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 1272
... given : - " Leaves oblong- ovate , thickish , crowded . Spines strong , leafy . Leaves scattered , selitary , or fascicled , thick , pale green , permanent . " ( Don's Mill . , iv . p . 460. ) A shrub , a native of the Cape of Good Hope ...
... given : - " Leaves oblong- ovate , thickish , crowded . Spines strong , leafy . Leaves scattered , selitary , or fascicled , thick , pale green , permanent . " ( Don's Mill . , iv . p . 460. ) A shrub , a native of the Cape of Good Hope ...
Page 1335
... given time , they strike off the sap - wood with a hatchet , and place the heart - wood again in the cellar till it is wanted for the lathe . For the most delicate articles , the wood is soaked for 24 hours in fresh very clear water ...
... given time , they strike off the sap - wood with a hatchet , and place the heart - wood again in the cellar till it is wanted for the lathe . For the most delicate articles , the wood is soaked for 24 hours in fresh very clear water ...
Page 1336
... given the first idea of the art of printing with movable types , which was invented soon after by Guttemburg . Wohlgemuth , a wood - engraver at Nuremberg in 1480 , was the first who attempted to introduce shade into wood engravings ...
... given the first idea of the art of printing with movable types , which was invented soon after by Guttemburg . Wohlgemuth , a wood - engraver at Nuremberg in 1480 , was the first who attempted to introduce shade into wood engravings ...
Page 1338
... given in Ma- rot's Recueil des Plans , & c . , des plusieurs de Chasteaux , Grottes , & c . , published in 1661 , of which our fig . 1218 . is a copy , a very rich parterre of embroidery may be ob- served in the fore - ground with a ...
... given in Ma- rot's Recueil des Plans , & c . , des plusieurs de Chasteaux , Grottes , & c . , published in 1661 , of which our fig . 1218 . is a copy , a very rich parterre of embroidery may be ob- served in the fore - ground with a ...
Page 1349
... given in honour of Count Dandolo , who has not only devoted much time to the improvement of the culture of the silkworm , but has written an excellent work on the subject . 1 M. a . 4 macrophylla Lodd . Cat . , ed . 1836 ; M. a ...
... given in honour of Count Dandolo , who has not only devoted much time to the improvement of the culture of the silkworm , but has written an excellent work on the subject . 1 M. a . 4 macrophylla Lodd . Cat . , ed . 1836 ; M. a ...
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