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 1260
... coloured . It is a native of Carolina , Florida , and Virginia , and flowers in August and September . It was introduced in ... colour inside , with brighter streaks . Nectary a glandular crenated ring . Anterior lobe of stigma recurved ...
... coloured . It is a native of Carolina , Florida , and Virginia , and flowers in August and September . It was introduced in ... colour inside , with brighter streaks . Nectary a glandular crenated ring . Anterior lobe of stigma recurved ...
Page 1262
... colour is of a greyish white ; and , when properly seasoned , it is very durable . If a portion of the bark of this tree be removed in spring , " a venomous and offensive odour is exhaled . " The bark is said to be tonic , stimulant ...
... colour is of a greyish white ; and , when properly seasoned , it is very durable . If a portion of the bark of this tree be removed in spring , " a venomous and offensive odour is exhaled . " The bark is said to be tonic , stimulant ...
Page 1280
... colour , and a silvery - leaved variety ; but these are often rather weaker , and more dwarf , than the species . 1139 The wild rosemary is a native of the south of France , Spain , Italy , the Levant , Barbary , & c . , on rocks and ...
... colour , and a silvery - leaved variety ; but these are often rather weaker , and more dwarf , than the species . 1139 The wild rosemary is a native of the south of France , Spain , Italy , the Levant , Barbary , & c . , on rocks and ...
Page 1286
... colour , and each averaging 2 in . in length , tubular below , with a 5 - parted spreading limb . The native country of this plant is not stated ; but it is probably Japan . Messrs . Lucomb and Pince of the Exeter Nursery received the ...
... colour , and each averaging 2 in . in length , tubular below , with a 5 - parted spreading limb . The native country of this plant is not stated ; but it is probably Japan . Messrs . Lucomb and Pince of the Exeter Nursery received the ...
Page 1293
... coloured . The leaves are of a light green colour , rather rounded in outline , about 1 in . in diameter , and deciduous . The flowers are produced in long racemes , are nodding , and white . The fruit is enclosed by the 3 inner sepals ...
... coloured . The leaves are of a light green colour , rather rounded in outline , about 1 in . in diameter , and deciduous . The flowers are produced in long racemes , are nodding , and white . The fruit is enclosed by the 3 inner sepals ...
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