 | James Mitchell - Forests and forestry - 1827 - 332 pages
...country. And this devastation is now become epidemical, that, unless some favourable expedient offer itself, and a way be seriously and speedily resolved...will, within a short time, be totally wanting to it. To attain now a spontaneous supply of these decayed materials, (which is the vulgar and natural way,)... | |
 | James Mitchell - Forests and forestry - 1827 - 304 pages
...country. And this devastation is now become epidemical, that, unless some favourable expedient offer itself, and a way be seriously and speedily resolved...will, within a short time, be totally wanting to it. To attain now a spontaneous supply of these decayed materials, (which is the vulgar and natural way,)... | |
 | Daniel Jay Browne - Arboriculture - 1832 - 410 pages
...factories, steam engines, &c. with fuel, that, unless some auspicious expedient offer itself, and means be seriously and speedily resolved upon, for a future...considerable bulwarks of this nation will, within a few centuries, be nearly extinct. With all the projected improvements in our internal navigation, whence... | |
 | Natural history - 1831 - 420 pages
...glass houses, factories, &c. with fuel, that, unless some auspicious expedient offer itself, and means be seriously and speedily resolved upon, for a future...considerable bulwarks of this nation will, within a few centuries, be totally extinct. From the impolitic waste and universal sloth among us, we should... | |
 | Daniel Jay Browne - Arboriculture - 1832 - 426 pages
...factories, steam engines, &c. with fuel, that, unless some auspicious expedient offer itself, and means be seriously and speedily resolved upon, for a future...considerable bulwarks of this nation will, within a few centuries, be nearly extinct. With all the projected improvements in our internal navigation, whence... | |
 | Richard Brindley Hone - 1833 - 414 pages
...country. And this devastation is now become so epidemical, that unless some favourable expedient offer itself, and a way be seriously and speedily resolved...will, within a short time, be totally wanting to it." This work treats of the culture, qualities, and uses of " all sorts of trees," and is enlivened with... | |
 | New York (State). Forest Commission - Forests and forestry - 1887 - 190 pages
...were, in some sort, his natural enemies — they stood in the way between * Marsh's Man and Nature. him and existence. As men multiplied the forests decreased....2,515,491 acres, chiefly private property, as the Orownlands are only 125,000 acres. Natural indigenous timber is very scarce, and the woodlands consist... | |
 | John Ernest Phythian - Tree worship - 1907 - 412 pages
...and a way be seriously and speedily resolved upon, for the future repair of this important defect, one of the most glorious, and considerable bulwarks...will, within a short time, be totally wanting to it." Our wooden bulwarks have proved their value many a time since Evelyn's day ; and we are learning now... | |
 | Forests and forestry - 1913 - 410 pages
...factories, steam engines, etc., with fuel, that unless some auspicious expedient offer itself and means speedily resolved upon for a future store, one of...considerable bulwarks of this nation will within a few centuries be nearly extinct. With all the projected improvements in our internal navigation, whence... | |
 | Edward Percy Stebbing - Forests and forestry - 1919 - 324 pages
...country. And this devastation has now become so epidemical, that unless some favourable expedient offer itself, and a way be seriously and speedily resolved...will, within a short time, be totally wanting to it." Immediate and speedy planting was the chief note of Evelyn's bugle call. He was not concerned with... | |
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And this devastation is now become epidemical, that, unless some favourable expedient offer itself, and a way be seriously and speedily resolved upon for a future store, one of the most glorious and considerable bulwarks of this nation, will, within a... 
