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All About Weeds

By: Edwin R. Spencer

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This book might be called a Who's Who among Weeds as it covers 102 of the most common weeds found throughout the United States. Weeds of lawn and yard, weeds that are sometimes used for food, weeds that are the bane of hayfever sufferers, weeds that can ruin cow's milk, poisonous weeds, and even the real desperadoes that can totally overtake a field in one season are all covered. The author, Edwin R. Spencer, was a farmer and biology professor; his text is both a practical and an authoritative guide to weeds, able to speak to nature lovers, farmers, and scientists alike. Pigweed … Dogbane … Carpet Weed … Crab Grass … Wild Garlic … Spiderwort … Chicory … Ragweed … Poison Ivy … Yellow Dock … each weed is listed under its most common name, but since one man's Moneywort is another man's Creeping Jenny, its scientific and alternative common names are also given. Then follows a delightful description of each weed, full of information and good humor as well. Details for controlling the weed are given in this section. To aid in identification each weed is multiply keyed at the front of the text as to its place and season of growth, the type of soil it prefers, and physical characteristics. Even if you know nothing about botany, you will most likely be able to identify your find through these keys or just by flipping through the 102 first-rate illustrations. To the gardener and farmer weeds are something to be hoed out and plowed under, but weeds are also a fascinating group of plants, as this thoroughly readable book will point out. They are the plants you are most likely to come upon in nature jaunts and the ones you are going to have to come to terms with if you do any gardening of your own. "A most fascinating book." — Garden Club of America.

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370

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Courier Corporation

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ISBN 10

0486144429

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9780486144429

Early Oregon Days

By: Edwin D. Culp

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Early Oregon Days

By: Edwin D. Culp

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press How did people travel in the good old days? Ed Culp traces the history of transportation in the West, particularly into Oregon. Old photos, maps, drawings, advertisements and transportation schedules illustrate how improvements were made, with emphasis on the development of the railroad.

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204

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Caxton Press

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0870043145

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9780870043147

Virginia Genealogies

A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia

By: Horace Edwin Hayden

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Virginia Genealogies

A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia

By: Horace Edwin Hayden

Facsimile reprint. Originally publshed: Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1891.

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804

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806301740

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9780806301747

PEYTON, of England and Virginia

By: Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden

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PEYTON, of England and Virginia

By: Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden

Reverend Horace Edwin HAYDEN, continues to be the leading genealogist of the PEYTON family of Virginia. His celebrated book, "Virginia Genealogies," published in 1891, included a chapter on the PEYTON family: "PEYTON, 'of Iselham,' Cambridgeshire, England, Gloucester, and Westmoreland Counties, Virginia." The author closely followed the English PEYTON lines in the 1878 book "Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley," by Robert E. Chester WATERS. One hundred seventeen years ago, when Reverend HAYDEN published the lineage and history of the PEYTON family of Virginia, his work was the most comprehensive and accurate in data, scope and material ever received. Since then, his extensive "Peyton" chapter in "Virginia Genealogies" has formed the basis of all succeeding published genealogies of the Peyton family.This scanned reprint will be a welcome and necessary resource for those studying the PEYTON family of Virginia. His acclaimed essay "Descent" is included.

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140

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Lulu.com

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ISBN 10

1435753380

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9781435753389

Practical Polyphenolics

From Structure to Molecular Recognition and Physiological Action

By: Edwin Haslam

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Practical Polyphenolics

From Structure to Molecular Recognition and Physiological Action

By: Edwin Haslam

This book describes the scientific basis for the action of plant polyphenols in a wide range of phenomena.

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450

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Cambridge University Press

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0521465133

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9780521465137

I Must Say

Edwin Newman on English, the News, and Other Matters

By: Edwin Newman

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Edwin Newman on English, the News, and Other Matters

By: Edwin Newman

A collection of the bestselling author's syndicated columns offers observations and judgments on word play, British language and custom, sports, Muzak, news reporting, U.S. foreign policy, and America's lifestyles

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Grand Central Publishing

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0446390992

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9780446390996

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All About Weeds

All About Weeds

Early Oregon Days

Early Oregon Days

Virginia Genealogies

Virginia Genealogies

PEYTON, of England and Virginia

PEYTON, of England and Virginia

Practical Polyphenolics

Practical Polyphenolics

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I Must Say

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