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Excerpt from Western Sneezeweed (Helenium Hoopesii) As a Poisonous PlantIt is said to be poisonous like other species of the genus. Sheep carefully avoid it, feeding on the grass and other herbaceous plants, leaving the plant standing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses s...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Cockleburs (Species of Xanthium) As Poisonous PlantsGoff, 1894, makes the following statement: It has been said that the plant is poisonous to cattle, but this is probably a mistake. It is at least known that cattle sometimes eat sparingly of it without serious results.Maiden, 1895, speaking of the Xanthium spinosum, which in some localities is known as Bathurst bur, quotes Doctors Bancroft and Goff, but adds nothing to preceding ...

Excerpt from Reinforced ConcreteIN the following pages the author has endeavoured to place before engineers, architects and others a complete treatment of the subject of reinforced concrete in so far as is possible at the present day. It is hoped that the book, which is believed to be the first of the kind to appear in the English language, will be found useful by the many engineers and architects who already take an interest in this form of c...

Excerpt from Nuttall's Death Camas (Zygadenus Nuttallii) As a Poisonous PlantThe matter was of great interest because this was the first and only report to the Department of Agriculture of losses from this plant, although it is now well known that the species of Zygadenus growing in the West have occasioned heavy losses of livestock. It seemed a matter of some importance that the plant should be investigated experimentally, and arrangements we...

Excerpt from Nuttall's Death Camas (Zygadenus Nuttallii) As a Poisonous PlantThe matter was of great interest because this was the first and only report to the Department of Agriculture of losses from this plant, although it is now well known that the species of Zygadenus growing in the West have occasioned heavy losses of livestock. It seemed a matter of some importance that the plant should be investigated experimentally, and arrangements we...

Excerpt from Western Sneezeweed (Helenium Hoopesii) As a Poisonous PlantIt is said to be poisonous like other species of the genus. Sheep carefully avoid it, feeding on the grass and other herbaceous plants, leaving the plant standing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses s...

Excerpt from Recollections: 1837 1910So many memoirs, reminiscences and recollections, by authors of distinction, have been published during recent years that a person so little known as I am would nat urally hesitate to appear in the same field. But such pro ductions usually describe events, incidents or person ages notable in court, camp or forum, and no one, so far as I know, has attempted to present the recollections and experiences of an ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from God's ScholarsMet to sharpen their scythes and spend the earnest money given by the farmers in wetting those same scythes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from A Revision of the North American Species of DiaptomusThe genus Diaptomus is of special interest to the student of plankton, because, in so many cases, it forms the major por tion of that part of the plankton which is available as food for fishes. It is true that in plankton - rich bodies of water, the largest collections consist, for the most part, of vegetable materi al, but a large proportion of the vegetable material is waste s...

Excerpt from Odontornithes: Monograph on the Extinct Toothed Birds of North America, With Thirty-Four Plates and Forty WoodcutsOf these is now nearly completed, and the results will soon be ready for publication.The material is abundant for a series of monographs on the marvel lous extinct vertebrates of this country, and the results already attained are full of promise for the future. A somewhat careful estimate makes the number of new specie...

Excerpt from Introduction and Succession of Vertebrate Life in America: An Address Delivered Before the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at Nashville, August 30In considering the ancient life of America, it is important to bear In mind that I can only offer you a brief record of a few of the countless forms that once occupied this continent. The review I can bring before you will not be like that of a great army, when regim...

Excerpt from A Gentleman JurorWith a sudden ¿ush the clerk murmured: Thank you Ralph, then added, explosively: Yes, sir, at once, sir, and hurried from the room.As he turned again to his desk Ralph whispered to himself: Poor old man. His art dreams will ruin him in spite of all I can do.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of...

Excerpt from The Clubs of London, Vol. 1 of 2: With Anecdotes of Their Members, Sketches of Character, and ConversationsOnce fetter it with the chains of a definition circumscribe its comforts, its enjoyments, its warm communion of heart, within the limits of any precise term, - and it is no longer a club.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book i...