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 1421
... acorn ; and was applied by the Roman writers to this tree , on account of the excellence of its fruit as food , compared with other masts , or acorns ; the only species that CHAP . CII . 1421 JUGLANDA'CEÆ . JU'GLANS .
... acorn ; and was applied by the Roman writers to this tree , on account of the excellence of its fruit as food , compared with other masts , or acorns ; the only species that CHAP . CII . 1421 JUGLANDA'CEÆ . JU'GLANS .
Page 1717
... acorns . The Celtic name for this tree ( Derw ) is said to be the root of the word Druid ( that is , priest of the ... acorn ; a name in common use , and a form every where known in the temperate climates of the northern hemisphere ...
... acorns . The Celtic name for this tree ( Derw ) is said to be the root of the word Druid ( that is , priest of the ... acorn ; a name in common use , and a form every where known in the temperate climates of the northern hemisphere ...
Page 1718
... acorns of different species differ chiefly in the largeness or smallness , roughness or smoothness , of their calyx , or cup ; and in their being sessile or stalked . In general , the oaks of Europe have stalked fruit , and the oaks of ...
... acorns of different species differ chiefly in the largeness or smallness , roughness or smoothness , of their calyx , or cup ; and in their being sessile or stalked . In general , the oaks of Europe have stalked fruit , and the oaks of ...
Page 1719
... acorns , which Cook states are as good as , or superior to , a chestnut . These , he says , were the edible acorns of the ancients , which they believed fattened the tunny fish on their passage from the ocean to the Mediterranean ...
... acorns , which Cook states are as good as , or superior to , a chestnut . These , he says , were the edible acorns of the ancients , which they believed fattened the tunny fish on their passage from the ocean to the Mediterranean ...
Page 1720
... acorns first eaten by men grew on the banks of Achelous . Pelasgus taught the Greeks to eat acorns , as well as to build huts . The oak groves of Dodona , in Epirus , formed the most celebrated and most ancient oracle on record ; and ...
... acorns first eaten by men grew on the banks of Achelous . Pelasgus taught the Greeks to eat acorns , as well as to build huts . The oak groves of Dodona , in Epirus , formed the most celebrated and most ancient oracle on record ; and ...
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