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 1261
... stem represents a cross ; and hence the trivial name . It is a climbing shrub , a native of Virginia , Mexico , & c .; and was introduced in 1759. Perhaps it might be grafted or inarched on B. capreo làta ; and , if so , it might then ...
... stem represents a cross ; and hence the trivial name . It is a climbing shrub , a native of Virginia , Mexico , & c .; and was introduced in 1759. Perhaps it might be grafted or inarched on B. capreo làta ; and , if so , it might then ...
Page 1264
... stem , and the whole plant covered with soft silvery down . It was introduced in 1640 .; grows to the height of 2 ft . or 3 ft .; and produces its white and pale red flowers from May to September . It is about as hardy as Cneòrum ...
... stem , and the whole plant covered with soft silvery down . It was introduced in 1640 .; grows to the height of 2 ft . or 3 ft .; and produces its white and pale red flowers from May to September . It is about as hardy as Cneòrum ...
Page 1267
... Stem erect . Leaves ovate , quite entire . Racemes few - flowered , dichotomous . A native of Bo- hemia . ( Don's Mill . , iv . p . 409. ) Description , Properties , & c . The stems of this species are roundish , branched , twisted ...
... Stem erect . Leaves ovate , quite entire . Racemes few - flowered , dichotomous . A native of Bo- hemia . ( Don's Mill . , iv . p . 409. ) Description , Properties , & c . The stems of this species are roundish , branched , twisted ...
Page 1268
... Stem green , prickly at the base ; adult stems unarmed . Leaves sometimes entire , rarely prickly . Corymbs large . Calyx 4-5 - cleft . Segments subu- late . Corolla large , white , downy outside . Berry globose , ? yellow , 4 - celled ...
... Stem green , prickly at the base ; adult stems unarmed . Leaves sometimes entire , rarely prickly . Corymbs large . Calyx 4-5 - cleft . Segments subu- late . Corolla large , white , downy outside . Berry globose , ? yellow , 4 - celled ...
Page 1272
... Stems erect , fascicled . Branchlets dependent , terete . Buds spiny . Leaves sessile , lanceolate , acuminated . Flowers ... Stem twisted , glabrous , angular , grey , stiff . Branches horizontal , spiny . Leaves a line long . Flowers ...
... Stems erect , fascicled . Branchlets dependent , terete . Buds spiny . Leaves sessile , lanceolate , acuminated . Flowers ... Stem twisted , glabrous , angular , grey , stiff . Branches horizontal , spiny . Leaves a line long . Flowers ...
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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