Kalm's account of his visit to England : on his way to America in 1748 / translated by Joseph Lucas ; with two maps and several illustrations.

  • Pehr Kalm
Date:
1892
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Credit: Kalm's account of his visit to England : on his way to America in 1748 / translated by Joseph Lucas ; with two maps and several illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    J39 to be troubled with lung disease and Hectique (con- sumption). Coal-ashes mixed with clay, of whicb bricks, Tegel, are made, will make the brick or tile much stronger and firmer than the clay by itself. The same ash carried on to ploughed clay-lands, ler- grund åkrar, makes a matchless manure. Farmers, Landtmän, who live many miles from London, buy it and carry it home a long way to manure their arable with it. In gardens it is said also to be verv ?ood and of the greatest possible service. The 14ih March, 1748. Agrifolium (Ray Syn. 466). Holly is a tree which especially occurs in the woods in England, and with its evergreen leaves makes them beautiful even in mid- winter. The wood is used for toys for children, also for kmfe-handles, because it is hard. Coachmen’s whip- handles, Kuskarnas piske-skaft, are made mostly of this wood ; for it is at the same time flexible. The prin- cipal use which they make of this tree is for hedges which are both thick and beautiful, and last almost for ever. Mr. Warner told me he knew a person whose ,th®r» J-T‘ L p- i65] sixty or more years ago, had had all the hedges round his property planted with this tree, which hedges are still, at the present time, so thick that a dog cannot get through them. A holly-hedge has be- fore all others the palm in this, that it retains its green and beautiful leaves both winter and summer, and is thus a good shelter for sheep and other cattle against blasts and bad weather. Bird-lime is made from the bark. In woodless districts it is also used for fuel. The 15 th March, 1748. Fåren. Sheep in England seem almost to be more
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