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 2 |
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... heads of children , is said to drive away vermin : hence one of the names . The fruit is said to be purgative and ... head covering a space of 25 ft . in dia- meter ; at Mount Grove , Hampstead , 10 years planted , the species is 6 ft ...
... heads of children , is said to drive away vermin : hence one of the names . The fruit is said to be purgative and ... head covering a space of 25 ft . in dia- meter ; at Mount Grove , Hampstead , 10 years planted , the species is 6 ft ...
Page 515
... head , 20 ft .; at Ham House , 33 ft . high , diameter of the trunk 21 in . , and of the head 31 ft .; in the Fulham Nursery , 30 years planted , and 40 ft . high . I'lez Aquifolium South of London . In Cornwall , at Port Elliott , 70 ...
... head , 20 ft .; at Ham House , 33 ft . high , diameter of the trunk 21 in . , and of the head 31 ft .; in the Fulham Nursery , 30 years planted , and 40 ft . high . I'lez Aquifolium South of London . In Cornwall , at Port Elliott , 70 ...
Page 516
... head 30 ft . in diameter ; at Cypress Grove , $ 0 ft . high ; at Terenure , 40 years planted , and 30 ft . high , in dry soil , on a calcareous subsoil ; in Cullenswood Nursery , I. A. cròceum , [ ? ] 12 years planted , and 17 ft high ...
... head 30 ft . in diameter ; at Cypress Grove , $ 0 ft . high ; at Terenure , 40 years planted , and 30 ft . high , in dry soil , on a calcareous subsoil ; in Cullenswood Nursery , I. A. cròceum , [ ? ] 12 years planted , and 17 ft high ...
Page 528
... head of Christ before his crucifixion , to be composed of them . Josephus says " that this thorn , having sharper prickles than any other , in order that Christ might be the more tormented , they made choice of it for a crown for him ...
... head of Christ before his crucifixion , to be composed of them . Josephus says " that this thorn , having sharper prickles than any other , in order that Christ might be the more tormented , they made choice of it for a crown for him ...
Page 548
... head , growing to the height of 40 ft . in Barbary , near Coffa , not far from Mount Atlas ; where , from being found in rows , it appears to have been in a state of cultivation . The variety with broad leaves is found in the Island of ...
... head , growing to the height of 40 ft . in Barbary , near Coffa , not far from Mount Atlas ; where , from being found in rows , it appears to have been in a state of cultivation . The variety with broad leaves is found in the Island of ...
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Page 1019 - On Christmas eve the bells were rung, On Christmas eve the mass was sung: * That only night in all the year Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear.
Page 896 - He then pledges him in a curious toast: the company follow his example with all the other oxen, addressing each by his name. This being finished, the large cake is produced, and, with much ceremony, put on the horn of the first ox, through the hole above mentioned.
Page 958 - Right in the middest of that Paradise There stood a stately mount, on whose round top A gloomy grove of mirtle trees did rise...
Page 1202 - And of an humbler growth, the other tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the wind severs from the broken wave; The lilac various in array, now white, Now sanguine, and her beauteous head now set With purple spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all...
Page 782 - But in this delicious garden of Negaaristan, the eye and the smell are not the only senses regaled by the presence of .the Rose. The ear is enchanted by the wild and beautiful notes of multitudes of nightingales, whose warblings seem to increase in melody and softness with the unfolding of their favorite flowers. Here, indeed, the stranger is more powerfully reminded that he is in the genuine country of the nightingale and the Rose.
Page 896 - Here's to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow ! And whence thou mayst bear apples enow ! Hats full! caps full! Bushel — bushel — sacks full, And my pockets full too ! Huzza...
Page 1099 - ... and, when they pair in the spring, throw mud and water over its leaves and branches. As the distressed virgin cast down her blushing face through excessive affliction, so does this rosy-coloured flower hang its head, growing paler and paler till it withers away. Hence, as this plant forms a new genus, I have chosen for it the name of Andromeda...
Page 1099 - This plant is always fixed on some little turfy hillock in the midst of the swamps, as Andromeda herself was chained to a rock in the sea, which bathed her feet, as the fresh water does the roots of the plant.
Page 1203 - Acacia is one of the most common, and at the same time one of the most...
Page 753 - England by Master Nicholas Lete, a worthy merchant of London, and a great lover of flowers, from Constantinople, which (as we hear) was first brought thither from Syria...