The Useful Plants of the Island of Guam, כרך 9U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 - 416 עמודים |
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Abrus acuminate Agaña allied Alocasia Annona anthers axillary bark base betel bracts branches breadfruit Caladium called calyx capsule Caroline Islands Chamorro Chamorro language coconut collected in Guam color common coral corolla cultivated Dioscorea eaten edible Fabaceae Family fern fiber Fiji fish Flora flowers fruit gardens Gaudichaud genus glabrous governor grass growing in Guam Guam Hawaii houses India Indies inflorescence introduced into Guam Ipomoea island of Guam lanceolate leaflets leaves lobes maize Malay Archipelago Manila Marianne Islands mariannensis Mexico natives of Guam oblong obtuse ovary ovate Pacific Padre palm Pandanus pedicels peduncles pepper perianth petals petiole Philippines plant pods Polynesian Porto Rico racemes reef REFERENCES rice roots Samoa seeds sepals sessile shrub slender sometimes Spaniards Spanish species stamens stem stigma taro Terminalia catappa tree tropical vernacular name Voyage widely spread wood yams yellow yields
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עמוד 101 - Boat, parallel with it, at about 6 or 7 foot distance, lies another small Boat, or Canoa, being a Log of very light Wood, almost as long as the great Boat...
עמוד 190 - ... the bushel ; it is of a round shape, and hath a thick tough rind. When the fruit is ripe, it is yellow and soft, and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The natives of Guam use it for bread.
עמוד 190 - They gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard: then they bake it in an oven, which scorcheth the rind, and makes it black; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains a tender thin crust; and the inside is soft, tender and white, like the crumb of a penny loaf. There is neither seed nor stone in the inside, but all is of a pure substance like bread. It must be eaten new; for, if it is kept above twenty-four hours, it grows harsh and choaky; but it is very pleasant...
עמוד 64 - ... one away is as heavily laden as a man bearing a large bunch of plantains. I think these facts show that the ants are really kept by the acacia as a standing army, to protect its leaves from the attacks of herbivorous mammals and insects.
עמוד 189 - It is attached to the small branches of the tree by a short thick stalk, and hangs either singly or in clusters of two or three together. It contains a somewhat fibrous pulp, which, when ripe, becomes juicy and yellow, but has then a rotten taste.
עמוד 3 - Guam, contains descriptions of the principal plants used for food, fiber, starch, sugar, and forage in the Pacific islands recently acquired by the United States, and gives the names by which they are known not only in Guam but in the Philippine Islands, Samoa, Hawaii, and Porto Rico. The methods of cultivating and propagating the more important species, such as arrowroot, copra, and cacao, and of preparing the derivative products, are described. The publication will be widely useful as a work of...
עמוד 19 - We will pay for whatever provisions and ref i eshments you have to spare, in such manner as best agrees with your conveniency, either in money, or any necessaries you want. But if after this civil request you deny us, and do not act like a man of honour, you may immediately expect such military treatment, as we are with ease able to give you.
עמוד 101 - And there are two bamboos of about 8 or 10 foot long, and as big as one's leg. placed over the great boat's side, one near each end of it, and reaching about 6 or 7 foot from the side of the boat : by the help of which, the little boat is made firm and contiguous to the other. These are generally called by the Dutch, and by the English from them, Outlayers. The use of them is to keep the great boat upright from...
עמוד 64 - Dr. HW Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, gave an interesting paper on The Pure Food Law.