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
... figured in our last Volume , 52 ft . high ; diameter of the trunk 3 ft . , and that of the space covered by the branches 50 ft . At Kensington Gravel Pits , in the grounds or S. C. Hall , Esq . , 30 ft . high ; diameter of the trunk 1 ...
... figured in our last Volume , 52 ft . high ; diameter of the trunk 3 ft . , and that of the space covered by the branches 50 ft . At Kensington Gravel Pits , in the grounds or S. C. Hall , Esq . , 30 ft . high ; diameter of the trunk 1 ...
Page 1269
... figured in the Botanical Repository . ( Ibid . , p . 269. ) S. angulatum R. et S. , Dun . Sol , 2. 95. t . 1. , is a native of Lima , introduced in 1825. It has large angulated prickly leaves , with purple veins and petioles . Preserved ...
... figured in the Botanical Repository . ( Ibid . , p . 269. ) S. angulatum R. et S. , Dun . Sol , 2. 95. t . 1. , is a native of Lima , introduced in 1825. It has large angulated prickly leaves , with purple veins and petioles . Preserved ...
Page 1323
... figured in Watson's Dendrologia , which appears to be E.orientalis , the flowers being produced on the current year's wood . The plant which is in the Horticultural Society's Garden , and which may be considered provisionally as E ...
... figured in Watson's Dendrologia , which appears to be E.orientalis , the flowers being produced on the current year's wood . The plant which is in the Horticultural Society's Garden , and which may be considered provisionally as E ...
Page 1364
... figured above . The seeds in the fruit last re- ceived appearing full , we distributed them ; and young plants have been raised from them by M. Vilmorin of Paris ; Mr. Gordon of the London Horticul- tural Society's arboretum ; Mr ...
... figured above . The seeds in the fruit last re- ceived appearing full , we distributed them ; and young plants have been raised from them by M. Vilmorin of Paris ; Mr. Gordon of the London Horticul- tural Society's arboretum ; Mr ...
Page 1365
... figured in the Picture Bible , vol . ii . p . 181. The only species which will endure the open air in Britain is the F. Cárica , or common garden fig . These two species are the only ones which produce eatable fruit . It is men- tioned ...
... figured in the Picture Bible , vol . ii . p . 181. The only species which will endure the open air in Britain is the F. Cárica , or common garden fig . These two species are the only ones which produce eatable fruit . It is men- tioned ...
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