How To Use Buttonwood In A Sentence
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This name, as well as sycamore, is given, among us, to the large tree commonly called the buttonwood; but the tree here mentioned is different.
Barnes New Testament Notes
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A writer in the "Mercury" says: "The root of the buttonwood or crane willow, a shrub which is conspicuous in our swamps in the spring, when boiled with honey and cumfrey, makes a pleasant syrup, which is the most effective remedy known to me in diseases of the lungs.
Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs
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Black, red and white mangroves and buttonwoods cover much of the low coastal areas of the South Florida shoreline.
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That was when two dozen brokers met under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street where they had been trading securities outdoors to form what became the NYSE.
Exporting Wall Street
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Old stumps and downed branches of buttonwood trees may lie along coastal beaches for decades before they decay.
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This brings its own risks, as our Buttonwood columnist points out.
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Explore an overgrown old road bed through shady buttonwoods and open coastal salt prairie.
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On May 17, 1792, after years of shouting out on the street, a group of 24 prominent brokers met under a buttonwood tree at what is now 68 Wall Street and decided to move indoors, so to speak.
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Fresh-caught snook fillets, slow-grilled over a smoky buttonwood fire (the wood is key).
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There among the buttonwoods, palm and the spidery red mangrove, I return to walk and work among them, to breathe their air and tell their time.
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Buttonwood is a shrubby mangrove tree that has a picturesque appearance when exposed to constant seashore winds creating an attractive addition to the beach.
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It will happen steps from where George Washington took the presidential oath of office at Downtown's original Federal Hall, and steps from where the seat of capitalism, the New York Stock Exchange, was founded by a group of brokers in 1792 who met under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street.
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In 1792 the twenty-four most powerful such traders drew up what they called the Buttonwood Agreement, which laid the foundation for a structured market in securities known as scrip.
City of Glory
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On Wall Street, the founder of modern boss club is in 1792 May 17 on Wall Street, a former 68 buttonwood, discussed the securities trading conditions and rules of 24 stockjobbing by people.
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The reduction of the famous battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794, when Wayne defeated the Maumee Indians, to a buttonwood tree falling on his tent was especially delicious.
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The Big Board's roots as an icon of American capitalism go back to 1792, when traders signed an agreement under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street.
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Insider trading has been around for more than two centuries, since the New York Stock Exchange was founded under a buttonwood tree in lower Manhattan.
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From its beginnings under a buttonwood tree, "Wall Street" has become a metaphor for global capitalism beyond its original physical address.
Exporting Wall Street
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The zone where white mangrove and buttonwood trees grow is almost never flooded by tidal waters.
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Finally, as we walk past the White Mangrove stands we reach the Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus).
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The beginnings of the New York Stock Exchange can be traced back to 1792, when brokers and merchants gathered under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street to sign the Buttonwood Agreement to trade securities on a commission basis.
NYSE Trading Floor Over the Years
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According to lore, New York stock trading can be traced to 1792, when traders signed an agreement under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street.
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Buttonwood will take the more modest approach of highlighting a couple of areas that could burst out of the background to grab next year's headlines.
