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Page 650 - There is no price set on the lavish summer, And June may be had by the poorest comer. " And what is so rare as a day in June 1 Then, if ever, come perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the
Page 721 - her out, A whispering sweetness ; but her winter note Was hissing, dry, and reedy. Lastly, the Pine Did he solicit; and from her he drew A voice so constant, soft and lowly deep, That there he rested, welcoming in her A mild memorial of the ocean cave, Where he was born.
Page 721 - to earth Descended, with a wafture and a swoop,— Where, wandering volatile from kind to kind, He wooed the several trees to give him one. First, he besought the Ash ; the voice she lent Fitfully, with a free
Page 31 - proposition that the square of the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. To
Page 503 - lbs. of Hay, or 200 cwt. of BeetRoot, which are the yearly produce of such a field. But it is less than the straw, roots, and grain of Corn, which might grow on the same surface, would contain.
Page 334 - The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that,
Page 652 - Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how ; Every thing is happy now,— Every thing is upward striving; 'Tis as easy now for the
Page 524 - It is also of importance to know that the rule usually adopted in France and Germany, of estimating the value of a manure according to the amount of its nitrogen, is quite fallacious, and that its value does not stand in proportion to its nitrogen.
Page 561 - ground. It is not usual with many either to tie or clay the grafts in this case, as the wound is placed below the surface; but when this plan is adopted, the grafts must be set, and the trees planted at once, drawing the well-pulverized soil with great care around the graft. " Another way of grafting Apple-stocks,
Page 50 - The temperature of retentive soils is very much raised during that period of the year in which vegetation is active, by the removal of water by drainage." " Many experiments have shown that in retentive soils the temperature at 2 or 3 feet below the surface of the water-table is at no period of the year higher than from 46° to 48°,