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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Page 512
... Soil and Situation . The holly attains the largest size in a rich sandy loam ; but it will grow , and even thrive , on almost any soil , provided it is not over- charged with moisture . Cook says , it does best on soil somewhat gravelly ...
... Soil and Situation . The holly attains the largest size in a rich sandy loam ; but it will grow , and even thrive , on almost any soil , provided it is not over- charged with moisture . Cook says , it does best on soil somewhat gravelly ...
Page 513
... soil , or kept mixed up in a heap of earth for one year this heap of earth , into which the berries are put as soon as gathered , should be turned over several times in the course of the season , to facilitate the rotting of the pulp ...
... soil , or kept mixed up in a heap of earth for one year this heap of earth , into which the berries are put as soon as gathered , should be turned over several times in the course of the season , to facilitate the rotting of the pulp ...
Page 515
... soil . Evelyn mentions some large ones near his own place , at Wooton , in Surrey , in the neighbourhood of which was once a fort called Holmsdale Castle , from , as he supposes , the number of holms , or hollies , which once grew there ...
... soil . Evelyn mentions some large ones near his own place , at Wooton , in Surrey , in the neighbourhood of which was once a fort called Holmsdale Castle , from , as he supposes , the number of holms , or hollies , which once grew there ...
Page 529
... soil that is dry . They all vary much in magnitude by culture , in common with most plants which , in a wild state , grow in arid soils . §i . Marcorella Neck . Synonymes . Rhamnus and Alatérnus of Tourn . Sect . Char . Flowers usually ...
... soil that is dry . They all vary much in magnitude by culture , in common with most plants which , in a wild state , grow in arid soils . §i . Marcorella Neck . Synonymes . Rhamnus and Alatérnus of Tourn . Sect . Char . Flowers usually ...
Page 534
... soil is not naturally dry , an arti- ficial ridge of dry soil , mixed with rocks or stones , may be formed ; and along this the different species of Rhamnus may be scattered . 202 10. R. BUXIFOLIUS Poir . The Box - leaved Buckthorn ...
... soil is not naturally dry , an arti- ficial ridge of dry soil , mixed with rocks or stones , may be formed ; and along this the different species of Rhamnus may be scattered . 202 10. R. BUXIFOLIUS Poir . The Box - leaved Buckthorn ...
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20 years planted acuminate Amer apple arboretum bark beneath berries Bollwyller Botanic Garden branches British gardens buds calyx Carpels Char cherry colour common common hawthorn Corolla corymbs Crataegus cultivated Cytisus deciduous deciduous shrub diameter Dict Don's Mill drupe England Engravings evergreen flowering in June flowers forms France fruit genus glabrous grafted green ground growing hairy half-hardy hardy hedges height holly Hort Horticultural Society's Garden Identification introduced Jacq June and July lanceolate leaflets Legume Lindl lobes locust Lodd Loddiges London Horticultural London Horticultural Society London nurseries native of North Nepal North America numerous oblong ornamental panicles pear pedicels peduncles petals petioles prickles Prod produced propagated pubescent Pursh racemes rose seeds Sepals serrated shoots shrub smooth soil sorts Spártium Spec species Stamens stem Synonymes Syst Thorn tomentose trunk variety wall wild Willd winter wood yellow flowers