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... produce beautiful thicket scenery , oaks being mixed with them . The hollies are numerous , and commonly of the size of trees ; and add beauty to the scenery at all times , and in winter must give it a peculiar cheerfulness . Hainault ...
... produce beautiful thicket scenery , oaks being mixed with them . The hollies are numerous , and commonly of the size of trees ; and add beauty to the scenery at all times , and in winter must give it a peculiar cheerfulness . Hainault ...
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... produce little effect . But the Turkey is both a large bird , and , being gregarious , forms groups , which become objects of consequence . shape also is picturesque , as well as its actions . colour , too , especially if it be of the ...
... produce little effect . But the Turkey is both a large bird , and , being gregarious , forms groups , which become objects of consequence . shape also is picturesque , as well as its actions . colour , too , especially if it be of the ...
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... plentifully one year , it is generally barren the next . In warm countries the beech - mast would probably produce oil in large quantities , but its use is super- OIL FROM BEECH - MAST . 23 seded by the 22 THE BEECH IN AUTUMN .
... plentifully one year , it is generally barren the next . In warm countries the beech - mast would probably produce oil in large quantities , but its use is super- OIL FROM BEECH - MAST . 23 seded by the 22 THE BEECH IN AUTUMN .
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... produces any oil in Sweden . Most trees will 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 ...
... produces any oil in Sweden . Most trees will 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 ...
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... produced them , and the consequence is likely to be that , when they are required for naval purposes , many of the trees will be found of a very inferior quality . When we consider the large tracts of land which have been planted in ...
... produced them , and the consequence is likely to be that , when they are required for naval purposes , many of the trees will be found of a very inferior quality . When we consider the large tracts of land which have been planted in ...
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