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VEGETABLE MARROW, Cucurbila Pepo, var. ovifera, the most important of the gourds (q.v.), used as an esculent, furnishing in good seasons a very large supply for the table. They are best when eaten quite young and not over-boiled, the flesh being then tender, a ...

... nd to 7 and forest to 25 %. The chief crops are corn (especially wheat), fruit, vegetables, potatoes, beet, tobacco, flax, linseed and hops. The land is well cultivated, and the husbandry on the royal domains and the large estates especially so. The pastures o ...

... stances which are used for the prevention of bacterial development in animal or vegetable matter. Some are true germicides, capable of destroying the bacteria, whilst others merely prevent or inhibit their growth. The antiseptic method of treating wounds (see ...

... ers are more than competent to supply the resident population of the county wkh vegetable, though not with animal food; and some of the less crowded and less productive parts of Ulster receive from Armagh a considerable supply of oats, barley and flour. Apples ...

... eding fourteen years, but setting fire to stacks of the same, or any cultivated vegetable produce, or to peat, coals, &c., is regarded as a more serious offence, and the penal servitude may be for life. For the attempt to commit the last two offences penal ser ...

... and the oscilla of the Romans). The functions of the goddess extended from the vegetable to the animal world, to the inhabitants of the woods and mountains. This is clearly expressed in the cult of Artemis Laphria (possibly connected with Xa^upo, " spoils"), ...

... the instruction of the people, the purification of the air, the nourishment of vegetables by the employment of the principles of meteorology, called Agni-Notri in Sanskrit." He denied that the Vedas warranted the caste system, but wished to retain the four gr ...

... use in cookery. In the regions of its growth the whole plant is used as a fresh vegetable, the_inner portion of the full-grown stem being regarded as a luxury.

... ragus officinalis have from very remote times been in high repute as a culinary vegetable, owing to their delicate flavour and diuretic virtues. The plant, which is a native of the north temperate zone of the Old World, grows wild on the south coast of England ...

... the brethren are clothed alike, take their meals (usually limited to bread and vegetables) in the refectory, and possess no private property. In the " idiorrhythmic " monasteries (iStoppvO pa) , which are governed by two or three annually elected wardens (iir ...

... portant part in providing nitrogenous matter which is afterwards assimilated by vegetable life. The average volume composition of the gases of the atmosphere may be represented (in parts per 10,000) as follows: — Oxygen .... 2065-94 Ozone . . . 0-015 Nitrogen ...

... rom 20 to 24 in. Flora. — From the varied character of its climate and soil the vegetable productions of Austria are very diverse. It has floras of the plains, the hills and the mountains; an alpine flora, and an arctic flora ; a flora of marshes, and a flora ...

... Engadine has a bleak, northern aspect. Pines and larches alone flourish, garden vegetables are grown only in sunny spots, and there is no tillage. The Alpine flora is very rich and varied. But snow falls even in August, and the climate is well described in the ...

... n large quantities for winter use. The plain produces wheat, barley, millet and vegetables. Wood fuel is scarce, the present supply being from the Tortum district, whence surface coal and lignite are also brought; but the usual fuel is tezek or dried cow-dung. ...

... ry allows of no cultivation ; and beyond a few berries, roots, &c., they use no vegetable food. The seal, the reindeer and the whale supply the bulk of their food, as well as their clothing, light, fuel, and frequently also, when driftwood is scarce or unavail ...

... s, most fatty and resinous substances, guncotton, caoutchouc and certain of the vegetable alkaloids. The vapour mixed with oxygen or air is violently explosive. The making of ether by the action of sulphuric acid on alcohol was known in about the i3th century; ...

... . 273 ff.). The lowest, up to about 3000 ft., is the zone of cultivation, where vegetables, and above them where water is more scanty, vines and olives flourish. Owing to its extraordinary fertility it is dense y populated, having 930 inhabitants per sq. m. be ...

... ently required to be raised, and the boring of a well has shown that a layer of vegetable remains, indicating a flora identical with that observed at present on the neighbouring mainland, exists at a depth of 400 ft. below the alluvial deposits. A little to th ...

... s are minutely chipped. The heads appear to have been fastened to the shafts by vegetable fibre and bitumen. Knife-daggers of flint, though practically of one single type, exhibit much variety of form. They vary in size also, but seldom exceed 1 2 in. in lengt ...

... t is now restricted to certain oxyaldehydes and oxy-ketones, which occur in the vegetable and animal kingdoms either free or in combination as glucosides (q.v.) and to artificial preparations of similar chemical structure. Cane sugar has been known for many ce ...

... of St Joseph's Academy (Roman Catholic) for girls. The region produces tobacco, vegetables and cotton, and there are various manufactories in the city. Sumter was founded in 1800 and was named in honour of General Thomas Sumter; it was first chartered as a cit ...

... re. A strange a" feature of this " treatment " lay in the avoidance of meal and vegetables, the diet being strictly confined to meat. Tolstoy pitched his tent in the village of Karalieck, where the primitive life among the Bashkir nomads exactly suited his hab ...

... of South America, probably Peru. The fruit is much esteemed in salads and as a vegetable. Efforts have been made to popularize it for dessert, with varying success. Plants intended to fruit out of doors during the summer should be raised from seed sown at the ...

... or its fleshy roots. The tender growing tops are also used in spring as a green vegetable. The so-called " root " is formed by the thickening of the primary root of the seedling together with the base of the young stem (hypocotyl) immediately above it. The gre ...

... known remains of netted-veined leaved plants, which mark a great advance in the vegetable world. Reptiles were numerous and of great size. They were the largest type of life, both on land and in the sea. Cretaceous System. — This system is much more extensivel ...

... 43 tons) and Boxelder (50,019 tons), all in the northern part of the state. The vegetable crop in 1899 occupied 24,042 acres, or 3.5% of the acreage of all crops, and its value was $1,250,713, or 15.2% of the value of all crops. The product of potatoes increas ...

... ecially cheese), nursery products, flowers (especially roses), small fruits and vegetables, honey and hops. The territory on which Utica was built was part of the 22,000acre tract granted in 1734 by George II. to William Cosby (c. 1695-1736), colonial governor ...

... thylethylacetic acid, (CH3) (C2H6)CH-CO2H, which occur free or as esters in the vegetable and animal kingdoms, chiefly in the roots of Angelica archangelica and Valeriana officinalis. It may be extracted by boiling with water or soda. A similar product is obta ...

... and tubers, and have claimed special benefits from using only those fruits and vegetables that are grown in the sunlight. Some have given up all grain and pulse foods, and have declared that old age can be best resisted by living entirely upon fruits, salads, ...