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
... growth , and its timber is remarkably light , of very fine texture , and brilliant when po- lished its colour is of a greyish white ; and , when properly seasoned , it is very durable . If a portion of the bark of this tree be removed ...
... growth , and its timber is remarkably light , of very fine texture , and brilliant when po- lished its colour is of a greyish white ; and , when properly seasoned , it is very durable . If a portion of the bark of this tree be removed ...
Page 1264
... growth , the fine 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 ...
... growth , the fine 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 ...
Page 1286
... growth , and bare woody stem , are well known to us . In Guernsey it thrives in exposed situations , and becomes a tree of 12 ft . or 18 ft . in height , spreading in a circle of equal diameter , and its long branches reaching down to ...
... growth , and bare woody stem , are well known to us . In Guernsey it thrives in exposed situations , and becomes a tree of 12 ft . or 18 ft . in height , spreading in a circle of equal diameter , and its long branches reaching down to ...
Page 1287
... growth , more particularly M. oppositifolium R. Br . , M. diffusum R. Br . , and M. adscendens R. Br . CHAP . LXXXIX . OF THE HALF - HARDY PLANTS BELONGING TO THE ORDER GLOBULARIA CEÆ . Globularia longifolia L .; G. salícina Lam . , Bot ...
... growth , more particularly M. oppositifolium R. Br . , M. diffusum R. Br . , and M. adscendens R. Br . CHAP . LXXXIX . OF THE HALF - HARDY PLANTS BELONGING TO THE ORDER GLOBULARIA CEÆ . Globularia longifolia L .; G. salícina Lam . , Bot ...
Page 1293
... growth , very little care will be necessary afterwards . They never can require much pruning , are quite hardy ; and , provided the soil be not allowed to get too dry in the heat of summer , they are always certain of flowering freely ...
... growth , very little care will be necessary afterwards . They never can require much pruning , are quite hardy ; and , provided the soil be not allowed to get too dry in the heat of summer , they are always certain of flowering freely ...
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