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... scrubbing trees. scuppernong. sea-kale. sedges for bogs. sedum. seed-beds. seedlings, transplanting. seed-sowing. Selaginella denticulata. sempervivum. Senecio macroglossus and mikanioides. senna, wild. service-tree. shearing. shelter-belts. she-oak. shepherdia species. shrubs, list of. shrubs, pruning. shrubs for the South. Sicyos angulata. silk vine. Simonds, O.C., quoted. Slingerland, quoted. smilax (florists'). smilax species. Smith, H.W., quoted. Smith and Townsend, quoted. ...

— Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) • L. H. Bailey

... gravel deposited by the river. We leave the Jordan to our right, and march south-east. After about an hour we come to a swampy plain, covered with tall reed-grass. Grassy plains are an unusual sight in Santo; the wide expanse of yellowish green is surrounded by dark walls of she-oak, in the branches of which hang thousands of flying-foxes. At a dirty pond we fill our kettles with greenish water, for our night camp will be on the mountain slope ahead of us, far from any spring. Even the moli has to carry a load of ...

— Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific • Felix Speiser

... general were the tall she-oak so common in the neighbourhood of Sydney.* (* Casuarina suberosa, commonly known as Beefwood.) Grant returned to the beach and went on board to dinner. In the afternoon he again made a party for the shore, consisting of Mr. Barrallier, Mr. Caley, botanist, and two soldiers. They entered the woods ...

— The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson - With The Journal Of Her First Commander Lieutenant James Grant, R.N • Ida Lee

Words linked to "She-oak" : casuarina, genus Casuarina