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 3The Author, 1844 - Botany |
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Page 1269
... Description , & c . Thorny rambling shrubs , in general producing long slender shoots , and assuming the character of climbers . Natives of Europe , Asia , Africa , and America . Hedges may be formed of the first nine sorts . 1. L ...
... Description , & c . Thorny rambling shrubs , in general producing long slender shoots , and assuming the character of climbers . Natives of Europe , Asia , Africa , and America . Hedges may be formed of the first nine sorts . 1. L ...
Page 1273
... Description , & c . A shrub , with the habit of the genuine species of Lycium , much branched , furnished with axillary spines . Leaves scattered , quite entire . Flowers from fascicles of leaves , or the revolute branchlets ; or sub ...
... Description , & c . A shrub , with the habit of the genuine species of Lycium , much branched , furnished with axillary spines . Leaves scattered , quite entire . Flowers from fascicles of leaves , or the revolute branchlets ; or sub ...
Page 1288
... Description , & c . A genus of which there are only three ligneous species in British gardens : two of these formerly belonged to the genus Salsòla , or saltwort ; and , like the other plants of that genus , they contain a large pro ...
... Description , & c . A genus of which there are only three ligneous species in British gardens : two of these formerly belonged to the genus Salsòla , or saltwort ; and , like the other plants of that genus , they contain a large pro ...
Page 1289
... Description , & c . Imperfectly evergreen , frutescent , much branched , spreading , glabrous , about 2 ft . high . Leaves taper , oblong , obtuse , glaucescent , fleshy ; the lower half an inch long , the floral ones shorter . Flowers ...
... Description , & c . Imperfectly evergreen , frutescent , much branched , spreading , glabrous , about 2 ft . high . Leaves taper , oblong , obtuse , glaucescent , fleshy ; the lower half an inch long , the floral ones shorter . Flowers ...
Page 1291
... Description , & c . A shrub , a native of Siberia and Tartary . Introduced in 1780 , and producing its obscure apetalous flowers in March and April . It grows 2 ft . or more high , much more across , and abounds in slender spreading ...
... Description , & c . A shrub , a native of Siberia and Tartary . Introduced in 1780 , and producing its obscure apetalous flowers in March and April . It grows 2 ft . or more high , much more across , and abounds in slender spreading ...
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