ex- ception of the peach , the nectarine , and the almond , which form the genus Amygdalus , the whole of the stone - fruits are contained in ...
Page 222
... having the seeds lying among pulp . III . Stone Fruits , having the seed enclosed in a hard nut , covered with flesh . IV . Nuts , or dry fruits , which are neither fleshy nor pulpy . a . Apples . b . Pears . c . 222 VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES .
... having the seeds lying among pulp . III . Stone Fruits , having the seed enclosed in a hard nut , covered with flesh . IV . Nuts , or dry fruits , which are neither fleshy nor pulpy . a . Apples . b . Pears . c . 222 VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES .
Page 243
... pulp , containing a number of seed - like pericarps , inclosed in a rind . There is something very singular in the fructification of the Ficus carica . It has no visible flower ; for the fruit arises immediately from the joints of the ...
... pulp , containing a number of seed - like pericarps , inclosed in a rind . There is something very singular in the fructification of the Ficus carica . It has no visible flower ; for the fruit arises immediately from the joints of the ...
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