The Columbian Cyclopedia, Volume 4Garretson, Cox, 1897 |
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... branches to its ample panicle , which , as it waves in the wind , has a glossy and silky ap- pearance . It is common in southern and central Europe ; an annual grass , occasionally sown in spring to fill up blanks in grass - fields ...
... branches to its ample panicle , which , as it waves in the wind , has a glossy and silky ap- pearance . It is common in southern and central Europe ; an annual grass , occasionally sown in spring to fill up blanks in grass - fields ...
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... branch of the Quorra or Niger , which it joins about 230 m . above the mouth of that river in the Gulf of Guinea . At its junction with the Faro , lat . about 9 ° 33 ′ n . , long . 12 ° 40 e . , the point where Dr. Barth crossed , he ...
... branch of the Quorra or Niger , which it joins about 230 m . above the mouth of that river in the Gulf of Guinea . At its junction with the Faro , lat . about 9 ° 33 ′ n . , long . 12 ° 40 e . , the point where Dr. Barth crossed , he ...
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... branches are covered with a whitish rusty down ; the leaves are oblong , acuminate , and entire , downy and white beneath ; the flowers are in compound racemes . B. is exported in reddish - yellow transparent pieces . Different ...
... branches are covered with a whitish rusty down ; the leaves are oblong , acuminate , and entire , downy and white beneath ; the flowers are in compound racemes . B. is exported in reddish - yellow transparent pieces . Different ...
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... branch of the Semitic stock ; and although they have been conquered in succession by the Phoeni cians , Romans , Vandals , and Arabs , and have become , in consequence , to some extent , a mixed race , they still retain , in great part ...
... branch of the Semitic stock ; and although they have been conquered in succession by the Phoeni cians , Romans , Vandals , and Arabs , and have become , in consequence , to some extent , a mixed race , they still retain , in great part ...
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... branch of the Obi , in lat . 63 ° 30 ′ n . It is a small place , but important as the sole fur and skin trading station in a vast extent of country . Its annual fair is largely attended . It is the favorite residence of the Ostiaks and ...
... branch of the Obi , in lat . 63 ° 30 ′ n . It is a small place , but important as the sole fur and skin trading station in a vast extent of country . Its annual fair is largely attended . It is the favorite residence of the Ostiaks and ...
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