 | James Pilkington - 1789 - 516 pages
...inner bark of the ftems dye linen of a fine yellow.— Dr. Withering obferves, that this fhrub fhould never be permitted to grow in corn lands, for the ears of wheat, which grow near it, never fill, and its influence in this refpect has been known to extend as far as... | |
 | Sir Henry Holland, Great Britain. Board of Agriculture - 1808 - 416 pages
...oats. Withering, speaking of il, says, " This shrub should never be permitted to grow in corn land, for the ears of wheat that grow near it never fill...in this respect has been known to extend as far as three or four hundred yards across a field."* Since no reason 'i • could be assigned for so extraordinary... | |
 | Sir Henry Holland, Great Britain. Board of Agriculture - 1808 - 428 pages
...should never be permitted to grow in corn land, for the cars of wheat that grow near it never rill : and its influence in this respect has been known to extend as far as three ov four hundred yards across a field."* Since no reason could be assigned for so extraordinary... | |
 | William Humphrey Marshall - 1810 - 572 pages
...oats. Withering, speaking of it, says, "This shrub should never be permitted to grow in corn land, for the ears of wheat that grow near it never fill;...in this respect has been known to extend as far as three or four hundred yards across a field*." Since no reason could be assigned for so extraordinary... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 pages
...inner bark of the ftems dyes linen of a fine yellow, with the affiftance of alum. This Ihrub fliould never be permitted to grow in Corn lands, for the...grow near it never fill, and its influence in this refpeft has been known to extend as far as 3 or 4 hundred yards acrofs a field. This Very extraordinary... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 414 pages
...Among the Egyptians barberries are used in fluxes and in malignant fevers. The roots boiled in ley, dye wool yellow. In Poland they dye leather of a most...influence in this respect has been known to extend across a field of 300 or 400 yards. Cows, sheep, and goats eat it ; horses and swine refuse it. BERBICE,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 pages
...boiled in ley, dye wool yellow. In Poland they dye leather of a most beautiful yellow with the' oark of the root. The inner bark of the stems dyes linen...influence in this respect has been known to extend across a field of 300 or 400 yards. Cows, sheep, and goats eat it ; horses and swine refuse it. BE11BICE,... | |
 | 1805 - 604 pages
...yellow.— This shfub should never be permitted to grow in corn lands, lor the ears of wheat, that crow near it, never fill, and its influence in this respect has been known to extend as far as three hundred or four hundred yards across the field. Of this, though denied by Mr. Brousonet, see... | |
 | 1842 - 496 pages
...farmers of the soundness ot it. Dr. Withering, in his " Arrangement of British Plants," says thus: — "This shrub should never be permitted to grow in corn...influence in this respect has been known to extend 3 or 400 yards across a field." This does not agree with our own observations, never before having... | |
 | 1868 - 970 pages
...near it ; consequently ii was frequently destroyed when found on arable land. Even Withering says : " This shrub should never be permitted to grow in corn...ears of wheat that grow near it never fill, and its nfluence in this respect has been known to extend as far as 300 or 400 yards across a field." This... | |
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This shrub should never be permitted to grow in corn lands, for the ears of wheat that grow near it never fill, and its influence in this respect has been known to extend as far as 3 or 4 hundred yards across a field. 
