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 1264
... glaucous green of its smooth leaves and shoots , and the beauty of its large , solitary , axillary , nodding flowers , with bell - shaped violet or purple corollas , and its large , oval , pendent fruit . Plants should either be raised ...
... glaucous green of its smooth leaves and shoots , and the beauty of its large , solitary , axillary , nodding flowers , with bell - shaped violet or purple corollas , and its large , oval , pendent fruit . Plants should either be raised ...
Page 1267
... glaucous , covered above with soft hairs while young . Flowers white . Berries black . Very like S. nigrum ; but the stem is shrubby , the leaves larger , and the flowers more numerous , & c . ( Don's Mill . , 4. p . 413. ) A shrub , a ...
... glaucous , covered above with soft hairs while young . Flowers white . Berries black . Very like S. nigrum ; but the stem is shrubby , the leaves larger , and the flowers more numerous , & c . ( Don's Mill . , 4. p . 413. ) A shrub , a ...
Page 1273
... glaucous . Filaments bearded near the base , as in all the true species . Stigma slightly 2 - lobed . Corolla violaceous rich purple above . Berry globose , violaceous . Calyx 5 - toothed . ( Don's Mill . , iv . p . 459. ) It is a shrub ...
... glaucous . Filaments bearded near the base , as in all the true species . Stigma slightly 2 - lobed . Corolla violaceous rich purple above . Berry globose , violaceous . Calyx 5 - toothed . ( Don's Mill . , iv . p . 459. ) It is a shrub ...
Page 1287
... glaucous foliage , and small flowers of nearly the same colour : the latter have not a corolla , and are not showy . They are included in three genera ; the names and cha- racteristics of which are as follows : CHENOPODIUM L. Flowers ...
... glaucous foliage , and small flowers of nearly the same colour : the latter have not a corolla , and are not showy . They are included in three genera ; the names and cha- racteristics of which are as follows : CHENOPODIUM L. Flowers ...
Page 1289
... glaucous green , and placed very near each other . The flowers are small , greenish , and axillary ; usually solitary . The stamens are generally longer than the divisions of the calyx ; and the styles , which are 2-3 in number , are ...
... glaucous green , and placed very near each other . The flowers are small , greenish , and axillary ; usually solitary . The stamens are generally longer than the divisions of the calyx ; and the styles , which are 2-3 in number , are ...
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