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... grow uninjured and unpruned . Some of the old trees I have met with on the banks of a rivulet throw out their bold roots in a direction away from it , then again grasp the ground , as if mind- ful that the undermining of the bank by the ...
... grow uninjured and unpruned . Some of the old trees I have met with on the banks of a rivulet throw out their bold roots in a direction away from it , then again grasp the ground , as if mind- ful that the undermining of the bank by the ...
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... grow further north , although they will not produce fruit . In the year 1814 , Aaron Hill , the poet and a great schemer , not being aware of the uncertainty of either the quantity or quality of beech - mast in this country , proposed a ...
... grow further north , although they will not produce fruit . In the year 1814 , Aaron Hill , the poet and a great schemer , not being aware of the uncertainty of either the quantity or quality of beech - mast in this country , proposed a ...
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... grown , are constantly falling out of it , and thus many perish . A visit to the Heronshaw , * for so it was anciently called , in Windsor Great Park will amply repay the trouble of going thither , if rambling in this * The Heron - shaw ...
... grown , are constantly falling out of it , and thus many perish . A visit to the Heronshaw , * for so it was anciently called , in Windsor Great Park will amply repay the trouble of going thither , if rambling in this * The Heron - shaw ...
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... grow , beyond a doubt , the toughest wood , and have a beautiful grain . It is very durable not only for shipping , but for fencing ; and , when exposed to the weather , lasts much longer than any other , of which I have D2 Their Age ...
... grow , beyond a doubt , the toughest wood , and have a beautiful grain . It is very durable not only for shipping , but for fencing ; and , when exposed to the weather , lasts much longer than any other , of which I have D2 Their Age ...
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... grow in England . Both Gerrard and Parkinson mention but one sort . Evelyn , who was rather a lover of trees than a botanist , has not distinguished them . Even Ray has not described them with his usual accu- racy . Miller confounds the ...
... grow in England . Both Gerrard and Parkinson mention but one sort . Evelyn , who was rather a lover of trees than a botanist , has not distinguished them . Even Ray has not described them with his usual accu- racy . Miller confounds the ...
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