 | John Lindley, John Torrey - 1831 - 486 σελίδες
...is so hard as to take a beautiful polish, when it resembles agate; the reticulated substance at the base of the leaf is formed into cradles, and, as some...is fermented into excellent wine, or distilled into a sort of spirit, called Arrack ; or the sugar itself is separated under the name of Jagery. The value... | |
 | John Lindley - 1836 - 570 σελίδες
...is so hard as to take a beautiful polish, when it resembles agate ; the reticulated substance at the base of the leaf is formed into cradles, and, as some...is fermented into excellent wine, or distilled into a sort of spirit, called Arrack ; or the sugar itself is separated under the name of Jagery. The value... | |
 | 1852 - 430 σελίδες
...take a beautiful polish, when it resembles agate ; the reticulated substance at the base of the leaves is formed into cradles, and, as some say, into a coarse...midrib of the leaf serves for oars ; the juice of the flowers and stems is replete with sugar, and is fermented into an excellent wine, or distilled into... | |
 | John Lindley - 1853 - 1076 σελίδες
...is so hard as to take a beautiful polish, when it resembles agate ; the reticulated substance at the base of the leaf is formed into cradles, and, as some...is fermented into excellent wine, or distilled into a sort of spirit, called Arrack ; or the sugar itself is separated, under the name of Jagery . The... | |
 | John Lindley - 1853 - 1066 σελίδες
...buckets, and baskets ; they are used for writing on, and make excellent torches ; potash in abundance ia yielded by their ashes; the midrib of the leaf serves...is fermented into excellent wine, or distilled into a sort of spirit, called Arrack ; or the sugar itself is separated, under the name of Jagery. The value... | |
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... base of the leaf is formed into cradles, and, as some say, into a coarse kind of cloth. The unexpanded terminal bud is a delicate article of food ; the leaves furnish thatch for dwellings, and materials for fences, buckets, and baskets ; they are... 