The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain: By Anne Pratt, Volume 2Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1855 - Botany |
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... plant , as it is doubtless in many parts of the kingdom , having been long a common ornament of gardens and shrubberies . It is generally VOL . II . C about three or four feet in height , bearing , FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN . 9.
... plant , as it is doubtless in many parts of the kingdom , having been long a common ornament of gardens and shrubberies . It is generally VOL . II . C about three or four feet in height , bearing , FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN . 9.
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... gardener , or through fraud of the Jews , or through religion and piety having been offended by people in the neighbourhood . " Happily , our flower yet remains , though some of its old uses have died away . T Se Duc 3 4 " " when ...
... gardener , or through fraud of the Jews , or through religion and piety having been offended by people in the neighbourhood . " Happily , our flower yet remains , though some of its old uses have died away . T Se Duc 3 4 " " when ...
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... gardener , or through fraud of the Jews , or through religion and piety having been offended by people in the neighbourhood . " Happily , our flower yet remains , though some of its old uses have died away . 3 3 . 4 One of the notions ...
... gardener , or through fraud of the Jews , or through religion and piety having been offended by people in the neighbourhood . " Happily , our flower yet remains , though some of its old uses have died away . 3 3 . 4 One of the notions ...
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... gardens , and which are the commonest of win- dow plants . The genera Erodium and Geranium are mostly natives of Europe , North America , and Northern Asia . A slight degree of astringency and acidity is possessed by the Geranium , and ...
... gardens , and which are the commonest of win- dow plants . The genera Erodium and Geranium are mostly natives of Europe , North America , and Northern Asia . A slight degree of astringency and acidity is possessed by the Geranium , and ...
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... garden , or its seed was borne thither by wind or bird from a more distant plot . The flowers are of a dingy , purplish black colour , looking like the blossom of some poisonous plant . They occur in May and June . A variety with white ...
... garden , or its seed was borne thither by wind or bird from a more distant plot . The flowers are of a dingy , purplish black colour , looking like the blossom of some poisonous plant . They occur in May and June . A variety with white ...
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