A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden: Or, An Account of the Most Valuable Fruits Cultivated in Great Britain: with Kalendars of the Work Required in the Orchard and Kitchen Garden During Every Month in the Year |
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Page xiii
... leaf buds and flower buds themselves . In a leaf bud , all the appendages or leaves are in a high state of development , and the central part or axis , around which they are arranged , has a tendency to extend itself in the form of a ...
... leaf buds and flower buds themselves . In a leaf bud , all the appendages or leaves are in a high state of development , and the central part or axis , around which they are arranged , has a tendency to extend itself in the form of a ...
Page xiv
... leaves . It is , therefore , easily to be understood why , so long as all the motions in the fluids and secretions of a tree go on rapidly , with vigour , and without interruption , only rudiments of branches ( or leaf buds ) should be ...
... leaves . It is , therefore , easily to be understood why , so long as all the motions in the fluids and secretions of a tree go on rapidly , with vigour , and without interruption , only rudiments of branches ( or leaf buds ) should be ...
Page xvi
... leaves . When the sap is first communicated by the stem to the leaves , it has experienced but few chemical changes since it first entered the roots . Such changes as it has undergone have been due rather to the solution of some of the ...
... leaves . When the sap is first communicated by the stem to the leaves , it has experienced but few chemical changes since it first entered the roots . Such changes as it has undergone have been due rather to the solution of some of the ...
Page xvii
... leaves , it ceases to be what we call sap , but becomes the proper juice ; or , in other words , acquires the peculiar character of the final secretions of the individual from which it is formed . Discharged by the leaves into the bark ...
... leaves , it ceases to be what we call sap , but becomes the proper juice ; or , in other words , acquires the peculiar character of the final secretions of the individual from which it is formed . Discharged by the leaves into the bark ...
Page xxvii
... leaf ; it is im- possible to remove them without injuring their spon- gioles , and it is equally impossible to hinder the evapo- ration by their leaves : but if they are kept in pots , it matters not at what season their removal takes ...
... leaf ; it is im- possible to remove them without injuring their spon- gioles , and it is equally impossible to hinder the evapo- ration by their leaves : but if they are kept in pots , it matters not at what season their removal takes ...
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A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden: Or, an Account of the Most Valuable ... George Lindley No preview available - 2020 |
A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden; Or, an Account of the Most Valuable ... John Lindley,George Lindley No preview available - 2015 |
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