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 1347
... circumference of the trunk 1 ft . 4 in . , and of the head 70 ft . In Oxfordshire , in the Common Room Garden , at Pem- broke College , are two mulberry trees , which are said to have been planted before the college was founded , which ...
... circumference of the trunk 1 ft . 4 in . , and of the head 70 ft . In Oxfordshire , in the Common Room Garden , at Pem- broke College , are two mulberry trees , which are said to have been planted before the college was founded , which ...
Page 1348
... circumference of the head 130 ft . At Castletown , 30 ft . high , diameter of the trunk 2 ft . 6 in . , and of the ... circumference . In the Botanic Garden , at Avranches , 40 years planted , it is 40 ft . high , the diameter of the ...
... circumference of the head 130 ft . At Castletown , 30 ft . high , diameter of the trunk 2 ft . 6 in . , and of the ... circumference . In the Botanic Garden , at Avranches , 40 years planted , it is 40 ft . high , the diameter of the ...
Page 1358
... circumference . In Saxony , at Wörlitz , 50 years old , it is 40 ft . high , with a trunk 23 ft . in diameter . In Austria , at Vienna , in the University Botanic Garden , 30 years planted , it is 45 ft . high , the diameter of the ...
... circumference . In Saxony , at Wörlitz , 50 years old , it is 40 ft . high , with a trunk 23 ft . in diameter . In Austria , at Vienna , in the University Botanic Garden , 30 years planted , it is 45 ft . high , the diameter of the ...
Page 1367
... circumference at its upper part . The tree , when we saw it in 1833 , contained but very slight remains of the old trunk ; but it had thrown out a number of branches , perhaps at that time of 20 or 30 years ' growth , and some of which ...
... circumference at its upper part . The tree , when we saw it in 1833 , contained but very slight remains of the old trunk ; but it had thrown out a number of branches , perhaps at that time of 20 or 30 years ' growth , and some of which ...
Page 1383
... circumference ; all hollow , from the root to the top , as if they had been bored for water pipes . They grew on a sandy , marly , wet , heathy soil . " ( Dendrologia , p . 36. ) " The propriety of planting the elm , " Marshall observes ...
... circumference ; all hollow , from the root to the top , as if they had been bored for water pipes . They grew on a sandy , marly , wet , heathy soil . " ( Dendrologia , p . 36. ) " The propriety of planting the elm , " Marshall observes ...
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