Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half-hardy, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly Described; with Their Propagation, Culture, Management, and Uses in the Arts, in Useful and Ornamental Plantations, and in Landscape Gardening; Preceded by a Historical and Geographical Outline of the Trees and Shrubs of Temperate Climates Throughout the World, Volume 3 |
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Page 1257
The remarkable colour and rich velvety appearance of the flowers , the elegant form of the leaves , and 1087 the facility with which the 1088 plant can be made to cover an extensive space , render it useful for arbours , & c .; but it ...
The remarkable colour and rich velvety appearance of the flowers , the elegant form of the leaves , and 1087 the facility with which the 1088 plant can be made to cover an extensive space , render it useful for arbours , & c .; but it ...
Page 1261
This beautiful tree is a native of North America , where it is found on the banks of rivers in the upper part of the Carolinas , Georgia , and the Floridas ; though , as Michaux observes , it is remarkable that it does not exist in the ...
This beautiful tree is a native of North America , where it is found on the banks of rivers in the upper part of the Carolinas , Georgia , and the Floridas ; though , as Michaux observes , it is remarkable that it does not exist in the ...
Page 1279
The plant well merits a place in collections , on account of the remarkable appearance of its foliage , independently altogether of its flowers . 1137 Other ligneous , evergreen , hardy species , with yellow flowers , will be found ...
The plant well merits a place in collections , on account of the remarkable appearance of its foliage , independently altogether of its flowers . 1137 Other ligneous , evergreen , hardy species , with yellow flowers , will be found ...
Page 1285
Tais order , which is closely allied to Labiàceæ , consists chiefly of plants natives of tropical countries ; and , among these , the most remarkable is the Téctona grándis L. , or teak tree , the oak of India .
Tais order , which is closely allied to Labiàceæ , consists chiefly of plants natives of tropical countries ; and , among these , the most remarkable is the Téctona grándis L. , or teak tree , the oak of India .
Page 1286
... which require the protection of a green - house in England , the Verbena triphylla ( Aloysia citriodora ) is that of which the luxuriance is in Guernsey the most remarkable . Its miserable stinted growth , and bare woody stem ...
... which require the protection of a green - house in England , the Verbena triphylla ( Aloysia citriodora ) is that of which the luxuriance is in Guernsey the most remarkable . Its miserable stinted growth , and bare woody stem ...
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| Title | Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half-hardy, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly Described; with Their Propagation, Culture, Management, and Uses in the Arts, in Useful and ..., Volume 3 Volume 3 of Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum, John Claudius Loudon Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half-hardy, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly Described; with Their Propagation, Culture, Management, and Uses in the Arts, in Useful and Ornamental Plantations, and in Landscape Gardening; Preceded by a Historical and Geographical Outline of the Trees and Shrubs of Temperate Climates Throughout the World, John Claudius Loudon |
| Author | John Claudius Loudon |
| Publisher | author, 1838 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 25 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 6 pages |
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