Transactions of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, Volumen9 |
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... fall growth of 1843 , and the following open winter , with its sudden changes , killed to the ground some of the more tender varieties . For a num- ber of years the trees that escaped injury bore good crops of fruit ; then came a more ...
... fall growth of 1843 , and the following open winter , with its sudden changes , killed to the ground some of the more tender varieties . For a num- ber of years the trees that escaped injury bore good crops of fruit ; then came a more ...
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... fall , for the exhibition of fruits and for discussions , and such other meetings for discussion and exhibition as the executive committee may direct , at such time and place as the executive board shall designate . ART . VI . This ...
... fall , for the exhibition of fruits and for discussions , and such other meetings for discussion and exhibition as the executive committee may direct , at such time and place as the executive board shall designate . ART . VI . This ...
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... fall following , the garden would be a good place in which to hunt rabbits , except for the fact that it would be nearly or quite impossible to follow them through the mass of weeds and rubbish with which it would be covered . As a ...
... fall following , the garden would be a good place in which to hunt rabbits , except for the fact that it would be nearly or quite impossible to follow them through the mass of weeds and rubbish with which it would be covered . As a ...
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... falling off from the good old ways of those who preceded us , by which we are not the gainers , but rather suffer loss . This is a fruitful theme , but only as it applies to floriculture will I glean . In a family where the love of ...
... falling off from the good old ways of those who preceded us , by which we are not the gainers , but rather suffer loss . This is a fruitful theme , but only as it applies to floriculture will I glean . In a family where the love of ...
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... falling , and on the arrival of coveted beauties ours often have crumbled . One novelty , Panicum variegatum , looks as if the name had crushed out the life and all desire of it ; and I would have quite as soon plucked a handful of ...
... falling , and on the arrival of coveted beauties ours often have crumbled . One novelty , Panicum variegatum , looks as if the name had crushed out the life and all desire of it ; and I would have quite as soon plucked a handful of ...
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Página 42 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays; Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, •An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers...
Página 250 - I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life...
Página 130 - The by-laws may be amended at any regular meeting by a two-thirds vote of...
Página 253 - Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself. I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks. I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven on the bathing tub of king Tching-thang to this effect: "Renew thyself completely each day; do it again and again, and forever again.
Página 25 - There are no times like the old times, — they shall never be forgot ! There is no place like the old place, — keep green the dear old spot ! There are no friends like our old friends, — may Heaven prolong their lives ! There are no loves like our old loves, — God bless our loving wives 1 1865. A HYMN OF PEACE SUNG AT THE "JUBILEE...
Página 250 - Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
Página 316 - The meeting was called to order by the President, and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
Página 251 - There is some of the same fitness in a man's building his own house that there is in a bird's building its own nest. Who knows but if men constructed their dwellings with their own hands, and provided food for themselves and families simply and honestly enough, the poetic faculty would be universally developed, as birds universally sing when they are so engaged?
Página 43 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Página 253 - It was a pleasure and a privilege to walk with him. He knew the country like a fox or a bird, and passed through it as freely by paths of his own.