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... preparing fiax 16. Magydaris 17. Madder 18. The radicula 10. The bulb eriophorus grow , but cannot be reproduced from seed 12. Misy ; iton ; and geranion 13. Particulars connected with the truffle 14. The pezica 15. Laserpitium , laser ...
... preparing fiax 16. Magydaris 17. Madder 18. The radicula 10. The bulb eriophorus grow , but cannot be reproduced from seed 12. Misy ; iton ; and geranion 13. Particulars connected with the truffle 14. The pezica 15. Laserpitium , laser ...
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... preparing wax . The best kinds of wax . Punic wax . 50. Plants which grow spontaneously : the use made of them by various nations , their nature , and remarkable facts connected with them . The strawberry , the tamnus , and the ...
... preparing wax . The best kinds of wax . Punic wax . 50. Plants which grow spontaneously : the use made of them by various nations , their nature , and remarkable facts connected with them . The strawberry , the tamnus , and the ...
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... prepare them- selves for the infliction of injury upon others ; but still , which is there among them all , with the ... prepared by the human hand ! And then besides , is it not the fact , that there are many men , the very existence of ...
... prepare them- selves for the infliction of injury upon others ; but still , which is there among them all , with the ... prepared by the human hand ! And then besides , is it not the fact , that there are many men , the very existence of ...
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... prepared , we shall proceed to speak of the nature of the various kinds of grain ; we must premise , however , that there are two principal classes of grain , the cereals , comprising wheat and barley , and the legumina , such as the ...
... prepared , we shall proceed to speak of the nature of the various kinds of grain ; we must premise , however , that there are two principal classes of grain , the cereals , comprising wheat and barley , and the legumina , such as the ...
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... prepared for the mill , there being no necessity for parching23 them . Spelt , on the other hand , millet , and panic , cannot be cleaned without parching them ; hence it is that they are always sown raw and with the chaff on . Spelt is ...
... prepared for the mill , there being no necessity for parching23 them . Spelt , on the other hand , millet , and panic , cannot be cleaned without parching them ; hence it is that they are always sown raw and with the chaff on . Spelt is ...
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