 Carbon grows in the district of Guasco, Coquimbo, and Cuzcuz. It is short and thick, and used for small articles of turnery; but it is incomparable for firewood. Two logs, that might not each be more than a yard long and one-third thick, suffice to keep...  The Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage - Page 38by William Jackson Hooker, G.A. Walker Arnott - 1841Full view - About this book
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...; but it is incomparable for firewood : two logs, that might not each be more than threequarters of a yard long and one-third thick, suffice to keep a...stew boiling, night and day, besides other kettles, even enough for eight or ten people. 16. CARDON, Pourretia Coarctata. Its leaves are great masses,... | |
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...and thick, and used for small articles of turnery, but it is incomparable for firewood. Two logsthat might not each be more th'an a yard long and one-third...day, besides other kettles, enough for eight or ten people. Mr. Cruckshanks, from whom there are specimens in the Hookerian Herbarium, states that the... | |
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