 | Emigrants - 1794 - 230 pages
...the ground, and hence they afcend perfe&ly ftraight, with a gradual taper forty or fifty feet to the limbs ; but below five or fix feet, thefe trunks would...more in circumference, on account of the projecting joints or fupporta, which are more or lefe according to the number of horizontal horizontal roots they... | |
 | William Bartram, Mark Van Doren - Indians of North America - 1928 - 426 pages
...gradual taper, forty or fifty feet to the limbs; but below five or six feet, these trunks would measure a third more in circumference, on account of the projecting jambs, or supports, which are more or less, according to the number of horizontal roots that they arise from:... | |
 | Botany - 1883 - 400 pages
...with a slight taper, 40 or 50 feet to the limbs, but below five or six feet these trunks would measure a third more in circumference, on account of the projecting jambs or supports."' nearly bare of grass, others have a dense undergrowth of the same trees." Page 84. Castanea... | |
 | Botany - 1883 - 476 pages
...with a slight taper, 40 or 50 feet to the limbs, but below five or six feet these trunks would measure a third more in circumference, on account of the projecting jambs or supports." BOTANICAL GAZETTE. nearly bare of grass, others have a dense undergrowth of the same trees."... | |
 | R.J. Berry - Nature - 2007 - 293 pages
...gradual taper, forty or fifty feet to the limbs; but below five or six feet, these trunks would measure a third more in circumference, on account of the projecting jambs, or supports, which are more or less, according to the number of horizontal roots that they arise from:... | |
 | Mark J. Smith - Nature - 1999 - 454 pages
...gradual taper, forty or fifty feet to the limbs; but below five or six feet, these trunks would measure a third more in circumference, on account of the projecting jambs, or supports, which are more or less, according to the number of horizontal roots that they arise from:... | |
 | Chris J. Magoc - History - 2002 - 324 pages
...black oak in Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and New-England. six feet, these trunks would measure a third more in circumference, on account of the projecting jambs, or supports, which are more or less, according to the number of horizontal roots that they arise from:... | |
 | William Bartram - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 437 pages
...gradual taper, forty or fifty feet to the limbs; but below five or six feet, these trunks would measure a third more in circumference, on account of the projecting jambs, or supports, which are more or less, according to the number of horizontal roots that they arise from:... | |
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... with a gradual taper, forty or fifty feet to the limbs; but below five or six feet, these trunks would measure a third more in circumference, on account of the projecting jambs, or supports... 