Word: woode
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Hazel," which is now covered with slender yellow flowers. Near it there is a group of three trees which attract at this season a good deal of attention, because, although they belong to a much warmer climate they appear perfectly well contented here, the southern Cypress, the southern "Yellow-wood," and the Persimmon. The last of these is in full fruit now, and the frost has rendered the golden fruit quite edible. The greenhouses are filled as full as they can well be with interesting plants, especially those of economic importance, such as the species which furnish coffee, tea, pepper...
...seriously entertained and a part of the work of the expedition will be the examination of the exact facts in regard to climate and atmospheric clearness, facilities for work and transportation, communications, etc., to be found in Peru. The country is barren in the extreme and the fact that wood and water is scarce may interfere with the construction of a permanent observatory, but the rainless conditions are favorable as they give assurance that the interruptions of work from causes which are here so common will not occur, and as the station will be placed well up on the mountain...
...part of the apparatus which will be carried to Peru is a light portable frame building of one story with a ground area of three hundred square feet, which is to be the observatory of the party; the scarcity of wood and carpenters in Peru makes it prudent to build this here. The class of work which the expedition will undertake comes under the terms of the Boyden bequest. The cost of the work upon the Stella spectra is sustained by the Draper Memorial Fund...
Phillips Exeter.- Grouard, Bardwell, Stickney, Beattie, (centre), Furman, Erskine, Heffelfinger; quarter-back, Barbour; half-backs, Brooks and Wood; fullback, Trafford...
...attractive way in which it is written, as showing the attitude of deep thinkers on economics. Professor Dunbar has an extremely interesting and instructive article upon the economic plans of Alexander Hamilton, the refunding of the Revolutionary debt, the National Bank system, and the sinking fund. Mr. Stuart Wood follows with a new view of the theory of wages. The most interesting paper of the number is Mr. Power's article on Victoria and New South Wales, the one a protectionist and the other a free trade colony. The number is closed by editorial notes and some attractiv memoranda which...