Each of these 13 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
THE, a borough of Greater New York, lying N. and E. of the borough of Manhattan, between the Hudson river, East river, and Long Island Sound, including City, Riker's , Hunter's, Twin, Hart, High and several adjacent islands; area, 25,270 acres ; pop . (1920) 732,016. The Bronx contains an extensive public park , with a botanical garden of 250 acres, and is the site of the New York Zoological Gardens, See NEW YORK.
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a peculiar discoloration of the skin frequently associated with Addison's disease , which is a disease of the supra-renal capsules. BRONZE WING and BRONZE PI- GEON, names given in the Australian colonies to certain kinds of wild pigeon, on account of the lustrous bronze color with which their wings are variously marked.
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a kind of ornament worn on the dress, to which it is attached by a pin stuck through the fabric. They are usually of gold or silver, often worked in highly artistic patterns and set with precious stones. Brooches are of great antiquity, varied in form as much as in modern times, and were formerly worn by men as well as women, especially among the Celtic races.
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the English name of a veronica or speedwell, veronica beccabunga. The flowers are generally bright blue, but in one variety they are pink or flesh-colored. The plant is common in ditches and water-courses. It is sometimes used as a spring salad.
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a town in Norfolk co., Mass.; on the Charles river, and the Boston and Albany and the New England railroads; 3 miles W. of Boston, with which it is connected by by electric railroads. It contains the villages of Cottage Farm, Longwood, and Reservoir Station; has a granite town house, public library, and manufactories of electric motors, etc., and is chiefly a place of suburban residence, being one of the most beautiful and wealthy suburban towns in the country. Pop. (1910) 27,792; (1920) 37,748.
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PRESTON SMITH, an American legislator, born in Edgefield, S. C., Aug. 14, 1819. He served in the Mexican War; was elected to Congress in 1853, and on May 22, 1856, he assaulted Senator Charles Sumner in the Senate Chamber, beating him into insensibility with a cane. He afterward resigned, but was immediately returned to the House by his District. He died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 27, 1857.
NOAH, an American journalist and author, born in Castine, Me., Oct. 30, 1830. He was connected with newspapers in Massachusetts, California, Washington, and New York. He wrote many popular books for boys, among which are: "The Fairport Nine" (1880); "Our Baseball Club" (1884); "How the Republic is Governed." He edited and enlarged Bryant and Gay's "History of the United States." He died in Pasadena, Cal., Aug. 16, 1903.
PHILLIPS, an American clergyman of the Episcopal Church, born in Boston, Dec. 13, 1835. He was rector of Protestant Episcopal churches successively in Philadelphia and in Boston, and was made Bishop of Massachusetts in 1891. He was an impressive pulpit orator. He wrote "Letters of "Lectures on Preaching" Travel"; (1887); and "Essays and Addresses" (1894). He died in Boston, Jan. 23, 1893.
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the English name of orobanche, a genus of plants constituting the typical one of the order orobanchaceæ (broom rapes). All are parasitic on other plants. They grow upon furze, broom, a galium, on thymus, a centaurea, a picris, on clover, milfoil, on hemp roots, etc. Some broom rapes confine themselves to a single genus or even species of plants, while others range over a considerable variety. The greater broom rape, one of the the eleven which grows on leguminous plants, especially on furze, broom, and clover, is so destructive to the last named genus of plants in Flanders that it prevents many farmers from attempting their cultivation. The tall broom rape (orobanche elatior), though preferring centaurea scabiosa, also attacks clover, as does the lesser broom rape (orobanche minor).
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the fresh and dried tops of cytisus scoparius (common broom). There are two officinal preparations; the decoction (decoctum scoparii), consisting of a pint of distilled water to an ounce of the dried tops, and the juice (succus scoparii), made of three ounces of the fresh expressed juice to a pint of rectified spirits. They are valuable diuretics, especially in cardiac dropsies. Scoparine and sparteia are the two active principles; the action of sparteia is analogous to that of conia.
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Witches were wont to ride through the air on switches or broomsticks, on their nocturnal journey to the Sabbath. Does the broomstick magically take the place of a flying horse ?
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a dish sometimes used in Scotland, made by pouring boiling water, milk, or the liquor in which meat has been boiled, on oatmeal, and mixing the ingredients by immediate stirring. Butter may be added, and sweet milk when the brose is made with water. It is kail brose, water brose, or beef brose, according to the liquid used. Athole brose, a famous Highland cordial, is a compound of honey and whiskey.
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. See Connecticut
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An esoteric society which sprang up at Florence towards the end of the fifteenth century, which was composed of eminent architects, sculptors and painters; and continued in existence for over four hundred years. Their patron was St. Andrew, whose festival was commemorated annually by ceremonies allied to the old Mysteries .
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a term applied to the members of monastic and military orders, as being united in one family. Lay brothers were an inferior class of monks employed in monasteries as servants. Though not in holy orders, they were bound by monastic rules. BROTHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, a Roman Catholic Order formed by the Abbé La Salle at Rheims, and confirmed by Benedict XIII. in 1725. Its members are not allowed to enter the priesthood, but devote themselves to teaching the poor. There are branches of the Order in the United States as well as in most European countries.
a name given to three isolated mountains near the coast of New South Wales, between Harrington Inlet to the S. and Port Macquarie to the N. They are valuable as landmarks. The name is also common to several groups of small islands.
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