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 1261
... called the Cumberland . Catalpa is supposed to be a corruption of Catawba , an Indian tribe that formerly occupied a great part of Georgia and the Carolinas . Engravings . Schmidt Baum . , 1. t . 14 .; Bot . Mag . , t . 1094 .; Schkuhr ...
... called the Cumberland . Catalpa is supposed to be a corruption of Catawba , an Indian tribe that formerly occupied a great part of Georgia and the Carolinas . Engravings . Schmidt Baum . , 1. t . 14 .; Bot . Mag . , t . 1094 .; Schkuhr ...
Page 1267
... called Vitis sylvéstris ; by Pliny , it was called Melortum . Gerard , Boerhaave , Cullen , and others , attribute to the berries , and also to the leaves and stalks , many virtues ; and the plant is still in great repute among rustic ...
... called Vitis sylvéstris ; by Pliny , it was called Melortum . Gerard , Boerhaave , Cullen , and others , attribute to the berries , and also to the leaves and stalks , many virtues ; and the plant is still in great repute among rustic ...
Page 1269
... called the Duke of Argyll's tea tree , from the circumstance of a tea plant ( Thèa viridis ) having been sent to the Duke of Argyll at the same time as this plant , and the labels having been accidentally changed . Derivation . Derived ...
... called the Duke of Argyll's tea tree , from the circumstance of a tea plant ( Thèa viridis ) having been sent to the Duke of Argyll at the same time as this plant , and the labels having been accidentally changed . Derivation . Derived ...
Page 1280
... called from being first used by the Queen of Hungary ) is made with rosemary , and is considered excellent for keeping the hair in curl . If constantly used , however , the hair will lose its colour , and become wiry . The smell of the ...
... called from being first used by the Queen of Hungary ) is made with rosemary , and is considered excellent for keeping the hair in curl . If constantly used , however , the hair will lose its colour , and become wiry . The smell of the ...
Page 1285
... called Thesmophoria , when they were dressed in white robes , and enjoined to preserve the strictest chastity , strewed their beds with it . The seeds Bergius states to be carminative ; and those of Vitex trifòlia L. , a native of India ...
... called Thesmophoria , when they were dressed in white robes , and enjoined to preserve the strictest chastity , strewed their beds with it . The seeds Bergius states to be carminative ; and those of Vitex trifòlia L. , a native of India ...
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