| Edward Balfour - 1871 - 1174 sivua
...and fancy, twisted into cables, plaited into awnings and woven into mats for scenery of the theatre, the roofs of boats, and the casing of goods. The shavings...even are picked into oakum and mixed with those of raitan to be stuffed into mattresses. The bamboo furnishes the bed for sleeping and the couch for reclining,... | |
| Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture - 1874 - 652 sivua
...of the theatre, for the roofs of boats, and the casing of goods. The shavings are picked into oakum to be stuffed into mattresses. The bamboo furnishes...bed for sleeping and the couch for reclining, the chair for sitting, the chop-sticks for eating, the pipe for smoking, the flute for entertaining ; a... | |
| 1883 - 550 sivua
...in his ' Middle Kingdom,' designates the bamboo as the national plant of China, and says : — " It furnishes the bed for sleeping and the couch for reclining,...the pipe for smoking, and the flute for entertaining ; the chair to sit upon, the table to dine from, food to eat and fuel to cook it with, are alike derived... | |
| James Duncan Campbell - 1883 - 32 sivua
...in his ' Middle Kingdom/ designates the bamboo as the national plant of China, and says : — " It furnishes the bed for sleeping and the couch for reclining,...the pipe for smoking, and the flute for entertaining ; the chair to sit upon, the table to dine from, food to eat and fuel to cook it with, are alike derived... | |
| Edward Balfour - 1885 - 1302 sivua
...fancy ; twisted into nables, plaited into awnings, and woven into mats for scenery of the theatre, the roofs of boats, and the casing of goods. The shavings even are picked into oaknm, and mixed with those of rattan to be stuffed into mattresses. The bamboo furnishes their bed... | |
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1849 - 658 sivua
...and fancy, twisted into cables, plaited into awnings, and woven into mats for scenery of the theatre, the roofs of boats, and the casing of goods. The shavings, even, are picked into outturn, and mixed with those of rattan, to be stuffed into mattresses. The bamboo farnishes the bed... | |
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