Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society

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Page 201 - ... the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained...
Page 103 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 103 - Constitution, be referred to a committee of three, to be appointed by the chair...
Page 370 - The Silva of North America. A description of the Trees which grow naturally in North America, exclusive of Mexico.
Page 389 - The Planter's Guide ; or a Practical Essay on the best Method of giving immediate Effect to Wood, by the Removal of Large Trees...
Page 158 - It was not until the early part of the seventeenth century that any contrivance was devised for the more definite determination of heat.
Page 60 - Eckeberg tells us, goes to the city without carrying back, at the two ends of his bamboo, two buckets full of what we call filth. Thanks to human fertilization, the earth in China is still as young as in the days of Abraham.
Page 191 - And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every, tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Page 104 - I, country-born an' bred, know where to find Some blooms thet make the season suit the mind, An' seem to metch the doubtin' bluebird's notes, — Half-vent'rin' liverworts in furry coats, Bloodroots, whose rolled-up leaves ef you oncurl, Each on 'em 's cradle to a baby-pearl, — But these are jes...
Page 388 - HOW TO KNOW THE WILD FLOWERS. A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of our Common Wild Flowers. By Mrs. WILLIAM STARR DANA.

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