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 1454
... Koch has noticed ( Comm . ) two instances under his S. cinèrea , which is more com- prehensive than that of Engl . Fl .; S. càprea , as noticed by Koch , and taking the species as he views it ; S. Humboldtiana , as noticed in Koch Comm ...
... Koch has noticed ( Comm . ) two instances under his S. cinèrea , which is more com- prehensive than that of Engl . Fl .; S. càprea , as noticed by Koch , and taking the species as he views it ; S. Humboldtiana , as noticed in Koch Comm ...
Page 1455
... Koch Comm . It seems that Koch ( Comm . ) and Lit ' ( Synops . Brit . Fl . ) view the kinds of the group Purpùrea which have only I stamen to a flower , as having that stamen constituted of 2 com- bine . Besides the kinds of that group ...
... Koch Comm . It seems that Koch ( Comm . ) and Lit ' ( Synops . Brit . Fl . ) view the kinds of the group Purpùrea which have only I stamen to a flower , as having that stamen constituted of 2 com- bine . Besides the kinds of that group ...
Page 1456
... Koch , however , the latest , and , as it appears to us , the most judicious , writer on the genus Salix , considers that all the alleged spe- cies , natives of Europe , may be reduced to 48. Perhaps , in addition to these , there may ...
... Koch , however , the latest , and , as it appears to us , the most judicious , writer on the genus Salix , considers that all the alleged spe- cies , natives of Europe , may be reduced to 48. Perhaps , in addition to these , there may ...
Page 1457
... Koch in his Synopsis of the British Flora , 2d edit . , and reduced the 71 species of Smith and others to 28 species . The willows of North America were , as far as they were known in 1814 , described by Pursh , with the assistance of ...
... Koch in his Synopsis of the British Flora , 2d edit . , and reduced the 71 species of Smith and others to 28 species . The willows of North America were , as far as they were known in 1814 , described by Pursh , with the assistance of ...
Page 1458
... Koch . Dr. Host is said to have cultivated upwards of 300 sorts in the botanic garden under his care at Vienna ; and there are good collections at Göttingen , Bremen , and Berlin . In an economical point of view , scarcely anything was ...
... Koch . Dr. Host is said to have cultivated upwards of 300 sorts in the botanic garden under his care at Vienna ; and there are good collections at Göttingen , Bremen , and Berlin . In an economical point of view , scarcely anything was ...
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40 years planted acorns álba Amer appears arboretum bark beech beneath birch Borrer Botanic Garden Bracteas branches buds Calyx catkins Char circumference climate of London colour deciduous diameter downy Engravings female Flitwick foliage footstalks Forbes in Sal Forest France fruit genus girt glabrous glaucous green ground growing growth head height Henfield Hort Horticultural Horticultural Society's Garden Identification insect introduced kind Koch Comm lanceolate larvæ leaf leaves Lodd Loddiges Loddiges's London male Michaux Michx native nearly North nurseries oblong obovate Ovary ovate peduncles petiole poplar produced Pursh Pursh Fl Rees's Cyclo seeds serrated sessile Sexes shoots shrub silky Smith Eng Smith in Rees's smooth soil Spec species specimens stalked Stamens Stigmas Stipules Synonymes Syst timber tree trunk 2 ft variety Willd Willow Woburn Woburn Abbey wood young
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Page 1785 - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Page 1785 - The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp.
Page 1758 - But, when they arrived at the swelling, it jutted out so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into...
Page 1646 - O, Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; there ?" — When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Page 1785 - Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in.
Page 1790 - is confessedly the most picturesque tree in itself, and the most accommodating in composition. It refuses no subject, either in natural or in artificial landscape. It is suited to the grandest and may with propriety be introduced into the most pastoral. It adds new dignity to the ruined tower, and the Gothic arch...
Page 1382 - Fruitless embraces ; or they led the vine To wed her elm ; she spoused about him twines Her marriageable arms, and with her brings Her dower, the adopted clusters, to adorn His barren leaves.
Page 1753 - Criminals were tried under an Oak tree, the judges being seated under the tree, and the culprit placed within a circle made by the chief Druid's wand. The Saxons also held their national meetings under an Oak ; and the celebrated conference between the Saxons and the Britons, after the invasion of the former, was held under the Oaks of Dartmoor. The wood of the Oak was appropriated to the most memorable uses. King Arthur's round table was made of it, as was the cradle of Edward...
Page 1511 - For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Page 1635 - ... old distich, said to be inscribed on a poplar plank, — ' Though heart of oak be e'er so stout, Keep me dry, and I'll see him out,' may be considered as strictly correct"* •Loudon, Vol.