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 1456
... willows ; the latter describing 8 species , as among the most useful of aquatic trees , not even excepting the poplar and the alder . The willow , Pliny says , furnishes long props for supporting vines , and the bark may be employed for ...
... willows ; the latter describing 8 species , as among the most useful of aquatic trees , not even excepting the poplar and the alder . The willow , Pliny says , furnishes long props for supporting vines , and the bark may be employed for ...
Page 1457
... willows of Austria , amounting to 60 sorts ; of which engravings are given of both sexes , on extra - large folio plates : the specimens being of the natural size , and mostly from 1 ft . 6 in . to 2 ft . in length ; exhibiting both ...
... willows of Austria , amounting to 60 sorts ; of which engravings are given of both sexes , on extra - large folio plates : the specimens being of the natural size , and mostly from 1 ft . 6 in . to 2 ft . in length ; exhibiting both ...
Page 1458
... willow since the time of the Romans ; till the slight notices of the uses of willows given by Ray , and afterwards by Evelyn . The first systematic essay on the subject appears to have been written by Dr. Walker , about the latter end ...
... willow since the time of the Romans ; till the slight notices of the uses of willows given by Ray , and afterwards by Evelyn . The first systematic essay on the subject appears to have been written by Dr. Walker , about the latter end ...
Page 1459
... willows is London ; but they are in demand , more or less , in every town in the country . The willow is frequently cultivated as a pollard , the lop being valuable for fence - wood , poles , hurdles , and fuel . It is sometimes , also ...
... willows is London ; but they are in demand , more or less , in every town in the country . The willow is frequently cultivated as a pollard , the lop being valuable for fence - wood , poles , hurdles , and fuel . It is sometimes , also ...
Page 1460
... willow bark , when dried and pulverised , to yield 1 oz . of salicine . ( Ibid . ) The wood of the willow is soft , smooth , and light : that of the Salix cāprea is heavier than that of any other species of the genus , weighing , when ...
... willow bark , when dried and pulverised , to yield 1 oz . of salicine . ( Ibid . ) The wood of the willow is soft , smooth , and light : that of the Salix cāprea is heavier than that of any other species of the genus , weighing , when ...
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