The Columbian Cyclopedia, Volume 4Garretson, Cox, 1897 |
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... leaf with its sheathing base ) is elongated and acute , while in A. vul- garis it is very short , and appears as if cut off . A va- riety so little different as scarcely to deserve the name , but with somewhat broader leaves and more ...
... leaf with its sheathing base ) is elongated and acute , while in A. vul- garis it is very short , and appears as if cut off . A va- riety so little different as scarcely to deserve the name , but with somewhat broader leaves and more ...
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... leaves , and a reddish fruit , not unlike a mulberry , but larger ; not unpleasant to the taste . The flowers are fragrant . BENTINCK , běn'tink , Lord WILLIAM GEORGE FREDER- ICK CAVENDISH , commonly called Lord George B .: 1802 , Feb ...
... leaves , and a reddish fruit , not unlike a mulberry , but larger ; not unpleasant to the taste . The flowers are fragrant . BENTINCK , běn'tink , Lord WILLIAM GEORGE FREDER- ICK CAVENDISH , commonly called Lord George B .: 1802 , Feb ...
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... 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 varieties , said to depend upon the age of the trees , are of ...
... 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 varieties , said to depend upon the age of the trees , are of ...
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... leaves , which still bears in America the name of Benzoin , or Benjamin Tree , and is also called Spice - wood or Fever - bush . It has a highly aromatic bark , which is stimu- lant and tonic , and is much used in North America in in ...
... leaves , which still bears in America the name of Benzoin , or Benjamin Tree , and is also called Spice - wood or Fever - bush . It has a highly aromatic bark , which is stimu- lant and tonic , and is much used in North America in in ...
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... leaves little doubt as to the authentic nature of the pictures which it presents of Teutonic life in ante Christian times . ( It should be mentioned that some scholars hold that B is a translation from a Danish original . ) Much learned ...
... leaves little doubt as to the authentic nature of the pictures which it presents of Teutonic life in ante Christian times . ( It should be mentioned that some scholars hold that B is a translation from a Danish original . ) Much learned ...
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