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 1421
... acorn ; and was applied by the Roman writers to this tree , on account of the excellence of its fruit as food , compared with other masts , or acorns ; the only species that CHAP . CII . 1421 JUGLANDA CEE . JU'GLANS .
... acorn ; and was applied by the Roman writers to this tree , on account of the excellence of its fruit as food , compared with other masts , or acorns ; the only species that CHAP . CII . 1421 JUGLANDA CEE . JU'GLANS .
Page 1699
... acorns were sown ; as has been recorded in detail by Speechly , and by Hunter in his edition of Evelyn's Sylva , and in his Georgical Essays . Hedges are , also , frequently made of the birch in poor , mossy , or sandy soils ; the tree ...
... acorns were sown ; as has been recorded in detail by Speechly , and by Hunter in his edition of Evelyn's Sylva , and in his Georgical Essays . Hedges are , also , frequently made of the birch in poor , mossy , or sandy soils ; the tree ...
Page 1717
... acorns . The Celtic name for this tree ( Derw ) is said to be the root of the word Druid ( that is , priest of the ... acorn ; a name in common use , and a form every where known in the temperate climates of the northern hemisphere ...
... acorns . The Celtic name for this tree ( Derw ) is said to be the root of the word Druid ( that is , priest of the ... acorn ; a name in common use , and a form every where known in the temperate climates of the northern hemisphere ...
Page 1718
... acorns of different species differ chiefly in the largeness or smallness , roughness or smoothness , of their calyx , or cup ; and in their being sessile or stalked . In general , the oaks of Europe have stalked fruit , and the oaks of ...
... acorns of different species differ chiefly in the largeness or smallness , roughness or smoothness , of their calyx , or cup ; and in their being sessile or stalked . In general , the oaks of Europe have stalked fruit , and the oaks of ...
Page 1719
... acorns , which Cook states are as good as , or superior to , a chestnut . These , he says , were the edible acorns of the ancients , which they believed fattened the tunny fish on their passage from the ocean to the Mediterranean ...
... acorns , which Cook states are as good as , or superior to , a chestnut . These , he says , were the edible acorns of the ancients , which they believed fattened the tunny fish on their passage from the ocean to the Mediterranean ...
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30 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 flowers 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