The soil which is known as the gallberry soil is not of a uniform composition or appearance; one of the most common kinds is formed of sand, intermixed with black vegetable matter. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
Then I stopped in a clump of "gallberry" bushes to make observations. From Wordnik.com. [War stories and school-day incidents for the children,] Reference
I explained to the boys that a few hundred yards ahead was a pond, the main road passing through the edge of it and a "turn-out," dry road around it, with "gallberry" bushes between the two roads. From Wordnik.com. [War stories and school-day incidents for the children,] Reference
As an example of the better kind of gallberry land, I propose to give the composition of one which occupies a large area in Onslow county, which, on being submitted to analysis, gave the following results. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
For bolder flavor, try a dark honey, such as gallberry. From Wordnik.com. [What's for dinner? (10/06/05)] Reference
My tastebuds hesitated, but wavered on the edge of forgiving me for the gallberry syrup. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
A dense understory of palmetto, gallberry, wax myrtle and grasses supply abundant cover and forage for deer. From Wordnik.com. [100 Best Public-Land Hunts: Georgia] Reference
The gallberry ointment worked to treat malarial attacks, but was not nearly so effective as Jesuit bark in preventing them. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
The more open borders of these swampy woods may be covered by dense thickets of swamp cyrilla, black titi and large gallberry. From Wordnik.com. [Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Alabama] Reference
Pocosins, an ancient Algonquin term for swamp-on-a-hill are characterized as extensive flat damp, sandy or peaty areas far from streams with a scattered growth of pond pine (Pinus serotina) and a dense growth of mostly evergreen shrubs (often gallberry, Ilex glabra), that taken together, resemble a heath scrub community. From Wordnik.com. [Middle Atlantic coastal forests] Reference
The character of the gallberry lands require also new investigation. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
This variety of gallberry land belongs to the poorest class of soils. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
But the gallberry lands are frequently stiff, whitish clays intermixed with sand. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
It appears quite similar to much of the poor gallberry lands of the eastern part of the State. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
The gallberry lands often appear rich, if their vegetation did not remind one of their poverty. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
It resembles in appearance and composition the poorer gallberry lands, though it is probably better than many. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
Page 36 belong to the poor gallberry lands, though No. 2 might be ranked in the better class of this description of soils. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
The texture of the gallberry lands has much to do with their poverty; for generally they are made up of stiff whitish clays and coarse sand. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
The natural growth of this land is: reeds standing very thick, of moderate size, small sickly pine saplings, red and white, bay bushes and gallberry. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
Its natural growth is also different; as it consists of reeds standing very thick, and small sickly pine saplings, red and white bay bushes, gallberry, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
But it is equally probable that many large tracts of land which are classed among the gallberry lands may be reclaimed and will become fertile by thorough drainage. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
Johnston county contains large tracts of flat piney woods, the soil of which produces only the shrubs which indicate unproductiveness, as the gallberry, ilex, and magnolia or bay, with a small growth of the long leaved pine. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
Under the pines of the circular Carolina bays throughout the area is a dense layer of evergreen shrubs - wax myrtle, gallberry and others - that bear leaves covered in volatile oils, said Coastal Carolina University biology professor James Luken. From Wordnik.com. [TheState.com: The Buzz] Reference
I'm never sure, when I use this stuff--I gestured at the culturing bowls on the counter--whether it's strong enough to work, or even the right strain" I rubbed the back of my hand under my nose; the gallberry ointment, had a most penetrating smell. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
Large gallberry. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
"The gallberry medicine. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
The tracts of sandy soil, we perceived, were interspersed with marshes, crowded with cypress-trees, and verdant at their borders with a growth of evergreens, such as the swamp-bay, the gallberry, the holly, and various kinds of evergreen creepers, which are unknown to our northern climate, and which became more frequent as we proceeded. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America] Reference
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