The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most Curious and Remarkable in the World; Whether Relating to Its Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Or to the Manufactures, Buildings and Inventions of Its Inhabitants, Compiled from Historical and Geographical Works of Established Celebrity, and Illustrated with the Discoveries of Modern Travellers, Volume 10J. Walker, 1803 |
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Page 77
... seed in the same manner that cold drawn linseed oil is obtained from flax seed , and with as little trouble . The seed is easily raised , and grows in land of mode- rate fertility . Among many other articles manufactured in New York ...
... seed in the same manner that cold drawn linseed oil is obtained from flax seed , and with as little trouble . The seed is easily raised , and grows in land of mode- rate fertility . Among many other articles manufactured in New York ...
Page 146
... seed , and yielding more easily to the fibrils of the root of the plant . But what is particularly surprising in this plant , is the contrivance of its seeds , which are oblong , pyramidal , and very small , covered with very soft hair ...
... seed , and yielding more easily to the fibrils of the root of the plant . But what is particularly surprising in this plant , is the contrivance of its seeds , which are oblong , pyramidal , and very small , covered with very soft hair ...
Page 147
... seed may be carried to walls , trees , and other places fit for its vegetation . " Our author farther observes ... seed having been carried by its wings or feathers to a great distance from the gardens wherein it was first planted ...
... seed may be carried to walls , trees , and other places fit for its vegetation . " Our author farther observes ... seed having been carried by its wings or feathers to a great distance from the gardens wherein it was first planted ...
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