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
... root , in one season . Astonishing effects might be produced by this plant in a single season , if it were thought ... roots , it would be necessary to supply it with bottom heat early in the season , and with liquid manure from a ...
... root , in one season . Astonishing effects might be produced by this plant in a single season , if it were thought ... roots , it would be necessary to supply it with bottom heat early in the season , and with liquid manure from a ...
Page 1267
... roots smell like potatoes ; and both roots and stalks , upon being chewed , first cause a sensation of bitterness , which is soon followed by a considerable degree of sweetness , whence the specific name . The plant has been in repute ...
... roots smell like potatoes ; and both roots and stalks , upon being chewed , first cause a sensation of bitterness , which is soon followed by a considerable degree of sweetness , whence the specific name . The plant has been in repute ...
Page 1286
... roots ; for , though frequently killed down to 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 ...
... roots ; for , though frequently killed down to 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 ...
Page 1295
... root is thick , woody , 14 in . in diameter , striking deep into the sand , with a tuberose head . Stems numerous ... roots often descending upwards of 6 ft . into the sand . It abounds on gravelly hills near the Wolga , at Astracan ...
... root is thick , woody , 14 in . in diameter , striking deep into the sand , with a tuberose head . Stems numerous ... roots often descending upwards of 6 ft . into the sand . It abounds on gravelly hills near the Wolga , at Astracan ...
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... roots being preferred ; and it is said to be an excellent sudorific . A decoction of the chips is well known as a ... roots , or by suckers , which the roots of old trees ( at Syon , for 1802 PART III . ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM .
... roots being preferred ; and it is said to be an excellent sudorific . A decoction of the chips is well known as a ... roots , or by suckers , which the roots of old trees ( at Syon , for 1802 PART III . ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM .
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