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1-celled 3-lobed 5-parted Africa anthers Asia axillary bark base berry bipinnate bracts branches calyx capsule Carpels cells color common name corolla corymbs cotyledons cultivation cylindrical cymes derived dioecious drupe England Etymology feet high feet in diameter feet in height filaments flavor fleshy Flowers perfect fruit genera Geography globular Greek grows hairy herb History imbricated inches in diameter inches long India involucre known lanceolate Latin leaf leaflets Leaves alternate Leaves opposite lobes medicinal middle monoecious native North America northern oblong ovary ovate ovules panicles perianth petals petioles pinnate pistils planted grounds produced pubescent racemes root seeds segments sepals serrate sessile sheathing short shrubs slender smooth solitary sometimes southern Europe southern United species specific name spikes spreading stalk stamens staminate flowers Stem stigma stipules style temperate zone terminal toothed tree tropical Trunk tubular United varieties wood woody yellow yields
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Page 257 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 166 - Harry, I do not only marvel where thou spendest thy time, but also how thou art accompanied : for though the camomile, the more it is trodden on, the faster it grows, yet youth, the more it is wasted, the sooner it wears.
Page x - But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows...
Page 139 - And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates ; neither is there any water to drink.
Page 221 - Until t^e middle of the 18th century India was the only source of sandalwood. The discovery of a sandalwood in the islands of the Pacific led to a considerable trade of a somewhat piratical nature, resulting in difficulties with the natives, often ending in bloodshed, the celebrated missionary John Williams, amongst others, having fallen a victim to an indiscriminate retaliation by the natives on white men visiting the islands. The loss of life in this trade was at one time even greater than in that...
Page 119 - It is from three quarters of an inch, to an inch and a quarter in length, and from one third to half an inch in greatest breadth.
Page 319 - Bracts, in general, are the leaves of an inflorescence, more or less different from ordinary leaves. Specially, the bract is the small leaf or scale from the axil of which a flower or its pedicel proceeds ; p.
Page iii - The most important food-producing trees, shrubs and herbs, including ornamental plants, fruits, nuts, medicinal plants, and those which furnish oils, dyes, lumber, textile fabrics, etc., are presented in a concise, but thorough manner.
Page 42 - Petals hypogynous, either equal to the sepals in number, and opposite to them, or twice as many, sometimes with an appendage at the base in the inside.