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 1262
... Garden , 8 years old , and 6 ft . high . C. syringæfolia in Scotland . At Gosford House , 12 years planted , and 15 ft . high . In the Glasgow Botanic Garden , almost herbaceous , even under the shelter of a wall ; a proof of the ...
... Garden , 8 years old , and 6 ft . high . C. syringæfolia in Scotland . At Gosford House , 12 years planted , and 15 ft . high . In the Glasgow Botanic Garden , almost herbaceous , even under the shelter of a wall ; a proof of the ...
Page 1263
... Garden , 10 years planted , it is 16 ft . high . In Cassel , at Wilhelmshoe , 40 years planted , it is only 5 ft . high , with a trunk 8 in . diameter , the shoots being killed back every year by the autumnal frosts . In Austria , at ...
... Garden , 10 years planted , it is 16 ft . high . In Cassel , at Wilhelmshoe , 40 years planted , it is only 5 ft . high , with a trunk 8 in . diameter , the shoots being killed back every year by the autumnal frosts . In Austria , at ...
Page 1265
... garden . Plants are raised by cuttings early in spring ; and , being turned out into a bed of rich light soil , they flower freely all the summer , till they are destroyed by frost . Two or three stock plants should be kept through the ...
... garden . Plants are raised by cuttings early in spring ; and , being turned out into a bed of rich light soil , they flower freely all the summer , till they are destroyed by frost . Two or three stock plants should be kept through the ...
Page 1268
... Garden attained the height of 10 ft . , against a wall , in 3 years ; and its stem is between 3 in . and 4 in . in diameter : one in the Clapton Nursery is still larger . As this species will grow in any soil , and is readily pro ...
... Garden attained the height of 10 ft . , against a wall , in 3 years ; and its stem is between 3 in . and 4 in . in diameter : one in the Clapton Nursery is still larger . As this species will grow in any soil , and is readily pro ...
Page 1269
... Garden , in 1816 , produced leaves nearly a foot in length , and half a foot in breadth ; giving out , when handled , an odour resembling that of the bruised wood of S. Dul- camara . This species resembles , in its free habit of growth ...
... Garden , in 1816 , produced leaves nearly a foot in length , and half a foot in breadth ; giving out , when handled , an odour resembling that of the bruised wood of S. Dul- camara . This species resembles , in its free habit of growth ...
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