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 1265
... ground ; but the stool sends out fresh shoots every spring , which generally attain the height of 3 ft . or 4 ft . in the course of the suminer , and make a fine appear- ance , from the large size of their leaves . The circumstance of a ...
... ground ; but the stool sends out fresh shoots every spring , which generally attain the height of 3 ft . or 4 ft . in the course of the suminer , and make a fine appear- ance , from the large size of their leaves . The circumstance of a ...
Page 1281
... ground , where they remain for two years . The ground into which they are to be transplanted , being prepared by shallow trenchings or double ploughing , the plants are placed in rows 4 ft . apart , and at 2 ft . distance in the rows ...
... ground , where they remain for two years . The ground into which they are to be transplanted , being prepared by shallow trenchings or double ploughing , the plants are placed in rows 4 ft . apart , and at 2 ft . distance in the rows ...
Page 1286
... ground , it seldom fails to spring up with vigour the following spring , and continue flowering the greater part of the summer . In the Chelsea Bo- tanic Garden , there is a plant against the wall , which in six years has attained the ...
... ground , it seldom fails to spring up with vigour the following spring , and continue flowering the greater part of the summer . In the Chelsea Bo- tanic Garden , there is a plant against the wall , which in six years has attained the ...
Page 1337
... ground plan of a parterre laid out in this manner ; all the lines and dark parts of the figure being formed of box , in no part allowed to grow higher than 3 in . from the ground , and the finer lines being about 2 in . wide . The space ...
... ground plan of a parterre laid out in this manner ; all the lines and dark parts of the figure being formed of box , in no part allowed to grow higher than 3 in . from the ground , and the finer lines being about 2 in . wide . The space ...
Page 1338
... ground with a fountain in the centre ; and , in the back - ground , a large semi circular space ap- pears to be covered with the same description of orna- ment . It may also be ob- served , that there is not a single tree or shrub shown ...
... ground with a fountain in the centre ; and , in the back - ground , a large semi circular space ap- pears to be covered with the same description of orna- ment . It may also be ob- served , that there is not a single tree or shrub shown ...
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30 years planted acorns álba Amer appears arboretum bark beech beneath birch Borrer Botanic Garden Bracteas branches buds Calyx catkins Char circumference climate of London colour deciduous diameter downy Engravings female Flitwick flowers foliage footstalks Forbes in Sal Forest France fruit genus girt glabrous glaucous green ground growing growth head height Henfield Hort Horticultural Horticultural Society's Garden Identification insect introduced kind Koch Comm lanceolate larvæ leaf leaves Lodd Loddiges Loddiges's London male Michaux Michx native nearly North nurseries oblong obovate Ovary ovate peduncles petiole poplar produced Pursh Pursh Fl Rees's Cyclo seeds serrated sessile Sexes shoots shrub silky Smith Eng Smith in Rees's smooth soil Spec species specimens stalked Stamens Stigmas Stipules Synonymes Syst timber tree trunk 2 ft variety Willd Willow Woburn Woburn Abbey wood young