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... colours of the violet . The five varieties of the yellow violet .. 317 15. The caltha . The scopa regia .. 16. The bacchar ... colour of flowers 23. The amaranth .. 24. The cyanos : the holochrysos .. 321 324 325 ib . 326 327 328 25. The ...
... colours of the violet . The five varieties of the yellow violet .. 317 15. The caltha . The scopa regia .. 16. The bacchar ... colour of flowers 23. The amaranth .. 24. The cyanos : the holochrysos .. 321 324 325 ib . 326 327 328 25. The ...
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... colour . All chalky soils are scorching , unless they are very thin ; the same , too , with sand , unless it is remarkably fine . These remarks , however , are more applicable to cham- paign localities than declivities . " 65 66 61 The ...
... colour . All chalky soils are scorching , unless they are very thin ; the same , too , with sand , unless it is remarkably fine . These remarks , however , are more applicable to cham- paign localities than declivities . " 65 66 61 The ...
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... colour , the white , for instance , the black , the red , and the purple even . Several kinds of bread are made from millet , but very little from panic : there is no grain known that weighs heavier than millet , and which swells more ...
... colour , the white , for instance , the black , the red , and the purple even . Several kinds of bread are made from millet , but very little from panic : there is no grain known that weighs heavier than millet , and which swells more ...
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... colour of blood . The lupine and the poppy are the only ones among these plants that lose 18 their leaves . The leguminous plants remain a longer time in flower , the fitch and the chick - pea more particularly ; but the bean is in ...
... colour of blood . The lupine and the poppy are the only ones among these plants that lose 18 their leaves . The leguminous plants remain a longer time in flower , the fitch and the chick - pea more particularly ; but the bean is in ...
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... colour . This last kind is employed for making polenta : the white is ill adapted for standing the se- verity of the weather . Barley is the softest of all the grains : it can only be sown in a dry , loose soil , but fertile withal ...
... colour . This last kind is employed for making polenta : the white is ill adapted for standing the se- verity of the weather . Barley is the softest of all the grains : it can only be sown in a dry , loose soil , but fertile withal ...
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