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 1257
... Flowers subcorymbose , inter- petiolar ; of easy culture in common soil , and propagated by cuttings of the root or shoots , or by layers . 1. P. GRÆCA L. The Greek Periploca . Identification . Lin . Sp . , p . 309 .; Don's Mill . , 4 ...
... Flowers subcorymbose , inter- petiolar ; of easy culture in common soil , and propagated by cuttings of the root or shoots , or by layers . 1. P. GRÆCA L. The Greek Periploca . Identification . Lin . Sp . , p . 309 .; Don's Mill . , 4 ...
Page 1260
... flowers in August and September . It was introduced in 1640 , and is frequent in British gardens , where it grows vigorously , producing tufts of leaves and fine flowers , abundantly at the extremity of the branches , but being rather ...
... flowers in August and September . It was introduced in 1640 , and is frequent in British gardens , where it grows vigorously , producing tufts of leaves and fine flowers , abundantly at the extremity of the branches , but being rather ...
Page 1261
... flowers a pale red , with a dark purple bearded throat . It is a climbing shrub , a native of New Holland , within the tropics , and of New South Wales . It was introduced in 1793 ; and , in green - houses , its flowers have a very fine ...
... flowers a pale red , with a dark purple bearded throat . It is a climbing shrub , a native of New Holland , within the tropics , and of New South Wales . It was introduced in 1793 ; and , in green - houses , its flowers have a very fine ...
Page 1262
... flowers to be poisonous , and analogous in its effects to that made from the flowers of Gelsemium nítidum . The catalpa is generally propagated by seeds , which are imported from America ; but it will grow readily by cuttings of the ...
... flowers to be poisonous , and analogous in its effects to that made from the flowers of Gelsemium nítidum . The catalpa is generally propagated by seeds , which are imported from America ; but it will grow readily by cuttings of the ...
Page 1263
... flowers freely , and ripens seeds , from which , or by cuttings , it is readily propagated . E. viridis Ruiz et Pav . , Don's Mill . , 4. p . 231. , has green flowers and bipinnate leaves . It is a native of Peru , in woods ; but has ...
... flowers freely , and ripens seeds , from which , or by cuttings , it is readily propagated . E. viridis Ruiz et Pav . , Don's Mill . , 4. p . 231. , has green flowers and bipinnate leaves . It is a native of Peru , in woods ; but has ...
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