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 1269
... thick branches , armed with many spines . The leaves are above 4 in . long , and 2 in . broad , The flowers are blue , and the berries yellow , as large as walnuts . It abounds , along with Spártium infestum Prest , on the coast of ...
... thick branches , armed with many spines . The leaves are above 4 in . long , and 2 in . broad , The flowers are blue , and the berries yellow , as large as walnuts . It abounds , along with Spártium infestum Prest , on the coast of ...
Page 1272
... thick , pale green , permanent . " ( Don's Mill . , iv . p . 460. ) A shrub , a native of the Cape of Good Hope , about Cape Town ; where it grows to the height of 6 ft . or 7 ft . , flowering in June and July . It was introduced in ...
... thick , pale green , permanent . " ( Don's Mill . , iv . p . 460. ) A shrub , a native of the Cape of Good Hope , about Cape Town ; where it grows to the height of 6 ft . or 7 ft . , flowering in June and July . It was introduced in ...
Page 1273
... thick , scattered . Flowers lateral , small , white . ( Don's Mill . , iv . p . 458. ) A shrub , a native of Barbary , where it grows 7 ft . or 8 ft . high ; flowering in June and July . It was introduced in 1700 . 10. L. A FRUM L. The ...
... thick , scattered . Flowers lateral , small , white . ( Don's Mill . , iv . p . 458. ) A shrub , a native of Barbary , where it grows 7 ft . or 8 ft . high ; flowering in June and July . It was introduced in 1700 . 10. L. A FRUM L. The ...
Page 1286
... of extraordinary size . The nurseryman , however , told him there were trecs in the island with stems as thick as his wrist , and proportionably high . CHAP . LXXXVIII . OF THE HALF - HARDY PLANTS. 1286 PART III . ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM .
... of extraordinary size . The nurseryman , however , told him there were trecs in the island with stems as thick as his wrist , and proportionably high . CHAP . LXXXVIII . OF THE HALF - HARDY PLANTS. 1286 PART III . ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM .
Page 1295
... thick , woody , 14 in . in diameter , striking deep into the sand , with a tuberose head . Stems numerous , about the thickness of a finger , erect , branched , spreading , dichotomous , brittle , with a grey striated bark . Branches ...
... thick , woody , 14 in . in diameter , striking deep into the sand , with a tuberose head . Stems numerous , about the thickness of a finger , erect , branched , spreading , dichotomous , brittle , with a grey striated bark . Branches ...
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