Farm and Garden. Original Articles. No. 110. The Pins Tree (continued)—filling the Boxes—Duration of Yield—American Tar—The Pitch Pine—Description—Bark—Wood—Soil—The White Pine—Qualities—Leaves—Cones—Soil—Trunk—[?]isting Gales—Young stocks—Wood— Usefulness—The Cypress—The Evergreen Cypress—Varicties—Timber—Instances of Durability—For musicla instruments furniture, and general building—Life of Cypress—The White Cedar—As a Timber Tree—Arbor Vi[?]e—Description and Use—Soil—Propagation
The Mountaineer · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 3
During a fortnight, which is employed in this first operation, the boxes become filled, when the contents are taken out and conveyed into cases by wooden ladies. To…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. No. 111. Norfolk Island [?] —The Juniper—Where [?] The Wood—Bark—Berries—[?] tillation and effects on Gin—[?] berry Myrtle—The Sweet Gale—Substitute for Hops—Cones—Uses of Plant— Medicinal Uses—The Tallow Shrub— Candle-making—Soap — The
The Mountaineer · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 4
Norfolk Inland Pine: This splendid tree attains a great size, often attaining over two hundred feet high. It is a native of Australia, and presents a magnificent object…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. No. 112. The Clove Tree (continued)— Essential oil—Characteristice—Medicinal Uses—Condiments—Soil and Situation— Traders' Devices—Firs or Spruces—The -Timber—-Uset Darability—R[?] and Burgundy Pitch—Spruce Bee—White, Black and Red Spruces—Uses of Black Spruce—Of Red Spruce—Essence of
The Mountaineer · Friday 24 November 1899 · page 4
The clove it highly aromatic, and the footstalks of the leaves have nearly the same pungency as the calyx of the flowers. Clove trees as an avenue to a residence are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Katoomba Police Court. Wednesday, November 20, 1890 Before Molars J. F. Tabrett and H. E. Vaughan, J's.P. Cattle Straying
The Mountaineer · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 5
F. DUFF was charged by the Inspector of Nuisances for the Katoomba municipality with allowing two cows to stray in Gang Gang St…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. No. 113. The Larch—Soil—Size—Comparison with P[?]—Suitability of large for particular purposes—Red Flowers— White Flowers—Compared with Scot[?] Bark - Tannin and Torpentice — Cedas of Lebanon—Qualities—Dursbility— General Appearance—Foliage—Historical Reference
The Mountaineer · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 2
The Larch is, after the common pinal probably the moat valuable of the tribe. Though a native of the mountains, it thrives well in varied [?] and situations, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. No. 116, Covering Tree Wounds—Shalios— Gas Tar—Grafting Wax—Oil Paint— Feeding Cows for Cheese—Ensilage for Horse Feed—Experiments—Late Chicks
The Mountaineer · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 4
Covering Tree Wounds: Now and again some fancy recipe is made known for the above purpose and very frequently theliac enters into the composition, which is very…
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