The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 16George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1876 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... plants . The genus tecoma ( from the Mexican name ) , separated from Big- nonia on account of a structural difference in the pods , consists of about 50 species , mostly trees and natives of tropical America . The trumpet flower , T ...
... plants . The genus tecoma ( from the Mexican name ) , separated from Big- nonia on account of a structural difference in the pods , consists of about 50 species , mostly trees and natives of tropical America . The trumpet flower , T ...
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... plant of the amaryllis family , polianthes tuberosa , cultivated for its fragrant flowers . The generic name , from the ... plants ; it is but a few years since the bulbs were all imported , some from Holland , but the finest from Italy ...
... plant of the amaryllis family , polianthes tuberosa , cultivated for its fragrant flowers . The generic name , from the ... plants ; it is but a few years since the bulbs were all imported , some from Holland , but the finest from Italy ...
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... plants that have not yet bloomed in the open ground are taken up and put in the greenhouse ; and bulbs of the previous year's growth are carefully kept until August , when they are planted under glass . For forcing purposes the dwarf ...
... plants that have not yet bloomed in the open ground are taken up and put in the greenhouse ; and bulbs of the previous year's growth are carefully kept until August , when they are planted under glass . For forcing purposes the dwarf ...
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... plants of the lily family , of which numerous cultivated forms are derived from several distinct species , all ... plant in 1559 from specimens raised from seed sent from the Levant ; the stems are taller than in any other species ...
... plants of the lily family , of which numerous cultivated forms are derived from several distinct species , all ... plant in 1559 from specimens raised from seed sent from the Levant ; the stems are taller than in any other species ...
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... plants cultivated until the leaves fade , which they will do in a few weeks , when the bulbs are taken up , dried , and kept in a cool , dry place until time to plant again . Early sorts are often left in the ground year after year ...
... plants cultivated until the leaves fade , which they will do in a few weeks , when the bulbs are taken up , dried , and kept in a cool , dry place until time to plant again . Early sorts are often left in the ground year after year ...
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Page 178 - States to make and enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give evidence ; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property ; and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens...
Page 179 - Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired. Justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities...
Page 167 - ... is essential to the preservation of our Republican institutions; and that the Federal Constitution, the rights of the States and the Union of the States must and shall be preserved.
Page 151 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise ; the State remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 168 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law...
Page 163 - Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition to, the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Page 168 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government...
Page 178 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 167 - That the new dogma, that the constitution, of its own force, carries slavery into any or all of the territories of the United States, is a dangerous political heresy, at variance with the explicit provisions of that instrument itself, with contemporaneous exposition, and with legislative and judicial precedent ; is revolutionary in its tendency, and subversive of the peace and harmony of the country.
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