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 1302
... young branches is smooth , and beautifully green ; but , when old , it becomes of " a greyish colour , and is chapped into deep cracks . On cutting into it , it exhibits a dark dull red , a good deal resembling the colour of Peruvian ...
... young branches is smooth , and beautifully green ; but , when old , it becomes of " a greyish colour , and is chapped into deep cracks . On cutting into it , it exhibits a dark dull red , a good deal resembling the colour of Peruvian ...
Page 1356
... young leaves , fresh ones being given as soon as it has eaten what it had before . At this time it frequently appears to sleep , when it should on no account be disturbed . When the silkworm is in its second age , it may be fed with young ...
... young leaves , fresh ones being given as soon as it has eaten what it had before . At this time it frequently appears to sleep , when it should on no account be disturbed . When the silkworm is in its second age , it may be fed with young ...
Page 1357
... young plants are covered , during the first winter , with dry leaves or straw ; and this covering , or mulching , is continued on the ground for three or four years , till the plants are thoroughly established , to protect their roots ...
... young plants are covered , during the first winter , with dry leaves or straw ; and this covering , or mulching , is continued on the ground for three or four years , till the plants are thoroughly established , to protect their roots ...
Page 1375
... young , splitting into long thin strips with age . A bad variety to cultivate for timber . U. c . 2 latifolia Hort . has broader leaves than the species , and ex- pands them very early in spring . There is a tree of this variety in the ...
... young , splitting into long thin strips with age . A bad variety to cultivate for timber . U. c . 2 latifolia Hort . has broader leaves than the species , and ex- pands them very early in spring . There is a tree of this variety in the ...
Page 1381
... young shoots were used by the Romans to feed cattle , and they are still so employed in many parts of France . They have in some places been given to silkworms ; and , in both France and Norway , they are boiled to serve as food for ...
... young shoots were used by the Romans to feed cattle , and they are still so employed in many parts of France . They have in some places been given to silkworms ; and , in both France and Norway , they are boiled to serve as food for ...
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